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1,792 80
Iron and Plumber with material (4 Ba),
49 06
Iron for 806 shells,
3,643 12
Iron for 806 jackets,
870 48
Iron and rings for 2 Reducers,
8 02
818 sets of rings (c. i.) 35,792,
1,431 68
Rivets,
91 41
Iron for sleeves (837)
421 01
Rivets for sleeves,
5 50
Power Paint,
36 00
Truck for 18-inch,
14 82
Clamp and Patterns,
38 95
$10,714 78
7424.26 feet equals $1.443 cost per ft.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER, Supt.
Table showing total rainfall since 1887, and monthly rainfall since 1891. Also annual variation from the average.
YEAR
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
Ост.
Nov.
DEC.
TOTAL
Per Cent. of Variation from Mean
1887
43.14
6.6 Per Cent
1888
50.28
8.8
1889
49.14
6.2
1890
51.80
12.2
1891
8.36
5.32
5.04
4.02
1.99
2.23
2.55
1.43
2.23
5.92
1.79
3.77
44.65
3.3
1892
3.79
2.72
4.56
1.26
3.91
2.12
1.81
4.16
2.41
2.29
7.12
1.75
37.90
18.0
1893
2.88
6.66
6.17
4.45
4.39
2.50
2.71
5.80
1.73
2.16
3.29
5.59
48.33
4.7
1894
3.50
4.85
1.56
3.97
4.35
1.54
1.08
0.73
2.37
7.97
4.98
5.78
42.68
7.5
1895
3.54
0.87
2.71
4.70
2.73
2.04
3.58
2.05
3.27
6.89
3.95
3.85
40.27
12.8
1896
2.75
4.73
5.82
0.88
2.93
3.59
2.27
1.71
5.65
3.60
3.41
1.75
39.09
15.3
1897
4.24
2.08
2.31
4.28
3.65
2.99
2.88
2.31
1.42
0.87
6.42
3.27
37.32
19.2
1898
3.75
4.04
2.27
5.82
5.65
1.93
6.58
7.33
1.35
8.96
8.48
2.24
58.40
26.4
1899
6.52
5.23
6.77
1.18
1.40
3.62
3.79
1.17
6.92
3.03
2.28
1.60
43.51
5.8
1900
4.86
5.35
3.62
1.95
5.11
2.29
1.37
3.28
3.10
5.40
5.36
3.15
44.84
2.9
1901
2.51
1.70
6.86
7.78
8.54
1.46
4.38
2.25
2.77
2.07
2.59
10.20
53.11
15.0
1902
2.22
5.53
7.82
2.98
1.52
3.68
1.89
1.43
3.65
5.32
1.72
6 77
44.53
3.5
1903
4.43
5.36
7.94
7.45
0.67
4.76
2.14
5.44
1.45
6.32
3.22
3.98
53.46
15.8
1904
5.44
3.61
2.47
9.11
2.23
2.58
4.02
3.52
3.18
1.85
3.53
4.10
45.64
1.1
1905
4.50
2.16
2.87
2.32
1.11
8.01
1.78
2.99
6.93
1.72
2.04
4.21
40.64
- 12.0
1906
4.05
5.33
8.69
2.34
5.28
2.36
6.42
2.02
2.98
4.50
3.45
3.13
50.55
9.4
1907
3.92
3.41
2.31
4.08
3.68
2.70
1.10
1.82
11.16
2.91
6.82
6.90
50.81
10.0
1908
3.78
4.37
3.95
2.48
2.98
2.30
3.87
4.41
1.61
10.19
1.53
4.28
45.75
-
0.9
Av.
4.17
4.07
4.65
3.9
3.45
2.93
3.01
3.03
3.57
4.55
4.00
4.24
46.17
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PUMPING RECORDS, 1908.
MONTHS
Total lbs. No. gallons Hours run fuel used pumped
Total No. Gals. low service meter from Jan. '08 to Jan. 1, 1907
Rain in inches
Average temperature Daily aver- age water pumped Max. gallons Min.
Daily aver- age fuel pounds
January
1841/4
36,475
17,199,450
17,435,000
3.78
35.58
18.77
554,820
1176
February
2131/4
42,325
20,040,750
17,996,000
4.37
31.48
16.55
691,060
1461
March
179
34,840
16,713,1002
17,049,500
3.95
42.7
27.90
539,132
1123
April
172
33,485
15.930.800
17,670,000
2.48
52.63
33.6
531,026
1116
May .
