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Hay, David
93 02
King, Nettie B. 14 49
Hayden, Albert H.
2 00
King, Edward L.
20 70
Hayden, Mary E. 26 43
King, Thomas E.
32 86
Hemmingway, John 30 90
Larson, Magnus 2 00
Herman, Aaron 7 61
Learning, Fannie E. 23 05
Hickey, Michael, heirs 13 09
Leavitt, William 15 09
Higgins, Joseph E. 2 00
Lefavour, Wilbert 2 00
-
Hawkes, Mary B. and T. P. 5° 49
Goldstein, Ida and Lip-
253
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Lessner, William C. 2 00 Murray, John F. I 31
Lessner, Annie 5 67 Murray, Catherine A. 37 40
Libbey, Joseph J. IOI 12 Navinski, John 2 00
Longfellow, Isaah 10 00 Neal, Mary E. 25 00
Lovejoy, Albert W. 139 27
Nelson, Jane E. 31 79
Lynch, Ernest H. 2 00
Newcomb, Fred W. 2 00
Mackenzie, David J. 4 81 Newhall, Amelia W. 69 19
Mackenzie, Frederick 2 00 Newhall, Europe R. R. 2 94
Mackenzie, Herbert R.
2 00
Newhall, Herbert B.
46 28
Mackenzie, Sarah E.
65 45
Norris, Alvah M. 2 94
Macomber, George E. 26 92
Nickerson, Melville, trus.
Maher, Patrick 25 12
39 74
Marr, Robert D. I 59
Nutter, George H.
2 00
Marr, Isabella C. 65 81
Oliver, Mary E. 44 88
Mashall, Clarence O. 119 81
Orne, Emma E. 17 77
Marston, Annie D. 38 02
Orne, Malcom 161 89
Mayette, Charles 2 00
Osborne, Edward C. 46 51
McCarthy, Michael J. 4 99
Palmer, L. Etta
120 26
McCarthy, Johanna 43 0I
Parker, E. Chester
8 08
McGilvary, Vincent J. 16 18
Parker, Mary W.
113 14
McInnis, John 2 00
Parker, Lucinda P.
13 38
McKenney, E. Curtis 52 49
Parkins, John T. 14 88
Menella, Nicola 6 31
Parlee, Herbert 2 00
Merrill, Mervill 21 19
Parrott, Mary E. 24 31
Merrithew, Isaac 2 54
Patten, Allen L. 2 94
Miller, Arthur H. 2 00
Paulo, Antonio 2 00
Miller, John 2 00
Pierce, Wm. I 87
Milligan, Thomas 139 26
Pearson, Geo. H. 137, 35
Mills, Annie J. 25 25
Peck, Geo. H. 6 68
Milton, Frederick A. 2 00
Mitchell, Henry O., estate
55 64
Morrison, William B. I 68
Morse, Charles W. 9 64 Perry, Fred W. 28 99
Mostrom, Oscar G. 29 40
Munroe, Henry E. 1 40
Murphy, John C. 2 00
Percival, Chas. G. 3 40
Phillips, Mary J. 53 30
Popp, Chas. O. . 20 79
Powell, David 15 09
Peck, Howard A. 2 00
Peckham, Henry A. B. 62 78 Pennington, Serena 26 18
254
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Pratt, Chas. 2 00 Shaw, Abra
46 71
Pratt, James F.
42 08
Sheehan, Henry W. 2 00
Priest, Geo. L.
47 36 Skahen, Thomas 2 00
Putney, Martha E. 13 66 Skelley, Patrick
2 00
Quinlan, John H. 2 00
Slattery, Mary E.
76 21
Quinn, Michael J. 51 38 Slattery, Joseph 787 89
Raddin, Augustus H.
86 21 Sloden, James B.
2 75
Rea, Fred D. 3 74
Small, Agnes C.
58 91
Rea, Carrie E.
39 23
Smiledge, Charles A. 3 87
Remick, Clara G.
37 56 Smith, Francis J. 2 00
Renew, Chas. A.
3º 99 Smith, George
2 94
Rhodes, A. Augustus 3 87
Smith, John S.
2 00
Rhodes, Margaret
48 62
Smith, Elizabeth V.
35 67
Rhodes, Lizetta
32 26 Smith, Louisa M.
