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ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health, or some other person or persons, to deal with the Federal Government in preparing application for Federal Funds under Public Law 352 for a General Survey and plans and specifications for the first phase of construc- tion of sewerage disposal at Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 47. In the event of an affirmative vote on the foregoing article, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars for the purpose of preparing an application for Fed- eral Funds under Public Law 352 for a General Survey and plans and specifications for the first phase of construction of sewerage disposal, at Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Building Committee to study and secure plans and costs for the construction at the high school of an addition of a six-year school and report at the next annual or Special Town meeting.
ARTICLE 49. In the event of affirmative action under the foregoing article, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the use of the Building Committee in carrying out the provisions of the foregoing article ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred ($2500.00) Dollars to hot top the tennis courts at the Westlands and Highland Schools and to erect a fence at the tennis court at the Westlands School; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to abandon or discontinue that portion of Manning Road no longer necessary for public use ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 112A of Chapter 41 of General Laws, relating to the employment of veterans; or act in relation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the School House in East Chelmsford, and the Westlands School House, thirty days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meet- ing aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this first day of February, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty.
THEODORE W. EMERSON, CARL A. E. PETERSON, ARNAUD R. BLACKADAR,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Annual Report of the School Committee
and The Superintendent of Schools
Year Ending December 31, 1949
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Members
Terms Expire
DANIEL J. HART, Chairman
1950
VERNON FLETCHER
1951
(MRS.) BESSIE L. P. LEWIS, Secretary 1952
Superintendent of Schools H. MORTON JEFFORDS
Office: High School Telephone Number: Lowell 7461
(Mrs.) Evelyn J. Hilton, Secretary
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the citizens of Chelmsford:
The School Committee wishes to report that during the period from January 1, 1949 to January 1, 1950 there have been 23 regular meetings and 15 special meetings. Several groups and individuals have come before the Committee at different times with their indivi- dual problems. The Committee is anxious to have parents come before them when they have information which will assist in the solution of a problem.
It has been the desire of the Committee to do some major improve- ments each year so that the buildings may be kept in a fair state of repair. This year the improvements have included :
(a) Repairing the driveways of the Westlands school and the High school.
(b) Painting the exterior of East school.
(c) Painting the interior of the Westlands school.
(d) Placing paper towels and soap dispensers in all the toilets.
Our buildings are not new and will require more and more repair as the years go on.
The school buildings are only a portion of the up-keep expenditure which comes from the school budget. Another item of up-keep is the athletic facilities in all portions of town. We wish to explain to the people that all of these fields are used by adult groups as well as school teams. This is made necessary because the town has only one town playground - the Varney playground in North Chelmsford. Because these fields are used by other than school teams the problem of upkeep for them is greater than one might expect. If these fields are to be kept up more money must be used on them than has been possible recently. It is because the Committee realized that there are not enough playground facilities that the article regarding Tennis Courts appears in the warrant.
A much more serious problem facing the town is the increased enrollment in the lower grades. The following chart gives a picture of our present school enrollment. Estimates based upon statistical data for the nation, trends in the State, observation of our town and present elementary grade enrollments tell us that there will be in- creased enrollment through 1956 or 1957, especially in the lower grades.
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ENROLLMENT BY GRADES
December 1, 1949
. Number of Pupils
146
155
144
134
110
121
96
133
114
99
92
79
1 Grades
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
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With an increase of 71 children in our school system in 1949, and with at least this number expected yearly for the next six or seven years we become aware that our elementary school enrollment will be large for some period of time. These facts bring us to the realization that school costs will rise for the next few years as the average cost per pupil is $163.00. Costs will rise if we keep our schools of the same quality that now exists; costs will go even higher if we improve the quality of instruction. We must be aware that our present buildings cannot adequately house the expected increase. It is with this in mind that we wish to refer you to the paragraph on building needs included in the Superintendent's report and to call for your support of the articles relating to construction of an addition to the High School.
During the past year the Committee has voted to add an art instructor to the teaching staff of the school. It is the belief of the Committee that many boys and girls have artistic talent which, if discovered, could lead to promising fields of endeavor. Because we feel that other talents are being overlooked in our present High School curriculum we wish to add Home Economics and Manual Training. However, in order to do this more space must be available. Again we wish to refer you to the paragraph of building needs in the Super- intendent's report.