20034
38.040
19.023.750
19,048,500
2.98
65.83
46.8
613.669
1222
June .
2741/2
49,220
26.821,300%
19,088,000
2 30
77.23
54.76
894,043
1640
July .
2861/4
50,400
28,404,950
25,297,000
2.87
81.19
62.5
916,288
1625
August
234
42,675
22,810.200
24,496,000
4.41
73.9
59.
735,812
1376
September
.
206
38,825
20,149,800
16,807.000
1.61
70.3
52 66
671.660
1294
October
.
17714
35,040
16.957.150
7,953,000
10.19
60.16
42.
547,004
1130
November
1543/4
31,055
14,961,000°
11.468,000
1.53
46.9
33.3
498.700
1035
December .
168
33,215
16,150,100
15,072,000
4.28
38.7
22.7
521,064
1071
2450
465,645
235,165,350Z
209,380.000
44.75
Hours run
Total lbs. Fuel used
No. gals. pumped
Av. No. gals. to 1 lb. coal
Average duty for year
New pump Old pump
2271 179
433,030 32,615
222,343,750 12.821,600
513.4 393.1
36,370.000 27.845,000
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WATER ANALYSES, 1908.
DATE OF
APPEARANCE
RESIDUE ON EVAPORATION
AMMONIA
NITRO- GEN A8
TOTAL
LOSS ON
IGNITION
FIXED
FREE
TOTAL
IN SOL-
In Sus-
pension
Nitrates
Nitrites
OXYGEN
CONSUMED
HARDNESS
IRON
70434
Boot
1908 Feb. 18
Feb. 19
V. Slight V. Slight
None.
None
1.65
0.85 0.80
.0012
.0090 .0072 .0018 .45 .0010 .0000
.1110.0 .0040
70435
Little South
Feb. 18
Feb. 19
V. Slight
Cons. Uroglina None
None
3.65
1.65
2.00 .0022 .0098 .0096 .0002 .63 .0010 .0000
.09|0.2 .0010
71370
Boot
April 21
April 21
V. Slight V. Slight
.02
V. faintly unpleasant None
V. Faintly unpleasant None
2.25
1.05|
1.20
.0026 .0136 .0116 .0020 .64 .0000
.0000
.12 0.2 .0030
71371
Great South
April 21
April 21 .
V. Slight V. Slight
.00
3.30
1.55
1.75 .0008 .0104 .0090 .0014 .68
.0000 .0000
.12 0.2 .0030
71372
Little Sonth
April 21
April 21
V. Slight Slight
.01
1.75 0.70
1.05
.0010 .0120
.0090 .0030 .66 .0000 .0000
.12 0.1 .0060
72232
Boot
June 16
June 18
Slight
Cons.
.03
Distinctly unpleas- ant. Fishv Distinctly musty organisms
3.85
1.85 2.00
.0034 .0152 .0078 .0074
.64 .0000 .0000
.06 0.1 .0060
72231
Little Sonth
June 16
June 18
V. Slight Cons.
.04
2.55|
1.20 1.35 .0064 .0160 .0108 .0052 .66 .0000 .0000
.11 0.1 .0170
73419
Boot
Aug. 18
Aug. 19
Slight
Slight
.04
2.90
1.20
1.70 .0012 .0280 .0106 .0174 .71 .0010 .0000
21 0.2 .0120
73420
Great South
Aug. 18
Aug. 19
V. Slight
Slight
.01
73421
Little South
Aug. 18
Aug. 19
Slight
Slight
.04
None
3 55
1.10 2.45 .0018 .0220 .0160 .0060 .77 .0000 .0000
.17 0.2 .0100
74665
Great Sonth
Oct. 20
Oct. 20
V. Slight V. Slight
.01
V. Faintly unpleasant None
2.80
1.20
1.60 .0012 .0260 .0220 .0040 .69
0000 .0000
.05 0.0 .0030
74666
Boot
Oct. 20
Oct. 20
V. Slight V. Slight
.01
74667
Little South
Oct. 20
Oct. 20
V. Slight V. Slight
.01
Faintly unpleasant
2.90
1.55
.0014 .0196 .0140 .0056 .74 .0010 .0000
.15 0.0 .0040
75807
Boot
Dec. 15
Dec. 15
V. Slight V. Slight
.02
None
2.10 1.05
1.05 .0016 .0162 .0156 .0006 .66 .0000
.0001
.10 0.2 .0020
75808
Great South
Dec. 15
Dec. 15
V. Slight V. Slight
.00
None
None
3.35
1.60 1.75 .0010 .0146 .0130 .0016 .69 .0000 .0001
.12 0.2 .0060
75809
Little South
Dec. 15
Dec. 15
V. Slight V. Slight
.00
None
Faintly Fishy
2.00
0.95 1.05 .0018 .0136 .0100 .0036 .58 .0000 .0001
.11 0.2 .0060
No.
