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89
Sweeney, Dennis F.
5 3I
Staples, Eva A.
39
83
Sweeney, Rose M. 25 67
· Starr, Henrietta M.
33 94
Sweetser, C. A. heirs
144 26
Starr, Josiah
25 67
Swoger, James W.
29 00
Stearns, Willie D.
2 89
Sykes, Joseph B. 52 45
Steinbock, John
2 00
Sykes, Beaumont
2 00
Stevens, Charles E.
2 43
Sylvester, Henry G.
9 97
Stevens, Eugene 19 02
Stanbon, Harry
9 08
Stevens, Annie M.
20 36
Stokes & Cunningham
30 98
Stevens, Lucius P.
35 63
Taylor, David O.
2 00
Stevens, Sylvanus B.
15 02 Taylor, Walter J. 2 00
Stevens, Joseph B. 2 00
Thacker, John
2 00
Stackpole, Stephen
88 90
Sweeney, Charles E. 19 70
Staples, Daniel C.
Smith, John S. 2 00
Stocker, William M. 106 18
215
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Thacker, William 2 00 Varnum, Charles H. 4 13
Thomas, Fred
2 45
Veazey, Nellie V. 29 21
Thomas, Nellie R. 31 86 Vincent, Thomas 2 00
Thomas, George W.
2 00 Vollin, Adolph 2 00
Thomas, James W. 80 46 Wachenhusen, Paul 2 00
Tibbetts, George F. 2 45 Walker, Dana B. 102 88
Tibbetts, Evelyn G. 27 00 Walsh, Matthew F. 33 86
Titcomb, Robert G. 32 II Walton, Roger 3 98
Topliff, Charles W. 2 31
Ward, Henry 67 26
Torrey, Charles E. 2 00 Ward, John B. 9 08
Tower, Carlton H. 2 89 Warren, Charles H.
2 00
Tower, Floyd M. 2 00
Warren, Margaret
13 27
Towle, Claude E. 2 45
Warren, Percy 2 00
Townsend, Burtis J. 2 89
Townsend, Charles H.
2 00
Webber, Mary L. 27 45
Townsend, George 2 00
Weddleton, Harding F. 2 00
Townsend, George F. 2 00
Weddleton, Wm. W. 2 00
Townsend, John
35 71
Walsh, James P. 3 28
Townsend, John H.
2 00
Welt, Charles E. 48 02
Tracey, John J.
2 00
Westerman, Bernt W. 2 00
Trainer, John 2 45
Wheeler, Holman K. 9 53
Trainer, Emma W.
7 08
Wheeler, Annie M. 61 95
Trefethen, William
115 74
Whitcher, Sidney 2 00
True, Fred E.
2 00
Westwood, Thomas 2 00
Tucker, John
2 00
Wetmore, Walter B.
2 00
Tuft, John H. 3 77
Whitehead, Joseph 258 98
Turner, Harry A.
21 29
Whitney, Henry W.
2 76
Tuttle, Abbie heirs
49 61
Whittredge, Ida L. 33 63
Tiernan, Arthur 2 00 Wiley, Charles A. 2 00
Upham, Hannah S. 33 63
Wiley, Baxter I. IO 41
Upham, Harvey 2 89 Williams, James H. 2 00
Upham, George W. 2 00 Williams, John 2 00
Valantine, John A. 2 00
Williams, John H. 20 96
Valantine, Josephine 8 00 Willis Daniel W. 2 50
2 00 Whittaker, William H. 2 00
True, James B. 60 41
Wetmore, John C. 2 26
Tuft, Ruth W. 28 32
Whitford, Frank L. 26 34
Trecartin, John H.
