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541
966
6
671
502
662
1835
Totals
3066
2111
3741
8918
The Board of Registrars holds six sessions for registration of voters, one in each precinct preceeding every election. All sessions in all pre- cincts, 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- 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.
State & Presidential Elections
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THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEEDS AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
Charles D. Harrington, Chairman
Philip E. Campbell, Secretary
Harold E. Clayton, Jr.
Howard E. Humphrey
Henrick R. Johnson Ralph A. Martin Gerald C. Tucke
Planning for the new junior high school was completed during the past year. Bids will be opened early in February for its construction and it is sincerely hoped that work will start once the ground is clear early in the spring. The contract calls for the work to be completed so the building may be put into use in September of 1965.
At a subsequent town meeting, your committee will submit recom- mendations for alterations needed at the old high school so that it may be used as a self-contained elementary school, along with the McFarlin building now used for junior high purposes.
Looking ahead, your committee, by projecting present enrollment and making a minimum estimate of newcomers to the school system, can foresee that measures will have to be taken to alleviate the elementary school housing again so that additional quarters may be available for the start of the 1967 school year.
This coming year there will be double sessions for some of the elementary pupils, but this condition will be corrected once the new junior high school is ready.
However, the continued growth of the town presents a problem which cannot be by-passed.
By September of 1967, we will have approximately 4196 pupils in the elementary grades. Even with the old junior high setup changed into elementary classrooms and continuing to use the East, Quessy and High- land Schools, we will have quarters for only about 3600 children. By the following year, 1968, the shortage will be from a need of 4395 to avail- able rooms for approximately 3600.
This means that 20 to 24 new classrooms must be available by 1967, and 8 to 12 more by the following September.
We do not project beyond 1968, as we are holding to facts and figures available at this time and we do not believe that anyone today can project any further, for events in the next five years could bring radical changes.
Our population today is nearing the 20,000 mark, and by 1968 it will be well beyond this figure on the basis of current growth, barring some unforeseen disaster.
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Through 1968 we believe that the pupils in the 7th through 12th grades, by judicious use of the facilities of the already enlarged high school and the new junior high school, can be adequately housed. How- ever, we know that we have insufficient space for the elementary school children.
During the next few months, this matter will be studied further and whatever proposal seems best for the town will be submitted not later than the annual town meeting in 1965.
In closing, we wish to extend our thanks to the school officials and to the people of the town for their endless cooperation in our activities.
SINKING FUND COMMISSION
December 31, 1963
12/31/62
Interest
1/31/63
*Central Savings #78370
$ 8,165.40
$ 350.69
$41,570.92
Central Savings #147157
31,453.86
1,350.97
U. S. Treasury Bonds
5,070.59
250.00₺
5,070.59
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank # 105588
9,110.32
368.04
9,478.36
Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank
#99250
1,645.58
66.46
1,712.04
$55.445.75
$2,386.16
$57,831.91
* This book consolidated into #147157.
+ Interest on these bonds is included in Central Savings Bank Book #147157.
Respectfully submitted,
INSURANCE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
DANIEL E. WALKER, Chairman HAROLD A. FRASER, Secretary EUSTACE B. FISKE, Treasurer
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Gerald C. Tucke, Chairman
Henrick R. Johnson, Secretary Harold E. Clayton, Jr. Thomas L. Rivard, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools
The School Committee report is presented to assist the citizens of Chelmsford in gaining a clearer understanding of the organization, progress and needs of the school. For, in the final analysis, it is the citizens through their selected officials who have the responsibility for making important decisions which will determine the kind and quality of education which they desire for their children. Such decisions can be wisely made only when there is sufficient understanding of the issues involved and the consequences of the proposed action.
As noted in each of our reports for recent years, steadily increasing pupil enrollments, higher educational standards, and higher salary rates have continued to impose new problems and requirements on our educa- tional system. A summary of the major developments in 1963 follows:
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
As predicted earlier, the overall school enrollment continues to in- crease rapidly and will continue to do so until the current building rate levels off. The following table, in addition to showing the rapid pupil growth over the past years, is also the basis of some specific predictions of the school system's future size and future needs.