The Committee has voted a $200.00 raise for all elementary teachers beginning in September 1950. It is the belief that we must endeavor to develop a single salary schedule for the teachers of the town. The effort expended in the teaching of elementary grades is comparable to that expended in teaching High School subjects, therefore the remuneration should be the same. The salary increase has been limited to the elementary teachers in an effort to bring the two groups closer together.
While we must spend money cautiously, we must also recognize that our boys and girls are being prepared, through our schools, for a life which is becoming more and more complex. We must prepare them in every way that is possible for this future.
Respectfully submitted,
Chelmsford School Committee (MRS.) BESSIE L. P. LEWIS, Secretary
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Chelmsford School Committee:
This report contains the customary statistics for comparative purposes together with information pertaining to the operation of the schools for the year 1949. Further details may be secured at the office of the Superintendent of Schools.
STAFF
Our teachers rate well when compared to groups of teachers in other towns of the State with respect to adequate training for teaching. With the exercise of judgment in the selection of replacements we can achieve an even higher standing.
Staff salaries are very low. With increasing enrollment in the elementary grades and insufficient graduates from our teacher's col- leges adequate salaries must be given definite attention if we are to retain and secure necessary and desirable teachers during the next few years.
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Our textbooks situation is slowly improving as modern texts are purchased to replace those of old editions. Here again increasing enrollment slows down the normal progress. As soon as all pupils have adequate and up-to-date texts we can begin a system of regular replacements as mentioned last year.
General supplies are well and economically managed by staff members. However, a wider variety of materials can receive little attention at this time other than those materials necessary for the use of the proposed art teacher.
TESTS
Ability and achievement of pupils have been checked by means of standardized tests. Results indicate our pupils have normal ability and compare favorably with pupils in other school systems with respect to academic achievement.
SCHOOL PLANT
Heating systems and plumbing are antiquated and expensive as well as inefficient to operate in most schools. Many of the buildings
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are old and, in fact, obsolete for school purposes. The furniture, for the most part, has seen better days. All together our school plant is expensive to operate.
A program for improving these conditions should be adopted at an early date.
LOOKING AHEAD
There has been no change in the need for a new schcol at Nortlı Chelmsford. The following factors are evident :-
1. The proposed site has been eliminated from further considera- tion at this time.
2. There is no unanimity of thinking with respect to a site that could be approved by the School Building Assistance Commis- sion of the State.
3. Many of the residents of the Highland Avenue and Quessy sections view with suspicion any proposed plans for a new school at North Chelmsford.
4. Residents of other sections of the town hesitate to force a decision in such a situation.
5. A new school at North Chelmsford would in the last analysis serve but a small portion of our total school enrollment.
In view of the above it appears to be wise to redecorate the two present buildings and allow local thinking to crystalize before exerting further efforts to establish a new school in the North Section of the town.
The most serious defect in our total school system is the lack of educational opportunities available for pupils in grades seven and eight and in the high school. It is proposed that we proceed at once to do something about this situation.
The first step to be taken is to provide a new building near, or an addition to, the high school. Such building together with the high school would house all pupils in grades seven and eight as well as all pupils now in the high school. We would then have a six-year High School which could adequately provide the educational needs of the upper half of our pupil enrollment. At the same time the present ele- mentary schools could then house the expanding enrollment in the first six grades for a few years.
This proposed Six-year High School plant should include adequate
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provisions for the following activities which are now entirely lacking or not properly provided :-
1. Library
2. Home Economics
3. Industrial Arts
4. Physical Education
5. Cafeteria
6. Auditorium
7. Adequate heating plant
The town must soon look to the future of its schools. This plan can go far in providing both needed space and improved educational opportunity.
Some of the factors in favor of immediate action along these lines are :-
1. A suitable site is available and is now owned by the Town.
2. This site is acceptable to the School Building Assistance Com- mission. This insures liberal financial assistance.
3. It would favorably affect all pupils of the town in grades seven through twelve.
4. It has equal importance for the people of all sections of the town.
5. It is a sound plan educationally.
6. The town has long since outgrowu a classical type high school.
7. It appears to be an economical method of solving the problem for pupils in grades seven through twelve.
The foregoing proposal offers an opportunity to citizens of Chelms- ford to actually do something about the present high school program. Here is a chance to do a real job in providing for the needs of our boys and girls.
