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At the Town Election held March 2, 1960, 4949 votes were cast, or 67% of the registered voters of that date.
The voting strength of the six precincts as of October 5, 1961 after the Biennial Revision is as follows:
Precincts
Republicans
Democrats
Independents
Total
1
996
330
1114
2440
2
627
477
787
1891
3
130
69
280
479
4
179
190
222
591
5
230
54
399
683
6
643
354
785
1782
Totals
2805
1474
3587
7866
The Board of Registrars holds six sessions for registration of voters, one in each precinct preceeding every election. All sessions in all precincts, except Precinct 1, Chelmsford Center, are held from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The final day of registration, the session is always held at the Town Hall, Chelmsford Center, from 12 noon until 10 p.m. Naturalized citizens must bring their final papers in order to become registered voters.
To vote in all elections, a person must be:
1. A citizen of the United States
2. 21 years of age or more
3. A resident of Massachusetts for at least 1 year on Election Day
4. A resident of Chelmsford for at least 6 months on Election Day
5. A registered voter, qualified before the Board of Registrars and signed the official list.
Registration is permanent. Once registered as a Chelmsford voter a citizen may vote in all elections as long as he continues to maintain a residence in Chelmsford except if a voter changes his name, either by marriage or by court action, or moves to another precinct, he must register again.
A Board of Registrars, under state law, has charge of the registra-
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tion of voters. They prepare the annual Register of Voters divided according to Precincts and listing the voters by street address and with political party designations. This Register of Voters is used at the polls at elections.
The 3 Registrars are appointed for a 3-year term by the Selectmen on a bi-partisan basis. The Town Clerk is an ex-officio member of the Board.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
ADAMS LIBRARY MacKAY LIBRARY (branch library)
CHELMSFORD CENTER NORTH CHELMSFORD
Board of Trustees:
Marjorie Scoboria, Chairman; Ethel Booth, Eustace Fiske, Ray- mond Kroll, Howard Moore, Roger Welch.
Adams staff:
Edith M. Pickles, Librarian; May E. Files, assistant librarian; Muriel A. Hardy, children's librarian; Evelyn Fox, part-time clerk. Mackay staff:
Mildred L. Patton, assistant librarian; Stella Donovan, assistant librarian.
The rapid and continuous population growth of Chelmsford has been reflected in the library, as well as all other town departments. The constant increase in new borrowers and circulation in the last several years, was evidenced again in 1961.
The new children's department at Adams, under the direction of Mrs. Hardy, has been most satisfactory. The children's department at MacKay is beginning to show improvement also.
The voters have become more aware of the needs of the Library department, as evidenced by the increased appropriation voted last year. This awareness must continue if the present standards and facilities are to be maintained and improved.
This past year such physical improvements as new floors and new lights have been made possible at Adams, and new stacks have been added at Mackay. The 1961 book budget permitted the purchase of more new books than in previous years. However, the public's needs and de- mands are greater than the present finances permit.
The Board of Library Trustees has been very active and most co- operative with the library staff. This interest and harmony makes possible a growing improvement in library service.
More than a year ago a reorganization program was started by May Files, at Mackay Library. This improved program is now being carried on and developed with zeal and efficiency by Assistants, Mildred Patton and Stella Donovan.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH M. PICKLES, Librarian.
To the Board of Selectmen: LIBRARY
Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts
December 31st, 1961
The following is a list of the Trust Funds of the Library Department showing the interest earned and the amount of funds as of December 31, 1961:
As of Dec. 31, 1960
Interest
Withdrawn
As of 12/31/61
ADAMS LIBRARY
Amos F. Adams
$ 11,593.75
$ 532.69
$ 12,126.44
Albert H. Davis
340.41
13.74
354.15
Mary Proctor
11,357.10
463.91
11,821.01
George Memorial
2,723.63
100.24
$ 575.00
2,248.87
George Cemetery
1,123.33
42.52
85.00
1,080.85
Joseph E. Warren
1,141.81
43.21
591.88
593.14
Adams-Emerson
299.34
11.30
235.64
75.00
Selina Richardson
416.90
15.75
232.65
200.00
Frances Clark
521.93
21.06
542.99
$ 29,518.20
$1,244.42
$1,720.17
$ 29,042.45
MacKAY LIBRARY
Victor E. Edwards
$ 1,029.38
$ 41.56
$ 1,070.94
Clements
8,129.93
467.56
8,597.49
N. B. Edwards
926.68
35.06
961.74
Flint
1,902.55
72.01
200.00
1,774.56
General Fund
4,635.92
187.22
4,823.14
$ 16,624.46
$ 803.41
$ 200.00
$ 17,227.87
TOTAL FUNDS
$ 46,142.66
$2,047.83
$1,920.17
$ 46,270.32
Respectfully Submitted,
Eustace B. Fiske, Treasurer of Library Trustees.