34 60
Rhodes, Thomas
55 77
Smith, Julia
28 66
Rhodes, Henrietta
41 14
Smith, Elizabeth 22 44
Rich, Charles A.
2 65
Smith, Samuel S. 2 00
Ricker, Moses
22 44
Smith, Victor N.
27 72
Ricker, James R.
10 05
Spinney, Frederick P. 2 00
Stackpole, Stephen,
heirs 1.3 09
Stackpole, Timothy J. 2 00
Stackpole, Harriet
14 96
Standley, Frank E.
2 00
Rohrer, Ida M.
31 32
Roseland, Edward
27 25
Roseland, Christina M. 37 40
Stevens, Sylvanus B. 7 92
Rounds, William S.
2 00
Stewart, Frank C. 2 00
Russell, Ellen J. 10 00
Stiles, Nelson R.
57 17
Russell, Herman P. 14 So
Stocker, Allen M. 26 27
Sachsse, Kate
25 21
Stocker, William M. 49 86
Sanborn, Frank A. 2 00 Stocker, Frederick 497 53
Sawyer, George W. 2 47
Stokes, Minnie E. I20 89
Schein, Meyer
37 41
Struthers, Arthur J. 9 35
Scollin, James
48 62 Sullivan, James 2 00
Seeley, Honoria
35 53
Swoger, James M. 83 68
Shafer, Joseph N. 2 00 Sykes, Joseph B.
44 36
.
Robinson, Albert A.
58 II
Robinson, Mary R.
115 94
Roebury, Abram
8 55
Robinson Duck and
Poultry Co. 145 86
Stevens, Charles E.
II 35
Stevens, Ruth D. 48 30
255
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Sweetser, Charles A. heirs
24 66
Warren, Charles H. 2 00
Sweet, Frank W.
1 87 Waters, Elizabeth B 78 54
Stocker, Mary A. 1 87 Watts, Emma J. I 32
Sykes, Joseph B.
44 36
Webber, Mary L. 8 99
Sylvester, Henry G.
II 35
Weddleton, Harding 2 00
Taylor, Selma J.
28 34
Weddleton, William
66 98
Taylor, John
2 81
Wentworth, Leroy A. 4 81 Wetmore, Walter B. 2 00
Thomas, Nettie R. 33 66
Thomas, George W. 2 00
Wheeler, Holman K. 21 60
Tingley, Isaiah 2 00 Wheeler, Annie M. 79 48
Tobey, S. Walter
31 42
Wheelock, Charles C. 2 00
Towle, Claude E. 2 00 Whitehead, Joseph
215 52
Towns, William H.
2 00 Whiteside, Charles A. 2 00
Townsend, Bertus J.
2 00
Whitford, Frank L. 30 15
Townsend, John 38 81
Whittredge, Ida L. 35 53
Trainer, Emma W. 8 42 Williams, James H. 2 00
Trautvetter, Carl W. 30 86 Williams, John 2 00
True, James B. 67 91 Wilson, Harry, O. I 31
Tucker, John D. 2 00 Wilson, Percy M. 19 77
Tufts, John H. 2 15
Wing, Willard 8 40
Wing, Henrietta 76 67
Wood, Patrick 12 16
Tuttle, Abbie, heirs 48 00
Upham, Hannah S. 35 53
Valpey, Sarah F. 71 06
Watt, Lewis 2 00
Waldemeyer, Sarah J. 56 15
Walker, Charles F. Jr. 2 00
Wormstead, William E. 2 74
Walker, Charles F. 55 77
Walker, Mary A.
9 35
Walker, Dana B. H. 4 38
Young, George
22 44
Walker, Dana B. guard. 98 64
Walker, Seldom 2 00
Walgreen, Robert J. 2 00
Walsh, James P. est. 94
Walsh, Andrew 2 00
Non-Resident. Adams, Chas. D. 28 05
Aldworth, Eliza A.
60 79
Turner, Frank W. 2 00
Tufts, Ruth W. 29 92
Woodland, Robert E. 12 29
Wormstead, Charles N. 72 79 Wormstead, Harriet A. 35 32 Wormstead, Samuel A. 2 00
Wormstead, William 3 31
Worthington, - 2 00
Youlden, Richard 2 00
Ward, Henry 58 55
256
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Ashley, Emma M. 2 81
Cushing, Sarah J. 4 21
Addison, Annie
25 72
Carlson, Carl 4 68
Authes, W. L.