The consideration and cooperation of the School Committee, citizens, parents, teachers and pupils in meeting the inany school pr blems of the year have been a source of satisfaction. Our boys and girls are worthy of continued thought, care and financial expenditure.
Respectfully submitted,
H. MORTON JEFFORDS,
Superintendent
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GROWTH OF THE CHELMSFORD SCHOOLS
Enrollment as of October 1
School
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
McFarlin
317
320
313
299
306
275
270
362
288
317
East
129
108
109
95
85
91
90
71
64
68
Highland Ave.
102
96
98
96
94
87
87
89
90
105
Princeton St.
241
229
217
201
198
204
195
209
215
220
Quessy
106
96
103
90
99
94
87
74
77
90
South
48
49
53
41
41
34
32
Westlands
154
169
184
183
171
173
163
154
232
236
High School
527
473
434
364
355
367
401
385
374
384
1624 1540 1511 1369 1349 1325 1325 1344 1340 1420
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1949
Net Enrollment:
1948
1949
Boys
703
686
Girls
665
686
Total
1368
1372
Non-resident pupils
18
18
Aggregate Attendance
219828
221966
Average Daily Attendance
1221.86
1230.83
Average number of school days:
Elementary
179
179
High School
182
183
Average membership
1311.25
1335.05
Net average membership
1293.25
1317.05
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ENROLLMENT DISTRIBUTION BY GRADES October 1, 1949
School
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PG
T'tls.
High School
115
97
92
80
384
McFarlin
52 1
52
50
41
32
34
23
33
317
Westlands
24
34
29
36
26
29
24
34
236
Princeton
27
34
26
29
24
26
20
34
220
Highland Ave.
15
14
15
10
7
11
16
17
105
Quessy
16
13
13
11
10
10
10
7
90
East
14
7
9
9
10
8
5
6
68
148
154
142
136
109
118
98
131
115
97
92
80
1420
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL 1949
ADMINISTRATION
Appointed
H. Morton Jeffords, Superintendent of Schools
1947
Syracuse, A.B., N.Y.U., A.M.
(Mrs.) Evelyn J. Hilton, Secretary 1945
George Marinel, Attendance Officer 1947
HEALTH OFFICERS
Benjamin Blechman, M.D. Chlemsford, Mass.
J. E. Boucher, M.D. No. Chelmsford, Mass. (Mrs.) Christina N. Park, R.N. Chelmsford, Mass.
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS
Olive Littlehale, Music Supervisor 1947
Lowell, B.S.E.
Joseph P. Nolan, Phys. Ed. Super. 1948
Canisius College, B.S.
Margaret E. Keith, Girls Phys. E. Super. 1947
B. U. Sargent, B.S.
Bernard Larkin, Instructor of Band 1943
(Mrs.) Irene Emerson, Lunchroom Supervisor 1945
Simmons College, B.S.
HIGH
Lucian H. Burns, Principal, Math. 1930
Univ. of N. H., B.S., Columbia, A.M. 1927
F. Christine Booth, Latin, History Colby, A.B.
(Mrs.) Charlotte S. Carriel, Eng. 1942
Mt. Holyoke, A.B.
Anthony T. Campbell, Soc. Science 1947
Univ. of N. H., B.S., B.U., M.Ed.
Mildred M Hehir, Eng. 1942 Regis, A.B.
.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
HIGH (Continued) Appointed
Murray B. Hicks, Science, Geog.
Mass. State College, B.S.
1945
Daisy B. MacBrayne, English Boston University, A.M.
1929
Ernestine Maynard, Business 1934
Salem Teachers College, B.S.E. 1
William P. Callagy, Math., Social Science 1947
Dartmouth College, A.B.
C. Edith McCarthy, Vice. Prin., Business
1923
Salem Teachers College, B.S.E.
(Mrs.) Helen Poland, Science, English 1938
Boston University, A.B.
Shirley H. Emmons, Business 1948
Boston University, B.S.
Marjorie B. Scoboria, Math. 1942
Wellesley, A.B., Radcliffe, A.M.
John J. Shannon, History 1943
Clark, A.M.
Earl J. Watt, French 1934
Harvard, A.M.