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SINKING FUND COMMISSION Report of the Insurance Sinking Fund Commissioners Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Daniel E. Walker, Chairman
Harold A. Fraser Secretary
Eustace B. Fiske, Treasurer
Name of Bank
Balance 12/31/60
Interest Received
Balance
City Institution for Savings
$ 1,524.02
$ 57.68
$
$
$ 1,581.70
Lowell Five Cent Savings
8,437.23
319.35
8,756.58
Central Savings
7,541.68
297.06
7,838.74
Central Savings
17,782.72
793.51
11,390.73*
29,966.96
$5M U.S. Treasury Bonds
5,070.59
250.00*
5,070.59
10M Am. Tel. & Tel.
10,225.00*
365.73*
550.00*
Sold
0.00
$50,581.24
$2,083.33
$550.00
$ 0.00
$53,214.57
* Am. Tel. & Tel. Bonds were sold during the year with a profit on the sale of $550.00. The interest on these bonds plus the interest on the U. S. Government bonds plus the proceed of the sale of the Am. Tel. & Tel. bonds were de- posited in the Central Savings Bank.
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THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEEDS AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Cristy Pettee, Chairman
Philip E. Campbell, Secretary
Harold E. Clayton, Jr.
Charles D. Harrington
Howard E. Humphrey Henrick R. Johnson Gerald C. Tucke
The Elementary School Needs and Building Committee herewith presents its report to the citizens of the Town of Chelmsford.
The Committee was authorized at the 1960 Annual Town Meeting to proceed with the construction and equipping of a 6 classroom addition to the North School and to study the need for additional school facilities. At a Special Town Meeting on November 2, 1960, the Committee was further authorized to proceed with the construction and equipping of a 24 classroom elementary school on Boston Road.
Mr. Arthur S. Russell, one of the original members of this com- mittee, was replaced in March by Mr. Gerald C. Tucke.
The North School addition was completed in the late spring of this year and turned over to the School Committee for school use last sum- mer.
The contract for the Boston Road School was signed last March and construction was started the following month. The Committee has been informed that this building will be ready for occupancy in time for the opening of school next fall.
Your Committee has just completed a survey of the school popula- tion as of November 17, 1961 and the resulting school needs which must be met in the immediate future.
Considering only the actual count of children now enrolled in our schools, and without any attempt to forecast the effect upon the school enrollment from the families expected to move into Chelmsford due to the present building program, we find:
1. High School (Grades 9-12)
The new high school, built to accommodate 1,000 pupils, now has 1,042 and by next September will be at or close to its absolute maxi- mum capacity of 1,200.
This means that by 1963 we must find room for the greater part of the Freshman Class entering that year.
2. Junior High School (Grades 7 and 8).
The present junior high school set-up, which includes the old high school building and the McFarlin school, will reach its maximum capacity by 1966.
3. Elementary (Grades 1-6).
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The elementary school problem will not be quite as acute, on the basis of present enrollment figures, because the town can continue to use one or more of the old wooden four-room buildings now in use - the Highland School, Quessy School and East School-to take care of the overflow. However, we will be better able, within a year, to provide a more accurate report on this phase of our school housing.
CHELMSFORD SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 1959 through 1961 and projected on present enrollment only.
Grades
1959 Act. 1960 Act.
1961 Act.
1962 Est. 1963 Est
1964 Est
1965 Est.
1966 Est.
1
354
424
409
509
529
555
575
595
2
334
362
429
409
509
529
555
575
3
286
349
411
429
409
509
529
555
4
293
278
373
411
429
409
509
529
5
288
290
311
373
411
429
409
509
6
289
289
336
311
373
411
429
409
Sp.Cl.
