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[Dec. 31
salary increases must be given to school personnel if our town was to even reasonably compete with other communities. The staggering increase in the cost of living made the solution of this problem all the more urgent.
I have talked with Saugus citizens in all walks of life and I have not found one who would not frankly admit that employees of the School Department, considering time and money spent for professional quali- fications, were by far the poorest paid of all of our town employees.
Under Massachusetts law the School Committee, and the School Committee alone, has the responsibility of establishing the salaries of the teachers under its jurisdiction. It was, therefore, clear that the School Committee must establish new maximum salaries and new minimum salaries wherever possible. This the School Committee has done by unanimous vote, setting January 1, 1947 as the date when all new salaries are to be effective. The actual paying of the new salaries was suspended pending the annual town meeting of March 1947. As a part of the vote of the School Committee all temporary "cost of living in- creases" were abolished as of January 1, 1947.
The four largest groups of school department employees are as follows:
(a) High School teachers.
(b) Junior High School teachers.
(c) Elementary School teachers.
(d) Building Custodians or Janitors .
I list below the new salary schedules for the above voted by the School Committee and effective January 1, 1947.
Minimum
Maximum
High School Teachers
$2,100.00
$2,900.00
Junior High School Teachers
1,900.00
2,700.00
Elementary School Teachers
1,700.00
2,400.00
From the above it can be readily seen that a teacher with no previous teaching experience (a High School teacher) would be started at a salary of $2,100.00. Such a teacher would then be increased by $100.00 each year until he reached the maximum salary of $2,900.00. This teacher would have to remain in Saugus eight full years before attaining the maximum salary. Such a schedule provides a teacher with an incentive to remain since he can see a chance for financial advancement.
In the case of the building custodians no minimum salaries were set. It was obvious that no custodians could be hired at the minimum salary which could be established. Accordingly only new maximum salaries were established. Depending on the size of the building these new salaries range from $2,000.00 to $2,250.00. The only exception was the position of Senior Building Custodian of the Central Senior and Junior High School. For this position the School Committee set a salary of $2,500.00.
The approximate total cost in the 1947 General Budget, for all salary raises, is $50,000.00 over that of the year 1946.
This figure should alarm no one, however, since it is a foregone con- clusion that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is already virtually committed to provide vastly increased sums to towns and cities for the support of local education. Bills have already been filed with the 1947 General Court seeking State-Aid for local education on a much greater basis than ever before.
One of the best is a bill filed by the Massachusetts Teachers Federa- tion. This measure seeks to equalize State-Aid by providing more liberal
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reimbursements to the towns and cities less able to finance school costs out of local taxation. Should this bill be passed by the Legislature, in its present form, Saugus would receive State-Aid in 1947 to the amount of $102,000.00 and in 1948 to the amount of $204,000.00. Since the amount received in 1945 and 1946 was approximately $24,000.00 each year the difference is readily apparent.
Some such bill must be passed by the 1947 Legislature or the burden of taxation upon the home owner in most communities will become unduly oppressive.
Incidentally Massachusetts, in comparison to other states in the. union, has been very lax in sharing in local costs of education. The costs of education should be a definite concern of the state since an educated citizenship is just as much a concern of the state as it is of the local community.
As I stated in my 1946 report and I quote :- "Neither the state nor the nation can afford to allow millions of its children to suffer dis- advantages in educational opportunities."
It should be significant to Americans that Russia is expending 46% of its total expenditures for education.
Visual Education
By unanimous vote of the School Committee a Department of Visual Education has been established within the School Department effective January 1, 1947.
The School Committee has appointed Mr. Philip Bradbury, teacher of Science in the Senior High School, as Director of Visual Education. Mr. Bradbury is exceptionally well qualified to direct this specific type of modern education and his appointment by the School Committee was indeed a wise choice.
This new program of visual education will encompass every school and grade within the school system and will be correlated with the school curriculum. Like the installation of the Rinehart Writing System in 1946 it marks the establishment of another improvement in our school system.
The School Department owns much excellent visual aid equipment. The Essex County Health Association has recently presented to the School Department two modern portable 16 mm sound motion picture projectors complete with all accessory equipment. The same association has given our schools three paid-up $100.00 subscriptions for film pur- chase or rental. In addition the Central Senior and Junior High School is equipped with a modern 16 mm sound motion picture projector. This equipment was presented to our school system by one of the recent graduating classes. Supplementing the above equipment is a 16 mm motion picture camera, several 16 mm silent projectors, visual aid slide equipment, etc. Some of the above were gifts of Parent-Teacher Associa- tions. In short the school system is far better equipped with visual aid equipment than the average school system.