GRADE
PAST
1954
1959
1960
1961
1962
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1
273
354
424
409
545
631
715
730
740
745
750
2
254
334
362
429
418
541
660
715
730
740
745
3
250
286
349
411
441
447
551
660
715
730
740
4
206
293
278
373
422
449
458
551
660
715
730
5
193
288
290
311
388
445
467
458
551
660
715
6
173
289
289
336
335
419
461
467
458
551
660
Spec. Class
5
29
34
39
40
48
50
50
55
55
TOTAL 1-6
1349
1849
2021
2303
2588
2972
3360
3631
3904
4196
4395
PRESENT 1963
FUTURE PROJECTION
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7
180
304 283
317
328 327
355 350
351 364
444 380
461 444
467 461
458 467
551 458
TOTAL 7 & 8
343
587
632
655
705
715
824
905
928
925
1009
9
138
207
298
345
331
351
376
380
444
461
467
10
104
204
213
293
347
343
358
376
380
444
461
11
101
153
189
217
300
354
347
358
376
380
444
12
80
143
149
187
194
290
358
347
358
376
380
TOTAL 9-12
423
707
849
1042
1172
1338
1439
1461
1558
1661
1752
GRAND TOTAL
2115
3143
3502
4000
4465
5025
5623
5997
6390
6782
7156
SCHOOL HOUSING
As early as 1959, it became obvious to the School Committee that the pupil population surveys indicated that Chelmsford was again ap- proaching a school housing problem. The building of the North School addition, the South Row School, and the addition to the High School has not alleviated this problem. It has, in fact, become more pressing with each passing day. The conversion of large tracts of land into housing areas has served to increase the projected pupil population in all school districts. So serious is the present housing problem, double sessions for some grades will become an actuality next September. The opening of the new Junior High School in September of 1965 will only temporarily ease the pupil housing problem. Additional school sites should now be purchased and future school construction planned if we are to meet the educational needs of our children in the decade ahead.
STAFF
The number of teachers in our system continues to increase in response to the growing pupil enrollment. In the fall of 1961, the number of teachers and principals was 181. In 1962, this total increased to 207. It increased again in 1963 to 231, and our present estimate of the num- ber required for the opening of school in 1964 is 260.
In common with other communities, Chelmsford continues to feel the pressures being generated by the universal competition for qualified and competent teachers. The supply of trained competent professionals continues to fall short of the rapidly expanding demand and the result has been a continued upward movement in teaching and administrative salary schedules. In order to keep Chelmsford competitive, the salary schedule was revised. Regardless of all other factors, our schools will be good only because of excellence in teaching. Excellence in teaching means the continued employment of competent, qualified teachers. In addition to the monetary aspects of salary schedules, consideration must be given to the area of fringe benefits. It is apparent that revisions of salary policies will be a matter of concern for some time to come.
TRANSPORTATION
Pupil transportation has become a major item in our budget. It is the policy of the School Committee to review the transportation policy annually and to establish procedures that will keep pace with the growth
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of the town, contribute to the safety of the pupils, and effect such econ- omies as may be determined to be safe and equitable. The management of our program of transportation is an involved and time-consuming one. The fact that the transportation program operates at such a relatively safe and efficient level is a real tribute to the cooperative efforts of the Marinel Transportation Company and to the school administration.
CURRICULUM
There are many interesting and significant things going on in the Chelmsford Public Schools which are probably unknown to the average citizen and yet which quite likely have a direct or indirect influence upon him or his children.
The kind of educational program we have in Chelmsford is neither developed casually nor paid for cheaply. Our schools are in business for a single purpose only, to educate our children. Each change in our cur- riculum is an effort to improve the quality and effectiveness of the school system. We are indeed fortunate to have the leadership personnel to guide us in meeting our responsibilities in seeking new ways to help pupils develop their full potential.
The Chelmsford Public Schools have gained a respected position for providing its pupils with a broad, sound, and well-balanced education.
The administration and teachers have taken full advantage of the released time on Monday afternoons to further the improvement of in- struction and curriculum development.
The in-service training of teachers, inaugurated four years ago, has become a basic need if we are to continue to bring quality instruction to the pupils in all of our classrooms.