OF
ODOR COLD
ODOR Нот
ALBUMINOID
POND
COLLEC- TION. .
EXAMIN- ATION.
TURBID- ITY
SEDI- MENT
COLOR
None.
1.50 0.75 0.75
.0018 .0090 .0068 .0022 .51 .0010 .0000
.07 0.0 .0010
70586
Great South
Feb. 26
Feb. 26
V. Slight
.02
Distinctly Oily. Uroglina None
2.40 1.10 1.30
0034 .0154 .0106 .0048 .65 .0000 .0000
.05 0.2 .0120
72233
Great South
June 16
June 18
V. Slight V. Slight
.00
Faintly unpleasant Fishy Distinctly musty Decaying Dist. musty, sweet. Dist. musty, sweet. Anabæna Distinctly musty Anabæna Decaying Distinctly musty Anabæna Faintly vegetable V. faintly vegetable None
2.60
1.00
1.60 .0012 .0112 .0096 .0016 .72 .0000 .0000
.07 0.2 .0090
V. Faintly vegetable V Faintly nn pleasant V. Faintly unpleasant V. Faintly nnpleasant Distinctly unpleasant None
2.80
1.40
1 40 .0010 .0188 .0146 .0042 .70 .0000 .0000
.08|0.0.0050
1.35
UTION
CHLORINE
.00
.00
*
NAME
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Year ending December 31,
1908
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
INCREASE ROBINSON, 1910
WILLIAM W. BREWSTER, 1910
EARL W. GOODING, 1911
HARRY B. DAVIS, 1911
J. HOLBROOK SHAW, 1909
EUGENE P. ROWELL, 1909
Chairman, William W. Brewster.
Secretary, Harry B. Davis.
The committee meet at their rooms in Town Square on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7.15 p. m.
Superintendent of Schools, Francis J. Heavens. Office hours, 4 to 5 p. m., each school day.
Truant Officer, A. J. Hogan.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance-Messrs. Shaw and Brewster.
Repairs-Messrs. Gooding, Rowell and Brewster.
Janitors and School House Supplies-Messrs. Rowell and Rob- inson.
Heating and Ventilation-Messrs. Robinson and Rrewster. Text Books and Course of Study-Messrs. Davis and Shaw.
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SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School-8 a. m. to 1 p. m.
North Schools, Grammar and Primary-Morning session, 9 to 12 o'clock; afternoon session, 1.30 to 3.30 o'clock.
Centre Schools-Morning session, 9 to 12 o'clock; afternoon ses- sion, 2 to 4 o'clock (except from Nov. 1 to Feb. 15, when the afternoon sessions are from 1.30 to 3.30 o'clock.)
The sessions of the other schools are as prescribed from time to time by the committee. A
CALENDAR FOR 1909.
Winter term began Monday, January 4, 1909. Summer term begins Monday, April 5, 1909. School year ends Friday, June 25, 1909. Fall term begins Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1909. Fall term ends Friday, Dec. 24, 1909.
VACATIONS.
March 27, 1909, to April 5, 1909. June 26, 1909, to September 7, 1909. December 24, 1909, to January 3, 1910.
HOLIDAYS.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Me- morial Day; from Wednesday noon before Thanksgiving, the remainder of the week.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee offer this report for the year ending December 31, 1908, with the reports of the Superintendent of Schools and the School Physician.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance from last year, $ 87 91
Appropriation,
50,000 00
From Murdock fund,
18 25
From Commonwealth,
144 00
Reimbursements,
7 07
Overdrawn,
1,232 15
$51,489 38
PAYMENTS.
