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3. Fuel Costs :
During the past three years careful records of the fuel used in the various schools have been kept and the cost per room determined.
School Cost per room $76
Hedge School,
Mt. Pleasant,
82
Knapp (allowance for night school made),
123
Burton,
178
Cornish (1929 soft coal,
116
used in part), 207 (1927 & 1928)
Plymouth Twenty-four
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The schools with the modern heating plants which permit the use of soft coal as in the Hedge and Mt. Pleasant Schools are the least expensive. The larger the plant the more economical heating in terms of room units.
The Knapp School has two hot air furnaces in which soft coal cannot be used, because of the gas fumes. There are also two steam boilers which might use soft coal if it were not for these fumes which penetrate the building.
The Burton School has three hot air furnaces so that soft coal cannot be used.
In the Cornish School a substantial saving was made by using soft coal in some boilers.
The fact that the total fuel costs were less in 1929 is due to two factors : (1) the use of soft coal and the elim- ination of the fresh air room at the Cornish School, and (2) the closing of school for 8 days due to the scarlet fever epidemic. This latter meant a saving of between $80 and $100 a day.
More modern heating plants would undoubtedly reduce the costs in the Burton, Cornish and Knapp Schools.
Comparison of Local and State Costs : 4.
The average cost of a pupil in Plymouth for the year ending June 30, 1929 was $97.18. The state average was $99.05. These figures do not include the cost of Ameri- canization work. Analyzed more fully the following figures, based on per pupil cost, may be of interest.
Plymouth
State
1. General Control - Salaries and expenses of Supt. and office,
$3.24
$3.71
2. Salaries of Teachers,
Supervisors, Principals and
63.22
68.68
3. Text Books, Supplies, Library and Miscel- laneous,
5.21
5.84
4. Janitor Service and Fuel,
8.97
10.60
5. Repairs, Replacements and Upkeep,
6.36
5.31
6. Promotion of Health,
2.79
1.47
7. Transportation,
6.63
2.56
8. Tuition and Transportation,
.76
.90
9. Total Cost,
97.18
99.05
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The repair items were much larger than usual as ex- plained in the report of the School Committee last year.
For the above year the schools of Plymouth cost nearly two dollars a pupil less than the state average, in spite of the excessive cost of transportation, the extra session of the high school and the small number in several schools.
CONCLUSION
I am confident that the school system is upon a thor- oughly sound basis from an educational point of view and the results are as satisfactory as can be reasonably expected under the physical conditions existing. Every effort is made to be economical and at the same time to give all teachers the books and material necessary for accomplishment of their work. The success of the sys- tem depends upon the faithful performance of the daily tasks by every teacher. To them belong the credit for the excellent results accomplished.
I wish to extend to the School Committee, the Public Library, the Loring Reading Room, the Board of Health and the other town departments my appreciation for their splendid cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
ANSON B. HANDY,
Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
The Number of Pupils in Each School and Grade as of Dec. 20, 1929
Grade
School
1 23 4 5 6 7
8
9 | 10 |11|12
Total
High
186 16378|83
510
Junior High Hedge
41
35
38
36
38
41
435
34
36
36
32
29
39
30
9
31
35
35
31
220
18
31
Cornish
36
35
43.
40
235
Burton
5
34
42
136
17
38
Mt. Pleasant
39
41
41
39
43
44
247
Cold Spring
23
22
45
Oak St.
23.
13
18
13
67
Lincoln St.
14
18
32
Manomet
9
12
10
5
10
11
57
Wellingsley
7
7
9
4
27
Cliff St.
2
2
2
4
2
12
Russell Mills
2
1
1
4
8
Cedarville
6
4
3
1
3
5
22
Alden St.
18
18
Total
284 267 262 253 243 252 213 228 186 163 78 83
2,512
South St. - Ungraded
29
Grand Total
2,541
213|228
441
Knapp
40
41
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EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1927 1928
1929
Certificates to Minors 14 to 16,
142
125
74
Certificates to Minors 16 to 21,
514
265 234
There were 106 minors between fourteen and sixteen years of age who within the calendar year 1929, were employed while schools were in session.