EAST
(Mrs.) Jessie F. Brown, Principal, Grades 7 & 8 1930
Boston University
Mildred G. Perry, Grades 5 & 6 1931
Fitchburg, B.S.E.
Ann P. McEnaney, Grades 3 & 4 1943
Lowell, B.S.E. 1947
(Mrs.) Kathleen Coles, Grades 1 & 2
Lowell Teachers College
HIGHLAND AVENUE
( Mrs.) Alberta R. Mooney, Principal, Grades 7 & 8 1949 Salem Teachers College, B.S., B.U., M.Ed.
Marion R. Mello, Grades 5 & 6 1949
Lowell, B.S.E.
Lottie M. Agnew, Grades 3 & 4 1923
Lowell Normal
Florence M. Kevghas, Grades 1 & 2 1948
Lowell Normal, B.S.E.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
McFARLIN
Appointed
E. Carl Parmenter, Principal 1947
Bowdoin College. A.B., Fitchburg. P.S.E., M.E.
Margaret M. Griffin. Grade § 1949
D'Youville College, B.A.
Barbara H. Forsaith. Grade : 1949
Denison Univer., B. A.
(Mrs.) Eva L. Dobson. Grade 6 1919
Plymouth Normal
M. Marion Adams. Grade 5 1938
Lowell Normal, Inst. of Music Pedagogy
Margaret D. Toohey. Grade 4 1945
Lowell. B.S.E.
Florence M. Kelley. Grade 3 1942
Lowell, B.S.E. 1921
Mrs. Marme G. Trefry, Grade 3
Truro Normal
Dorothy Shedd. Grade 2 1945
Nazarene College, B.S.E.
Emily Hehir, Grade ? 1925
Lowell Normal
Edna Hoyt, Grade 1
1937
Lowell. B.S.E.
.
Dorothy Rostron. Grade 1
1948
Lowell. B.S.E.
PRINCETON STREET
Genevieve E. Jantzen, Principal. Grade » ... 1911
Lowell Normal
Mrs.J Elsa Reid. Grade 1922
Lowell Normal
Nora Miskell. Grade 6
193.
Lowell. B.S.E.
M Pauline Sullivan. Grade 5 1941
Lowell. B.S.E.
Sally T. Conlon. Grade 4
1937
Lowell. B.S.E.
Mary C. Burns. Grade 3 1948
Lowell. B.S.E.
Helen C. Osgood Grade 2 1921
Lowell Normal .
Ann E Hehir Grade 1
1935
Lowell. B.S.E.
197
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
QUESSY
Appointed
Carl G. Allgrove, Principal, Grades 7 & 8
1947
Fitchburg, Ed. M.
(Mrs.) Lilla M. Dexter, Grades 5 & 6 1942
Lowell Normal
(Mrs.) Mary A. Donnelly, Grades 3 & 4 1949
Lowell Normal
Alice F. McEnaney, Grades 1 & 2
1936
Lowell Normal
WESTLANDS
H. Francis Wiggin, Principal, Grade 8
1947
Gorham Teachers College, B.S.
Theresa M. Rodgers, Grade 7 1949
Emmanuel College, A.B.
(Mrs.) Helen B. Mills, Grade 6 1947
Lowell Normal, Emerson, B.L.I.
B. Muriel Bridges, Grade 5
1948
Lowell, B.S.E.
(Mrs.) Evelyn Jenkins, Grade 4 1949
Detroit Teachers College
Helen Hudzik, Grade 3 1948
Lowell, B.S.E.
(Mrs.) Marion E. Adams, Grade 2 1928
Lowell Normal
Marjorie Semple, Grade 1
1948
Lowell, B.S.E.
(Mrs.) Gladys H. Kelley (on leave of absence) 1931 Lowell Normal
JANITORS
William T. Davis High School
William F. Connor High School
Otis Brown McFarlin School
Frederick Kinney East School
Edward Brick Highland Ave. School
Ernest E. Harper
Princeton St. School
Herbert Hodgson Quessy School
William J. Ayotte
Westlands School
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
RESIGNATIONS
(Mrs.) Mary H. Garvey Highland Ave.
Helen C. Walker Highland Ave.
Alice T. O'Neill McFarlin
Kathleen Hammersley McFarlin
Bertha R. Barrett
Quessy
Esther T. Burns
Westlands
APPOINTMENTS
(Mrs.) Alberta R. Mooney Highland Ave.
