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9 50
A. M. Blaisdell .
. 25
Edward Doherty
75
William Russell
30
Matthew Dunn
2 25
L. J. Mansfield and others .
31 47
John Marinel, Jr
39 38
Theodore Marinel
8 62
David Russell
3 15
O. H. Hale.
3 52
George Patch.
2 85
G. B. Wright
6 75
Amounts carried forward.
$203 71
$1,431 14
24
Amounts brought forward
$203 71
$1,431 14
J. P. Emerson
7 00
E. Shaw & Son
9 76
J. W. Mason
22
220 69
J. W. Mason, labor
4 50
Joseph P. Winn, labor
1 00
James B. Coburn, labor.
2 65
R. Wilson Dix, labor-men and teams ..
35 00
43 15
Luther Blodgett, 60 loads gravel ..
4 80
E. F. Richardson, 160 loads gravel.
8 00
Jacob Spaulding, 160 loads gravel.
8 00
B. M. Hildreth, 150 loads gravel
7 50
28 30
Ann Eliza Hunt, chestnut timber
7 00
W. S. Parker, chestnut timber
3 00
10 00
E. H. Warren, lumber for shed .
5 16
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber for shed ...
1 72
16 88
David Perham, plank .
35 00
35 00
E. Nettel, axle grease.
2 40
2 40
John S. Shedd, repairs
3 60
M. Robbins, repairs . .
4 25
7 85
James P. Emerson, bridge stone.
3 00
5 00
Lyman S. Gale, use of horse 8 days
10 00
Lyman S. Gale, 1 cart
42 00
52 00
Highway pay-roll, March
117 15
April
164 54
May
155 46
June
151 77
July .
132 57
August
146 75
September
121 73
October
129 81
November
137 35
December
125 00
January
129 81
February
114 94
1,626 88
Carried to Account of Poor, for board
171 weeks, at $3.25 per week ..
$555 75
Carried to Account of Poor, 8960 lbs. hay,
89 60
645 35
$4,122 64
Less Highway bill-cart and horse for town farm
200 00
$3,922 64
Highway pay-roll includes salary paid highway surveyor, at $2.00 per day.
$3,477 29
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APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS AT
CHELMSFORD, MASS., MARCH 1, 1889.
1 one-horse cart.
$ 42 00
2 horses.
200 00
2 horses.
450 00
2 sets double harnesses
140 00
1 two-horse cart
100 00
1 two-horse cart.
75 00
4 horse blankets
20 00
4 feed bags
4 00
1 Spreace chain
1 25
1 Kimball road scraper
100 00
2 two-horse sleds.
80 00
5 iron bars.
5 00
Powder, can, and fuse.
00
7 stone hammers
7 00
21 stone drills.
15 00
3 whips
2 00
14 picks
12 00
7 shovels
5 00
3 steel wedges
1 25
2 bog hoes.
. 50
3 horse pails
50
3 lanterns.
1 50
1 axe.
75
2 bush hooks
1 00
Hames and chains
3 50
4 halters, $2.00. Feed box, $1.50
3 50
Wrenches, sponges, and brushes
5 00
Lot tools. .
6 75
2 heavy chains.
3 50
2 ploughs, 2 scrapers
24 00
Drag plank, etc.
3 50
1 jigger . .
50 00
Set cart-shafts, yokes, and whiffletrees ..
13 50
English hay
25 00
Straw
5 00
Hay cutter.
7 00
$1,416 00
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM, ELISHA H. SHAW,
Appraisers.
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ALTERATIONS IN CENTER TOWN HALL.
Almon W. Holt, labor and material .. $430 00
Charles E. Parkhurst, plans and specifi- cations
5 00
George H. Holt, pump, pipe, and labor .. 65 00
$500 00
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Crawford Burnham, shingles, district three .
$26 80
A. L. Brooks & Co., fence material, dis- trict three. 30 41
Amos B. Adams, chestnut posts, district three 3 64
Amasa Pratt, shingles and lumber, dis- trict three .
31 05
John Q. Battles, labor and material, dis- trict three
24 80
N. E. Parker, labor, district three.
21 22
$137 92
C. B. Coburn & Co., paints and oil, town hall, North Chelmsford .
53 29
William H. Brown, labor painting town hall, North Chelmsford . 76 59
Charles W. Flint, services and expenses, town hall, North Chelmsford ...
3 00
132 88
George E. Spaulding, repairs, town hall, North Chelmsford.
4 86
4 86
A. J. Lamphere, repairs, Center town hall.
4 10
4 10
$279 76
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES.