SCHOOL CENSUS 1929
Males Females
Total
Persons 5 to 7 years,
212
193
405
Persons
7 to 14 years,
753
786
1539
Persons 14 to 16 years,
235
223
458
Total,
1200
1202
2402
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Dear Sir :-
I respectfully submit the following report of school absentees from January 1, 1929 to January 1, 1930. Absentees Sickness Truancy Total
Cornish School,
11
1
0
12
Hedge School,
8
4
6
18
Knapp School,
1
1
4
6
High School,
6
4
2
12
Mt. Pleasant School,
4
0
0
4
Nat. Morton School,
46
45
5
96
South Street School,
16
13
4
33
92
68
21
181
Investigated for Superintendent's Office,
51
Employment certificates investigated,
14
Investigated for night school,
9
Number of homes visited,
255
Visits to schools,
12
Children found on street and taken to school, Total number of investigations,
2
269
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN ARMSTRONG, Supervisor of Attendance.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
(*) New teachers employed in 1929
Anson B. Handy Ruth F. Thomas
Wayne M. Shipman
Edgar J. Mongan, Assistant Principal
*Charles I. Bagnall
*Ruth S. Baker
Ruth E. Cummings
Frank E. Fash
Barbara W. Howes Louise B. Humphrey Helen C. Johnson
*Helen M. Johnson *Lydia E. Judd
*Elizabeth C. Kelly
*Nellie R. Locklin *Helen M. Quinn Amy M. Rafter Miriam A. Raymond Dora L. Ries
Richard Smiley Helen F. Swift
Margie E. Wilber Edwin B. Young
Katharine A. O'Brien Mary M. Dolan,
Assistant Principal M. Agnes Burke
Esther M. Chandler
Gladys L. Cobb T. Beatrice Curran Ellen M. Downey
*Barbara E. Dunham Deane E. Eldridge Amy L. Hammond *Jeanette S. Johnson *Hazel Joslin Bertha E. McNaught Gladys E. Morehouse Edith S. Newton
*Rita Van Oosterdiep Kenneth L. Walton
Supt. of Schools Secretary
5 Bay View Avenue
41 Mayflower Street
High School
Principal Algebra
156a Sandwich Street 220 Sandwich Street
Hist., Econ., Coaching French
20 Whiting Street
28 Fremont Street
11 Sever Street
11 Mt. Pleasant Street
13 Whiting Street
English
Type., Bookkeeping
History, Civics
20 Whiting Street
Sten., Type., Bus. Org.
Bookkpg., Type., O. Pr.
Geom., Adv., Math.
Jr. Bus. Train., English
Civics, History
13 Whiting Street Chiltonville. Mass.
41 South Spooner Street
Biology
236 Sandwich Street
Latin
14 Clyfton Street Massasoit Street
4 Maple Place
.
Junior High School
Principal Math. Guidance
23 Nelson Street
11 Lothrop Street
English, Literature
11 Lothrop Street
13 Whiting Street
17 Alvin Road
78 Sandwich Street
19 Oak Street
11 Jefferson Street
Woodwork, Sheet Metal
4 Park Avenue
Domestic Science English Domestic Science
English, Math. Math., English Bus. Training, Literature Science, Mathematics
Manual Training
15 Allerton Street 5 Stephens Street 13 Whiting Street 33 Russell Street 23 Vernon Street 13 Whiting Street
98 Allerton Street
8 Alden Street
Domestic Science
Physics, Chem., Science
Spanish, English
13 Whiting Street 13 Whiting Street
37 Pleasant Street
11 Jefferson Street
13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street
English
History, Com. Law
Latin
Gen. Science, Agri.
English, Math.
Gen. Lang., Literature
Math., Hygiene
Social Stud., Music
Social Studies
Office
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Hedge School
Elizabeth H. Sampson Hazel Bates Estella Butland
*Frances M. Fowler Lulu M. Hoyt
Cora M. Irwin (Leave of absence)
Edith C. M. Johnson Leella Leonard
Evelyn L. Peck
Barbara R. Perrier
Grade V
12 Washington Street
Grade IV
12 Washington Street
Grade VI
146 Main Street, Kingston
Grade V
263 Standish Avenue
93 Court Street
Knapp School
Principal
Grade III
Grade II
401 Court Street
Grade IV
261 Court Street
Grade V
49 Pleasant Street
Grade I
20 Hedge Road
Grade 1 and II
16 Leyden Street
Cornish School
Principal
22 Allerton Street
Grade V
Grade II
Grade VI
Rest and Nutrition Class
Grade VI
102 Allerton Street
Grade V
23 Vernon Street
Grade I
15 Allerton Street
Burton School
Grade I and III
6 Mt. Pleasant Street
Grade III
Grade IV
Grade IV
Alden Street School Grade I
Oak Street School
Grades I and II
Grades III and IV
Cold Spring School
Grade II Grade 111
Lincoln Street Primary Grades I and II
101 Court Street
Clementine L. Ortolani Mildred R. Randall
Gertrude C. Bennett Mabel F. Douglas
Grace R. Moor
Principal
Grade I
Grade II
4 Massasoit Street
Grade VI
Grade III
Grade
Grade II
Grade III
Grade I
13 Whiting Street 49 Pleasant Street 280 Court Street
Helen F. Perrier
Susan M. Quinn
Jessie M. Stone
Ethel D. Tolman (Leave of absence)
William I. Whitney Annie S. Burgess Margaret L. Christie Lydia E. Holmes Maude H. Lermond Lucy E. Rae Flora C. Stevens
.