Webber, Whitman J. 2 00
216
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Willis, Annie E. 56 64
Babb, Charles W. 3 59
Williscroft, John 2 00
Babbett, Harry E. 34 52
Williscroft, Thomas 2 00 Baird, William H. 8 85
Williscroft, George
2 00
Barber, James W. S. 5 75
Willon, William 2 00 Blanchard, Helen M. 232 75
Willon, Frank 2 00
Willon, Harry O. 2 00
Barrett, Mary
Willon, John H. H. 2 00
Beebe, Marcus & Sons 4 43
Willon, John M. 2 45
Berrett, William M. 14 16
Willon, Percy M. 32 19
Braithrow, Nancy H. 53 10
Winchester Wm. W.
2 00 Blakeley, George C. 25 67
Winchester, Mary I. 17 70
Breed, Nathan, heirs 2 21
Wing, Willard 5 61
Breed, Samuel, heirs 3 54
Winslow, Edward
2 00
Brennan, William J. 2 21
Winslow, Clara C.
6 37
Brodner, Francis
2 12
Winslow, Walter G. 2 00
Witham, Willie B.
2 00
Buchinsky, Samuel 22 13
Wood, Charles A. 2 00 Buffum, George N. 18 59
Wood, Patrick
14 39
Burgess, Annie F. 4 43
Wood John J. 2 00
7 93
Blisch, Amelia I 77
Worth, Harry
2 45
Carlson, Emile 3 10
Worthington, Wm. C. 2 00
Cassas, William B. Delas 3 99
Caverly, E. James 98 23
Chipman, Annie S. 32 31
Clough, Frank D. 23 OI
Wormstead, Edward 2 00
Coggin, Marcellus, trus. 28 31 Condon, Richard 6 19
Wormstead, William H. 2 89
Wormstead, Mary E. 18 59
Connolly, Michael R. 130 10
Conway, Margaret 23 90
Cook, Lydia J. 31 86
Craig, Charles 7 96
Crambovit, Lewis 89
Crosby, Samuel S. 6 19
Crosby, Annie 4 43
Cross, Mary C. 37 29
Wright, Sumner W. 2 00
Youlden, Richard 2 45
Young, Frank 2 00
Zaia, Joseph 2 89
Non-Residents.
Abbott, John K. I 77
Aldsworth, Eliza A. 43 05
Burke, Eva 4 43
Woodland, Robert E.
Wormstead, Samuel A. 2 86
Wormstead, Chas. N. 60 85
Wormstead, Harriet N. 46 21
Buchinsky, Bessie 21 24
Winslow, George W.
2 00
Brigham, Frank R. I 77
Bates, Charles H. 3 54 89
217
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Cromwell, Joseph
7 96 Floyd, Henry heirs I 06
Crozier, Mary M.
89 Fogg, Carl E. 89
Cushing, Sarah J.
6 64 Foley, J. J. 17 70
Cusick, John
45 Folger, Minnie I. 7 96
Cyr, Pearre
3 54
Francis & Brodner I 34
Cyr, Amy L.
3 10
Foster, George 2 12
Dacy, Mary
45 French, Etta E. 26 55
Dane, Samuel H.
3 99 Frizzell, Frank H. trus. 79 65
Davis, Ellen
I 77
Fuller, J. A. 44 25
Davis, Henry L.
89 Frederick, E. Murton 22 13
Davis, Rodney 8 85
Fortier, Peter L.
I 77
Davis, Sherburne F.
29 21
Gallagher, Thomas est. 8 85
Davis, Sinore
5 3I
Geizer, Gertrude I 34
Dearborn, Caroline
I 77
Gannino, Angelo A. 2 21
Dinsmore, 69 74
Gerrish, Samnel S. 5 31
Debelo, Michael
45
Getchell, Amos E. 26 55
Dirksen, Peter C.
15 04
Gillis, Peter, 15 93
Dean, James P.
7 96
Giavanna, Beatrice 3 10
Dean, James L.
I 34
Gourley, William P. I 77
Dorr, Thomas 8 85
Goodwin Sarah C.
21 24
Downing, Helen O. 27 44
Gould, John
2 47
Downing, Mary A. 22 13
Gould, S. W. & Co. 35 40
Drew, James F.