Center, R. Wilson Dix, labor $45 80
L. K. Howard, labor
9 00
Frank St. Amour, labor
10 00
John Keats, labor,
4 37
James P. Burnham, labor
1 50
David Perham, horse
. 50
Horace Holt, painting house hearse
25 00
$97 17
North, Arthur H. Sheldon, labor and ex- penses
12 21
12 21
Amount carried forward.
$109 38
27
Amount brought forward.
$109 38
South, Daniel P. Byam, labor
$ 8 50
8 50
West, George W. Bussey, labor
3 60
Dawson Pollard, labor
50
George F. Snow, labor and ex- pense .
3 00
7 10
George H. Richardson, thirty standards for graves of sol- diers.
17 50
17 50
$142 48
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Arthur H. Sheldon, collection of balance of taxes for 1886 ..
$ 1 49
Arthur H. Sheldon, abatements for 1886,
23 01
$ 24 50
William L. Gordon, collecting, 1887-88,
179 43
William L. Gordon, abatements 1887-88,
104 98
284 41
$308 91
STATE AID.
Paid under chapter 301, statutes of 1879, $546 00
Paid under chapter 252, statutes of 1879, 60 00
$606 00
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Paid Alfred Day, services and expenses,
$54 50
ATTORNEYS' FEES.
Paid D. S. & G. F. Richardson, legal
services to March 21, 1888 1
$250 00
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid E. H. Warren, services and expenses as treasurer .
$75 00
$ 75 00
George A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as town clerk. .
58 92
58 92
George A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as registrar
12 60
Amounts carried forward.
$12 60
$133 92
28
Amounts brought forward. $12 60
$133 92
Paid N. B. Edwards, services and ex- penses as registrar . 10 50
L. M. Dutton, services and expenses · as registrar 10 50
N. C. Saunders, services and ex- penses as registrar. 1 50
J. H. Vincent, services and expenses as registrar. 1 50
36 60
E. T. Adams, services as warden, Precinct 1. . 3 00
E. R. Marshall, services as warden, Precinct 1. 3 00
J. E. Warren, services as clerk, Pre- cinct 1. 3 00
J. P. Emerson, services as constable, Precinct 1. 3 00
12 00
Arthur H. Sheldon, services as war- den, Precinct 2.
3 00
C. H. Dutton, services as warden, Precinct 2
3 00
Fred K. Ripley, services as clerk, Precinct 2.
3 00
9 00
A. G. Parkhurst, services as warden, Precinct 3.
3 00
William Kiernan, services as war- den, Precinct 3.
3 00
M. H. Winship, services as clerk, Precinct 3 ..
3 00
J. H. Whidden, services as constable, Precinct 3
3 00
12 00
L. K. Howard, services as select- man
85 50
L. K. Howard, expenses as select- man .
12 80
98 30
Charles W. Flint, services as select- man .
58 20
Charles W. Flint, expenses as select- man . .
21 30
79 50
R. Wilson Dix, services as selectman, R. Wilson Dix, expenses as select- man
12 00
38000
John Q. Battles, services as select- man
40 00
John Q. Battles, expenses as select- man
15 00
55 00
Amount carried forward
$474 32
26 00
29
Amount brought forward.
$474 32
Paid George F. Snow, services as select- man . .
$45 00
George F. Snow, expenses as select- man
15 00
60 00
Charles W. Flint, services as as- sessor .
90 00
Charles W. Flint, expenses as as-
12 00
102 00
R. Wilson Dix, services as assessor, R. Wilson Dix, expenses as assessor, John Q. Battles, services as as- sessor .
9 00
34 50
John Q. Battles, expenses as as- sessor .
10 00
35 00
George F. Snow, services
30 00
George F. Snow, expenses as as- sessor .
10 00
40 00
L. K. Howard, services as assessor .. L. K. Howard, expenses as assessor, James P. Emerson, services as con- stable ..
14 20
14 20
John H. Whidden, services as con- stable.
5 00
5 00
Alfred Day, services as constable. ..
3 50
Alfred Day, services enforcing dog law.
12 76
16 26
George E. Spaulding, services as truant officer
7 50
7 50
James P. Emerson, D. P. Byam, and E. H. Shaw, services as ap- praisers .
9 00
9 00
Ziba Gay, E. F. Richardson, and .
Henry S. Perham, services as auditors.
9 00
9 00
$847 78.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Vox Populi Press, printing 700 of Town and School Reports ..