29 92 Carlson, Emile
3 27
Atwood, Josephine 14 03 Casselleto, John
47
Babb, Chas. W. 4 68
Citero, Antonio
I 87
Babbitt, Harry E.
56 10
Clark, John
2 81
Baird, Wm. H.
II 22
City of Lynn
1,496 00
Barber, Jas. W. S.
7 01
Clarke, Charles L. 2 81
Barker, Nina R.
7 48
Coggin, Marcellus
29 92
Barnes, Levi, heirs
2 24
Collins, Catherine II 22
Barrett, Mary E.
94
Condon, Richard
6 55
Beeler, Chas. F.
36 47
Connolly, Michael R. 254 33
Belizia, James
I
I 2
Conley, Charles 30 86
Bessom, Richard
9 35
Cohen, Abram 94
Berrett, Wm. M.
29 92
Coughlin, Frank W.
141 09
Biathrow, Nancy
20 57
Craig, Charles
7 48
Bishop, John O.
310 10
Crambovit, Spyrus
1 87
Blisch, Amelia
1 87
Cressey, John H.
27 12
Cromwell, Joseph
S 42
Boston Suburban Land Co.
211 31
Cropley, William 44 88
Breed, Nathan, heirs
2 81
Crosby, Annie 4 68
Breed, Samuel, heirs
4 68
Crosby, Samuel L. 6 55
Breed, Ella F.
15 90
Cross, Mary C.
29 74
Breman, Wm. J.
2 34
Cudded, Antonio
I 40
Brickett, Addison
4 68
Cusick, John
47
Brigham, Frank A.
I
87
Cusick, John P.
3 27
Brodner, Frank X.
2 24
Cyr, Amy L.
3 27
Brown, Wm. L.
47
Cyr, Pierre
3 74
Byer, John H.
23 38
Dacy, Mary
47
Buchiere, Joseph
94 Daley, Thomas
21 51
Buffum, George F.
27
I2 Davis, Ellen, J. 2 81
Bunker, Thomas A.
2 34
Davis Rodney
4 95
Burgess, Annie F.
4 68
Davis, Sinore
5 61
Burrows, Ella A.
4 68 Daw, Thomas
14 96
Belden, Nellie F.
14 96
Dean, James L. I 40
Caravant, G.
7 48 Dean, James P.
8 42
Crambovit, Lewis W. 94
Blanc, Jean
3 27
257
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Dean, Marion F. 9 35
Frizzell, Frank A. 84 15
Dearborn, Caroline A. 1 87 Frost, Frank M. and Albert G. 103 79
Delas Cassas, Wm. B. 5 14
Demasi, Francisco 2 81
Frost, Florence M. 5 61
Fuller, Alonzo L. 2 81
Doten, Lena L. 3 74
Fuller, William J. 48 62
Downing, J. S. 8 42
Gaetans, Maleti 2 62
Doyle, Elizabeth R. 6 55
Gallagher, Mary 2 81
Duncan, Margaret 16 83
Gannino, Angelo A. 2 34
Dyer, Walter S.
45 82
Gates, Leonard F.
3 74
Eastland, Edward A.
3 74
Geer, Charles W. 64 98
Elderton, Ruby M. 50 49
Emmons, Horace P. heirs
29 92
· Engeman, George H. 766 70
English, Almira E. I 87
English, Arthur W. G. 47
Erickson, Svente
3 74
Glidden, Charles W. 106 59
Ernst, Charles A. II 22
Goodwin, Sarah C. 22 44
Estabrook, Mary B. 65 45
Gordon, Martin 6 55
Estes, C. H. & H. H. 1 68
Gould, Clarissa 3 27
Evans, Angelica 5 14
Gould, S. W. & Co. 243 10
Evans, Lizzie M., heirs 6 55
Gourley, William P. I 87
Evans, Emma. 2 81
Graffam, Edwin M. IIO 34
Fairchild, Dwight R. 94
Graffton, Richard 94
87
Farrington, Oscar H. I
87 Gramso, Lewis F. 2 34
Faust, Howard M. 42 08
Grant and Cardinal 78 54
Fay, William A. 5 61
Gray, Eliza A. 41 15
Flanders, Augustus B. 5 61
Gray, Margaret A.