3 54
Griffin, Catherine I 77
Duncan, Margaret
13 27
Graham, Richard I 77
Dunlavey, Francis G.
68 Graham, Elsie S.
26 55
Doyle, Elizabeth R.
5 31
Gray, Eliza A.
38 94
Edgecomb, Louisa E.
30 09
Ellis, George H.
5 31
Emmerson, Ann
18 59
Erickson, Svente
3 54
3 54
Estes, C. W. & H. H.
I 34
Hall, Albert J. IO 62
Estabrook, Mary S. 58
41 Hall, Benj. G. trustee 26 55
Evans, Emma 2 65
Hammond, Lloyd F. 2 65
Engemann, Geo. H. 708 00
Harriman, Charles M. 40 71
Farrington, Oscar H. I 77
Harris, Morris 2 21
Feeley, J. J. 3 54
Harris, Richard 27 08
Floyd, B. Tappan I 77
Hart, Albert H.
26 55
Gray, Margaret 28 32
Graves, Montie 41 87
Grover, James E. 14 60
Gutholm, Frank O.
218
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Hartin, Maggie N
25 67
Kimball, Eleanor
107 09
Hazen, Effie D.
2 65
Kidder, Royal F. 3 99
Healey, Joseph D. A. 161 96
Kiernan, Patrick B.
51 33
Hedrington, D. J. E. 3 54
Larson, Minnie 5 31
Healey, Michael F.
3 54
Langley, Frank
7 96
Hancox, Frances I. 36 29
Leavett, Harriet P.
7 08
Hilton, George E. trus. 95 58
Lefavour, William P. 7 96
Hilton, George E. I 77
Lynde, Alonzo V. heirs 17 26
Herrick, Frank W. 654 90
Lynde, A. Selwyn 56 64
Hill, Celia M. 27 44 Lynde, A. Wilbur
15 93
Hill, John W. 42 93
Lynch, Margaret 89
Hinkley, Elnathan I 77
Lynn, City of 1,416 00
Hobbs, George M. 17 70
Mackinnon, Frank J. 8 85
Hobbs, George M. trus. 4 87
MacAdams, Eliza 33 63
Hodges, Lewis W. 50 45
Mansfield, Mabel 6 19
Hood, Robert P. 24 78
Manson, John
1 77
Howard, Charles 15 04
Mann, Elmer 2 83
Howard S. Elizabeth 20 36
Marshall, Maggie
3 54
Howe, George E. 8 85
McCotter, Mary 64 17
Mccullough, Flora
50 45
Hussey, Samuel B.
19 47
McDonald, Wm. J. 40 71
Hussey, S. B. & B. M. 17 70
McFadden, Peter J.
23 90
Huthingson, E. E. I 77
McLeod, James A. 40 28
Holman, Delia F. 26 55
McLeod, George A.
4 89
Ingalls, Nathaniel 2 21
McMunn, Ella 8c
Jennings, Stephen I2
39
Johnson, John M. I 77
McNeil, Augus A. 3 10
Johnson, Benj. N. 50 OI
Merrow, Franz W. 5 31
Johnston, James 32 75
Mick, Sarah E. 5 31
Jones & Parnell 6 64
Miller, William 164 61
Jennings, Charles E. 34 51
Miller, James F. 35 18
Judson, J. F. & D. W.
12 39 Moore, Henry H. I 34
Kane, Richard J. I 77
Mundo, J. J. trustee
41 50
Keith, Ira B. 39 82
Murray, Wadleigh & Murray 3 54
Kelley, Michael
3 54
Murray, Nancy A. 27 44
Kelley, Thomas 89
Kelley, Thomas B. I 34
McCool & Roberts
251 34
Hunt, Clara A. 35 40
McManus, George L. I2 39
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES. 219
Natick Savings Bank 33 63
Rugire, Amellio 7I
Newhall, Hiram L. 19 47
Russell, George W. 89
Newhall, Wm. M. heirs 15 93
Ryerson, Samuel 8 85
Nogsen, Jacob 3 54
Ready, J. T.