$57 75
Vox Populi Press, 20 badges for firewards,
5 75
Vox Populi Press, printing election war- rants and posters
6 50
Amount carried forward
$70 00
sessor .
25 50
25 00
as as- sessor
38 00
3 00
41 00
.
30
Amount brought forward
$70 00
Alvin R. Saunders, printing license ballots, Alvin R. Saunders, paper and printing .. Bacheller, Dumas & Co., 15 assessors' in- voice books .
65
3 50
4 50
$78 65
Expenses of fire inquest, burning of H. C. Barker building.
97 00
97 00
Geo. A. Parkhurst, posters and making deed, sale of Parker wood lot ..
2 25
2 25
O. W. Woodward, pump at West Chelms- ford
3 00
3 00
Albion J. Lamphere, care Center town hall .
25 00
Albion J. Lamphere, cleaning Center town hall.
4 32
Staples Bros., drain pipe, Center town hall
4 10
A. W. Holt, building coal-bin, Center town hall .
7 75
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies, Center town hall ..
1 42
L. K. Howard, expense and labor, Cen- ter town hall.
2 50
Frank St. Amour, labor, Center town hall
2 00
W. A. Mack & Co., repairing furnaces, . Center town hall .
2 50
49 59
Geo. E. Spaulding, care, warming, and lighting armory and town hall at North Chelmsford for cavalry, bill of 1888.
42 00
42 00
Geo. E. Spaulding, care, warming, and lighting armory and town hall, North Chelmsford, for cavalry .
49 50
49 50
Selectmen, perambulating town lines and renewing bounds between Chelms- ford and Lowell, Carlisle, Westford, and Tyngsboro'.
38 00
38 00
Amasa Howard, reporting 6 births, 1886,
1 50
1 50
Arthur H. Sheldon, reporting 13 deaths.
3 25
L. K. Howard, reporting 14 deaths
3 50
Dawson Pollard, reporting 6 deaths.
1 50
Daniel P. Byam, reporting 4 deaths.
1 00
9 25
.
$370 74
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.
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ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions.
Expendi- tures.
Surplus.
Deficit.
Schools, appropriation
$5,000 00
School fund .
163 36
School fund revenue ..
223 12
Dog tax.
357 58
Tuition non-resident
pupils.
20 45
Use of school-room and error in bill.
9 75
Teaching.
$4,824 00
Care of houses
282 37
Fuel
419 92
$247 97
School incidentals.
400 00
411 33
$ 11 33
Free text-books, appropriation,
500 00
Free text-books, receipts .. . ...
22 40
521 57.
83
Support of poor, appropriation,
1,800 00
Support of poor, receipts.
901 07
3,501 92 <
800 85
Highway, appropriation.
4,000 00
Highway, receipts
205 00
4,139 64 L 65 36
State aid, receipts.
448 50
546 00
97 50
Repairs of public buildings, ap- propriation
300 00
279 76
20 24
Relief of indigent soldiers and
sailors, appropriation ......
100 00
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, receipts. .
42 50
60 00
82 50
Town officers and committees, appropriation
850 00
847 78
: 2 22
Miscellaneous expenses, appro- priation
300 00
Miscellaneous expenses, l'e-
ceipts
376 50
370 74
305 76
Enforcement of liquor law
150 00
54 50 4
95 50
Attorney's fees.
250 00
250 00
Care of cemeteries
300 00
142 48
157 52
Well and pump, District 4. . .
50 00
42 55
7 45
Bank wall and grading, Dis- trict 9 ..
400 00
400 00
100 00
Closets for school-books and
200 00
196 09
3 91
sinks for school-rooms .... Changes in Center town hall ...
500 00
500 00
$18,270 23 $18,099 56
$1,089 26
$918 59
170 67
170 67
$18,270 23 $18,270 23
$1,089 26
$1,089 26
Appropriations.
$15,500 00 1
Amount of orders
$18,099 56
Receipts
2,770 23
Surplus
170 67
$18,270 23
$18,270 23
L. K. HOWARD, CHARLES W. FLINT, R. WILSON DIX, JOHN Q. BATTLES, GEORGE F. SNOW,
Selectmen.
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Transcribing records.
100 00
8 91
Collection and abatement of taxes, appropriation.
300 00
308 91
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year ending February 28, 1889, and find his receipts and expenditures properly entered and vouched for, and a balance of one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty-five cents ($198.45) in his hands.
We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Select- men, and find bills and receipts amounting to eighteen thousand and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-six cents ($18,099.56), vouching for the orders drawn by them and paid by the Treasurer.