Salaries,
$35,853 32
Books,
1,774 47
Supplies,
944 18
Fuel and light,
3,609 96
Repairs,
2,683 05
Janitors and care of school houses,
3,519 12
Building supplies,
70 29
Freight and teaming,
185 96
Night schools,
577 25
Transportation,
1,029 84
Truant officer,
100 00
Furniture and furnishings,
765 20
Printing,
94 05.
Incidentals,
240 68
School census,
42 01
$51,489 38
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MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Receipts.
Unexpended balance from last year, $109 08
Appropriation.
300 00
$409 08
Payments.
Services of Physician,
$307 05
Balance on hand,
102 03
$409 08
The foregoing statement shows an overdraft which was un- avoidable, and was feared when the amount of the appropriation was fixed. Increased transportation, desks for the Commercial course in the high school, purchase of books and increase in sal- aries have contributed to make this result. The maximum for salaries of teachers in the grade schools has been raised fifty dol- lars in amount and this will make the pay roll permanently larger, but we hope it may result in greater permanence in the teaching staff. We are to be congratulated in having less changes this year than last.
The expenses of the school department with all proper econ- omy should be greater the coming year than in the last. Sala- ries and repairs will be greater and no considerable item of this year's expense can be saved. We therefore ask for an appropri- ation of fifty-three thousand dollars in addition to the usual sum of three hundred dollars for medical inspection, which service we find to be very beneficial.
The Superintendent of Schools has called attention in his report to the unsatisfactory condition of the school buildings at Manomet. Neither school is now supplied with drinking water, and it is obtained only by the sufferance of the neighbors, and to their great annoyance. Complaint has been made that this has
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led to the occasional use of water wholly unfit for drinking pur- poses. It was thought that the grammar school could be sup- plied with drinking water at a reasonable cost, but an expendi- ture of two hundred dollars in driving pipes there has demon- strated the futility of further attempts to get water in this way. The conditions at the primary school do not invite a simi- lar trial there. The wells in that neighborhood are a hundred feet, or more, in depth.
The out-buildings at both school houses are at the rear, with the unpleasant conditions and exposure incident to such an ar- rangement. The primary school building is an ancient affair, generally regarded as a disgrace to the town, and while the other building is of more modern construction, being of the same type as the buildings at Cedarville, South Ponds, Wellingsley and Russell Mills, it is without a basement or cellar.
The bringing together of two schools at Manomet at some location nearly midway between the present locations would be of advantage in many ways. The older and the younger chil- dren of the same, or nearby families would go to and from school together and the teachers could co-operate in their work and would feel much less the isolation. The care of the pupils at noon, between sessions, would also be less burdensome, and all the children would receive that advantage which always comes from bringing them together in larger numbers.
The construction of approved heating, ventilating and sani- tary apparatus for the combined building would be less expen- sive and its operation more satisfactory than if in separate build- ings, and the cost of fuel and care would also be less.
Your committee deem it advisable that the town construct a two-room building on some location between the present school houses, and where a supply of ground water suitable for drink- ing purposes can be obtained.
The local sentiment strongly favors a three-room building, and the retention of the ninth grade scholars who now attend
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with those of the center of the town at the high school building. At present, the present arrangement is believed to be the better, but under changed circumstances, it might be different. If the type of building now under consideration on Maple street in Kingston were adopted, the present school house used by the grammar school could at small cost be brought to the rear and form an annex similar to that on the Knapp building. We be- lieve that this building is needed for the proper care of the health and the comfort of the pupils. and that school conditions must remain very nearly as they now are until the town shall authorize the expenditure.
The facts presented in the Superintendent's report prove the urgent need of a new four-room building at the northerly part of the town to provide suitably for the increasing number of chil- dren following the rapid growth of this section. This need seems to us to be imperative, as. otherwise, we must in- crease the inconvenience of the people at the north, already suf- fering from the excessive transportation of scholars, by the use of temporary and unsatisfactory quarters. as we now have no rooms into which to take the newcomers.
Experience shows that this building should not be located too near the town line, and that the location for the Spooner school was chosen too far to the north. A suitable site may be found back from Court street, where it can be obtained at a less cost than on the main street.