20 86
Floyd, B. Tappan 2 24
Griffin, Catherine
I 87
6 55 Fogg, Carl E. 94 Griffin, Sidney A. Grover, James E. 15 43
Foley, J. F. 18 70
Forti, Peter L.
1 87 Gutholm, Frank O. 3 74
Foster, Aaron I 22
Hall, Albert J. 12 16
French, Etta E.
28 05
Hartin, Maggie E. 94
Gerry, Samuel 5 61
Getchell, Amos E. 24 31
Giacobbe, Antonio 22 44
Gibson, James R.
I 87
Giovanni, Beatrice
3 27
Glass, Alexander 24 31
Fairchild, Henry
94
Graham, Richard I
Feeley, J. J. 3 74
Gray, Hollis R. 26 18
Doherty, Margaret 4 68
258
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Harris, Morris
2 34
Kieman, Patrick
54 23
Hayden, John E. V. 39 28 King, Jackson W. O. 6 55
Hazen, Effie D. 2 81 King, James P. 6 55
Healey, Michael F. 3 74
Knapp, G. E. 18 70
Hedrington, D. J. E. 4 68 Kohlransch, Susan H. 28 99
Herratt, John L. . 1 40
Kurz, Johanna, estate 17 77
Hodge, Lewis W. 54 23
Langley, Laura F.
8 42
Holbrook, Rufus H. I 87
Leavitt, Harriet P. II 22
Holmes, Bessie 5 14
LeFaveur, Woodbury P. 7 60
Hood, Susan M. 29 92
Libbey, Alice E. 12 16
Hovasse, Augustus M. 1 87 Lilydale, Carl I 3I
Howard, Edward O. II 22
Lindehan, Edward 3 74
Hunt, Clara A. 37 40
Lipson, Celia and Ida Goldstein 94
Hurd, J. A. & Harriman, C. M. 84 15
Littlefield, George L. 5 14 °
Hurley, John
7 48
Long, Joseph T. 94
Lynde, Alonzo V., heirs
3º 39
Ingalls, Charles, heirs II 22
Ireson, Samuel S. II 22
Lynch, Margaret A. 94
Lyons, Michael J. 9 35
Jennings, Stephen 14 03
McDowell, Thomas J. 46 75
Jennings, Charles E.
3 27
Mccullough, Flora 39 23
Johnson, Augustus 2 81
McDervitt, Frank H.
1 87
Johnson, Benjamin N. 52 83
McLeod, George T.
5 14
Johnson, Charles H. 3 74
Madden, Catherine
25 60
Johnson, John M. I 87
Manson, John
1 87
Johnson, Marion 31 79
Maher, Dennis 4 68
Johnson, Walter, heirs 6 55
Mayberry, C. C. 2 24
Johnston, James 24 60
Mayberry, William M. 4 68
Jolly, Robert 5 61
Mendlow, Nathan and Julius 2 24
Kane, Richard, Jr. I 87
Miller, James F. 28 58
Keith, Ira B. 82 28
Millington, Andrew 47
Kelley, Thomas 94
Mills, Annie J. 28 99
Kelley, Thomas B. I 40 Mitchell, George W. 9 35
Hurley, Daniel E. 4 68
Littlefield, Mahala S. 4 68
Hussey, Samuel 7 49
Hussey, Samuel B. 18 70
Innisfield Club 3 74
Lynde, A. Selwyn 14 03
Karlson, Gustaf 6 55
259
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Montague, Alma M. ' 37 87
Pratt, Nathan W., heirs 5 20
Moleti, Gaetans 2 81 Prisley, Daniel, heirs 69 19
Moore, Elizabeth 56 10 Ralph, W. T. Mrs. 6 55
Moore, Mary A.
29 92 Randall, Henry T. 7 48
Moore, Henry H. I 40
Randall, Lucy A. 5 14
Morrow, John 2 81 Raynes, Benjamin B. 7 48
Morrison, Joseph T. 5 61 Ready, Thomas J. 75
Moules, Thomas J. 75
Rice, Wilbur P.