Careful experimentation must be carried on in our schools if we are to continue to improve instruction.
The improvements and modifications in the curriculum mentioned in our last report have been continued and the indications are that they have been most successful.
Television
Educational television has matured and is now a most important teaching tool in the curriculum. Pupils are regularly receiving carefully prepared lessons in music, physical education, phonetics, science, art, speech therapy, and guidance.
These televised lessons offer certain distinct advantages in that they do provide content or materials which cannot be presented. as ef- fectively in the regular classroom. Educational television, in itself, car- ries additional motivational factors which aid learning. It is possible to bring to many pupils at one time the advantages of relatively close
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contact with personalities who have a great deal to offer in the way of general or specific information. At the same time, one can reduce the time of the personality involved while maintaining the teaching advan- tage of working with a relatively small group within easy viewing dis- tance of the speaker and his materials.
Elementary
The curriculum in the elementary schools, while continuing to stress the traditional three R's, remains flexible enough for each child to de- velop not only the basic skills, but habits, attitudes, ideals, and appre- ciations necessary for everyday living.
The services of the reading teachers have given the elementary co- ordinators additional time with which to work more closely with the principals, speech therapist, and adjustment counsellor; especially with children who need special counselling and/or testing, or who are not as happy nor as successful in school as they might be, because of some emotional or social problem.
Experimental projects in phonics as well as investigation of several techniques in reading are taking place. Such programs, together with our basic reading system, help children gain greater independence in reading and related subjects. The reading test scores demonstrate that our continued effort to strengthen the reading program is bearing fruit. Much credit for this fine achievement goes to our elementary coordina- tors.
The workshops in mathematics and social studies and the resulting curriculum guides and resource materials have greatly strengthened these areas.
Early next February, the entire field of language arts will be eval- uated when the workshop, under the direction of a consultant, begins. All elementary teachers will participate in this study.
Educational television has added a whole new dimension to the ele- mentary curriculum and has become the "most used" of all the equip- ment in the schools.
Junior High School
The expansion of library services has been made possible through the PTA. which has supplied library assistants from among its member- ship. In addition, 500 books have been added to the reference shelves. The circulation has more than doubled during the year.
This year a different approach is being tried out in some areas by teachers who work in "teams" in the planning of their programs with apparently good results. A small venture of this sort impresses one with the great possibilities to be explored in such arrangements.
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There has been an increase in the number of students electing French. This now causes a large increase in the number of French classes in the high school. Consequently, this necessitates a reevaluation of the French program at that level.
The steadily increasing pupil enrollment continues to impose new problems on the overtaxed facilities of the present buildings. However, the new junior high school scheduled to open in September of 1965 should ease temporarily many of our present housing and curriculum problems.
High School
Programs for the varying levels of academic ability are provided. Honors Courses in Science, English, and Mathematics have been intro- duced. These courses provide an opportunity for the academically tal- ented students, those with a high degree of intellectual curiosity and a capacity for rigorous academic work, to learn to a depth and at a rate commensurate with their ability.
Methods and materials are continually being evaluated in order to provide maximum learning opportunities in our college and non-college courses. The Industrial Arts and Home Economics Departments have re- organized their course offerings to provide a series of learning experi- ences which move from the many general skills to the more complex skills related to specific vocational and avocational endeavors. Students are provided with an increasing range of learning choices to meet their wide range of abilities and needs.
The new addition to the high school provides eight classrooms which can be converted in seconds to four double rooms for instruction of larger classes employing a team teaching approach. The new lecture hall, seat- ing 104 students, is used by many departments for large group instruction of material basic to a unit of study. The physical facilities and the learn- ing environment of the lecture hall provide a valuable resource in meet- ing the present needs of our educational program.
Courses of study are being developed and revised in all secondary subjects. This involves a great deal of time and effort on the part of all teachers, supervisors, and administrators in building functional course plans which establish objectives, methods, and materials of teaching and learning.
This year some of the programmed learning materials, which were recommended by the Study Group of the Chelmsford Citizens' Committee, are being tried out. Some of the material appears to have great possi- bilities for students who wish to advance at their own pace, or who need remedial help; but no formal conclusions have been reached.
