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9,520.00
100.00
9,620.00
9,596.65
23.35
School Dept., Operation & Maintenance.
10,000.00
107.15
10,107.15
10,063.50
43.65
School Dept., Auxiliary Agencies ..
11,250.00
11,250.00
11,143.61
106.39
School Dept., New Equipment ...
200.00
-100.00
100.00
87.00
13.00
School Dept., Care of Playgrounds
500.00
500.00
400.00
100.00
School Dept., Vocational School
1,000.00
1,095.99
2,095.99
2,473.05
377.06*
Adams Library.
2,400.00
3.00
2,403.00
2,402.31
.69
North Chelmsford Library.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
$120,370.00
$1,106.14
$121,476.14
$121,441.07
$ 35.07
*Deficit
104;
Appro- priations
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department ..
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
998.80
1.20
Care of Varney Playground.
300.00
300.00
600.00
552.66
47.34
Memorial Day. ..
300.00
300.00
298.55
1.45
Town Clock ..
65.00
50.00
115.00
90.80
24.20
Insurance of Public Buildings ..
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,499.33
.67
Treasurer's Bond, Ins. Sinking Fund .... Town Reports. .. ·
655.28
59.50
714.78
714.78
Unpaid Bills, 1940.
2,366.29
2,366.29
2,340.11
26.18
Middlesex County Sanatorium, Maint ..
1,888.53
1,888.53
1,888.53
High School Building Addition ..
235.48
658.39
893.87
453.22
440.65
Westlands School Building Addition ..
49,800.00
49,800.00
33,519.38
16,280.62
Westlands School Building Addition Plans
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,200.00
200.00
Forest Fire Dept. Automobile Truck.
1,250.00
1,250.00
1,250.00
Highway Dept., Street Signs.
150.00
150.00
143.70
6.30
Highway Dept., Engineering.
150.00
150.00
135.32
14.68
Survey of Roads.
100.00
100.00
73.27
26.73
Remodeling Kitchen, Center Town Hall ...
600.00
600.00
569.15
30.85
Judgment Against Chief of Police ..
1,074.06
1,074.06
1,074.06
Reimbursement to Edwin Davis ..
400.00
400.00
400.00
Legal Expense, Zoning & Police.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Locating Precinct Lines ..
275.00
275.00
275.00
Tax Title Redemption, Special Account ..
117.62
117.62
117.62
Hurricane Damage Manning Road ..
40.00
40.00
40.00
Cost of Coupons, Notes Payable. .
334.68
334.68
73.19
261.49
Highway Dept., New Trucks ..
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Newburyport Chlorinating Plant. ...
35.00
35.00
9.81
25.19
Expense of Legal Actions, Board of Tax Appeals.
300.00
300.00
250.00
50.00
Survey of Roads.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Constable ..
12.00
12.00
24.00
24.00
Rent for American Legion, Post 212.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Dog Officers' Fees ..
75.00
75.00
20.00
55.00
Claims for Personal Injuries ...
200.00
200.00
88.00
112.00
.
105
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
....
·
·
.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Flag for Center ..
50.00
50.00
50.00
Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds Total
Expended
Balance
(Recreation and Unclassified Continued)
W P A Administration, Expenses & Supplies.
$6,000.00
$ 253.91
$6,253.91
$6,237.13
$ 16.78
Federal Commissary ...
250.00
50.00
300.00
259.93
40.07
Surplus Commodities Division.
400.00
400.00
347.13
52.87
Police Dept., New Automobile.
450.00
450.00
450.00
Police Dept., Radio.
450.00
450.00
424.50
25.50
$78,471.64
$2,036.10
$80,507.74
$62,767.97
$17,739.77
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT :
Cemetery Commissioners' Salaries.
105.00
$
$ 105.00
$ 105.00
Care of Cemeteries ....
2,800.00
9.51
2,809.51
2,737.33
72.18
Care, Improvement and Embellishment of
Cemeteries ..
500.00
500.00
496.35
3.65
Care and Improvement, Perpetual Care ..
606.17
606.17
606.17
$3,405.00
615.68
$ 4,020.68
$ 3,944.85
75.83
INTEREST :
Temporary Loans.
$
$
$
262.00
$
High School Building Loan ..
735.00
Tax Title Loan.
38.30
$ 1,035.30
MATURING DEBT :
High School Building Loan. Tax Title Loan ..