Marion E. Mello
Highland Ave.
Barbara H. Forsaith McFarlin
Margaret M. Griffin
McFarlin
Mary A. Donnelly
.Quessy
(Mrs.) Evelyn Jenkins
Westlands
Theresa M. Rodgers
Westlands
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1949
BOYS
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Totals
Grade 1
23
44
11
78
Grade 2
21
51
7
1
80
Grade 3
22
40
10
1
73
Grade 4
16
39
9
2
1
67
Grade 5
17
24
10
2
1
54
Grade 6
18
35
12
4
1
70
Grade 7
14
18
12
7
1
52
Grade 8
14
27
8
6
2
57
Grade 9
13
28
9
7
57
Grade 10
9
26
5
3
1
44
Grade 11
13
18
11
1
43
Grade 12
8
24
1
1
34
Totals
23
65
84
63
67
52
61
47
57
53
55
40
38
3
1
709
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1949
GIRLS
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Totals
Grade 1
23
44
3
70
Grade 2
1
28
42
3
74
Grade 3
28
36
5
69
Grade 4
22
32
8
7
69
Grade 5
26
22
5
1
1
55
Grade 6
23
17
8
48
Grade 7
1
21
18
5
1
46
Grade 8
24
37
9
3
1
74
Grade 9
24
26
7
1
58
Grade 10
19
31
2
1
53
Grade 11
23
18
3
3
1
1
49
Grade 12
2
20
20
4
46
Totals
24
72
73
61
63
54
50
51
67
54
67
42
24
7
1
1
711
201
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Name
Location
Grades
No. Class Rooms
No. Pupils
High School
Chelmsford
9-12
16
384
East School
E. Chelmsford
1-8
4
68
McFarlin
Chelmsford
1-8
12
317
Princeton St.
No. Chelmsford
1-8*
8
220
Highland Ave.
No. Chelmsford
1-8
4
105
Quessy
West Chelmsford
1-8
4
90
Westlands
Chelmsford
1-8
8
317
*Contains 4 rooms in each of two buildings.
DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONNEL
Men
Women
Total
Grand Total
Superintendent
1
1
Secretary to
Superintendent
1
1
Attendance Officer
1
1
3
Supervising Principals
2
2
Teaching Principals
2
3
5
7
Supervisors and
Special Teachers
1
3
4
4
Teachers
High School
6
8
14
Elementary
34
34
48
Janitors
High School
2
2
Elementary
6
6
8
Health
Nurse
1
School Physicians
2
3
-
-
-
Totals
23
50
73
202
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
DISTRIBUTION OF SALARIES
Teachers (Not including Prin. or Spec. Teach.) High School Elementary
Janitors
$1,700 - 1,799
3
1,800 - 1,899
1,900 - 1,999
2
2,000 - 2,099 2,100 - 2,199 2,200 - 2,299
12
2
1
1
2
2,300 - 2,399 2,400 - 2,499 2,500 - 2,599
1
2,600 - 2,699
1
2,700 - 2,799
2,800 - 2,899
8
2,900 - 2,999
4
-
-
-
14
34
8
3,000 - 3,099
19
203
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
1950 BUDGET CHELMSFORD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SALARIES:
Appropriated 1949
Expended 1949
Requested 1950
Superintendent
$ 4,800.00
$ 4,800.00
$ 5,000.00
Secretary
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
Teachers
152,000.00
150,536.50
159,000.00
Janitors
16,500.00
15,837.77
17,780.00
Physicians
600.00
600.00
600.00
Attend. Officer
50.00
50.00
50.00
$175,550.00
$173.424.27
$184,030.00
EXPENSES
Administration
$ 1,176.93
$ 1,176.93
$ 1,500.00
Books., supplies, v. e.