The high school library, subject departments, and individual teachers are provided with an increasing amount of reference materials to supple- ment the basic texts. As the body of knowledge in all areas increases at
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an accelerated pace, our teachers and students are being provided with the necessary additional source materials.
The evaluation of student learning provided by our curriculum is a crucial consideration in our attempts to continue to improve our educa- tional program. One important means of evaluation is the teacher-made test. If our evaluation is to be valid, our tests must be valid. This year the Cooperative Test Division of the Educational Testing Service devised an in-service teacher training program designed to improve teacher-made tests. We are using this program to help our teachers to plan, construct, and analyze their tests. Our "released time" permitted joint meetings of the high school and junior high school staffs to discuss and plan effective testing procedures which will meet the needs of their students. Many after school meetings of the various subject departments were likewise devoted to this in-service program.
Our progress in curriculum can be judged best by the product the school system is producing. This year Chelmsford High School continued to place finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, and had students who won special recognition in science, technical drawing, art, mathematics, and industrial arts. The high school has maintained its high percentage of placement of its graduates in institutions of higher learning despite the shortage of these facilities.
TESTING
The Chelmsford Public Schools have adopted the STANINE method of reporting standardized test scores to pupils, parents, teachers and administrators. The use of the STANINE method enabels us to place all standardized test scores on a common base and allows us to report scores in easily understandable terms.
STANINE scores are reported in numbers ranging from a. low of one to a high of nine with the average scores reported as five.
The STANINE system meets the following criteria for good test score reporting procedures:
a) Parents are entitled to accurate information about their children's scores on standardized tests.
b) Score reporting procedures must be easily understood by all who receive the scores; they all must interpret the scores in the same manner.
c) Test scores should be reported in simple terms on a broadly based scale. Percentiles, grade equivalents, and IQ's are not nearly as precise as they appear to be and explanations of "standard error of measurement" is apt to be misunderstood.
Chelmsford uses the STANINE method because it meets the above criteria and is precise enough for our purposes. It enables us to compare
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individual performance on different tests and subtests of a test battery, and enables us to establish a relationship between an individual's scores and the scores of the rest of the grade being tested. With the use of STANINES, we are able to compare a student's scores on ability tests with his scores on achievement tests and thus rapidly identify under- achievement and locate strengths and weaknesses.
The testing program in the Chelmsford Public Schools utilizes ability tests in grades two, four, six, eight, nine and ten; achievement tests in all grades two through eight, and ten, and special tests for aptitude, and vocational interest in the secondary schools.
Chelmsford pupils consistently score above the national median scores on standardized tests administered to all pupils, and Chelmsford High School pupils have consistently placed high on College Board Examina- tions and on the National Merit Scholarship Examinations.
IN GENERAL
The Art, Music, and Physical Education Programs are an integral phase of the total education of the pupils. The programs of these areas are being studied and revisions made to provide a well-rounded program that will be continuous from Grade One through Grade Twelve.
The Citizens Advisory Committee, which serves as a study group for the school committee, has completed two more projects which have been accepted by the school committee. The first project was an exhaus- tive study of "Team Teaching and its Implications for the Chelmsford Public Schools." The second was "Programmed Instruction and Machine Teaching." This committee is made up of fifteen citizens who possess not only a desire to improve the schools but also a willingness to give freely of their time. They are to be commended for the outstanding work which they are doing.
Again this year Chelmsford has taken advantage of available federal funds. This year under Public Law 874 which provides financial assistance for these local educational agencies upon which the Federal Government has placed financial burdens determined under the Act, Chelmsford re- ceived $28,853.00 to date. Under Public Law 864, commonly known as the National Defense Education Act, $21,858.57 was received this year to be used on a matching basis for the improvement of instruction of science, mathematics, modern language, and guidance.
To a large degree these Federal Funds have made possible the great improvement in the educational standards of the Chelmsford School System as one of the criteria for a good school system are the materials and aids used in its instructional program. This has been accomplished through the use of these funds without any direct effect on the tax rate. Without this aid, it would have been most difficult to have attained our present high educational standards.