71
Noyes, George W. 5 3I
Ryan, Jennie L. 5 31
Oaskey, David
I
34
Ryder, Howes, trus. 8 41
89
Esther 8 85
Sabean, Phoebe
89
O'Brein, John 89
Sanborn, William I 77
Oliver, Lara F.
2 65
Sias, George B. 21 24
Osgood, Martha
14 16
Shafter, William 49 56
Ostenberg, Maria 24 78 Shannahan, James G.
5 3I
Pardee, Almira Edith 26 55 . Shaw, Henry J.
7 96
Parker, Frank 42 48
Shaw, Frederick E. 3º3 44
Parker, Sumner I. heirs 2
Silver, Frank W. I 34
Parkes, Vester F. 2 65 Silver, Rosco E. 89
Pappazian, Michael 3 54
Silvander, Carl G.
5 31
Perry, Gertrude 45 Simonella, Pasquale 3 54
Pfister, Hannah M. 2 21
Skinner, Hattie B. 5 3I
Philbrook, W. C. est. 28
32 Smilage, George W. 89
Pishon, Harriet L. 5 3I
Smith, Nellie
37 86
Pond, Ella S. 56 64
Squires, Harry 38 94
Pranker, Julia E.
52 67 Starbard, Carroll J. 1 34
Price, George M.
49 56 Stevens, Jennette 9 73
Pratt, Willie A.
2 21 Staples, Charles C.
19 47
Pratt, Nathan J. heirs
6 64 Stickney, Frank L.
30 09
Pratt, Henry F. 6 64
Sullivan, Ann M.
5 31
Ralph, W. T. 5 3I
Sweetland, George W. 23 90
Randall, Henry T. 7 08 Stone, James E. 246 03
Randall, Lucy A. 4 87
Taylor, Lizzie A.
45
Randall, Charles E.
212 40
Thompson, George S9
Raynes, Benj. B. 7 08
Thompson, Ruel W.
3 54
Rea, Milton 46 02
Tighe, Henry I 78
Richardson, Joseph H. 3 99
Towle, Lawrence J. I 77
Robbins, David 3 54 Trowbridge, Benj. F. 56 64
Rogers, Harlow H. 485 87
Upham, Asa heirs 8 55
Ross, William T. 89 Upham, Mrs. George 6 37
.
Oakes, Charlotte &
Sabean, George H.
220
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Valincourt, Mary A. 7 96 Whitney, E. A. 6 19
Vianx, Frederick H. 44 25 Whitney, Harriet 19 47
Walcott, Julia R. 46 91 Whittaker, James O. 89
Walker, Charles F.
18 59
Whitcomb, Alice D.
105 31
Walker, Mary A. 8 55
Whittaker, Fannie E. 25 67
Warren, Ada & May 2 65
Williams John 9 73
Warren, Clarence I 77
Wilson, George F.
175 23
Warren, William
9 73
Woodard, Albert L. 5 3I
Welsh, Charles L.
6 19
Whittier, Frank R. I 77
Walsh, Willard
37 16
Woodbury, John P.
469 94
Welsh, George F. 38 06
Wyman, Daniel C.
17 70
Wells, Charles W.
22 13
Wyman, Fred H.
23 90
Wells, James E.
I 77 Young, Horatio L.
4 43
Whittier, Charles E.
54 87
Ziegler, Jacob J.
23 0I
Whalen, Minnie E.
42 48
I have paid Treasurer $4,436.13 since January 1, 1904.
L. J. AUSTIN,
Collector.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1903.
OF . SAU
T
1629
1815.
LYNN, MASS. : WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS 1904
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE M. AMERIGE, Chairman Term expires 1904 Term expires 1905
HENRY J. MILLS, Secretary
FRANK P. BENNETT, JR. . .
· Term expires 1906
The Board meets in its rooms in the Town Hall, the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. CHARLES E. STEVENS.