5
29
34
35
38
40
40
42
Total
1 - 6
(1849)
(2021)
(2303) (2477) (2698) (2882) (3046)
(3214)
7
304
317
328
336
311
373
411
429
8
283
315
327
328
336
311
373
411
Total
7 - 8
(587)
(632)
(655)
(664)
(647)
(684)
(784)
(840)
9
207
298
345
327
328
336
311
373
10
204
213
293
345
327
328
336
311
11
153
189
217
293
345
327
328
336
12
143
149
187
217
293
345
327
328
Total
9-12
(707)
(849)
(1042) (1182) (1293) (1336)
(1302) (1348)
Total
3143
3502
4000
4323
4638
4902
5132 .
5402
If we should attempt to estimate increased growth over this level, based on the fact that permits for 901 houses were issued between Jan- uary 1, 1960 and September 15, 1961, we would find that the overcrowded level in the junior high school probably will be reached one year earlier than the above estimate, and the same might be true-but not as likely -- at the high school level.
Realizing that our debt level is high, your committee has looked into the possibilities of meeting our critical building needs, which are at the high school and junior high school level, from now through 1966, from the standpoint of economy and efficiency- to provide the most satis- factory answers at the lowest possible cost.
It is a fact, and the people of the town should realize it so that there may be no argument later, that all of the problems can be answered by putting the various schools on double sessions as over- crowding develops.
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However, from the standpoint of economy, it is doubtful if this is the answer.
From the standpoint of providing the best education possible for our children, double sessions undoubtedly would bring about a decline in our standards of education-standards which the school department has spent years improving to meet the demands of a nuclear age.
Double sessions, too, would reduce the hours of schooling and would inconvenience nearly every family in town with some children attending in the morning and others in the afternoon.
For these reasons, we have not seriously considered double sessions except as a stop-gap measure should some construction work be de- layed, and then only for a month or two at the most.
It is our recommendation that the town at the annual meeting in March, 1962, appropriate funds for the construction of a twelve-room addition to the high school plus a small cement block area to be used solely for a gymnasium. The cost, we believe, should be in the vicinity of $450,000. but more exact figures will be available at the town meet- ing time.
We shall also recommend at the town meeting that the Committee be authorized to study the problem of providing adequate facilities for grades 7 and 8, and to report on same at a future town meeting.
Immediate plans envisages only the meeting of the minimum needs.
In all of this planning, the committee has figured on minimum re- quirements, mainly classrooms, with the exception of gymnasium facil- ities which, under the law, must be provided. Even insofar as the gym- nasiums are concerned, we have considered only minimums in size and construction to provide just gym facilities.
We are making this report now so that you, as taxpayers and voters of the town, may realize that the school housing situation is today and will be, for some years, a problem, and that the answer in full cannot be provided now while the home construction is proceeding on a boom level.
It may be that the acre-minimum house lot law will slow down home construction in the future, but it must be remembered that there are still, according to the planning board chairman, some 1100 approved lots under the old laws still to be utilized, and that utilization of all of these lots would bring into the school system about 1600 more children -or the equivalent of 53 classrooms.
It should be added at this point that in planning new housing your committee is figuring on as many as 35 pupils to a room whereas the favored figure from the educational standard is 25 with the maximum not to exceed 30.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Harold E. Clayton, Jr., Chairman
Henrick R. Johnson Gerald C. Tucke, Secretary
Thomas L. Rivard, Superintendent of Schools
The School Committee of the Town of Chelmsford herewith presents its report for the year 1961, to the citizens of the Town.
Accepting "general charge" of the operation of our school system and responsibility for educational planning, maintaining of school build- ings, and attendant expenditures reflected in a budget of $1,228,516.25 has been a challenging and time-consuming task. During these twelve months, this Committee has held twenty-five regular and special meetings and a number of informal meetings in its effort to provide the best possible education for our 4,000 children.
During the past few years, the population of Chelmsford has in- creased tremendously. People who have come to Chelmsford from other parts of the country may not realize how our educational system operates.
