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.0250
Average cost per K.W.H. sold
.0282
Total K.W.H. Sold for Lighting
Total K.W.H. Sold for Power
16,916,640 4,203,269
Total K.W.H. Sold
21,119,909
K.W.H. used in Gas House and Electric Station
53,809
Net received per K.W.H. for Lighting
Net received per K.W.H. for Power
Net received per K.W.H. all Classes of Service
K.W.H. used for Street Lights
Received for Street Lights
Average cost to Town per K.W.H. for Street Lights
Mfg. Profit to Profit and Loss
$110,257.39 5680
Maximum K. W. Demand (December)
5480
Power Factor at Maximum Demand
Average Power Factor at Maximum Demands
.0343 .0275 .0334
468,411 $13,042.78 .0279
Maximum K.V.A. Demand (December)
.964 .878
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GAS AND ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
1960 Sales
1961 Sales
Increase
Gas
$161,881.58
$169,321.11
$ 7,439.53
Light
614,190.99
637,697.88
23,506.89
Street Lighting
12,958.74
13,042.78
84.04
Power
115,941.19
130,705.52
14,764.33
Jobbing
31,631.10
35,071.48
3,440.38
$936,603.60
$985,838.77
$49,235.17
Accounts Receivable
Gas
$20,023.90
Light
26,249.70
Power
1,775.56
Jobbing
3,741.35
$51,790.51
Meters Installed
January 1, 1962
Gas Electric
1773 5808
Consumers
January 1, 1962
Gas
1646
Electric
5705
Street Lights 1961
Total No.
Nights
Total No. Hours
Ave. No. Nights per.Mo.
White Way Service 365
4200
30.4
No. Middleboro, Rock
and So. Middleboro 365
4200
30.4
11 hrs. 30 min.
KWH Purchased
Total K.W.H. used for Street Lights
23,759,200 468,411
Ave. No. Hours per Night 11 hrs. 30 min.
1961 OPERATING EXPENSE - GAS Manufactured Gas Production
Operation: Purchased Gas Liq. Petroleum Gas Expense
Liq. Petroleum Gas
$62,367.72 714.13 1,608.29
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Gas Mixing Expense 128.36
$64,818.50
Maintenance:
Maintenance of Structures
30.40
Maintenance of Production Equipment
500.24
530.64
Local Storage Expense
Maintenance:
Maintenance Misc. Structures
77.97
Maintenance Gas Holder
5.05
83.02
Transmission and Distribution
Operation:
Supervision and Engineering
4,879.37
Communication Expense
12.78
Compressor Station Labor
1,342.54
Measuring and Regulating Sta. Expense
9.03
Removing and Resetting Meters
2,474.59
Mains and Service Expense
1,010.11
Customer Installation Expense
9,978.77
Supplies and Expense
3,585.02
Rent - Right of Way
26.00
23,318.21
Maintenance:
Maintenance of Measuring and Reg. Sta. Equip. 3.17
Maintenance of Street Mains 5,921.41
Maintenance of Services
10,614.62
Maintenance of Consumers' Meters
3,566.83
20,106.03
Customers Accounts Expenses
Operation:
Meter Reading
1,747.49
Wages General Office Clerks
3,668.46
Uncollectible
1,231.72
6,647.67
Sales Expense
Advertising
104.18 104.18
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Administrative and General Expenses
Salary of Manager
1,832.91
Office Supplies and Expense
1,272.92
Insurance
1,009.18
Outside Services Employed
3,304.00
Miscellaneous General Expense
726.69
Depreciation
15,602.91
Total Expense Balance of Profit and Loss (Profit)
24,349.33
$163,706.19
INCOME - GAS
Income Residential Gas
$115,137.46
Income Commercial Gas
42,303.60
Income Industrial Gas
2,462.41
Income Munic. Gas
3,802.72
$163,706.19
1961 OPERATING EXPENSES - ELECTRIC
Maintenance:
Electric Energy Purchased
$301,135.13
$301,135.13
TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE
Operation:
Transformer Station and Substation Supplies and Exp. $ 20,575.83
Miscellaneous Transmission Expense 144.28
Inspecting and Testing Meters
3,508.04
Overhead Line Expense 8,094.99
Underground Line Expense
78.11
Transmission and Distribution Supplies and Expense 1,237.18
$ 33,638.43
Maintenance:
Maint. Station and Substation Equip. $ 879.96
Maint. Station Structures 197.39
Maint. Transmission and Distribution Lines 119,674.01
Maint. Underground Conductors & Conduits 1,224.58
Maint. Consumers' Meters 151.69
Maint. Transformers 1,406.69
Maint. Supervision and Engineering 142.91
Maint. Street Lighting and Signal System 230.30
$123,907.53
23,748.61
$139,356.86
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UTILIZATION
Operation:
Munic. Street Lamps, Supplies and Exp . $ 3,927.29
Maint. Consumers' Installations 237.52
$ 4,164.81
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Salary of Manager
$ 9,164.53
Salaries of General Office Clerks
19,259.72
Meter Readers and Collectors
8,896.47
General Office Supplies and Expense
6,386.76
Insurance
2,812.91
Depreciation
77,281.06
Advertising
258.24
Miscellaneous General Expense
2,887.72
Uncollectible
3,175.94
Law Expense
2,000.00
$132,123.35
Total Expense
$594,969.25
Balance to Profit and Loss (Profit)
110,257.39
$705,226.64
INCOME - ELECTRIC
Income Residential Light
$396,015.13
Income Commercial Light
150,907.98
Income Industrial Light
20,088.26
Income Munic. Light
9,689.20
Income Commercial Power
60,804.49
Income Industrial Power
41,981.12
Income Munic. Power
12,697.68
Income Street Lighting
13,042.78
$705,226.64
1961 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
By balance at beginning of year
$1,244,238.10
By balance Gas Operating Expenses
24,349.33
By balance Jobbing Account (Gas)
1,378.15
By balance Jobbing Account (Electric)
32,596.45
By balance Electric Operating Expense
110,257.39
To Hurricane Expense 1960 $ 35,828.95
To Town of Middleborough to reduce taxes
75,000.00
To Town of Middleborough Town Hall Account 5,000.00
To balance Account
1,296.990.47
$1,412,819.42 $1,412,819.42
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1961 BALANCE SHEET
Investment - Gas
Land - - Gas
$ 4,157.89 400.00
Land Rights
Structures
45,905.14
Boiler Plant Equipment
4,921.51
Other Equipment at Works
5,510.01
Other Power Equipment
960.95
Street Mains
51,040.40
Services
28,215.21
Other Equipment
406.32
Consumers' Meters
8,673.25
Consumers' Meter Installations
2,166.38
Office Equipment
854.14
Laboratory Equipment
389.49
Power Operated Equipment
3,639.72
Tools
1,864.30
High Pressure Gas Line
76,316.77
High Pressure Services
3,879.97
Transportation Equipment
5,808.06
Communication Equipment
867.79
Gas Generating Equipment - Liq. Pet. Gas Equp. 67,076.40
Purification Apparatus
928.34
Measuring and Regulating Station Equipment
448.40
Compressor Station Equip.
255.48
Investment - Electric
Land - Electric
7,639.85
Rights of Way
2,846.65
Rights of Way Brockton High Tension
3,813.70
Rights of Way - Tremont
6,307.31
Rights of Way - Taunton
4,510.30
Rights of Way - Navaho Shores
5.35
Structures
7,828.28
Reservoirs, Dams, Canals and Waterways
317.65
Water Turbines and Water Wheels
40.18
Transf. Station and Substation Equipment Poles and Fixtures
268,168.92
Overhead Conductors
5,685.23
Consumers' Meters
51,844.82
Consumers' Meter Installations
9,004.15
Line Transformers
88,775.60
Line Capacitors
831.20
Street Lighting Equipment
21,394.82
Underground Conduits
21,377.86
Underground Conductors
25,018.79
Brockton High Tension Line
1,928.22
High Tension Line Project - Tremont
5,097.28
High Tension Line - Taunton
174.28
Office Equipment
4,815.77
Pole to House Services
2,499.42
43,689.66
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Transportation Equipment
10,706.68
Power Operated Equipment Laboratory Equipment Communication Equipment
4,142.06
355.49
2,152.47
Tools, Shop and Garage Equipment
175.72
Current Assets
Cash on hand
166,960.36
Accounts Receivable Inventory Unadjusted Credits
69,790.18
14,248.33
Reserve Funds
Construction Fund
14,668.15
Depreciation Fund
271,891.70
Special Deposits Fund
10,547.00
Liabilities
Loan Repayments
$162,200.00
Appropriation for Construction Repayments
45,992.39
Consumers' Deposits
10,547.00
Profit and Loss Balance
1,296,990.47
$1,515,729.86 $1,515,729.86
Plant Investment - Book Value
Gas Electric
601,147.71
$915,833.63
1961 CONSTRUCTION AND DEPRECIATION DRAFTS
Gas
Expended for:
Structures
$ 1,621.56
Boiler Plant Equipment
4,921.51
Other Power Equipment
960.95
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment
4,698.24
Other Equipment at Works
117.80
Gas Holders
2.18
Other Equipment
406.32
400.00
Rights of Way
314,685.92
51,790.51
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Structures and Improvements
35.00
Mains
6,611.23
High Pressure Mains
73,223.77
Compressor Station Equipment
255.48
Measuring and Regulating Station Equip.