We find :
Cash in treasury ..
$
198 45
Tax of 1887, uncollected. $ 67 41
Tax of 1888, uncollected
1,895 36
1,962 77
Books and supplies .
146 73
Due from the State:
For State aid to January, 1889.
526 00
State aid for January and February,
97 00
Relief to January, 1889.
32 50
Relief for January and February.
5 00
Armory rent.
150 00
810 50
$3,118 45
Note
$500 00
Kimball fund.
100 00
Interest on Kimball fund
22 64
Silver fund .
100 00
Interest on Silver fund .
18 00
Liabilities (estimated)
200 00
Abatements (estimated)
100 00
1,040 64
Balance of assets $2,077 81
ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON, HENRY S. PERHAM,
Auditors.
CHELMSFORD, March 6, 1889.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Center, on Monday, the eighteenth day of March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
ART. 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges.
ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the selectmen.
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him in anti- cipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, and payable therefrom.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors for the current year.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to act as their agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the ensuing year.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to repair or rebuild the lower bridge over the Stony Brook at North Chelinsford, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the town will, by vote, designate the places to post pre- cinct warrants for elections.
ART. 13. At the request of N. C. Saunders, Henry S. Perbam, and George A. Parkhurst, to see if the town will vote to combine the two High schools, or act in relation thereto.
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ART. 14. At the request of N. C. Saunders, Henry S. Perham, and Geo. A. Parkhurst, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay for the transportation of the pupils to the public schools, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 15. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00), to be expended by the School Committee for the purpose of furnishing and fitting up the unoc- cupied room in the Center school-house, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 16. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00), to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of purchasing the necessary apparatus, maps, globes, etc., for the use of the public schools, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 17. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will vote to make a change in the method of heating the school-house at North Chelmsford, and raise and appropriate a sum of money, and choose a committee to carry out the provisions of this arti- cle, or act in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the post-offices in the Center of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
L. K. HOWARD, CHARLES W. FLINT, R. WILSON DIX, JOHN Q. BATTLES, GEORGE F. SNOW,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
A true copy. Attest :
ALFRED DAY,
Constable of Chelmsford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1889.
LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1889.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
IN accordance with the laws of the Common- wealth your School Committee herewith submit their annual report.
The first meeting of the Committee was held at the Selectmen's room at the Center town hall, on Wednesday evening, March 21, 1888, and as the night was very stormy, only a part of the Board was present. At this meeting the newly - elected members, Messrs. Wm. L. Gordon, J. A. Bartlett, and R. W. Dix, appeared and took seats with the Board. The Board organized by the choice of .- J. A. Bartlett as chairman and Wm. L. Gordon as secretary. Mr. George F. Snow was elected Superintendent of Schools and Book Agent for the ensuing year.
At a meeting held later, various matters pertain- ing to the schools were brought up, and after a full discussion it was voted "that it was the sense of the Board that we endeavor to keep within the appropriation of the town," and that the Commit- tee as a body fix the salaries of the teachers on
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the basis of the amount of work in the various schools. This the Board did, and voted to have thirty - two weeks in the school year, instead of thirty - four as the year previous, except in school No. 5, where thirty weeks was made the limit, by the request of Mr. Dutton, the member from that section.
The Committee has held a number of meetings during the year, at which various matters concern- ing the schools and the general routine work which has come before them has been transacted, which have no general interest here. There have been about the usual number of changes in teachers dur- ing the past year. Mr. Charles H. Bates, principal of the High School at the Center, resigned to ac- cept a similar position at Uxbridge, Mass., at a much higher salary than your Committee could pay. Miss Nellie M. Perham, who has been a faithful teacher in the Center primary department for many years, also resigned. Three different teachers have been employed in school No. 2, two in No. 5, and two in No. 4. Mr. W. F. Parsons has been em- ployed in place of Mr. W. N. Woodward, at the High School in North Chelmsford.
The Superintendent's report will give the stand- ing of the schools more in detail than it would be possible to do here.
A series of teachers' meetings have been held during the past year, attended by all the teachers,
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at which various matters pertaining to the welfare of the schools have been discussed. These meet- ings we feel will result in good to the various schools, by bringing about a more uniform system in all, and the Committee hope to continue them during the coming year.
On account of the prevalence of scarlet fever at West Chelmsford, it was thought best to close the schools, which was accordingly done. One week was also lost in the Grammar School at the Center, by reason of the sickness of the teacher.