The Superintendent may be found at his office, in the Town Hall building, on Mondays and Thursdays, from 8.30 to 9 A.M., and Thursdays, from 4 to 4.30 P. M. Telephone at residence.
CALENDAR, 1904.
Winter term (12 weeks), January 4-March 25. Spring term (12 weeks), April 4-June 16. Fall term (15 weeks), September 12-December 23. School closes Wednesday noon of Thanksgiving week. Winter term opens Monday, January 2, 1905.
The spring term of the high school will close one week later than is indicated above.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, March, 1903 . $22,500 00
From State and City of Boston, tuition children .
458 00
From books sold and sundries
I 88
-- $22,959 88
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers
. $15,871 21
Janitors
1,931 48
Supplies
1,640 61
Fuel
2,801 00
Incidentals
439 50
Water rate
231 00
Expense school census .
45 00
Balance unexpended
.
08 $22,959 88
Report of the School Committee. 1
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
The report of the Superintendent of Schools herewith submitted, will give the desired information regarding the internal manage- ment of the schools. The committee believe that the desire of the citizens is, that this report shall be confined to those matters in which the committee acts directly, and to such matters this re- port is confined.
Salaries of Teachers.
It has long been apparent to this committee that some action must be taken regarding the salaries of our teachers. Towns about us are continually watching the most successful of our in- structors, and in cases where greater salaries can be offered, the natural result has been the loss of many of our best teachers. The following figures showing the average salaries paid by towns of about the same size and means as our town, will indicate graphic- ally what action this town ought to take in the matter. The un- deniably larger salaries which wealthier towns and cities can pay ought not, of course, to be duplicated by us. It can properly be the aim of this town only to pay the same rate of wages to its teachers as is the average with towns of similar population and wealth.
Andover, Mass. Grade I. $390 to $500
Grade 2. 400 to 500 Grade 3. 400 to 600 Grade 4. 425 to 650
Grade 5. 475 to 500
Grade 6. 425 to 500 Grade 7. 500 to 600
Grade 8. 475 to 650
Grade 6. 950 to 750
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ipswich, Mass. Grade I. $350
Grade 2. 350
Grade 3. 380
Grade 4. 400
Grade 5. 450
Grade 6. 520
Grade 7. 550
Grade 8.
600
Grade 9.
750
Greenfield, Mass. Grades I to 4. $440 to $450 Grades 5 to 9. 450 to 480 (With three at $520, and one at $630.)
Palmer, Mass. Grades I to 7. $380
Grades 8 and 9. 608
Grades I to 6. 418
Grades 7 to 9. 456 to $494
Adams, Mass. Grade I. $448
Grades 2, 3 and 4. 390
Grades 5 to 9. 410 to $468
Methuen, Mass. Grades I to 4. $350 to $425 Grades 5 to 9. 400 to 650
Saugus, average. Grades I to 4. $415 Grades 5 to 9. 415 to $450 (With one at $480, one at $525 and one at $625.)
It will be noted from the above that in grades one to four this town would seem to pay relatively as well as other towns of simi- lar population and means, with a few exceptions, but that in the grades above the fourth, this town will have to take some step toward advancing the pay of the teachers, or will be subjected to continually occurring losses of its best teachers.
Election of Teachers,
The policy of the school board has been to leave the matter of the choice of teachers mainly with the Superintendent of Schools. It has been his task to look up the standing of the various appli- cants, and to hunt for applicants when none appear, and in most
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instances his judgment has been followed absolutely by the com- mittee. This policy has been adopted because of the inability of the individual members of the committee to devote the necessary time for this kind of work. It is the earnest wish, however, of the committee that more of the graduates of our own schools should be chosen to fill the vacancies as they occur in our teach- ing body. Graduates of our own schools may file with the Superintendent, or with some member of the committee, applica- tions for such positions as they feel themselves capable of filling, and the committee will give to them the preference in the election to any position, to fill which they are equally as competent as the other applicants. It would be a source of pride to the town if every teacher that it employed could be a graduate of its own schools, and to this end the committe intend consistently to work.