The town has three unused school buildings so placed as to be apparently of little or no use now, or in the future. The build- ing on South street is not properly constructed and arranged to meet the present requirements, and with its necessarily boarded up windows and its conspicuous out buildings it is an eyesore on land which the town has tried to develop into a park. A strong feeling exists against the use of the building on Spring street, and vehement protests come from the parents of chil- dren who may be assigned there. Its sanitaries are open to all the objections which may be urged against such out-of-doors ar-
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rangements and its front is near to a stable. As it has a slate roof and is well built it may be advantagously used for other town purposes. The use of the older building on Oak street was abandoned when the new building offered more satisfactory ac- commodations, and it is hardly reasonable to anticipate a growth in this section which will provide enough scholars in the pri- mary grades to warrant the opening of another school. The building is in need of shingling and other repairs, and, to save that expense, we advocate the sale and removal of this building. We also advise the sale of the building on South street, and the transfer of the one on Spring street to the use of some other department of the town.
Attention is invited to all the facts and suggestions presented in the report of the Superintendent. Improvements in courses of instruction and school methods cannot be well made much in advance of the appreciation and approval of the public.
WILLIAM W. BREWSTER, INCREASE ROBINSON, EUGENE P. ROWELL, J. HOLBROOK SHAW, HARRY B. DAVIS, EARL W. GOODING,
School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Plymouth-
The report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year 1908 is herewith respectfully submitted. The table of statistics re- quired by the state authorities and the other data that usually accompany the report are given below. They show an in- creased number of pupils in the schools over last year, an excel- lent record for regular and punctual attendance, one more teacher in the service, and a larger expenditure of money, caused by the increased and increasing needs of the department :
The school census taken in September, 1908, gives the fol- lowing :
1907
1908
Children between 5 and 15 years of age:
Boys,
910
982
Girls,
1003
1042
1973
2024
Children between " and 14 years, the compulsory school age :
1907
1908
Boys,
708
714
Girls,
700
752
1408
1466
Attendance record for school year ending June 26, 1908:
1907
1908
Whole number of pupils enrolled for year, Number under 7 years of age,
2018
2095
357
374
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Number between ? and 14 years,
1394
1455
Number between 14 and 15 years,
117
111
Number over 15 years of age,
150
155
2018
2095
Average membership of all the schools,
1878
1970
Average daily attendance,
1:56
1857
Per cent. of attendance,
93.5
94.3
Number days absence of pupils,
24,210
19,638
Number cases tardiness,
3,750
3,520
Number dismissals before close of school,
1,124
948
Number cases truancy reported,
45
55
Number days teachers absent from school,
122
134
Number school buildings in use,
22
23
Number school rooms in use, including high school,
57
Number teachers regularly employed
59
High school,
Grammar school,
19
Primary school,
29
Ungraded school.
4
Special teachers, one each for
music, drawing and sloyd,
3
62
To meet the requirements of the State Board of Education the following statistics cover the period of the school year, from September to July, 1907-1908, and are compared with the same items for the preceding year :-
1906-7
1907-8
Whole number of pupils enrolled for the year,
2,018
2,095
Number under 7 years of age,
357
374
Number between 7 and 14 years,
1,394
1,455
Number between 14 and 15 years,
117
111
Number over 15 years,
150
155
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Average membership of all the schools,
1,878
1,970
Average daily attendance,
1,756
1,858
Per cent. of attendance,
93.5
94.3
Number days absence of pupils,
24,210
19,638
Number cases tardiness,
3,750
3,522
Number of dismissals before close of school session,
1,124
948
Number of cases truancy reported by teachers,
45
Number of days of teachers' absence from school,
122
134
Number of visits made by superintendent,
680
1,329
Present number of pupils enrolled, Jan. 4, 1909,
2,127
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The items given below are based upon the expenditure for school purposes during the financial year 1908. The financial and attendance periods are not therefore identical, but since each covers a full year, the one period being only a little in advance of the other, the returns they furnish are fairly reliable.