5 61
Munro, Alex 44 41
Ruin, Michael 4 68
Natick Savings Bank 37 40
Roberts, William H. 22 45
Neagles, Mary J. 36 47
Rogers, Harlow H. 422 63
Nelson, Victor 2 81
Rounds, Julia 10 10
Newhall, Hiram 18 70
Newhall, Wm. M., heirs 20 58
Roundy, George, heirs 87 89 Rugire, Amelia 75
Newton, Sarah F. 42 26
Rouney, Susan R. 37 41
Newth, Thomas
14 96
Russell, George W. 94
Nogren, Jacob 3 74
Ryan, Jennie L. 5 61
Oakes, Charles and Esther
7 48
Oakes, Henry
9 35
Oaskey, David
I 40
O'Brien, John
3 74
Osgood, Martha
16 83
Scott, Mary D. 6 55
Parker, Alice M. 2 34
Scribner, James G. 5 61
Parker, Frank 50 96
Scott, Ulvilda 86 96
Parker, Sumner I. 3 27
Semans, William S. 14 96
Papazian, Michael 3 74 Senter, William, heirs 3 74
Parks, Vesta F. 2 81 Severance, Charles W. 50 02 Shaw, Henry G.
Patch, Warren A. and Jasper W. 8 42
Silver, Frank W. I 40
Pearson, Evelina J. 2 24
Silver, Roscoe 94
Perley, Roscoe D. 44 88
Slaine, William J. 47
Perry, Gertrude 47 Slade, Henry 47
Pishon, Harriet L. 5 61 Smilage, George W. 94
Pope, Nathaniel
38 34
Smilage, Hattie C. 2 81
Pranker, Julia E. 56 10 Smith, C. Fred 34 13
Pratt, Harry E. 5 0I Smith, Edward A. I 87
Ryder, Hawes, trustee 8 88
Ryerson, Samuel, estate 9 35 Safer, Lucy and George 4 68 Sabean, George H.
94
Sabean, Phoebe 94
9 35
260
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Sprague, Charles H. 44 88
White, Thos. L. 5 61
Standard, Extract Co. 317 90
Starbard, Carroll J. I 40
Steams, Jeanette 12 16
Stevens Lucius P. 35 53
Whitten, Elizabeth 33 66
Stevens, Walter C. 12 16
Whitman, Frank M. 33 66
Sullivan, Ann M. 7 0I
Wiggin, Vina M. 94
Symonds, Hannah'D 37 99
Williams, Wm.
63 59
Tapper, John W. I 87
Wilson, Herbert N. 52 37
Taylor, Fannie M. 13 56
Wilson, Charles W. 50 61
Taylor, Lizzie A. 47
Wilson, George F. 185 13
Thompson, E. E. 3 74
Wood, Frinella E. 20 49
Thompson, George
94
Worcester, Edgar L. I 40
Thompson, Ruel W.
4 67
Wood, Harmon & Co. 176 54
Tighe, Henry 1. 87 Woodbury, John 486 20
Tovmoth, Helen M. 36 94
Wyman, David 18 70
Towle & Price, trus. 18 53
Young, Horatio 4 68
Trowbridge, Benj. F. 60 78
Zeigler, Jacob J., heirs, 28 05 Anderson, .Claus J. 94
Tucker, Roland D. 56
Upham, Mrs. George 7 48
Bartlett, Mary S. 94
Upham, Orne, heirs 14 96
Casoli, Amelia I 65
Valincourt, Mary A. IO 75
Carlson, John A. 94
Viaux, Frederick H. 52 36
Cohen, John T. 94
Walcott, Julia R. 51 43
Cozliano, Andrea
7 48
Warren, Clarence A. I
87 Drow, Chas. P. I
87
Warren, William II 22
Girard, Henry 94
Watson, Mary
34 75
Gardella, Ernest 5 61
5 Wells, Charles W.
28 99
Hobbs, Geo. M. IO 29
Wells, James E. 2 24
Hobbs, Geo. M., trustee 6 17
Welsh, Charles L.
6 55 Harwood, G. H., trustee 6 55 Harribas, Geo. D.