All of this equipment will be at the disposal of the Director of Visual Education and the program will be solely his responsibility under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools .
The establishment of this Department of Visual Education will prove an invaluable aid to further the education of the boys and girls of Saugus. The value of visual education in any school program is recognized by leading educators throughout the nation.
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Recommendations
An important duty of the Superintendent of Schools is to recom- mend to the School Committee and to the citizens of the town such projects as will improve our school system.
I recommend many of these in my report of last year.
(1) That a modern gymnasium be constructed so as to make possible an effective physical education program for all pupils in the junior and senior high school.
(2) That aprogram for improving the play areas in all school yards be initiated so that all school play areas are ultimately resurfaced with modern asphaltic or cork treatment ..
(3) The installation of new lighting equipment in all of our school buildings, especially in the classrooms of the same.
(4) The construction of a new modern six-room elementary school- house in the Oaklandvale section of the town.
(5) That detailed blueprints and plans of all school buildings be authorized so that such will be available to the School Department.
(6) The introduction of a course in domestic science for girls in the Senior High School.
(7) That the Mansfield School in East Saugus be completely repaired, renovated and re-equipped for active use. The re-opening of this school appears to be a necessity in the not too distant future.
(8) The removal of the present costly heating system in the Ballard School and its replacement by a central heating plant with oil burning apparatus.
(9) The continuation of the policy, instituted the past year, of rotat- ing elementary school teachers from building to building after a maxi- mum of five years teaching service in one particular building.
(10) The establishment of a super-maximum salary in high, junior high and elementary schools to be given only to those teachers who, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Schools, have demonstrated ex- traordinary teaching skills and exceptional value to the school system.
Of the above recommendations a definite start has been made during the past year in item No. 5. Students in the Mechanical Drawing classes of the Senior High School are engaged in the making of detailed blue- prints of the Central Senior and Junior High School building. When com- pleted they will be turned over to the School Department.
Scholastic Standing
Scholastically our schools remain at a high standard.
Our High School is rated a Class A High School by the State De- partment of Education.
The New England College Entrance Certificate Board has gone out of existence. In the future, colleges will accept graduates from high schools largely on the following basis.
(a) High School grades of the student.
(b) Principal's recommendation of student.
(c) Results of aptitude tests given student by the college.
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The trend, in short, is away from written entrance examinations and towards a total evaluation of the student's ability and personality as de- termined by the above criteria.
From time to time I hear the uninformed spread the story that graduates of Saugus High School cannot enter college and do successful college work. I do not know for what purpose this story is told but I do know that it is vicious and absolutely untrue.
At the present time we have graduates of Saugus High School doing successful college work in the following colleges and universities. This is only a partial list but it should convince even those who maliciously spread untruths.
Boston University
Harvard University
Ohio Wesleyan University University of New Hampshire
Tufts College
Northeastern University
Boston College
University of Southern California .
Connecticut College for Women
Jackson College
University of Notre Dame
Dartmouth College
Middlebury College
Colby College
Stetson University
Rollins College
Simmons College
Brown University
University of Michigan
It is also interesting to note that Robert Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis M .Hill, a graduate of Saugus High School and Bowdoin Col- lege, last year passed the examination for the United States Consular Service. This examination is incidentally one of the toughest in the coun- try. He received the appointment and is now attached to the United States Consular Office in Belgium.
May I be pardoned if I also mention with pride that another graduate of Saugus High School, the Hon. Frederick B. Willis, has just been chosen as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the second consecutive year.
School Building Program
A town may postpone the inevitable but it cannot postpone it forever. Building programs are not solved by hiding one's head in the sand like an ostrich.
Saugus has not erected a new school house since 1933 when the present Central Junior High School was constructed. For fourteen years we have remained dormant as far as new school buildings are concerned. This, in spite of the fact, that Saugus is one of the few municipalities that does not owe one cent on schoolhouses.
There are two definite and pressing needs for new schoolhouse con- struction.
(1) A new and modern Senior High School.
(2) A new elementary school in the Oaklandvale section of the town. May I discuss each under separate captions.