Appropriation.
The citizens will note that the committee have felt compelled to ask for a larger appropriation for this year. This is due to two causes. First, the rapidly increasing number of scholars, necessitating larger purchases of supplies, and a larger number of teachers, and, secondly, the need of increasing the salaries of the teachers in our higher grades. It was only with the most careful management that the committee kept within its appropriation the past year, and it believes that it will be impossible to repeat the experience in the year 1904. There is a much larger number of scholars this year. The fall term will show an equally large in- crease, and it is not at all unlikely that the sole remaining unoc- cupied school room in the town, that at the old Lincoln Avenue School, will have to be opened. An additional room was opened there the past year, thus accounting for a considerable increase in the expenditures of the committee. The committee has also been compelled to make much smaller purchases of supplies than ought to have been the case.
New Building.
It will be necessary for the town to build another school-house within a year or two, and plans looking toward such a building
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ought to be considered at once. It was hoped that the construc- tion of the Felton School would do away with the necessity of building again for some years, but such has not proved to be the case. To-day, in fact, nearly every room is within one or two of the limit which the state law intended to permit in a single room under one teacher, fifty. A large increase in the enrollment this fall may send the number over fifty and require the committee to put an assistant in such rooms. The law says that such action shall be taken when that number is exceeded. The committee has also only one available unoccupied room for overflow of classes. There is also some crowding at East Saugus, one room having sixty-two pupils under a teacher and an assistant. It would seem, therefore, as though a new school building would be an immediate necessity, best located probably at some point, if possible, which would relieve both Cliftondale and East Saugus.
No-Session Signals.
One of the annoying features of our present arrangements for announcing no session or one session of school, is the lack of any easily accessible means of sounding the alarm. The difficulty of the absence of the Superintendent of Schools or the members of the school board from the town, at any given time, has been over- come at the Centre by placing the matter in the hands of the principal of the High School. His judgment, acquainted as he is with the needs of pupils under his management, is bound in the long run to be satisfactory to the greatest number. It only remains for the town to provide him with some method of announcing other than the one he has at present. To-day it is necessary for him to find some one who has authority to operate the fire alarm system, and unless such a one is accessible, the alarm cannot well be sonnded. We would recommend that a hook be placed in the principal's office, enabling him to sound the alarm for the whole town from that point. Our opinion, based on inquiry, is that the cost of installing this would be merely nominal, probably about $50.
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Estimates. We estimate that we shall require for the year, as follows :
Fuel
·
$3,000 00
Janitors
2,200 00
Supplies
2,200 00
Teachers .
17,000 00
Incidentals
1,000 00
Total
$25,400 00
GEO. M. AMERIGE, HENRY J. MILLS, FRANK P. BENNETT, JR.
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Report of Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Committee :
GENTLEMEN,-I have the honor to present to you my tenth annual report as Superintendent of Schools.
The year has been one of quiet success. Nothing revolutionary has been attempted and no radical changes have been considered, but there has been a strong effort to make all teaching more effectual. In view of the fact that there have been fewer cases of insubordination on the part of pupils, fewer cases of mistakes in discipline on the part of teachers, and fewer cases of complaint by parents, there is reason to believe that the record of manage- ment and control for the year has been better than in some pre- vious years.
Many of our teachers are showing a real desire to teach better each successive year, and they are succeeding because they are devoted, industrious, and adapted to their chosen profession. But such teachers are not easily secured nor long retained, be- cause the market value of their services is much more than we are now paying. The average length of service of teachers in this town is so short that it is difficult to maintain the standard of excellence our schools have reached, and almost impossible to make further advances.
During the year ending June 30, 1903, the total average mem- bership was 1170, an increase of forty-three for the year. The average membership for the fall term ending December 23, 1903, was 1265, a gain of seventy-six over the fall term of 1902. As. usual, the greatest gains have been at Cliftondale, although schools in other parts of the town show some increase.