94
Welsh, Willard 73 88
Gazzola, Frank 2 81
Wentworth, George L. 23 36
Johnson, Charles 94
Wheeler, Fred E. 33 66
Marshall, Robert 3 74
Whipple, Alice A. 48 62
McNeilley, William J. 4 68
Whitcomb, Alice D. 88 14
Norman, Arthur I 87
Whitney, Harriet 27 12
Osgood, Hollis 2 34
Welsh, Kate I 40
Whitaker, Mrs. F. E. 21 99 Whitmore, Henry S., heirs 57 97
261
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
O'Brien, Catherine I 87 Stanwood, Edward C. 94
O'Leary, Timothy I 87 Sullo, Francesco 3 74
Page, Edward A. I
87 Totino, Luigi I 40
Sampson, Thomas
94
Laflanc, Hypolite I 40
Sears, Andrew W. I 87
NOTE .- I have collected since January 1, $9, 155.89 not included in above list.
CLARENCE COATES, Collector.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905.
F . SAU
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1815.
1629.03
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER. 1906.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HENRY J. MILLS, Chairman
GEORGE M. AMERIGE, Secretary
FRANK P. BENNETT, JR. .
. Term expires 1908
. Term expires 1907
. 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, 1906.
Winter term (12 weeks), January 2-March 23
Spring terms (12 weeks), April 2-June 22.
Fall term (15 weeks) September 10-December 21. School closes Wednesday noon of Thanksgiving week. Winter term opens Wednesday, January 2, 1907.
The spring term of the high school will close one week later than is indicated above.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation, March, 1905 . $27,400 00
From State, tuition
355 50
From City of Boston
44 00
.
$27,799 50
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries
$18,399 37
Janitors' salaries
2,526 92
Supplies
2,502 79
Fuel
2,580 30
Incidentals
1,095 35
$27,104 73
Balance unexpended $694 77
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIRS.
March, 1904, was
$500 00
Amount expended
484 69
Balance unexpended
$15 31
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Report of School Committee.
Because the first consideration for the Town of Saugus and for all communities within the Metropolitan District must from now on be the most rigid kind of economy, this report will be devoted in the main to financial matters leaving the problems of teaching and the other matters of detail for treatment in the report of the superintendent of schools. At the outset the committee wishes to state its belief that the liberality with which the Town has always dealt with the school appropriations has been particularly worthy of comment. Never, so far as can be remembered, has any appropriation asked for by the school committee been denied. It has plainly been the policy of the Town to grant every con- venience and every text book of value to the schools which the meagre income of the Town would permit, and it has likewise seemed to be part of the same policy to allow this committee to be the judge at once of what was necessary and of the Town's ability to obtain it. This has placed a double responsibility on your committee. The Town so willingly granted that it was very easy to ask too much or to be too lavish with what was granted. There are so many things which towns all around us have and which seem at times absolutely essential, that it has often been difficult to decide where our strongest duty lay, to have these seeming necessities or to hold down the expenses. We believe, however, that analysis of the expenditures will show that your committee has always leaned toward economy rather than toward large expenditures for school purposes.
The Need of More Money.
And yet it is necessary that once more your committee should ask for an increase over the appropriation of the previous year. This must always occur in a town which grows. Two years
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ago the increase asked for was for the purpose of increasing salaries of teachers and the average rate of $450 for teachers of all grades, except those of the High School, was established. Even this sum is too low and Saugus ought at an early date, if it is to prevent other towns from hiring our better teachers away from us, to raise this sum to at least $475 per teacher. We have not asked, however, for money for that purpose and no increase in salaries is contemplated during the coming year.
The principal cause of this need for more money shown in our estimate is the opening of additional school-rooms. This is not to say that if the new buildings had not been constructed, the same increase would not have been necessary. As a matter of fact, the running expenses of the schools would have required any way pretty much the same amount as the committee now asks. The difference would have been that the new rooms which would have been opened of necessity would have been in build- ings which the Town did not own and the rent which the Town would have paid for such unsatisfactory quarters would have offset such increase as we have asked at this time for fuel and janitor service. As a matter of fact it is not our intention to open rooms in the new building except as we are warranted in so doing by the school population.
