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ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Board of Water Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or take any other action thereto, the sum of $4,000.00 to extend the six inch water main on King Street and install one hydrant at corner of Mt. Vernon and King Streets.
Not recommended.
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ARTICLE 8. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Com- missioners, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, in conjunction with the Board of Electric Light Com- missioners, to acquire a certain parcel of land, by deed, adjacent to the present sub-station, for the future expansion of the facilities of the Electric Light Department. To vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Depart- ment for the foregoing purpose.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of Raymond H. Currier, Jr. and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purchase of materials and to install lighting on Lakeview Road as far as Albert Gould's, and one (1) each on the corner of Lakeview Road and Cross Street, and Cross Street and Juniper Avenue; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 10. On petition of Ebbe B. Wennerberg and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to install lighting on Park Avenue (Haswell Park, so called) as far as Leopold Blais; three (3) in number; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 11. On petition of Frank Pomroy and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 for the purchase of materials and to install street lighting on Essex Street, north from School Street; said amount to be taken from the earn- ings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 12. On petiiton of the School Committee to see if the Town will authorize a School Facilities and Needs Advisory Com- mittee, appointed by the Moderator, consisting of five members, one or more members of which will be a member of the School Committee, one or more of which will be a member of the Board of Selectmen, and one or more of which will be a member of the Planning Board, to investigate and make recommendations as to additional school facilities and needs, and to report its findings at a Town Meeting not later than the annual Town Meeting of March 1961, and to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 to be expended by said committee for professional advisory services.
Recommend article with no appropriation of funds.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to designate the Water Commissioners also as Sewer Commissioners, and place the desig- nation "Water and Sewer Commissioners" on the Town Election Ballot at the Annual Election of 1962 and thereafter, or take any other action thereto.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of the Planning Board, to see if the Town will vote to rezone to Business District Uses, in accordance with Chapter 111-3A and B and area of the Zoning District Map adopted March 15, 1955; said area is bounded and described as follows:
About eight acres more or less on the Westerly side of South Main Street beginning at a point on said South Main Street at the Southeasterly corner of Lot #1 of a plan entitled, "Middleton Farms, Middleton, Mass., owners Middleton Development Corp., dated December 1, 1959, Essex Survey Service Engineer."
Thence Southerly 738.79 feet, more or less, by said South Main Street to a proposed way entitled "Entrance to School." Thence turning and running Westerly to Lot #9 on said Plan by said way; thence turning and running Northerly and Northwesterly by said Plan by Lots #8, 7, and 6 to Lot #4.
Thence turning and running Easterly by Lots #4, 3, 2 and 1 to ' the point of beginning.
A copy of said Plan is on file in the Town Clerk's office. No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of Gordon E. Sheldon and others, to see if the citizens of the Town of Middleton will vote to rezone for industrial or commercial purposes, a strip of land 1,000 feet wide on both sides of South Main Street from the Johnson Farm to the Danvers line.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 16. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will authorize the moderator to appoint a committee consisting of three (3) members to investigate and make recommendations as to sewerage facilities, and to report its findings at a Town Meet- ing not later than the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1961, and to raise and appropriate $4,000.00 to be expended by said com- mittee for professional advisory services.
Recommend article with no appropriation of funds.
ARTICLE 17. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of the land and build- ings of the Town Hall, Maple Street, Middleton, by private sale or public auction, and to execute any deeds or other documents necessary to dispose of the same, or to take any other action thereto.
No recommendation required.
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ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will amend the By-Laws as adopted March 15, 1949, by adding to Part 2, Prudential Affairs and Internal Police, I, Paragraph 2: "Any person who enters upon the land of another with fire-arms, with intent to fire or discharge them thereon, without requesting and obtaining the specific permission of the owner or occupant of such land, or his agent, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10.00."
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 19. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, said amount to be expended by the Board of Assessors for outside professional services to revalue the real estate assessments, and to authorize the Board of Assessors to execute a contract on behalf of the Town to accomplish the same.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of the Acts of 1959, Chapter 513 of the General Laws, to increase individually to an amount not exceeding $1,200.00 the annual amount of any retirement allowance payable to an yemployee or his deepndent, which retirement allowance is now less than $1,200.00 provided that such official or employee has been in the service of the Town for not less than 15 years.
No recommendation required.