The membership figures for eight years are here inserted. The increase for the past year is about 6 per cent.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Average Membership.
High School.
Saugus Centre.
Clifton- dale.
East Saugus.
All Schools.
1896
January
53
240
315
120
772
September
78
243
364
149
868
1897
January .
74
223
360
154
847
September
100
276
386
167
977
1898
Janunry
86
274
417
163
939
September
98
256
420
197
1,024
1899
January
95
268
385
ISI
979
September
86
267
425
164
992
1900
January
85
260
431
159
993
September
IO2
255
532
152
1,120
1901
January.
98
26I
510
146
1,089
September
I2I
273
502
157
1,130
1902
January
II3
263
500
164
1,115
September
124
264
57I
172
1,200
1903
January
109
250
539
169
1,148
September
II2
276
624
IS5
1,277
.
Our school population is constantly changing. Many are moving into town and some are moving away but these changes show a large net gain. During the year 1903 there were 176 pupils entered our schools from other towns. Of these fifty-two
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
came from Lynn, twenty-four from Boston, ten from Everett, nine from Malden, nine from Chelsea, six from Revere ; forty- three from other cities and towns of this state; three each from Maine, Vermont, and New York ; and fourteen from other places.
The year shows a record of 2,291 cases of tardiness which although larger than it should be is somewhat less than last year. One school is responsible for nearly one-sixth of these marks. In some instances teachers have been so zealous in their efforts to reduce tardiness that they have increased the absences. Pupils have remained away from school rather than come in late. This mistake should be avoided for it is better to go to school a few minutes late than not to go at all. Probably one-half of the cases of tardiness are unnecessary and the co-operation of parents is asked in our efforts to reduce the number. Loitering on the way" to school, a clock that was slow, staying in bed too long in the morning and going on errands just at school time are excuses that are too often given.
One very satisfactory feature of the year has been the unusually large number of visits to the different schools by parents and friends. In all 2,073 visits have been recorded. This number in- cludes all who responded to special invitation to attend Memorial Day exercises, and other special exercises as well as the visitors who came to observe the usual school work. Parents do well to visit school often. They need to become acquainted with the teachers and to be fully informed of the record of their children at school. It is well for them to know something of the plans and purposes of the teacher, the arrangement of the course of study and to see the work of their children in comparison with that of others. Teachers are able to deal more understandingly with pupils when they work with the full confidence and support of the parents. Fathers and mothers are urged to make frequent visits to the school.
At the beginning of the fall term another room was opened at Cliftondale in the Lincoln Avenue building and an additional teacher employed. Even with this increase in seating capacity all rooms are full and additional accommodations are needed. Evidently the only remaining vacant room should be fitted up and made ready for immediate use. At the present time there are-
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pupils enough for another school, which if opened would afford relief to several rooms now over-crowded. Forty pupils are as many as should be placed in the care of any teacher, but with one exception every school in the village of Cliftondale has a greater number than this, several having fifty or more.
The East Saugus schools have been unusually large this fall. In the first room more than sixty little people were registered, making it impossible for one teacher to care for all prop- erly. An additional teacher was employed and the two work together in one room. This is not the best way to teach sixty pupils, but it seemed to be the only way as there was no other available room. The East Saugus school building has reached its limit. If there is continued increase of pupils in this section additional school rooms will be needed.
The Saugus Centre schools above the third grade have been large. As there are but seven rooms for the nine grades, some classes must be divided. This year the eighth grade is divided, a part being with the ninth and a part with the seventh grade. Also the fifth grade is in two sections, one being with grade four and one with grade six. It would be much more satisfactory to have one or two more schools, so that each grade could have a room. If there should be an increase of fifty pupils this desir- able change would become necessary. Then the present Hig School rooms would be needed for grammar school purposes and another building would be a necessity. When that time comes a new High School building carefully planned and prop- erly equipped should be provided. If it were made large enough to accommodate the ninth grade from the three sections of the town, immediate relief would be afforded, besides making it possible to do much more satisfactory ninth grade work.
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