$ 6,000.00 2,354.40
$ 8,354.40
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Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds Total
Expended
Balance
EXPENDED FROM REVENUE:
Agency, Trust and Investment :
$23,199.57
State Tax.
12,450.54
County Tax ...
165,000.00
Temporary Loans ...
800.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds. ·
2,759.18
Refunds. .
1,224.20
County, Dog Licenses.
20.00
East Chelmsford Water District Tax Col ..
1,759.94
South Chelmsford Water District Tax Col.
747.46
Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Admin ....
815.47
Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Relief ...
34,548.43
Aid to Dependent Children, Admin ... . Aid to Dependent Children, Relief. .
130.59
2,625.48
$246,080.86
Beverage Permits.
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BALANCE SHEET -- DECEMBER 31, 1941
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$50,000.00
Taxes to be Refunded. ·
53.53
General.
$44,872.15
Petty Cash :
Tailings. · Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves. .
971.50
Treasurer.
.
50.00
Dog License Fees, Due County .. .....
6.00
Deputy Tax Collector .... 50.00
Premium on Loans. .....
261.49
Infirmary
50.00
$45,022.15
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus ... .....
2,653.47
State Taxes, 1941 ... ....
52.33
Road Machinery Fund ..
1,596.05
Taxes :
Overlays Reserved for Abatements
Levy of 1939.
$ 53.86
Levy of 1938.
$206.70
Levy of 1940.
8,559.45
Levy of 1941.
50,977.03
59,590.34
Levy of 1941. 536.37
1,900.34 16,280.62
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
W P A Tools and Equipment.
16.78
Levy of 1940.
24.75
Levy of 1941.
591.66
616.41
Departmental:
Tax Title and Tax Possession .. 10,450.49 State & County Aid to Highways 6,697.32
22,318.54
Public Buildings.
72.95
Police.
10.00
Health. .
1,090.73
Highway. .
216.00
Public Welfare. 735.15 586.98
Schools.
307.00
Aid to Dependent Children
113.37
Soldiers' Relief.
34.39
Military Aid ..
1,259.75
Infirmary ..
108.00
.
State Aid ·
20.00
4,554.32
Fed. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Relief. 200.00 . Fed. Grant, Aid to Dependent Child. Adm .... 35.52
Old Age Assistance, Refunds.
75.04
Old Age Assistance ... ...
Westlands School Building Addition, Plans .. 200.00
Committee on Public Safety .. 120.01
Federal Commissary ... 40.07
Excess and Deficiency .. 37,425.57
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Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax. 616.41
Departmental. 4,554.32
Fed. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Admin ...
4418.89
Levy of 1940 1,157.27
Westlands School Building Addition.
Accounts Receivable:
800.50
County Tax 1941.
Tax Titles ...
$ 80.50 7,430.02
Tax Fossessions.
3,020.47
Revenue 1941, to be raised in 1942.
2,901.05
Accounts Overdrawn : Overlay 1939 ..
$207.46
*State Aid to Highways ...
4,500.47
*County Aid to Highways ..
2,196.85
Vocational Schools .. .
377.06
*Chap. 90, Maintenance ...
180.18
Chap. 90, North Rd. No. 1
1,483.39
Chap. 90, North Rd. No. 2
3,295.58
12,240.99
$135,456.25
$135,456.25
*Due from State and County
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
December 31, 1941
Net Funded or Fixed Debt ..
$89,851.96 Tax Title Loan ..
$ 851.96 High School Building Loan ....... .... . Westlands School Building Loan. ....
46,000.00 43,000.00
$89,851.96
$ 89,851.96
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds :
Cash and Securities:
$30,517.61 Joseph Warren Library Fund ..
$ 960.89
In Custody of Town Treasurer ..
In Custody of Library Trustees ... . In Custody of Insurance Fund Commissioners
15,647.88
Adams Emerson Library Fund. .
200.52
43,898.18
Selina G. Richardson Library Fund.
537.40
Aaron George Cemetery Fund. 1,037.95
George Library Fund ... 2,282.96
A. F. Adams Library Fund ..
10,628.16
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund.
30,339.40
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund. 178.21
Insurance Investment Fund ..
43,898.18
$90,063.67
$90,063.67
WINTHROP A. PARKHURST,
Town Accountant.