This matter of new buildings introduces an element of uncer- tainty in the estimate. Your committee may even be able, by mere luck as it was this year, to turn back a balance into the hands of the treasurer. We do not believe, of course, that this will result for, if we had, our estimate would certainly have been decreased sufficiently to offset any such possibility. The citizens will recognize, however, that no estimate of the probable cost of running a building not yet completed can be anything better than a good guess. We know about what it will cost for teachers and about what in our minds we believe it will cost for janitor service. But the amount of fuel, the water rate, and for that matter, the absolute number of rooms which the growth in the school population will require us to open are so quite beyond our control, and practically beyond any one's ability to estimate, that the total for which we have asked may be out of the way when the final test of real experience comes.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Crowding of Scholars.
This leads very naturally to a discussion of the accommodations which the schools at present have. It was very fortunate and altogether surprising that the increase in the number of scholars last fall was less than the committee and teachers had expected. That, by the way, was what enabled your committee to keep so well within its appropriation. Cliftondale, where an average of one new room every year has had to be opened, proved not to need an additional room this year, although when the scholars were eventually evenly distributed, almost every school was close to the limit of fifty per room contemplated by law. It is quite absurd, of course, to believe that this good luck will be met with another fall, and another room is almost certain to be necessary. For that reason, we believe that the building just completed on Lincoln avenue, half way between Cliftondale and East Saugus, will be ready none too soon.
So far as East Saugus is concerned, the new school has been needed for two or or three years. The lower grades have for at least that length of time been all too large for one teacher, and the plan of two teachers to a room has never in our experience given real satisfaction, although many times we have been com- pelled to resort to it. This last fall the conditions in one room became quite beyond endurance and a new room had to be opened. A great deal of difficulty was experienced in finding a . place for this room. Only three plans were feasible. One was to hire the vestry of the East Saugus church, but the trustees of that church preferred not to rent their vestry. Another plan was to hire some vacant building in the village and expend some money in putting it into condition. Investigation showed that this plan would be very expensive, in fact as expensive as would be the plan of finishing off a school-room over the Hose Company in Franklin square, which had appealed to us at first. We could not believe that such an expenditure, which would be made for the benefit of a class that would abandon the quarters within a year to remove to a brand new building, was wise or likely to meet the approval of the town,
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The third plan, which was finally adopted, was that of renting a room in the building belonging to the Masons. That body were not anxious to rent any portion of their building, but finally agreed to do so for the sum of $25 per month. A portion at least of your committee felt that this rent was larger than the committee could afford to pay for the use of only a part of this building, but the meetings of the Masonic Order occur so infre- quently and the need of quick decision as to the opening of the school was so urgent, that the arrangement was made and the school opened. Your committee had under consideration a request for a reduction in this rate, to be mailed to the Masonic body for discussion at their next meeting, at the time when their building was destroyed by fire. With this building gone, the committee were once more strongly impressed with the fact that the provision of additional school facilities for East Saugus ought to have been made at least several years ago, and that it was very fortunate that a new building was soon to be ready for occupancy.
At Saugus Centre the town has for years been holding nine grades of school in seven rooms. This has proven very unsatis- factory to all concerned, because it has meant that some grades would be half with one teacher and half with another. Of course some of the results from this were bound to be unfortunate. No two teachers are of equal ability and the progress which some scholars would make with one teacher, as compared with that made by others of the same grade under the second teacher was calculated to and did produce many heart-burnings and some really unpleasant results. The committee feels great relief at the fact that when the new High School building is done and the whole Roby building available for grammar schools or primary schools there can be a separate teacher to each grade and a separate room for each. Besides, the growth in the number of scholars at the centre has brought very near the time when nine grades could not healthfully be kept in seven rooms. As a matter of fact at least one of, the rooms is badly overcrowded now for the second consecutive year and in this room, that of Mrs. Peckham, relief is urgently needed.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Superintendent and Committee.
In closing, it has seemed to your committee that two of its matters of policy ought to be carefully explained to the people with a view to setting right certain misapprehensions. The duties of a member of the school committee have changed largely in the last few years. A few years ago these duties included almost every task in connection with school work except the actual teaching. The school committee bought the supplies, hired the teachers, had charge of the repairs to the buildings, visited the schools for the purpose of supervising the teachers' work and in certain cases even had charge of the pun- ishing of scholars. One by one these functions have been taken away from the committee by law or wise experience and vested in paid officials. The office of superintendent of schools has been created by the state law and each town is compelled to have such an official. Upon this official's shoulders has been placed the task of visiting and supervising the schools. The members of the school committee are no longer expected to do this work.
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