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The Adult Evening Classes which began November 5, 1962, and closed May 7, 1963 had a total enrollment of 416 students. The new fall term started on October 7, 1963 and as of this date has an enrollment of 469 students (an increase of 53 over last year). Eleven vocational and nine general courses are offered.
The summer school and Saturday morning classes continue to be both popular and self-supporting. Chelmsford is meeting the challenge of a changing world by using its plant and educational facilities on practically a year round basis.
REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Another problem created by the rapid growth of our school system is the increasing need for vocational education on the part of our pupils who are not planning to attend college. Many high school graduates who do not attend college find that the traditional sources of jobs for high school graduates are not supplying employment. Many available jobs require a technical background and training not possessed by them.
The need for trained qualified employees is evidenced by the keen competition among various industrial organizations for the services of vocational school graduates.
Until quite recently our students were permitted to enroll in the Lowell Vocational School along with the other communities in the greater Lowell area. Now, due to local applications, Lowell is unable to accept many non-Lowell students. Some of our Chelmsford students manage to find vocational schools in the Boston area that have classroom space to accept them while others that do not want an academic program drop out of school.
For the past two years, your school committee has been studying this serious problem along with the towns of Groton, Littleton, and Westford. A regional vocational school for this area has definite financial and educational advantages which must be explored further. Consequently, your school committee has voted to insert an article which would create a committee for the purpose of studying the advisability of establishing a Regional Vocation School District in the warrant of the annual town meeting next March.
IN CONCLUSION
During the past several years, a conscientious attempt has been made to improve school and parent communications. Special bulletins, schedules of special events, and other items of parent interest have been sent home or published. School-parent activities included: PTA meetings, Parent Orientation meetings, Open House, Science Fair, Parent Con- ferences, Annual Play, Talent Show, Music Concerts, and special ele- mentary programs. Excellent attendance at these affairs indicated strong parent interest and appreciation of the overall school program. Through-
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out the year many individual conferences have been held by parents with teachers, guidance counselors and administrators, as it is a definite policy of the school to encourage these individual conferences. We are grateful to all who have assisted us in any way - all Town Boards and Com- mittees, the Police, Fire and Highway Departments, the Parent-Teacher Associations, the Elementary School Needs Committee, the Citizens Com- mittee, 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.
The staff can take pride in a year of progress. There will be no complacency, for the present and the future present new challenges, issues, and decisions which again will be met in the best interests of the students of Chelmsford.
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 is reflected in the provision, among others, for an additional 29 teachers.
The School Committee shares the general concern over the fact that adequate support of our public school system appears to involve the imposition of an increasingly heavy burden on our local tax structure. This concern has prompted us to attempt every possible economy in operations which does not threaten to impair our present educational standards or facilities. We still consider it our duty, however, to work for the continued maintenance and improvement of our standards.
A summary of income and expenditures of the Chelmsford Public Schools for the year 1963 and the budget recommended for 1964 follows:
CHELMSFORD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - 1964 BUDGET