*Helen M. Schoell Helen F. Holmes Flora A. Keene Charlotte E. Lovering
*Mary F. Perkins Mary E. Robbins Anne P. Wilson Dorothy E. Wilbur
Ethel P. Haire Dorothy A. Judkins Teresa A. Rogan Ruth H. Tolman
Mora E. Norton
11 Allerton Street Newfields Street Rockland, Mass., RFD
8 Cherry Street 79 Court Street
12 Stafford Street Nelson Street
11 Sandwich Street
Clifford Road Clifford Road
133 Court Street 13 Whiting Street 11 Sever Street
Grade III
70 Sandwich Street 37 Union Street
28 Chilton Street 4 Sever Street
21 Vernon Street Clifford Road
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Florence B. Corey Helen H. Linnell (Leave of absence) Gladys L. Brownell Esther A. Cotti Helen McCarthy
Elsie C. Muir *Hedwidge T. Sampson
Grade V Grade II
Russell Mills School
*Charlena R. Walton
Emma H. Raymond
Mary L. Jackson
Carolyn L. Carpenter
Gertrude W. Zahn
Elouise E. Ellis
Marie R. Freeman
*Mabel R. Woodward
Grace Blackmer Frances H. Buck Beatrice E. Garvin Ruth L. Hazelwood *M. Louise Peterson John H. Smith Faith C. Stalker
* Elizabeth N. Douglass Jennie E. Taylor
20 Whiting Street 14 North Park Avenue
43 Court Street
79 Court Street
11 Jefferson Street 20 Highland Place
46 Mayflower Street
Andrea Busi Leo Callahan Warrick Cleveland Charles Coates Nelson Cushing
Manomet High
Mt. Pleasant
Cornish-Burton Cedarville Russell Mills
Alden Street, Cold Spring Oak Street Wellingsley
Knapp Asst. J. H. S. and S. H. S. Cliff Street Junior High
15 Lincoln Street 24 Hall Street Manomet
237 Sandwich Street
3 Robinson Street
1 Royal Street Cedarville Russell Mills
Peter A. Dries, Jr. Earl Dunn William Rogers John F. McArdle George F. Merrill Winslow E. Rickard Sebastian Riedel Fred J. Smith Elliot Swift John R. Yates
Mt. Pleasant School
Principal-Grade VI Principal-Grade VI
133 Court Street 72 Warren Avenue
Grade I Grade IV Grade III
5 Stephens Street 25 Smith's Lane 171 Center Avenue, Mid- dleboro
11 Whiting Street
4 Westwood Road
8 Alden Street
23 Mt. Pleasant Street
9 Sever Street 22 Allerton Street
320 Court Street
Manomet, Mass. 5 Stephens Street
Long Pond, Bournedale, R.F.D.
Special Teachers Supervisor of Sewing Supervisor of Music Elem. Supv. of Phy. Ed. Drawing-Jr. and Sr. High Mt. Pleasant & Knapp-VI Supv. of Physical Educ. Elem. Supv. of Drawing General Substitutes Hedge & Knapp-I-VI Cornish and Mt. Pleasant Medical Department
Warren Avenue 8 Sever Street 45 Pleasant Street 11 Sever Street
2 Mayflower Place
1 Sagamore Street 7 Maple Place
J. Holbrook Shaw, M. D. School Physician *L. B. Hayden, M. D. Jane Bradford Susie Macdonald Hazel Bruce
Asst. School Physician Dental Hygienist
School Nurse Assistant to Nurse
Janitors South St. and Lincoln St. Hedge
Grades I to V Manomet School Grades IV to VI Grades I to III Cedarville School Grades I to VI
Grades I to IV Wellingsley School
Grades I to IV Individual School
Ungraded Ungraded Cliff Street School
22 Davis Street Oak Street 223 Sandwich Street 23 Atlantic Street Pleasant Street Sandwich Road
17 Mt. Pleasant Street
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CONTENTS
Report and Recommendations on Building Accommodations
for the Junior and Senior High Schools 3
School Calendar 29
School Directory 30
Financial Report
31
School Department Budget for 1930
31
Report of Superintendent of Schools
Condition in the High School
Changes in System
35
Changes in School Enrollment
36
Changes in Teachers
39
Committees for Revision of Outlines in All Studies
39
The Three R's and Other Subjects 39
A. Time Allotments in Elementary Grades
39
B. Time Allotments at the Junior High School 43
C. Content of Studies in Elementary Grades 45
D. Content of Studies at the Junior High School 52
Music and Drawing
59
Physical Education in Elementary Grades and High School
62
"Frills and Fads"
66
Individual School
66
Annual Report of High School Principal
68
Report of Health Department 72
Americanization and Evening School Classes 94
Summer School Report 96
Distribution of Expenses 97
Analysis of Costs 100
Conclusion 103 School Enrollment 104
Employment of Minors 105
School Census 105
Report of Supervisor of Attendance 105
School Department Employees 106
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