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PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS OF TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Totals
12%
1942
$6,000.00
High School Building Ad- $6,000.00 dition
1943
6,000.00
6,000.00
1944
6,000.00
6,000.00
1945
6,000.00
6,000.00
1946
6,000.00
6,000.00
1947
6,000.00
6,000.00
1948
5,000.00
5,000.00
1949
5,000.00
5,000.00
$46,000.00 1%
$46,000.00
1942
6,000.00
Westlands School Building
6,000.00
1943
6,000.00
Addition
6,000.00
1944
6,000.00
6,000.00
1945
5,000.00
5,000.00
1946
5,000.00
5,000.00
1947
2,000.00
2,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
INTEREST PAYMENTS ON TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Totals
1942
$645.00
High School Building Ad-
$645.00
1943
555.00
dition
555.00
1944
465.00
465.00
1945
375.00
375.00
1946
285.00
285.00
1947
195.00
195.00
1948
112.50
112.50
$2,632.50
$2,632.50
1%
1942
$430.00
Westlands School Building
$430.00
1943
370.00
Addition
370.00
1944
310.00
310.00
1945
250.00
250.00
1946
200.00
200.00
1947
150.00
150.00
1948
100.00
100.00
1949
50.00
50.00
$1,860.00
$1,860.00
1yy
1.11
TRUST FUNDS
On Hand Dec. 31, 1940
New
Income
Payments
On Hand Dec. 31 1941
Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund ..
932.65
$ 28.24
$ 960.89
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund.
194.64
5.88
200.52
S. G. Richardson, Library Fund ..
521.61
15.79
537.40
Aaron George Cemetery Care. .
1,037.10
30.95
30.10
1,037.95
George Memorial Hall.
2,255.04
67.92
40.00
2,282.96
A. F. Adams Fund, c/o Bldgs. and Grounds .. ..
10,585.97
252.19
210.00
10,628.16
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds ...
29,557.23
800.00
588.34
606.17
30,339.40
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund ... .
174.71
3.50
178.21
Insurance Investment Fund ..
43,141.17
757.01
43,898.18
$88,400.12
$800.00
$1,749.82
$886.27
$90,063.67
Funds
.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Wendell P. Har vey, Chairman Chelmsford
Term expires 1942
(Mrs.) Marjorie M. Kiberd North Chelmsford
Term expires 1943
John A. McAdams Westlands
Term expires 1944
SUPERINTENDENT
George S. Wright, A.B. Chelmsford
Office in McFarlin School
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Arthur G. Scoboria, M.D.
Chelmsford
J. E. Boucher, M.D.
North Chelmsford
SCHOOL NURSE
Christina Simpson, R.N.
Office in McFarlin School
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
Winslow P. George
Westlands
Ralph G. Hulslander
North Chelmsford
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
In the case of extremely bad storms or of roads dangerous because of ice, a signal for no school all day is given at 7:15 A.M. on the fire alarms, three blasts repeated three times. Notice is also given by WLLH.
LIST OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER, ** $Ł.1941
NAME
WHERE EDUCATED
POSITION
APPOINTED
HIGH SCHOOL
Lucian H. Burns
Univ. of N.H., B.S. Columbia, M.A.
Principal
1930
C. Edith Mccarthy
Salem, B.S.E.
Vice-Prin.
1923
Commercial
F. Christine Booth
Colby, B.A.
Latin
1927
Daisy B. MacBrayne
Boston Univ., A.M.
English
1929
Procter P. Wilson
M.I.T., B.S.
Science
1930
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George R. Knightly
Aurora, A.B.
Social Science 1930
Ernestine E. Maynard
Salem, B.S.E.
Commercial 1934
Earl J. Watt
Harvard, A.M.
French 1934
M. Rita Ryan
Emmanuel, A.B.
English 1936
(Mrs.) Helen R. Poland Boston Univ., A.B.
Science
1927
Emile Paul Gauthier Harvard, A.B.
English
1938
George W. Boyce
Tufts, B.A.
History
1939
Isabel M. Doyle
Boston Univ., B.S.
Mathematics 1936
Donald H. Fogg Univ. of Maine, A.M. English
On leave of absence, military service.
Gerald A. Ivers
Lowell Textile Inst. Math., Science 1936 B. Chem.
Blanche E. Robinson
Boston Univ., S.B. Social Science 1941
Mary E. Pollard
Lowell, B. S. E. Commercial 1941
Boston Univ., M.C.S.
MCFARLIN
Louis 0. Forrest
Fitchburg, B.S.E.