448.40
Services
4,609.64
High Pressure Services
515.27
Consumers Meters
284.01
Meter Installations
359.97
Office Equipment
62.03
Tools
1,492.89
Laboratory Equipment
208.00
Communication Equipment
30.45
$101,264.70
Electric
Expended for:
Station and Substation Equipment
147.53
Poles, Towers and Fixtures
10,462.65
Overhead Conductors and Devices
5,685.23
Underground Conduits
773.07
Underground Conductors
1,778.08
Line Transformers and Line Capacitors
10,309.38
Services (pole to house)
2,499.42
Consumers Meters
5,201.35
Consumers Meters Installations
33.76
Street Lighting and Signal System
4,576.65
Office Equipment
417.87
Transportation Equipment
2,472.30
Tools
45.79
Communication Equipment
49.40
44,452.48
$145,717.18
1961 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
Depreciation Fund
1961
Jan. 1 Balance in Town Treas.
$287,549.80
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operat- ing Fund 92,883.97
Dec. 31 Payments $108,542.07
Dec. 31
Balance in
Town Treas.
271,891.70
$380,433.77
$380,433.77
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Construction Fund
1961
Jan. 1 Balance in Town Treas.
$ 1,843.26
Dec. 31
Balance in Town Treas. 14,668.15
$ 51,843.26
$ 51,843.26
Operating Cash
Dec. 31
Transferred to Deprec. Fund $ 92,883.97
Dec. 31 Transferred to Const. Fund 50,000.00
Dec. 31 For 1960 Hurricane expense 35,828.95
Jan. 1
Refunds Rec'd
8,939.34 Dec. 31
Transferred to T. of Middle- boro Town Hall Account 5,000.00
Jan. 1 Bad Debt Paid
444.37
Dec. 31
Transferred to T. of Middle- boro for use of Assessors 75,000.00
Dec. 31
Collections
905,093.40
Dec. 31
Payments
633,956.96
Dec. 31 Balance in Town Treas. 166,960.36
$1,059, 630.24
$1,059,630.24
Deposits Fund
Jan. 1 Balance in Town Treas. Collections
Dec. 31 Payments $ 8,767.00
$ 9,599.00
Dec. 31
Balance in Town. Treas. 10,547.00
9,715.00
$ 19,314.00
$ 19,314.00
Jan. 1
Balance in
Town Treas.
$145,153.13
Dec. 31 Payments
$ 37,175.11
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operat- ing Fund 50,000.00
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SUMMARY OF 1961 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
1961 Receipts
Balance - January 1, 1961
$ 444,145.19
From Sales of Gas
$162,031.38
From Sales of Light
571,085.03
From Street Lighting
13,042.78
From Power Sales
114,635.37
From Jobbing
44,298.84
From Deposits
9,715.00
From Refunds
8,939.34
From Bad Debt Paid
444.37
924,192.11
$1,368,337.30
1961 Expenditures
Depreciation
Construction
$108,542.07 37,175.11 633,956.96
Operation
Deposits
8,767.00
Town of Middleboro for Use of Assessors
75,000.00
Town of Middleboro for Town Hall
5,000.00
For 1960 Hurricane
35,828.95
904,270.09
Balance January 1, 1962
$464,067.21
$ 14,668.15
Construction Fund Depreciation Fund Operation Fund Deposits
271,891.70
166,960.36
10,547.00
$464,067,21
CONCLUSION
The end of 1961 concludes a Ten Year Period during which many important changes and events took place in both the Gas and Electric Divisions. Gas sales in 1951 were 19,500,000 cu. ft. (Natural Gas Equiva- lent) and 59,500,000 cubic feet in 1961. This is an increase of 305%. Electric sales in 1951 were 9,649,000 kilowatt hours and in 1961 were 21,119.109 kilowatt hours. This is an increase of 219%.