The General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts delegates to the School Committee of the Town legal responsibility for public education. This is an all-inclusive mandate, not subject to the control of any other government body. When a voter casts his ballot for a school committee member, he is thereby determining who shall establish all policy for the management of the schools in his town. Acting under certain, specific laws of the Commonwealth, the School Committee is responsible for the following: Determination of curriculum; course of study; text books and other instructional materials; election of all school personnel; preparation of the annual school budget and presentation of the budget to the Town; maintenance and direction of the use of all school property; provision for the health and safety of students; trans-
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portation of students; length of school day and year; awarding of all contracts (for the school department); approval of all school bills; and annual reporting to the Town and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Superintendent of Schools is the chief agent of the School Com- mittee and has no authority except as delegated to him by the Com- mittee. By law, certain responsibilities cannot be delegated. For example, only the School Committee can hire or dismiss a teacher, approve a contract or approve bills for payment.
Therefore, in order for the Chelmsford school system to continue to be good it must have, in addition to an able administrative staff, an excellent corps of teachers and good school buildings, capable and unified School Committees.
No one can predict what education will be like in the future, but we know that it will not stand unchanged! We are ready to push forward to an even higher level of educational excellence that provides opportunity for each individual student to reach his greatest potential in mental, physical and emotional growth.
As the year 1961 ends, let us review some interesting data on the school system.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FIGURES
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
Est. 1963
Est. 1964
1965
High School
497
537
589
652
707
849
1042
1182
1293
1336
1302
Grades 7 and 8
355
383
378
468
587
632
655
664
647
684
784
Grades 1- 6
1478
1619
1703
1781
1849
2021
2303
2477
2698
2882
3046
TOTAL
2330
2539
2670
2901
3143
3502
4000
4323
4638
4902
5132
While the above table is a sort of confirmation of Chelmsford's amazing population growth, it is the basis also of some specific pre- dictions about the school system's future rapid growth and, consequently, of the future classroom shortages.
FUTURE NEEDS
Considering only the actual count of children now enrolled in our schools, and without any attempt to forecast the effect upon the school enrollment from the families expected to move into the town due to the current building program we find:
1) High School, Grades 9-12
The new high school, built to accommodate 1,000 pupils, now has 1,042 and by next September will be at or close to its absolute capacity of 1,200 pupils. This means that by 1963 we will be short of classrooms for the greater part of that year's entering freshman class.
2) Junior High School, Grades 7 and 8
Grades 7 and 8 are presently housed in the old high school
Est.
Est.
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building and the adjacent McFarlin School building. (The McFarlin School presently contains five elementary classes which will be moved to the Boston Road School when it opens next fall.) These buildings, housing only grades 7 and 8, as the "Junior High School" unit will be at capacity by 1966.
3) Elementary, Grades 1-6
The Boston Road School, now under construction and which will add 24 classrooms for elementary use next September, will ease the pressure for housing grades 1 through 6 pupils for at least another year. If the estimated growth due to new families moving into Town is added to the estimated count of children already enrolled in our schools, one can begin to visualize the seriousness of the need for future classrooms at all levels.
These data do not make decisions in support of school facilities easier, nor do they provide any comfort except what may be derived from the knowledge that it is not uncommon for seemingly less able com- munities to have done as much as Chelmsford shall be called upon to do - and more.
Attention is called to the report of the Elementary School Needs and Building Committee published in this Annual Report of the Town and to its specific recommendations which the School Committee recom- mends that the citizens of the Town follow. Its non-school committee members: Mr. Cristy Pettee, Chairman; Mr. Philip E. Campbell, Secre- tary; Mr. Charles D. Harrington and Mr. Howard E. Humphrey, are to be commended for the outstanding work which they are doing.
CURRICULUM
It is our purpose to emphasize quality education in order to challenge the intellectual skills of every student. Thus the four major educational areas continually receiving specific study and attention are Curriculum and Content of Courses, Quality and Effectiveness of Teaching, Recog- nition and Encouragement of Students, and Development of Intellectual Leadership.
Elementary :
The improvement of instruction in the basic academic subjects con- tinues to be the main assignment for principals and supervisors. Con- tinued studies are being carried out to find the best means for meeting the individual needs of our pupils. Grouping in many subject areas has helped us adopt materials and ways of instruction to the ability level of the child.
Test data analyses continue to be used to identify weaknesses and strengths of the instructional program. Teachers are encouraged to use individual test scores to check objectively on the progress of each child at each grade level. Both the child achieving above and below the average
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in the group are identified so that they may be given appropriate instruction.