SCHEDULE "A" - 1960 BUDGET SCHEDULE "A" - 1960 BUDGET
Item
Item
Expended Expended
1956-1958
1959
Recom- mended 1960
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 3.95% OF TOTAL
.
Moderator
1.
Salary
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Finance Committee
2.
Epenses
50.52
59.70
100.00
Selectmen
3.
Salaries
1,300.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
4.
Expenses
453.87
417.50
500.00
5.
Perambualting
150.00
6.
Clerk
333.33
400.00
450.00
Accountant
7.
Salary
1,333.33
1,400.00
1,600.00
8.
Expenses
48.83
101.31
125.00
Average
No.
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Item
Item
No
1956-1958
Average Expended Expended 1959
Recom- mended 1960
Treasurer
9.
Salary
1,333.33
1,400.00
1,600.00
10.
Expenses
990.23
899.20
932.00
11.
Tax Titles
332.22
336.00
750.00
Collector
Salaries and
12.
Wages
1,513.33
2,520.00
2,640.00
13.
Expenses
867.63
740.27
980.00
14.
Equipment
576.50
Assessors
15.
Salaries
.. 1,700.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
16.
Expenses
908.07
850.00
1,000.00
Counsel
17.
Salary
733.33
1,000.00
1,000.00
18.
Expenses
71.85
107.30
150.00
Clerk
19.
Salary
500.00
700.00
700.00
20.
Expenses
446.80
347.70
350.00
Elections and
Registrations
21.
Salaries
246.66
200.00
400.00
22.
Expenses
1,108.85
802.10
1,800.00
Planning Board
23.
Expenses
123.26
368.49
500.00
Town Hall
24.
Salary
480.00
480.00
480.00
25.
Expenses
653.68
694.22
650.00
Memorial Hall
26.
Salary
360.00
480.00
480.00
27.
Expenses
1,859.02
2,519.16
2,000.00
28.
Special
332.26
500.00
29.
Painting
1,000.00
TOTALS
17,798.14 21,081.71
24,187.00
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Item
Item
No.
Average Expended Expended 1956-1958
1959
Recom- mended 1960
PUBLIC SAFETY - 5.09% OF TOTAL
Constable
30.
Salary
35.00
35.00
35.00
Police Chief
31.
Salary
4,593.33
5,300.00
5,200.00
32.
Wages
2,829.80
3,266.85
3,900.00
33.
Expenses
2,618.90
2,640.41
2,695.00
34.
Ambulance
800.00
35.
Car
1,684.05
Civil Defense
36.
Expenses
84.84
103.43
100.00
Fire
37.
Salaries
2,180.10
2,219.10
3,500.00
38.
Expenses
7,237.53
7,844.56
8,805.00
39.
Truck
3,914.00
Building Inspector
40.
Salary
466.66
500.00
500.00
41.
Expenses
175.00
200.00
200.00
Board of Appeals
42.
Expenses
208.27
382.91
450.00
43.
Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
44.
Expenses
115.00
125.00
130.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
45. 46.
Expenses
75.00
75.00
75.00
Forestry
47.
Expenses
1,266.21
1,420.95
1,500.00
48.
Expenses
1,118.33
1,166.41
1,200.00
Dutch Elm Disease
49.
Expenses
1,258.34
1,453.85
1,500.00
50.
New Trees
265.46
300.00
300.00
Dog Officer
51.
Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
52.
Expenses
172.67
216.00
240.00
TOTALS
25,295.44
34,322.52
30,905.00
Wire Inspector
Salary
125.00
175.00
175.00
Moth
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Item
Item
No.
Average Expended Expended 1959 1956-1958
Recom- mended 1960
HEALTH AND SANITATION - 1.33% OF TOTAL
Board of Health
54. 55.
Salaries
253.35
320.00
320.00
Expenses
3,240.25
3,079.00
3,500.00
Dental Clinic
56.
Expenses
1,145.22
1,079.15
1,500.00
Community Health Program
57.
Expenses
1,766.66
2,500.00
2,500.00
Inspector of Animals
58.
Salary
200.00
135.00
200.00
59.
Expenses
65.00
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Salary
83.33
32.00
50.00
TOTALS
6,753.81
7,245.15
8,170.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - 8.97% OF TOTAL
Surveyor Salary (from
61.
available department funds)
4,056.00
4,160.00
4,680.00
62.