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The Gas Division business has experienced a conversion from Manu- factured Gas of 528 B.T.U. per cubic foot to Natural Gas of 1000 B.T.U. per cubic foot. This required conversion of all customer's appliances by large outside crews. A Propane-air plant for making our own gas and a Hortonsphere gas holder were also built. Rates were lowered to permit gas heating which use has increased from a few to several hundred cus- tomers. Gas profits increased from $12,361.80 in 1951 to $24,349.33 in 1961. A new contract for purchase of Natural Gas was negotiated and this was recently re-negotiated to provide for better profits by taking on the additional responsibilities of "Peak Shaving" (Making some of our own gas). Free servicing of gas appliances was also adopted. The gas business is now many times more complex than it used to be and requires personnel of much higher skills.
In the Electric Division, a contract was negotiated in 1952 to buy wholesale Electric Power from the Taunton Municipal Electric Plant (instead of the Plymouth County Electric Co. which supplied Middle- boro with Bulk Electricity for many years). Our Rate Structure was entirely revised to provide for Residential, Commercial and Industrial rates instead of just "Light" and "Power" rates. Electric Profits in- creased from $61,585.88 in 1951 to $110,257.39 in 1961. Two hurricanes in 1954 and one in 1960 caused considerable damage to our widespread electric lines. Extensive improvements were made at our electric station and in our lines to keep up with growth and to improve service. During the last few years a lot of electric line relocation was done in connec- tion with the new expressway Route #25. In 1961, a Year-end Bonus Dividend, similar to that given in 1960, was given to all electric cus- tomers. A dividend was also given in 1959. The use of electronic controls (electric eyes) for street lighting is one result of changing trends to which the Gas and Electric Department must be constantly aware of. Detailed maps were made of the electric (also gas) systems.
As is evidenced by the above figures, both the Gas and Electric business has grown considerably and it is expected that it will continue to grow both in volume and complexity. By providing for this growth and accepting the added responsibilities, customers are given good service and reasonable rates. Taxpayers also benefit by receiving de- pendable and substantial amounts each year from their Gas and Electric Department to reduce taxes. A good relationship with our employees and our Electric Light Commissioners (Selectmen) has been an impor- tant factor in the progress we have made.
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN HORBAL, Mgr.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE of
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.
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1961
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At the meeting of the School Committee held on January 18, 1962, it was voted:
"To accept the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools and to adopt it as the Report of the School Committee to be incorporat- ed in the Annual Town Report."
STANLEY KRUSZYNA
Secretary for the Committee
School Committee
Term Expires
C. Trafton Mendall, Chairman, 18 Forest Street
1964
James M. Bonnar, Jr., Vice-Chairman, 33 Pearl Street
1963
Richard B. Wilmot, 115 North Street
1962
Eugene H. Savard, Everett Street
1962
Robert F. Howes, 81 School Street
1963
Kathryn R. O'Toole, 14 North Street
1964
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in Room 7. Town Hall, on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 P.M.
Superintendent of Schools
Stanley Kruszyna, B.S., Ed.M.