The use of improved teaching materials, and regular in-service programs for our teachers will make continued progress possible. The results of standardized reading tests given in the elementary grades this past fall indicate clearly that our pupils are considerably ahead of the national averages in reading. This is the result of the continued emphasis being placed upon reading skill, instruction through grouping students according to comprehension levels, and through providing materials at a level commensurate with the instructional needs of the students.
Greater emphasis is being placed upon art, music, and physical education instruction. Time has been allotted in the program for the development of appropriate attitudes and appreciation as well as teachers' guides.
With the present emphasis upon the relations of the citizens of all countries to one another, a stronger program of geography and history has been introduced into our social studies program. The new program, which started last September and which has met with marked success, divides the content of these subjects into teachable units, establishes goals to be achieved in each unit and gives the teacher suggested activities. The goals include acceptable attitudes that ought to be em- phasized and skills that should be practiced. The plan of these courses provides teachers with specific study guides for the subject areas to be covered while permitting freedom to develop all units in ways suited to the particular classroom situation.
Presently, the language arts and mathematics curricula are being evaluated. It is evident now that new courses of study will be the cul- minating activity of these evaluations.
Junior High School:
There has been a number of noteworthy innovations in the program of the Junior High School this year. Guidance: The addition of a second full time guidance counselor has made possible more frequent pupil- teacher-counselor conferences. This guidance program is increasing the pupils' standards of performance and reducing needless failures to a minimum. Foreign Language: The 36 pupil station language laboratory, installed under the provision of the National Defense Education Act, is now in operation. The advantages of the oral approach are many and the use of this equipment in areas other than foreign languages is being encouraged. Next September, French will be offered as an elective in Grade 7 as well as in Grade 8 to pupils who meet definite qualifications and are recommended for this study.
Library: The library, which was opened last September, is receiving amazing support from everyone in town. Many donations of books and sums of money have been received. In order to stimulate independent study and research, a library orientation program has been organized by the English and Reading teachers and the Principal.
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Senior High School:
Evaluation: The establishment of standards for secondary schools in the United States has been a gradual process since 1885 and now is under the control of six regional associations of colleges and secondary schools. A set of minimum standards has been developed. Colleges and schools are inspected at least once every ten years to insure that they are satisfying the standards. Approved institutions are put on an accre- dited list. Chelmsford High School has been an accredited member of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools since December, 1955. It was re-evaluated on December 4, 5 and 6 of this school year.
During the past two years, the Chelmsford High School staff, under the direction of the Principal, has engaged in a very thorough self- evaluation in preparation for the inspection of the regional association. An authorized visiting committee of twenty-one, representing twenty-one different communities, Lowell State Teachers College, and the State Department of Education, spent three days studying in minute detail the high school program of studies, student activity program, instruc- tional materials, guidance services, health services, school plant and its staff and administration as well as the self-evaluation previously completed by the faculty. The final report of this committee, now awaited by the Principal, will be delivered to the School Committee, following which it will be studied jointly by the School Committee, Administration, and Faculty. Means of carrying out its recommendations will be considered. Since both the self-evaluation and the evaluation by the visiting committee were done in relation to the "Chelmsford Senior High School Philosophy and Objectives", it seems desirable to state them in their entirety. They read as follows:
"It is the purpose of the Chelmsford High School to provide every student an opportunity for education commensurate with his ability, in order that he may become a well-developed, well-adjusted in- dividual, and a responsible and contributing member of a democratic society. In order to help him in this achievement, we feel we have the following responsibilities: To offer an integrated, sequential program; to require the mastery of subject matters and the acquisi- tion of skills; to evaluate in relation to the group and to individual potential; to provide for individual differences; to prepare students for further academic and vocational education, and for vocations; to provide facility and correctness in oral and written expression; to stimulate logical thinking; to impart an appreciation of our cultural heritage; to impart an understanding of our physical en- vironment; to develop an appreciation of aesthetic values; to pro- mote physical health and safety; to provide adequate library facilities; to vitalize teaching with a variety of instructional ma- terials; to help motivate to desirable academic, social, and civic ends; to provide adequate guidance services; to establish good
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community relations; to create a school environment conducive to learning and to self-discipline; to encourage wherever possible self-education, love of learning, and the wise use of leisure time; to share with the community in the encouragement of acceptable moral values."