Prin., VIII 1926
(Mrs.) Eva L. Dobson
Plymouth Normal VII
1919
Esther M. Thayer
Boston Univ., B.S.E. VII-VIII
1936
M. Beryl Rafuse Helena B. Lyon Emily Hehir
Truro Normal VI
1920
North Adams Normal V 1911
Lowell Normal
IV
1928
Hope Fielding
Lowell, B.S.E.
IV-I
1941
Mayme G. Trefry
Truro Normal
III
1921
Mabelle B. Birtwell
Lowell, B.S.E.
II
1940
Edna Hoyt
Lowell, B.S.E.
I
1937
Doris E. Hevey
Lowell, B.S.E.
Special Class
1941
Margaret D. Sousa
Lowell, B.S.E.
Remedial reading
1941
1940
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EAST
Harry Y. Hilyard
Fitchburg, B.S.E.
Prin. VII-VIII 1930
(Mrs.) Jessie F. Brown Boston Univ.
V-VI
1930
Mildred G. Perry
Lowell Normal
III-IV
1931
Fitchburg, B.S.E.
Mary E. McGauvran
Lowell, B.S.E.
I-II
1940
HIGHLAND AVENUE
M. Weldon Haire
Bowdoin, A.B.
Prin.
VII-VIII
1941
Mary H. Ryan
Lowell Normal
V-VI
1930
Lottie M. Agnew
Lowell Normal
III-IV
1923
Veronica McTeague
Lowell, B.S.E.
I-II
1936
PRINCETON STREET
Genevieve E. Jantzen
Lowell Normal
Prin. III
1911
Sally T. Conlon
Lowell, B.S.E.
IV
1937
Ebba Peterson
Boston Univ.
VIII
1933
(Mrs.) Elsa Reid
Lowell Normal
VII
1922
Roberta M. Small
Lowell, B.S.E.
VI
1935
Gladys T. Harrington
Lowell Normal
V
1931
Helen C. Osgood
Lowell Normal
II
1921
Ann E. Hehir
Lowell, B.S.E.
I
1935
QUESSY
Walter L. Hannan, Jr. Tufts, Ed. M.
Prin.
VII-VIII
1939
Eleanor M. Donahoe
Smith, A.B.
V-VI
1940
M. Pauline Sullivan
Lowell, B.S.E.
III-IV
1941
Alice P. McEnaney
Lowell Normal
I-II
1936
SOUTH
Nora E. Miskell
Lowell, B.S.E.
IV-VI
1937
Ruth M. Rothwell
Lowell, B.S.E.
I-III
1939
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WESTLANDS
V. John Rikkola
Salem, B.S.E. Boston Univ. Ed.M.
Prin. VII-VIII 1930
B. Muriel Bridges
Lowell, B.S.E.
VI
1937
Eleanor Gray
Lowell, B.S.E. V 1941
(Mrs.) Charlotte K. Duffy Lowell Normal
IV
1932
Josephine F. Brennan Lowell, B.S.E. III
1941
(Mrs.) Marion E. Adams Lowell Normal
II
1928
Rita M. Foley
Low e 11, B.S.E. I
1940
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
M. Marion Adams
Lowell Normal
1938
TRANSPORTATION
George W. Marinel
North Chelmsford
JANITORS
High School
Bernard McLoughlin
Leslie J. Reid
East Chelmsford Chelmsford
McFarlin Otis Brown
South Chelmsford
East
Joseph F. Morris
East Chelmsford
Highland Ave. Edward Brick
North Chelmsford
Princeton St.
Patrick Cassidy
North Chelmsford
Quessy Elmer Trull
West Chelmsford
South
George Burton
South Chelmsford
Westlands
E. Berg
Westlands
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Chelmsford:
We herewith submit the report of your School Committee for the year ending December 31, 1941.
The conditions due to the present world war are such that many changes have taken place and undoubtedly many more will occur.
These conditions are already reflected in the teaching personnel. Due to resignations and retirement we have lost several of our teachers. The insistence of the State Department of Educa- tion has resulted in the establishment of a special class for mentally retarded children. The replacements and appointments to fill the positions thus created are dealt with in detail in the report of the Superintendent of Schools and for this and other information we recommend that you read his report.
With the addition to the High School and the Westlands School our fuel consumption will necessarily be greater. The addition of new classes will mean more books and supplies. These additional- items, together with increased cost of fuel and supplies, has necessarily been reflected in our budget.