Road Machinery Account
4,127.08
3,390.64
4,500.00
63. Highway Expenses
5,001.94
6,497.67
6,500.00
64. Chapter 81
4,950.00
4,950.00
5,875.00
65.
Chapter 81 State
9,075.00
9,075.00
9,075.00
66. Chapter 90 Construction
1,487.99
2,500.00
2,500.00
67.
Chapter 90 State and County
1,819.72
7,500.00
7,500.00
68.
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
69 Chapter 90 State
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
70. Chapter 718 Liberty Street
171.28
71. Snow Removal
12,389.12
11,003.77
10,000.00
72. Storm Drains
1,032.33
949.45
1,000.00
73. Street Lighting
4,000.00
4,800.00
5,000.00
TOTALS
46,88).18
53,837.81
54,950.00
60.
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Average
Expended Expended 1956-1958 1959
Recom- mended 1960
CHARITIES - 8.15% OF TOTAL
Public Welfare
74.
Salaries
800.00
800.00
800.00
75.
Expenses
68.64
62.99
200.00
76.
General Relief Aid
5,130.00
7,516.17
7,000.00
77.
Old Age Assistance
34,823.55
26,121.51
28,500.00
78.
Aid Dependent Children
5,852.91
6,428.35
10,000.00
79
Disability Assistance
2,427.99
1,277.79
2,000.00
80 Welfare District Administration
1,112.00
1,450.00
1,445.00
TOTALS
50,215.09
43,656.81
49,945.00
VETERANS SERVICES - 1.19% OF TOTAL
Veterans' Agent
81.
Salary
250.00
250.00
250.00
82.
Expenses
8.17
50.00
83. Veterans' Aid
5,920.15
8,098.97
7,000.00
TOTALS
6,178.32
8,348.97
7,300.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - 59.2% OF TOTAL
84.
School
84. Salaries
89,083.21 111,627.36 114,215.00
85. Expenses
67,304.65 57,968.19
31,262.00
86. Supt. Out of State Travel
105.53
200.00
87. Regional
104,083.66 215,761.51
88. Vocational Education
852.71
1,534.57
1,500.00
TOTALS
157,346.10 275,213.78 362,938.51
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT - . 64% OF TOTAL
89. Salaries
1,776.67
1,586.00
1,900.00
90. Expenses
3,086.91
3,010.87
2,000.00
Plus Dog Tax Refund
876.97
TOTALS
4,863.58
4,596.87
4,776.97
Item
Item
No.
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Item
Item
Expended Expended
No.
1956-1958
1959
Recom- mended 1960
RECREATION - . 31% OF TOTAL
Park
91.
Park
876.67
1,235.60
1,400.00
92.
Equipment
475.00
TOTALS
876.67
1,235.60
1,875.00
UNCLASSIFIED
3.43% OF TOTAL
93.
Retirement Asssessment
4,841.99
6,260.31
5,454.70
94. Memorial Day
398.08
402.51
425.00
95.
Printing Town Reports
1,014.11
1,056.00
1,100.00
96. Insurance
5,569.82
4,918.47
5,950.00
97. Motor Vehicle Liability Ins.
2,171.14
2,536.56
2,750.00
98.
Christmas Lighting
62.97
41.50
50.00
99. Reserve Fund
1,687.98
1,262.89
2,000.00
100.
Group Insurance
570.08
550.00
101.
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
2,761.02
2,750.00
TOTALS
15,746.09
19,809.34
21,029.70
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Electric Light Department
102.
Salaries
8,557.33
9,280.00
9,700.00
103.
Wages
16,940.63
18,740.06
20,000.00
104.
Energy
99,321.19 110,334.42 122,500.00
105.
Expenses
17,723.61
16,688.01
20,000.00
106.
Line Clearance
1,469.67
1,798.81
1,800.00
107. Depreciation
8,174.70
8,915.95
9,400.00
108. Emergency Fund
1,000.00
109. Liberty Street Lights
500.00
110.
Webb Street Lights
200.00
111.
Car
2,000.00
TOTALS
152,187.13 168,457.25 184,400.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - . 65% OF TOTAL
112. Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
113. Commissioners Expenses
1,341.81*
113.25
200.00
114. Maintenance
3,497.09
3,500.00
115. Forest Street Special
3,973.51
TOTALS
1,641.81
7,883.85
4,000.00
* Maintenance was included in expenses prior to 1959
Average
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Item
Item
No
Average Expended Expended 1956-1958 1959
Recom- mended 1960
CEMETERIES - 1.17% OF TOTAL
116.