Educational Television: The installation of closed circuit educational television which was completed during the Christmas vacation period, marks the beginning of a new era of education in Chelmsford. Its intro- duction as a teaching tool will help to insure an educational system adequate to the necessities of our time. One of the greatest advantages of the closed circuit television system is its flexibility. An elaborate antenna and distribution system makes possible the receiving of educa- tional programs from Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11. Channels 6 and 13 will be reserved for the school to use its own closed circuit programs, and the equipment is designed in such a way that two programs may be televised at the same time.
Another of the important features of the Chelmsford High School TV system is that every room, including the auditorium, is a potential television studio. The equipment is so wired that programs can be received or broadcast from any one of forty different locations. Thus, it is possible to transmit to any room or rooms in the school TV programs on any subject area from the location where it is actually being taught. This becomes extremely useful, especially in the areas of biology, physics, and chemistry where it is not possible or practical to move science equipment to a permanent TV studio.
Provisions have been made to install special equipment so that visual aids, such as motion picture films and slides, can be used for direct viewing in several classrooms. In addition to this, a special microscopic attachment will enable students to see specimens on the TV set at the same time the teacher places them under the microscope. This makes it possible for the teacher to refer quickly to a variety of supplementary materials, such as movie films, slides, or microscopic samples and so to expand greatly the scope of television lessons.
Educational Honors: In the course of time, a high school acquires a reputation that is based upon the achievements of its pupils and graduates. Among the many distinguished scholarships won by recent Chelmsford High School graduates are the Pendleton Scholarship at Wellesley, the Alumni Scholarship at Dartmouth, the Sloan Foundation Scholarship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and scholarships at Lowell Technological Institute, Emmanuel, Tufts, Northeastern, Wesleyan and other post-secondary schools.
Chelmsford High School students have also won honors in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Some have been given honor- able mention, and others have reflected credit upon themselves and their school by being named semi-finalists. When one considers the fact that semi-finalists number less than one percent of the seniors graduating in the state, the significance of their achievement becomes obvious.
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Enrichment Courses: Summer School Sessions and Saturday Morn- ing Classes have been established which made it possible for students to review basic subject materials and techniques and also to take sub- jects which could not be included in their regular schedule. These classes were planned to provide an opportunity for enrichment and serious study, not to serve as a tutoring or a "cramming" period.
SPECIAL NOTE
Citizens Committee: The newly formed Citizens Advisory Committee which was established by your School Committee as a result of a study conducted by the Chelmsford PTA Council should contribute much toward the establishment of even higher goals in our educational system. This committee will serve as a study group working on projects and programs at the request of the School Committee. It is made up of fifteen citizens who possess not only a desire to improve the schools but also a willingness to give the time and to make the effort to get the facts.
National Defense Education Act: Again this year Chelmsford has taken advantage of benefits available under Public Laws 867 and 874. This year we received financial assistance for approved guidance, science, mathematics and modern Foreign Language instruction.
IN APPRECIATION
The School Department appreciates the dedicated work of Eli E. Simpson who has retired after many years as a custodian in the school system and, with this appreciation, a sincere wish for his continued health and happiness.
IN CONCLUSION
We are grateful to all who have assisted us in any way - all Town Boards and Committees, the Police, Fire and Highway Departments, the Parent-Teacher Associations, the School Building Committee, the Citizens Committee, and all interested citizens.
This report should not close without a word of appreciation for the devotion, professional alertness and competence of the personnel. Chelms- ford schools form an enviable physical environment, but without the personnel, there could be no schools. Chelmsford's schools have a reputa- tion for excellence as evidenced every year by the new families moving here because of the educational advantages. Maintaining and improving this quality is the responsibility of the personnel of the school system.