The appropriationsfor repairs and maintenance have for the past several years been so small that the buildings have suffered as a result. All the wooden buildings require painting and some re- quire expensive repairs before this can be done. Rather than spending money to have these buildings repaired and painted, it would probably be more economical to have all these buildings brick veneered. Over a period of years the savings on fuel and painting would more than pay the initial cost of this work.
We have had requests from both the teachers and janitors for pay increases. Our teachers' salaries are below the average paid to teachers in other cities and towns. Our janitors' salaries are below the average paid to unskilled laborers. We have given these requests much thought and study. After comparing the salaries paid by the Town of Chelmsford with those paid elsewhere and having in mind the rising cost of living, it is our recommenda- tion that the salaries of both the teachers and janitors be increased.
By the time this report is published the addition to the Westlands School will have been completed. We have added four classrooms, an assembly hall, four toilet rooms for pupils, two toilets with outside entrances for those using the playgrounds, a teachers' room and an office for the principal. A new heating plant has been installed which heats the entire building. The old hot air ventilating system has been removed and we now have in each classroom a unit heater which draws and heats fresh air directly from outside. This air, after circulating in the classroom, is re- moved by a ventilating duct from the building. The entire building has an outside wall of brick veneer which is not only pleasing to the eye but has the added advantages of making the building much
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easier to heat and much cheaper to maintain. This new addition, including the changes and improvements to the old building, was completed at a cost lower than the cost of the original four-room building.
Your Committee has spent a lot of time and thought to maintain the high standards of the Chelmsford School System and we hope that our accomplishments and recommendations will meet with your approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Wendell P. Harvey Marjorie M. Kiberd John A. McAdams
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee:
My fourteenth annual report is hereby submitted to you and to the citizens of Chelmsford.
TEACHERS
In the High School Catherince W. Mooney applied for leave of absence on May 1st and later resigned, and on June 9th Donald H. Fogg was given leave of absence when he was called into military service. Morris L. Budnick
resigned in the summer. At Princeton St. Mrs. Lilla B. McPherson retired at the end of the year. At Quessy Josephine M. Quigley resigned February Ist, and at the Westlands Vera G. Rafuse at the close of school.
For the positions in the High School Blanche E. Robinson, a graduate of Boston University, who had been teaching for a year in Brewster Academy, and Mary E. Pol- lard, a graduate of Lowell Teachers College with a master's degree from Boston University, who had been teaching for a year in Hardwick High School, were engaged. For the science and mathematics position Gerald A. Ivers was trans- ferred from Highland Ave.
For the Highland Ave. principalship M. Weldon Haire, a graduate of Bowdoin, who had been teaching in the Fair- field, Maine, High School, was chosen. At Princeton St. Sally T. Conlon was transferred to the 4th grade, and Ebba A. Peterson was given the 8th grade, a position she had held previously. M. Pauline Sullivan, a graduate of Lowell Teachers College, was given the 3d and 4th grade room at Quessy.
At the Westlands School seven teachers are now em-
ployed. The 1st grade holds its sessions in the Community Building, the 3d and the 5th grades use two rooms in the old part of the building for a morning session, and the 4th and 6th grades use the same rooms for an afternoon session. £ The 2nd grade, and the 7th and 8th, use the other two rooms for the customary two sessions. B. Muriel Bridges was transferred from the McFarlin School to the 7th grade in the Westlands, and Josephine F. Brennan and Eleanor Gray were engaged for the 3d and 5th grades, and Hope Fielding for the McFarlin position. All are graduates of Lowell Teachers College.
The Department of Education has been demanding for a number of years that Chelmsford comply with the law which requires that a special class be maintained for chil- dren who cannot profit by the usual methods of instruction. The teacher of such a class must hold a certificate granted by the Supervisor of Special Classes. Doris E. Hevey, a graduate of Lowell, with five years of teaching experience, was certified conditional on her taking further courses
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and was elected to the position. The class uses a room in the McFarlin School, wich is provided with special material for hand work. Pupils who would profit by this special class work may be brought in from other schools. They are designated for this course by the travelling state clinic conducted by Dr. Wellington.
In any group of first grade pupils there are some for whom learning to read is extremely difficult. Such pupils fall behind their mates, become discouraged, and as they go on in the grades fail in other subjects. They need individual attention outside the regular classroom. Margaret D. Sousa, a graduate of Lowell, who had had special training in remedial reading, was engaged to do such work, and has classes numbering 66 in all in the McFarlin School, Princeton St., and East Chelmsford. There pupils are now interested in the reading program and are making pro- gress. Some of them are showing improvement in other work and will probably make their grades this year.