Salaries
60.00
60.00
60.00
117. Supt. of Burials Salary
30.00
30.00
30.00
Cemetery
118.
Expenses
4,523.06
6,493.73
5,700.00
119.
Opening Graves
1,012.46
827.10
900.00
120. New Section
425.00
121.
Hot Top
500.00
TOTALS
5,625.52
7,835.83
7,190.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST - 5.88% OF TOTAL
122. School Addition 1950 Loan
10,000.00
10,000.00 10,000.00
123. School Addition 1956 Loan
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
134. Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
125. Fire Truck Loan
3,000.00
3,000.00
126. Interest
7,176.14
8,577.38
8,000.00
TOTALS
32,176.14
36,577.38
36,000.00
GRAND TOTALS
371,399.89 521,645.62 612,390.21
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town of Middleton
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for the year Ending December 31, 1959
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SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee
MR. EBEN L. JEWETT, Chairman
MR. GEORGE CLAYTON, Secretary
MR. HENRY LUSCOMB
MR. HENRY SAWYER
MRS. ROSAMOND BASTABLE
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1962
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1961
SUPERINTENDENT-PRINCIPAL GEORGE E. PORT, JR.
Office: Howe-Manning School Tel. SPring 4-3517 Office Hours - 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. - Monday - Friday
School Calendar 1960
Open January 4, 1960 Close February 19, 1960
VACATION - ONE WEEK
Open February 29, 1960 Close April 14, 1960
VACATION - ONE WEEK
Open April 25, 1960 Close June 10, 1960
SUMMER VACATION
Open September 12, 1960 Close December 22, 1960
School Holidays
Good Friday May 30 November 11
November 24 and 25
(and such other days as the School Committee may designate) The School Calendar may be subject to change.
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No School Signals
The following no school signals have been adopted:
a. 2-2-2 blast on the fire alarm
b. Two blasts at the B.B. Chemical Co.
c. Street lights on for three minutes
d. Radio Stations WBZ and WESX will carry an announcement on their regular no-school broad- casts.
The signal for the Howe-Manning School will be at 7:45 A.M.
SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1959
Age
Girls
Boys
Total
5-7
83
74
157
7-16
298
268
566
4-5
41
37
78
3-4
54
37
91
2-3
34
42
76
1-2
45
37
82
Under one year
42
43
85
Age of School Admission
All children born on or before December 31, 1954 are eligible to attend school in the coming fall term. No entrance tests for children under the age requirements will be given.
Employment Certificates
Certificates for the employment of minors between the ages of 14-18 may be obtained at the Superintendent-Principal's office during regular office hours.
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HOWE-MANNING SCHOOL Corps of Teachers 1959-1960
Date of Grade Appointment Vice-
Name
Eugene C. Winter, Jr., B.S.
Lowell Teachers Col.
Prin. Sept. 1958
Judith Burke, B.S.
Salem Teachers Col. 1 Sept. 1959
Catherine Devane
Lesley College
1 Sept. 1937
Marjorie Smith, B.S.
Gordon College
1 Sept. 1959
Georgia Lewis, B.S.
Boston University 2
Sept. 1958
Carol Mansfield, B.S.
Salem Teachers Col. 2
Sept. 1957
Virginia Sperry
Wheelock College 2 Sept. 1958
Eleanor Cassidy, B.S.
Salem Teachers Col. 3
Sept. 1955
Lydia Mackenzie, A.B.
Providence-Barrington 3 Sept. 1959
Bible College
Sheila Standring, B.S.
Emmanuel College 3
Sept. 1959
Rose Conrad, B.S.
Boston College
4
Sept. 1959
Rhoda Goodwin, B.S.
Salem Teachers Col.
4 Sept. 1957
Rose Durgin, B.S.
Gordon College
5 Sept. 1956
J. Nellie Johnston
Salem Teachers Col.
5 Sept. 1949
Silvestro Borrelli, M. Ed.
Coolidge College
6 Oct. 1958
Eugene C. Winter, Jr., B.S. Ruth Chasse, B.S.