Constance M. Souza, Secretary
Theodora Sowyrda, Assistant Secretary
School Physician Stuart A. Silliker, M.D., 29 Oak Street
School Nurse Mary H. Edgerly, R.N., North Street
Supervisor of Attendance John Rebell, Everett Street
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School Calendar, 1960 - 1961
Schools Open
Schools Close
No. of Days
First Term-Sept. 7, 1960 - Grades 1-9
Sept. 8, 1960 - Grades 10-12
Nov. 4, 1960 41
Second Term-Nov. 7, 1960
Jan. 20, 1961 46
Third Term-Jan. 23, 1961
Mar. 30, 1961
44
Fourth Term-Apr. 3, 1961
June 21, 1961
52
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Total 183
Holidays and "No School" Days
Oct. 12, 1960
Columbus Day
Oct. 21, 1960
Plymouth County Teachers Convention
Nov. 11, 1960
Veterans' Day
Nov. 24-25, 1960
Thanksgiving Recess
Dec. 24, 1960 - Jan. 2, 1961
Christmas Recess
Feb. 20-24, 1961
Winter Recess
Mar. 31, 1961
Good Friday
Apr. 17-21, 1961
Spring Recess
May 30, 1961
Memorial Day
School Calendar, 1961 - 1962
Schools Open
Schools Close
No. of Days
First Term-Sept. 6, 1961 - Grades 1-9
Sept. 7, 1961 - Grades 10-12 Second Term-Nov. 13, 1961
Jan. 26, 1962
47
Third Term-Jan. 29, 1962
Apr. 6, 1962
45
Fourth Term-Apr. 9, 1962
June 20, 1962
47
Total 185
Holidays and "No School" Days
Oct. 12, 1961
Oct. 27, 1961
Columbus Day Plymouth County Teachers Convention Thanksgiving Recess Christmas Recess
Nov. 23-24, 1961
Dec. 23, 1961 - Jan. 1, 1962
Feb. 19-23, 1962
Winter Recess
Apr. 16-20, 1962
Spring Recess Memorial Day
May 30, 1962
Nov. 10, 1961 46
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Entrance Age
A child must be six years of age on or before January 1 to enter the first grade of school the previous September. There can be no exception to this ruling.
Birth Certificates
A birth certificate is required for entrance to the first grade.
Vaccinations
No child shall be allowed to enter Grade One without a certificate of vaccination.
No-School Signals
There will be no school only when transportation by bus is unsafe. In such case, the "no-school" signal (Fire Alarm 2-1-2) will be sounded at 7:00 A.M. only.
If there is to be no school in all schools other than Memorial High School and the Middleborough Junior High School, the signal will be sounded at 8:00 A.M. only.
If school is to be called off for the afternoon session only, in all schools other than Memorial High School and Middleborough Junior High School, the signal will be sounded at 12:15 P.M.
If the "no-school" signal is sounded on days when evening school classes are to be held, these classes will also be cancelled.
Announcements for "no-school" will be broadcast over Radio Sta- tions WEEI, WBZ, WBET, and WPLM, and over TV Channel 4.
In case of inclement weather, parents should use their own discre- tion as to the advisability of sending their children to school.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Members of the Middleborough School Committee:
I am pleased to submit my Second Annual Report as Superinten- dent of Schools. In my report last year, there was included a compre- hensive account of the policies, practices and accomplishments of our Public Elementary Schools. This year I am featuring the Middleborough Junior High School with the hope and expectation that our fellow citi- zens will thereby get a clearer and more detailed picture of the various elements of our public school system. Reports of teacher specialists, department heads, and others are also included, but give only high- lights. In succeeding years it is planned to feature one of these areas each year.
School Housing
The most critical school problem facing us today is the shortage of classroom facilities. Every available classroom is presently being util- zed at full capacity. At the high school level several definitely sub- standard and make-shift spaces are in use. The normal capacity of our elementary school buildings is 1345. Our enrollment in December, 1961, was 1422 in Grades One through Six or 77 in excess of normal capacity. Three Grade Six classes, therefore, are housed in the Middleborough Junior High School bringing enrollments in that building up to 567. Normal capacity, not including the Library, the Industrial Arts shop, and the Homemaking laboratory as homeroom stations, is 560.
Even more serious is the overcrowding at the Memorial High School. December 1961 figures show 751 students enrolled in a building with a normal capacity of 600. Obviously, the overcrowding is critical. Of the 751, ninety-three are Carver tuition pupils, leaving a total of 658 Middleboro students. This latter figure shows an excess of 58 pupils over the normal capacity of the buildings. Next September with the elimination of Carver pupils in Grades Nine and Ten, projected enroll- ments indicate a pupil population of 39 Juniors and Seniors from Carver and 688 of our own Middleboro students in Grades Nine through Twelve. In September, 1963, with all Carver pupils eliminated, the minimum number of Middleboro students expected is 740, with increases indicated yearly thereafter. At no time in the foreseeable future can we expect anything but very serious overcrowding in the present High School buildings.