1. Assessed valuation of real and personal property in Plymouth, May 1, 1908, $10,483,042 00
2. Per cent. of valuation expended for cur- rent expenses of schools in 1907-'08, .004613
3. Expense per pupil on average membership, 24 55
4. Expense per pupil on same for schools, of State, 1907-'08,
30 15
5. Expense per pupil on average member- ship on total expenditure for schools in 1907-'08, 26 29
6. State average on same basis, 1907-'08, 38 32
7. Average monthly wages of men teachers in Plymouth in 1907-'08, 102 50
8. Average monthly wages of men teachers of the State, 1907-'08, 155 95
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9. Average monthly wages of women teach- ers in Plymouth in 1907-'08, 51 12
10. Same paid women teachers in the State, 1907-'08. 59 58
In this statement the items are based upon the average mem- bership of the schools, 1970. Items 2 and 3 are based upon the whole amount ($49,711.80) which the Committee has spent, less the cost of repairs ($2,683.05) building supplies ($70.29) and expense of evening schools, ($677.28). The items which make up this amount are payments for salaries, transportation, fuel and care of schoolhouses. text books and supplies, incidentals. The sum thus expended ($48,365.81) is by the act of the Legis- lature, to be regarded as the current expense of the schools, and is the sum to be certified to the State authorities as having been raised by taxation and expended "for the support of the public schools." This sum shows that during the past year the town raised by taxation, and expended for the school support of each child in the average membership (1970) of the schools, the sum of $24.55. The State average on the same basis was $30.15. While the town, in the total expense for its schools paid an average of $26.29 for each pupil in the average membership, the State average for each child on the same basis was $38.32.
There are 354 cities and towns in Massachusetts. During the past year there were 148 of these cities and towns which im- posed upon themselves a heavier tax for the school support of each child in the average membership of their schools than Plymouth, and 205 that imposed upon themselves a lesser tax. There were 216 of these same communities which paid a larger percentage of their assessed valuation for school purposes than Plymouth paid, and only 137 of them that paid less.
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ATTENDANCE.
The schools have been in session nominally for forty weeks. but the closing of them for various reasons during term time has reduced the time to an actual average session of less than thirty-nine weeks for each school. Two thousand and ninety-five pupils have been connected with the schools for a longer or shorter period during the year, while the average membership, the number which shows the constant membership of the schools for the same period, has been 1970. The average daily attendance was 94.3 per cent. of the number in the average membership. These figures, compared with those of last year, show a substantial increase-ninety-two-in the average member- ship for the year, and an increase of one hundred and one in the average daily attendance. There has been an increase of nearly one per cent. in regularity of attendance of those in average membership, and a considerable lessening of the number of late and dismissal marks. This is an excellent record, and speaks well for the efforts of teachers and the response of the pupils in their attempts to secure the habit of regular and punctual at- tendance.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
At the beginning of the school year for which this statistical report is made, the number of pupils enrolled was 1947. At the present time the number enrolled is 2,127, an increase of 180, a number large enough to fill four school rooms. This increase has come principally at the north and center of the town, and represents about the normal increase of pupils year by year. Accommodations have been found for all pupils, but the in- creasing number is unduly crowding some rooms, particularly at Russell street, as it is necessary to send nearly one hundred pupils who live in the Knapp school district to schools at Cold
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Spring and Russell street. Transportation is furnished at an expense of about $500 a year to about forty of these pupils who live too far north to walk to Russell street. Most of these chil- dren are sent to the Cornish school, where only scant accommo- dation can be given them. To relieve the Knapp school, and to furnish accommodations for those now transported to Russell street, another school building should be provided at the north at once. And this new building should be large enough to allow the abandonment of the Hedge school. That school house is old and dilapidated, not worth repairing or remodelling, without sanitary conveniences, and altogether fails to meet the require- ments of a modern school. The intention was to abandon this building when the Knapp school was built, and again when the addition was made to the Knapp, but in each case the increased number of pupils made the continued use of the Hedge building necessary. The health, comfort and progress of the children who must attend this school require better conditions than can be furnished them there.
The school conditions at Manomet call for consideration. The number of pupils enrolled there is the same as that en- rolled eight years ago: but the public demand better school con- ditions and conveniences than were demanded at that time. Both the buildings at Manomet are old and worn. A few years ago an addition was made to the smaller building, and ventilat- ing shafts were built in both, at an expense of about $800. But the condition of the buildings today requires a complete ren- ovation, the doing of which would be expensive, and only tempo- rary and unsatisfactory. A larger amount of money than is necessary for repairing these buildings could be spent to much better advantage in securing a good lot some where between the two school buildings, and erecting theron an entirely new building which should contain a modern heating and ventilating system, and satisfactory sanitary arrangements. There is no way to better the sanitary conditions of those schools in their present location, because of the apparent impossibility of securing water there.
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