Mount Saint Vincent
Ungraded
Edward Bruzzo, B.S. Sally Dickey, B.S.
Tufts University
Art Sept. 1953
Boston University
Speech
Sept. 1959
Wheaton College
Music Sept. 1959
Boston State
Teachers College
Read. Sept. 1959
Staff Members
Yale Univ.
Physician
Sept. 1945
Leo P. Beninato, D.D.S.
Georgetown U. Dentist
Sept. 1959
Salem Hosp.
Nurse
Jan. 1957
Burdett Col. Secretary
Nov. 1959
Fisher Bus.
Clerk
Dec. 1959
College
Mary King, B.S.
Univ. of N.H.
Cafeteria Mgr.
Aug. 1958
Mary Silva
Cafeteria Worker
Sept. 1955
Lorayne Hocter
Cafeteria Worker
Sept. 1957
Myrtle Boardman
Cafeteria Worker
Sept. 1958
Helen Doucette
Cafeteria Worker
Sept. 1959
Perley Lovelace
Head Custodian
June 1957
Frederick Daniels
Custodian and
Attend. Officer July 1959
Lois K. Rogers, M.D.
Irene Richmond, R.N. Lillian Floyd Marjorie Comack
Lowell Teachers Col.
6 Sept. 1954
Sept. 1958
Linda Mortensen, B.S. Kathleen Hayes, B.S.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the citizens of the Town of Middleton the School Committee submits its annual report for the year 1959.
During this past year, we witnessed the opening of our new regional school. This long-awaited change will provide the pupils from grades 7 - 12 with the best in educational opportunities. Because of this we have every right to expect that our sons and daughters will grow to be better citizens and be more qualified to fill their rightful places in an ever-increasing technical world.
We, as citizens of Middleton, can well be proud of our education- system. In keeping with our over-all objective to keep abreast of the times, we wish to bring to your attention the advisability and neces- sity of considering the appointment of a long-range school building planning committee. This we feel is something that is needed now - any appreciable increase in housing in the near future will require the erection, staffing, and equipping of a new elementary school.
As in previous years, we have been ever mindful of the need for keeping the school in good repair. As a result, several maintenance projects were undertaken:
1) Most of the temperature control system was restored
2) Needed work was completed on the radiators
3) Needed work was completed on the boilers
We were confronted this past year with the question as to whether or not Middleton would be agreeable to a School Superinten- dency Union on the elementary level with Boxford and Topsfield. It was the unanimous decision of your school committee that we were not interested in such a union at this time.
Our decision was based on several factors:
1) The time of the Superintendent would be divided between the three towns. This would dilute the educational leader- ship by two-thirds.
2) Our previous experience with Superintendency Unions has been unsatisfactory in that we felt we did not receive the leadership necessary. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to liquidate a superintendency union if we later on decide that it does not meet our educational needs.
3) The financial reimbursement arrangement from the State is such under a superintendency union the final cost would be greater to the Town than it is under our present set-up.
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The new State Minimum Salary Law effective as of September 1959 increased teacher salaries to $3,600.00 minimum. Therefore, it became necessary to further increase our own teacher salaries by an additional $200.00 across the board. This we found necessary to do in order to keep a qualified and efficient teaching staff and to at- tract the type of teachers consistent with our aim to provide the best within our means for our children.
During this past year, we felt it necessary to increase the cost of school lunches from $1.00 to $1.25 per week. Again, due to rising costs both in material and labor, we felt that this small increase was necessary. We were one of the few remaining schools still operating on the $1.00 per person basis. This has resulted in better meals, more efficient service, and a greater variety of meals.
Your school committee has worked diligently to provide the chil- dren of Middleton with the best educational programs consistent with our financial ability to do so. As can be seen in the Report of the Superintendent-Principal many new projects have been put into effect in an effort to protect the health and to increase the learning of the Middleton children. We join with our Superintendent-Principal in urging you to read and study carefully the various reports of the School Staff which appear on the following pages. In so doing, we feel that you gain much valuable information relative to the educa- tional system you have so carefully placed in the hands of the school officials, teachers, and school committee. By so doing, you will gain greater insight to the problems that lie ahead and what we intend to do about them.
We wish to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to both parents and townspeople for their guidance, cooperation, and for their interests during the year 1959. We look forward to your continued cooperation and constructive suggestions in the year that lies ahead.