Projected enrollments in the total school population for September, 1962, indicate an increase of approximately 100 pupils, and for Septem- ber, 1963, 135 more. All projections are based on Middleboro pupils al- ready born and resident in the town. Any influx of families and children moving to Middleboro, which is becoming more and more likely each succeeding year, will make the problem of school housing proportion- ately more acute and more urgent. Everything possible must be done without hysteria to arouse our townspeople to face the seriousness of this problem.
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Educational Program
Most of the educational activities carried on in our Public Schools are mentioned in the reports of principals, supervisors, and de- partment heads. In this portion of my report, I should like to mention some of the system-wide programs and developments for the year 1961.
Four in-service workshops for teachers were conducted: A Math- ematics Curriculum Study Committee, A Committee on Reading Mater- ials for Grades One through Four, the Development of Supplementary Reading Materials for Grades One through Four, and A Developmental Reading Institute for Secondary School Teachers.
We were most fortunate in securing the services of a trained speech therapist on a part-time basis beginning in October. All children in Grades One through Eight with symptoms of speech difficulties were checked individually and a regular schedule for therapy with selected cases was set up. In the short space of a few months significant improve- ment in many cases has been reported by principals and teachers alike. The addition of this service to pupils has already proved to be extremely valuable.
In schools where there are multiple classes in Grades Three through Six, pupils have been grouped for reading according to their reading grade levels. They have been assigned to a teacher who works with only one or possibly two of these reading levels. During the remain- der of the day, pupils remain in their respective rooms with their own teacher following the traditional self-contained type of organization. This compromise between the wholly departmentalized type of pro- cedure and the completely self-contained classroom makes it possible for pupils to profit from some of the advantages of each type.
Federal Aid
Under the provisions of the National Defense Education Act, Pub- lic Law 85-864, the biology laboratory at the High School has been com- pletely renovated and re-equipped. One-half of the cost of the project was reimbursed by Federal funds. Under this same Law funds were also made available for guidance activities at the High School. It is hoped that in 1962, NDEA funds will be used to strengthen mathematic and science areas, especially at the elementary school level.
School Lunch Program
With the opening of the West Side School Cafeteria, hot lunches are now available to all bus pupils attending schools in the center of town plus a large proportion of children who walk to and from school. Schools in North and South Middleboro have been provided with refrigerators, and in some of the buildings facilities are available for making hot co- coa, hot soup, and other quick hot dishes. Details of the program may be found in another section of this report. It is important to note here, how- ever, that the School Lunch Program is completely self-supporting with no appropriations of any kind made from tax funds.
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE MIDDLEBOROUGH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Stanley Kruszyna, Superintendent of Schools
Town Hall
Middleborough, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Herewith is my thirty-fourth annual report as Principal of the Mid- dleborough Junior High School.
PHILOSOPHY
The term"junior high school" is in reality a misnomer and the term "intermediate school" better describes the work of these grades. The junior high school is an educational program designed particularly to meet the needs, the interests, and the abilities of girls and boys during early adolescence. According to Dr. William T. Gruhn of the University of Connecticut and the recognized leader in the study of the junior high school, "The advantages of the broad program offered in the junior high school type of education are so widely recognized that most communities are giving serious consideration to the junior high school type of pro- gram." Various schools of this type establish a basic philosophy of edu- cation. Our school, during the period of my leadership, has developed the "essentialist" type of philosophy in which there are four important points:
1. Discipline from adults directed always at developing young peo- ple who can use freedom wisely.
2. An organized, planned, curriculum in which any planning done by pupils is done with a framework of subject matter selected by adults.
3. The social interests and needs of pupils are considered remem- bering that each pupil is an individual and that interest follows effort as well as effort follows interest. The schools are built for the education of the pupils in them.
4. The concepts of democracy are thought of in terms of the general welfare in order that young people will understand that the pro- motion of an improved society is one of their aims of living.
IMPLICATION OF THE ABOVE TYPE OF PROGRAM
The pupil's "homeroom" becomes his home away from home, and from its organization the instructional program, the extraclass activities, the guidance and interview program, the recording of pupil progress all emerge. Instructional fields include the Language Arts, Mathematics,
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