The subject of consolidation of the smaller schools with the larger ones has been a matter of some discussion in the Committee, and it is a question which must necessarily force itself soon upon the attention of the voters of the town. Whether it is sound policy on your part to maintain so many small schools, at a relatively greater cost as com- pared with the larger ones, and whether the scholars would not be benefited by going into the larger and more strictly graded schools, is a matter for your earnest consideration. If so many schools are to be continued, and kept up to the standard at which they should be maintained, the expense to the town will continue, and grow more and more as time goes on. We append to this report tables showing the cost of the various schools per scholar for the past year, and to which we beg your care- ful attention.
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If the town would adopt a different way of mak- ing the appropriation for schools, it would greatly facilitate the work of the Committee. If, instead of appropriating so much money in a lump for 'schools, as has been the custom (and out of which have to be taken the salaries of teachers, care of houses, and cost of fuel), they would divide it, and appropriate a sum for teachers' salaries and a sum for care and fuel, the Committee would not have to "guess" how much would be left for teachers' salaries after "guessing " about how much would be required for care and fuel.
We would call the attention of the parents to another very important matter connected with the schools, which is in their power to remedy. It is the matter of attendance. In some of our schools it has been very bad in the past year. Scholars are kept out of school for all sorts of trivial mat- ters, many of which are uncalled for. No teacher, however good, can do good work in a school where the attendance varies from ten to twenty-five per cent., and it is impossible for - scholars to keep up in their studies, to say nothing of the wrong brought upon those who continue steadily in attendance, by being held back in their classes waiting for the ones who have been absent to get up with them. The laws of the state hold the School Committee to strict account in this matter, and the new laws passed at the last session of the legislature are
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more strict than ever before. We hope the parents will view this matter in the right light, and en- deavor to remedy this evil in the future, or the Committee will be obliged to adopt some method looking to that end.
There is an imperative need of a fourth or in- termediate school at the Center of the town. The town, two years ago, enlarged the school-house in the Center, making four rooms in place of two. The fourth room was partially fitted up with the old desks left after furnishing the other three rooms. The scholars in the primary department have in- creased so fast that some were obliged to be turned away, for want of accommodation, in the past year. This room can be fitted up at a small expense, and another school established, which would relieve both the primary and grammar rooms, and also be of advantage to the High School, as scholars would not be obliged to be sent forward so fast to the higher grades to make room for the new ones constantly coming in; thus giving them more time in taking the course, and at the same time receiv- ing more attention from their teachers than it is possible to give them now, in their overcrowded rooms and too numerous classes. We would re- spectfully ask for an appropriation of $150, for the purpose of fitting up this room in the Center school- house.
Your Committee would again call the attention
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of the voters to the much-needed change in the method of heating the school-rooms in the school- house at North Chelmsford. As now heated, by wood stoves, a part of the scholars are frozen, and those nearest the stoves are too warm. This method is not conducive to the health or comfort of either the scholars or teacher. We would earnestly call your attention to this much-needed improvement. and ask for a special appropriation for this purpose.
Your Committee in the past year has endeavored to .do its duty by the town to the best of its ability; to spend the money entrusted to them in the most economical manner, and has endeavored, in every way, with the means at hand, to give the greatest amount of good schools possible. But your Committee is forced to the conclusion that it is bad policy, on the part of the town, to so restrict the appropriation for schools that the length of the school year has to be shortened, when it was none too long before, in order to keep within the limits of the appropriation. Our school year should con- sist of three terms, of twelve weeks each. No one can complain that we are paying too high salaries to our teachers. Any one, who will read the re- port of the State Board of Education, will see that we are not paying to our female teachers the aver- age of salaries paid by other towns in the state of equal valuation. The salaries of the High-school teachers are low, but would be nearer the mark if
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we kept the High Schools the forty weeks required by law. This is one of the reasons why we have such a constant change of teachers, which is one of the greatest sources of detriment to our schools. Both teachers and scholars lose much by these changes, as they have to learn the ways of each other, and it takes valuable time for strange teach- ers to find out the ability of their scholars, and as much time for the scholars to learn the ways of the teacher, and thus much valuable time is lost.
But this is only one of the matters that call for an increased appropriation. There is a general lack of maps and globes, and other apparatus necessary to the good of the schools. Our High Schools have practically no apparatus to illustrate the natural sciences, which are required, by law, to be taught in them, excepting what may have been provided by private subscription.
Your Committee would respectfully ask for a special appropriation for the purpose of purchasing the necessary apparatus for use in . the schools.
The appropriation for text - books and supplies should also be increased, as the Committee has been unable to furnish books really needed by some of the schools.
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