BUDGET ANALYSIS
This year's proposed budget again reflects the growth in school population as well as improved teaching services. The impact of the current building in the town of Chelmsford is reflected in the provision, among others, for an additional twenty-six teachers. Last year thirty teachers were added to the system as compared with twenty-two the year before. A summary of income and expenditures of the Chelmsford Public Schools for the year 1961, and the budget recommended for 1962 follows:
CHELMSFORD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - 1962 BUDGET
SALARIES:
1960 Expended
1961
Appropriated
1961 Expended
1962 Requested
Teachers & Supervisors
$ 681,874.21
$ 869,045.00
$ 843,992.74
$1,057,875.00
Janitors
73,049.98
83,761.00
82,777.98
99,414.00
Administration
16,445.98
17,947.00
17,826.66
19,910.00
Secretaries
11,252.34
13,440.00
13,273.09
17,642.00
Physicians
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Attendance Officer
300.00
300.00
300.00
375.00
Total Salaries
$ 784,422.51
$ 985,993.00
$ 959,670.47
$1,196,716.00
EXPENSES :
Educational Supplies & Services
$ 47,995.35
$ 58,800.00
$ 58,797.95(2)
$ ยท 70,000.00
Fuel, Lights & Water
35,991.70
47,100.00
42,760.63
49,500.00
Repairs
21,339.58
21,350.00
21,349.28(3)
30,740.00
Playgrounds
993.35
1,000.00
998.12
1,000.00
Janitors' & Nurses' Supplies
6,474.08
6,500.00
6,499.08
7,700.00
Transportation
102,589.72
116,014.00
114,836.80
134,471.00
New & Replacement of Equipment
7,988.88
8,000.00
7,998.70 (4)
13,075.00
Athletic Program
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
5,000.00
Vocational
5,148.07
4,000.00 (*)
5,143.15(1)
4,000.00 (*)
Administration
5,088.70
6,563.00
6,562.07
8,300.00
Supt. & Prin. Out-of-State
400.00
400.00
400.00
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Total Expenses
$ 237,509.43
$ 273,227.00
$ 268,845.78
$ 323,786.00
TOTAL SALARIES & EXPENSES
$1,021,931.94
$1,259,220.00
$1,228,516.25
$1,520,502.00
1960
RECEIPTS:
Actual
1961 Actual
1962 Estimated
State Educational Aid Law
$ 144,329.76
$ 163,699.76(5)
$ 194,575.00
Tuition & Transp. of State Wards
3,215.55
4,455.84(5)
3,500.00
Tuition
5,700.00
5,880.00(5)
3,300.00
School Transportation
80,836.80
95,849.61 (5)
97,782.00
Rental of Auditoriums
687.00
540.00
500.00
Vocational Reimbursement
2,430.42 (5)
2,500.00
Special Education
11,922.58(5)
14,300.00
School Adjustment Counsellor
4,495.46(5)
4,800.00
Dog Licenses
1,824.51
2,296.93
2,000.00
Miscellaneous
185.78
342.24
150.00
Total Receipts
$ 243,922.70
$ 291,912.84
$ 323,407.00
NET COST TO CHELMSFORD
$ 778,009.24
$ 967,307.16
$1,197,095.00
(*) Plus Dog Tax
(1) Includes Dog Tax
(2) Plus $6974. from Public Law 864 and $35,679.34 from Public Law 874
(3) Plus $7076.21 from Public Law 874
(4) Plus $4887.27 from Public Law 864 and $5973.27 from Public Law 874
(5) Based on School Year Ending June 30, 1961
3,739.93
3,403.37
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
INDEX
Board of Appeals 105
Board of Assessors 107
Board of Registrars 127
Building Inspector
118
Cemetery Commission 113
Chart, Town Finance
77
Civil Defense
125
Conservation Commission
112
Dog Officer 117
Elementary School Needs and Building Commission 131
Fire Department 104
Gas Inspection
122
Health Department
Board of Health 119
120
Highway Department 110
124
Inspector of Animals
126
Library
.
Map, Zone
72-73
Park Commission
108
Planning Board 113
Police Department 101
122
Recreation Commission
School Committee
134
Budget
141
Sealer of Weights and Measures
114
Selectmens' Report 9
Plumbing Inspector
Industrial Development Commission
129
144
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
Sinking Fund Commission 130
State Auditor 74
Town Accountant
78
Balance Sheet, May 16, 1961
87
Balance Sheet, Dec. 31, 1961 93
Town Forest Committee 121
Town Clerk
12
Licenses
12
Jurors Drawn 1961
13
Jury List 1960
13
Town Election, March 6, 1961
16
Annual Business Meeting, March 13, 1961 20
Warrant-Special Town Meeting, March 27, 1961 65
Warrant-Special Town Meeting, June 5, 1961 67
Town Officials 3
Treasurer and Tax Collector 106
Tree Department 116
Veterans' Emergency Fund 123
Veterans' Services 117
Welfare Department 109
Wire Inspector
106
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