To Mr. George E. Port, Jr. our Superintendent-Principal; to Mr. Eugene Winter, our Vice-Principal; to our teachers, supervisors, school secretary, custodians and cafeteria staff we also extend our thanks for a job well done.
Respectfully submitted,
MIDDLETON SCHOOL COMMITTEE Eben L. Jewett, Chairman George R. Clayton, Secretary Rosamond L. Bastable Henry F. Luscomb Henry Sawyer
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SCHOOL REPORT
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION - October 1, 1959
Age
5
6
7 .
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Totals
Grade ยท
I
17
63
6
1
87
II
18
45
14
1
78
III
21
43
8
1
73
IV
6
45
4
2
57
V
14
40
7
2
63
VI
13
33
15
3
64
Ungraded
2
1
1
7
1
1
13
Totals
17
81
74
65
68
58
43
24
4
1
435
TEACHER-GRADE DISTRIBUTION - October 1, 1959
Teacher
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Graded
Totals.
Miss Burke
28
28
Hiss Devane
28
28
Mrs. Smith
31
31
Mrs. Lewis
27
27
Hiss Mansfield
27
27
Mrs. Sperry
24
24
Mrs. Cassidy
23
23
Mrs. Mackenzie
24
24
Mrs. Standring
26
26
Miss Conrad
30
30
Miss Goodwin
27
27
Miss Durgin
33
33
Mrs. Johnston
30
30
Mr. Borrelli
3.2
32
Mr. Winter
32
32
Miss Chasse
13
13
Totals
87
78
73
57
63
64
13
435
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SCHOOL REPORT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT- PRINCIPAL
To the Middleton School Committee:
Herein is submitted my second annual report as Superintendent of the Middleton School System and Principal of the Howe-Manning School.
HOWE-MANNING SCHOOL STAFF
The faculty now consists of 16 classroom teachers, an Art Super- visor, Music Supervisor, Reading Specialist and Speech Therapist. New teachers added to the faculty include: Grade One, Miss Judith Burke and Mrs. Marjorie Smith; Grade Three, Mrs. Lydia Mackenzie and Mrs. Sheila Standring; Grade Four, Miss Rose Conrad; Music Supervisor, Mrs. Linda Mortensen; Reading Specialist, Miss Kathleen Hayes; Speech Therapist, Mrs. Sally Dickey.
As a result of grades 7 and 8 attending the Masconomet Jr. - Sr. High School, we no longer have the 4 Junior High teachers with us. However, we found it necessary, due to expanding enrollment, to add a third 3rd grade teacher. Thus, in effect, we actually lost only three classroom, teachers this past year. We also added a speech therapist who works with our children two days each week.
Dr. Leo Beninato, School Dentist, and Mrs. Joseph Doucette, cafe- teria worker, joined the staff in September. Mrs. Richard Floyd has just recently become school secretary, with Mrs. John Comack assum- ing Mrs. Floyd's former duties as part-time clerk. In July Mr. Perley Lovelace assumed the duties of head custodian, and Mr. Frederick Daniels became assistant custodian, assuming the duties formerly at- tended to by Mr. Lovelace. Both of these last two vacancies became available with the appointments of Mr. Nathan Hayward and Mrs. M. Douglas Seaver to the staff of the new Masconomet Regional School.
I am pleased to report that the group of P.T.A. members men- tioned in my last report continues its work with the Savings Stamp program under the excellent leadership of Mrs. Willis Esty. During the year, Mrs. Joseph Connor, Mrs. Wilbur Rundlett, Mrs. Robert Scales, Mrs. Robert Jordan, Mrs. Richard Collins, Mrs. George Nash, and Mrs. Michael Lavorgna aided in the selling of savings stamps so that once again we did not have to rely on teachers or children and thereby take up precious class time.
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CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
The attitude of the administration and faculty in regard to changes of method is one of openmindedness. It is our intent to examine new ideas closely, not jumping at everything new (since what may work in one community may not work in another) but carefully appraising each idea as to its value, chance for success and effective- ness in the educational system of the Howe-Manning School. If we feel that these ideas hold promise, we implement them, perhaps on a small scale, until we evaluate their effectiveness. If these ideas prove to be valuable and successful on a small scale, then they are adapted to the classroom to the extent that is feasible and effective.
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