SALARIES
Earlier school reports have called attention to the clearly established fact that teachers' salaries in Chelms- ford are low as compared with what is paid in towns of the same approximate size and wealth. Last April the maximum for men was increased $100, for reasons indicated in my report of last year. As was to be expected, the women teachers hoth in the High School and in the elementary at once began an agitation for increases. When their requests were presented they were given assurance by School Committee and Superintendent that the salary schedule would be studied before the next annual budget was prepared and that an attempt would be made to secure such funds as might be necessary to cover any increases granted. One point was conceded without argument. For many years teachers in the High School and principals of elementary schools have received each year an increase of $100 until the maximum was reached, while elementary teachers have received only a $50 increase. The elementary teachers were assured that the present committee would do away with this dis- crimination.
Since last April conditions have changed very mater-
ially. There is no necessity for proving that costs of living have sharply advanced: every householder is conscious of the fact. Estimates of the increase range from about eight per cent to a much higher rate. As a result teachers everywhere are asking for higher salaries. The State Teachers Federation and many local associations have been collecting data. A Federation report of December 6, 1941 states : "There is a growing movement in Massachusetts toward improved salaries." This reports cites thirty-seven towns and cities in which increases had already been granted, such as $100 from Sept. 1941, a $200 increase to every teacher to start Jan. 1, 1942, a 10% increase, full restoration of former pay cuts, etc. The Chelmsford
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teachers are asking for a flat increase of $200 a teacher to date from January 1, 1942.
Janitors' salaries are less than the earnings of many unskilled workers of the present time. They are asking for a flat increase of $260 to date from Jnauary 1st.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
No buildings were painted in 1941. The usual re- pairs were made to plumbing, heating equipment, and roofs. The old locker room at the High School were converted into lunch rooms by providing tables at a cost of $270. A new smoke pipe of heavy iron was put into the McFarlin School, #263. Window shades cost $292. A roofed entry was bu ilt in the rear of the Quessy School to take the place of the bulkhead and other changes made to keep water out of the basement, about $100.
When conditions warrant the expenditure, these im- provements should be considered:
Painting of the wood buildings. Highland Ave., South, and East are in very poor condition.
An entry in the rear of the South Chelmsford School, grading, and a new cement apron. Water now gets into the basement.
Painting inside of McFarlin School.
Providing a suitable athletic field for the High School and McFarlin, and fencing the field.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Consult the report of the Town Accountant for an itemized statement of school expenditures. The appropria- tion for 1941 was $115,770, and the expenditures were $115,358.56, divided as follows:
Administration, $3,986.62
Instruction,
80,088.33
Janitors, 9,596.65
Operation and Maintenance, 10,056.35
Auxiliary Agencies, 11,143.51
New Equipment, 87.00
Playgrounds, 400.00
$115,358.56
RECEIPTS AND CREDITS
Reimbursement for teachers' salaries, $13,030.00 Tuition of state wards, 2,701.79
Tuition charged towns,
663.40
Rent of High School hall, 21.00
Telephone tolls, 34.31
Sale of tank and pump,
25.00
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2.10
Miscellaneous,
Total,
$16,477.50
Total Expenditures for 1941,
$115,358.56
Total Receipts and Credits, 16,477.50
Net cost of schools met by local taxes, $98,880.96
Vocational School tuition for 1941,
$ 2,473.05
Reimbursement for year ending
August 31, 1940,
1,153.63
Net cost of Vocational Education,
$1,319.42
TRANSPORTATION
A new contract for transportation was made with
George W. Marinel. It is for the three year period from September 1, 1941 to August 31, 1944, and the amount to be paid is $34,500. The table below shows the number carried.
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
High School
297200 329282 330328 369850
329
McFarlin
157
168
170
150
168
Princeton St.
70
80
86
84
75
Quessy
60
52
54
51
48
South
35
40
31
34
43
Total
619
669
671
688
663
The usual statistical tables and lists of graduates follow this report.
In behalf of teachers and pupils I wish to express sincere thanks to the parent-teacher associations and other organizations for their helpful cooperation with the school authorities, and to you, members of the School Com- mittee, I express deep appreciation for your advice and support.
Respectfully submitted,
George S. Wright,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Mr. George S. Wright Superintendent of Schools Chelmsford, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Wright:
I am pleased to submit, herewith, my twelfth annual report as principal of Chelmsford High School.
The total enrollment up to January 1, 1942, is as follows:
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