9,100.00
9,001.34
10,900.00
Fuel, light, water
9,147.76
9,147.76
11,500.00
Repairs
7,343.05
7,199.86
12,700.00
Janitor's supplies
1,636.40
1,615.43
2,000.00
Nurses supplies
50.00
29.89
50.00
New equipment
2,500.00
2,495.03
2,500.00
Playgrounds
1,500.00
1,498.16
1,500.00
Athletics
675.00
675.00
500.00
Transportation
19,000.00
18,569.50
20,000.00
Replacement of equipment
2,300.00
$ 52,129.14
$ 51,408.90
$ 65,450.00
Totals
$227,679.14
$224,833.17
$249,480.00
RECEIPTS
Estimated
State Educational Aid Law -
$ 46,569.76
$ 47,000.00
Transportation Grant
10,998.70
11,000.00
Tuition & Transportation State Wards
1,681.06
1,500.00
Tuition
798.66
500.00
Rental of auditorium
348.00
250.00
Miscellaneous
6.30
$ 60,402.48
$ 60,250.00
Raised by town taxes
$164,430.69
To be raised by town taxes
$189,230.00
COMPARISON OF SCHOOL EXPENDITURES
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
Administration
$ 3,839.36
$ 5,041.35
$ 6,320.40
$ 6,810.35
$ 7,148.19
$ 7,626.93
Instruction
94,628.29
109,767.83
131,493.47
143,350.13
156,551.36
159,537.84
Operation & Maintenance
13,693.15
15,013.05
15,219.68
14,694.31
19,902.27
17,963.05
Janitors
13,172.88
13,082.19
12,410.85
15,145.27
16,041.54
15,837.77
Auxiliary Agencies
12,288.55
12,341.41
13,070.65
14,498.53
18,802.75
19,199.39
New Equipment
200.00
681.22
1,974.45
1,799.26
795.22
2,495.03
Playgrounds
455.60
446.50
500.00
497.25
971.73
1,498.16
Athletics
1,009.97
500.00
500.00
675.00
Totals
.$138,277.83
$156,373.55
$181,999.47
$197,295.10
$220,713.06
$224,833.17
Credits
13,231.20
13,623.06
13,331.96
25,047.26
22,552.91
60,402.48
Net School Expenditures
$125,046.63
$142,750.49
$168,667.51
$172,247.84
$198,160.15
$164,430.69
205
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHELMSFORD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT January 1, 1949-December 31, 1949
Salaries:
Appropriated
Expended
Balance
Superintendent
$ 4,800.00
$ 4,800.00
Secretary
1,600.00
1,600.00
Teachers
152,000.00
150,536.50
1,463.50
Janitors
16,500.00
15,837.77
662.23
Physicians
600.00
600.00
Attendance Officer
50.00
50.00
$175,550.00
$173,424.27
$ 2,125.73
Expenses :
Administration
1,176.93
1,176.93
Bks., Sup., V. E.
9,100.00
9,001.34
98.66
Fuel, It., water
9,147.76
9,147.76
Re airs
7,343.05
7,199.86
143.19
Jinitors Supplies
1,636.40
1,615.43
20.97
Nurses Supplies
50.00
29.89
20.11
New Equipment
2,500.00
2,495.03
4.97
Playgrounds
1,500.00
1,498.16
1.84
Athletics
675.00
675.00
Transportation
19,000.00
18,569.50
430.50
$ 52,129.14
$ 51,408.90
$ 720.24
Grand Totals
$227,679.14
$224,833.17
$ 2,845.97
Receipts :
State Educational Aid Law
$ 46,569.76
Transportation Grant
10,998.70
Tuition & Transportation State Wards
1,681.06
Tuition
798.66
Rental of Auditorium
348.00
Miscellaneous
6.30
Total receipts
$ 60,402.48
Raised by town tax $164,430.69
206
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Burns
The following table shows the enrollment by classes up to January 1 for the past five years.
Year
P. G.
Senior
Junior
Sophomore
Freshmen
Total
1950
4
84
86
103
116
393
1949
0
83
99
91
101
374
1948
6
75
97
111
108
397
1947
0
74
87
106
136
403
1946
1
63
94
96
122
376
Over 35% of the pupils who entered our high school as freshmen in the above five classes dropped out before graduation. There are various reasons why these pupils left school before they received their diplomas. Probably the principle reason why over 200 pupils did not remain in the school for the four years is because it did not have anything to offer them that they were interested in. The pupils who are in Chelmsford High School at the present time were asked what they would like to study that is not in the present courses of study. In answer to this question, 79 indicated that they would like to study art, 140 domestic science, 116 manual training, and 105 automobile driving. This questionnaire was signed by the parents which appa- rently indicates that they approve these selections.
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