SALARIES:
Expended 1962
Appropriated 1963
Expended 1963
Requested 1964
Teachers & Supervisors
$1,026,860.02
$1,285,390.00
$1,230,136.72
$1,490,047.00
Janitors
96,807.65
116,812.00
114,773.54
128,325.00
Administration
19,909.68
32,987.00
32,656.22
37,462.00
Secretaries
16,951.33
20,280.00
20,167.14
29,177.00
Physicians
1,500.00
2,250.00
2,250.00
3,000.00
Attendance Officer
375.00
400.00
400.00
500.00
TOTAL SALARIES
1,162,403.68
1,458,119.00
1,400,383.62
1,688,511.00
EXPENSES:
Educational Supplies & Services
69,987.54
86,700.00
86,695.80 (2)
100,026.00
Fuel, Light & Water
45,508.52
56,400.00
55,880.13
55,000.00
Repairs
30,739.64
30,740.00
30,738.21(3)
30,000.00
Playgrounds
982.59
1,000.00
989.64
1,000.00
Janitors' & Nurses' Supplies
7,696.49
9,100.00
9,038.59
9,100.00
Transportation
134,419.25
163,150.00
157,826.56
193,195.00
New & Replacement of Equipment
13,068.51
13,000.00
12,992.97(4)
11,000.00
Athletic Program
5,000.00
5,500.00
5,500.00
6,500.00
Vocational
6,314.67
5,000.00*
5,567.22(1)
5,000.00*
Administration
8,007.39
9,200.00
8,800.64
9,100.00
Adult Evening Education
-
4,672.00
3,490.43
6,490.00
TOTAL EXPENSES
321,724.60
384,462.00
377,520.19
426,411.00
TOTAL SALARIES & EXPENSES
$1,484,128.28
$1,842,581.00
$1,777,903.81
$2,114,922.00
RECEIPTS:
Actual 1962
Actual 1963
Estimated 1964
State Education Aid Law
$ 194,574.76
$ 221,679.76
$ 241,700.00
Tuition & Transportation of State Wards
4,126.28
3,062.19
3,500.00
Tuition
4,050.00
2,100.00
700.00
School Transportation
101,651.35
119,935.00
154,445.00
Rental of Auditoriums
270.00
471.00
500.00
Vocational Reimbursement
1,926.39
2,517.43
2,500.00
Special Education
15,994.35
17,966.01
18,000.00
School Adjustment Counsellor
4,568.28
4,885.55
4,800.00
Dog Licenses
2,394.76
2,135.83
2,200.00
Miscellaneous
362.32
243.61
300.00
Adult Evening Education
-
-
3,339.70
5,675.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS
329,918.49
378,336.08
434,320.00
NET COST TO CHELMSFORD
$1,154,209.79
$1,399,567.73
$1,680,602.00
* Plus Dog Tax
(1) Includes Dog Tax
(2) Plus $14,937.43 from Public Law 864 and 874
(3) Plus $5,319.03 from Public Law 874
(4) Plus $14,052.47 from Public Law 874 and 864
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1964 BUDGET CHELMSFORD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ADULT EVENING EDUCATION PROGRAM
SALARIES:
Teachers & Director
$7,600.00
Clerk
200.00
Custodians
640.00
8,440.00
Less 50% Vocational Class Teachers'
Salaries paid in advance by Federal Funds
2,350.00
Net Total Salaries
$6,090.00
EXPENSES:
Equipment
250.00
Miscellaneous
150.00
Total Expenses
400.00
TOTAL SALARIES & EXPENSES:
$6,490.00
RECEIPTS:
Registration and Tuition Fees
4,500.00
Vocational Reimbursement
1,175.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS:
$5,675.00
NET COST TO CHELMSFORD:
$ 815.00
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INDEX
Appeals, Board of 118
Assessors, Board of 117
Building Inspector 129
Cemetery Commission 124
Conservation Commission
123
Dog Officer
118
Elementary School Needs & Building Committee
143
Fire Department
115
Gas Inspector
16
Health Department:
Board of Health 130
Mosquito Control Officer
131
Plumbing Inspector 16
Highway Department 121
Industrial Development Commission
137
Inspector of Animals 125
Librarians' Report
139
Library Trustees, Treasurer 141
120
Planning Board
126
Police Department 112
133
Registrars, Board of
142
School Committee
145
Budget 154
Sealer of Weights & Measures
138
Selectmen's Report
9
Sinking Fund Commission
144
Town Accountant:
Balance Sheet, Dec. 31, 1963 103
Town Forest Committee 132
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Park Commission
Recreation Commission
158
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
Town Clerk
11
Licenses
11
Jury List June, 1962
12
Jurors Drawn 1963
13
Jury List November, 1963 14
Jurors Drawn 1963
16
Town Election, March 4, 1963 21
Annual Business Meeting-March 11, 1963 24
Warrant-Special Town Meeting-January 7, 1963 17
Warrant-Special Town Meeting-June 17, 1963 62
Warrant-Special Town Meeting-November 4, 1963 90
Town Officials 3
Treasurer and Tax Collector 11
Tree Department 128
Varney Playground and Edward's Beach Commissioners
134
Veterans' Emergency Fund 136
Veterans' Services 135
Welfare Department 119
Wire Inspector
116
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