Senior High School
Twice within the last fifteen years your School Committee has urged upon the citizens the necessity of a new modern Senior High School building. Twice the voters have turned it down. The first time it died when everybody wrangled about the site. The second time it was killed by misrepresentation. The second assassination was, in my opinion, the
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greatest mistake our town has made in a lifetime. At that time the building, completely equipped, could have been constructed for about $500,000.00. Of this amount the United States Government stood ready and willing to pay a cash grant of $250,000.00-exactly one-half of the total cost. At that time school building costs were approximately 35 cents per cubic foot. Now they are about 80 cents per cubic foot. It will always view the rejection of this particular project as one of the greatest sins ever committed against the youth of Saugus. I can forgive those who administered its death potion but I can never believe it was anything but a colossal blunder.
Why do we need a new Senior High School? Here are the reasons and any citizen can check the present building for himself and verify the facts.
(1) No gymnasium and as a result no program of physical education possible.
(2) Totally inadequate and antiquated science laboratories .
(3) Inadequate assembly hall so important in the development of morale and school spirit.
(4) No suitable washroom facilities and outmoded and ancient toilet facilities.
(5) No suitable place for the teaching of Domestic Science for girls.
(6) Inadequate cafeteria facilities.
(7) Improper space for development of Woodworking and Metal Shops.
(8) Aged and ineffective classroom lighting equipment.
(9) Poor school library facilities for a school of our size.
(10) Virtually no place for students to hang their clothes under protection.
All of these shortcomings were told to the citizens at the time the new school was rejected. The blood is not, therefore, on the hands of any- one connected with the School Department.
Now the problem is fast getting to the acute stage. Now building costs are at their peak.
The solution is not in adding wings to the present building. To at- tempt it would prove very costly. The result would be a sprawling octopus of a building difficult of operation and administration. The only real solution is a new building.
If something isn't done our Class A High School rating will even- tually be affected. If this happens, again, the blood will not be on the hands of anyone connected with the School Department.
Oaklandvale School
The Oaklandvale section of the town is productive of one of our best home building developments. In the opinion of our school authorities this section of the town will outstrip all others in new home construction during the next decade.
Serving this area is a school building approximately 100 years old, insofar as I am able to ascertain. It is built upon a ledge on about as poor a piece of land as exists in the entire community. This building will be
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totally inadequate to serve the elementary children of this section with any appreciable growth in home building.
Any attempt to enlarge or renovate the present Oaklandvale School would be little short of criminal asininity. The cost would be tremendous and the result a monstrosity.
This is a problem that cannot be long postponed from all present indications.
It is your problem and you are the only ones who can provide the funds to solve it.
A Supporting Opinion
I submit an unsolicited letter from Mr. A. Russell Mack, Supervisor of Secondary Education, in the State Department of Education. I offer it as a supporting opinion to opinions expressed by me in this report.
The letter follows:
February 21, 1946
Mr. Vernon W. Evans Superintendent of Schools
Saugus, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Evans:
My recent visit prompts me to write very favorably concern- ing the administration at Saugus High School, and the academic and commercial work. There is every reason also to be proud of the new guidance program, and the newly organized industrial arts, both manual training and mechanical drawing.
Personally I was gratified to realize that there is such a goodly ratio of men teachers, 18 of the 30 teachers being men. There has never been a reason other than economic for other than a 50-50 ratio in the secondary school years, but the ratio is more usually many more lady teachers than men teachers.
The building is an old one, but the chief lacks are a strong physical education program ,and household arts. There is no gymnasium, which is an essential with the emphasis upon health and physical education made before the war and also resulting from the war, selective draft showing, etc.
I hope that in the post war period, it will be possible for Saugus to have a new gymnasium, and household arts rooms, as well as extensive renovations to the present plant. Perhaps an even better suggestion would be for a modern educational structure on an adequate site which most educators now estimate should be at least ten acres.
ARM/EP
Sincerely yours, A. RUSSELL MACK, Supervisor of Secondary Education
School Milk Program
A new school milk program is now in operation in all of the schools in the town. This new program is under the joint sponsorship of the De- partment of Education and the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
All of our school children are now able to buy milk at four cents per bottle. Previously it was necessary to charge six cents per bottle in some schools and seven cents per bottle in others.
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The new program has already justified its introduction in our school system. It started on January 8, 1947 with a daily consumption of 820 bottles of milk. A few weeks thereafter this total of 820 bottles had risen to a total of nearly 1000 bottles per day. In other words the reduced price of the milk, per bottle, has resulted in an increased conusmpttion of milk by the school children of our town. The program involves no expense, whatsoever, to the taxpayers of the town as far as its operation is concerned.
It is the hope of the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools that the present consumption may ultimately be raised to approx- imately 1400 bottles per day. If this figure is attained it would mean that practically one half of the entire pupil enrolment of the school system would be drinking milk each day. It is generally agreed that milk is one of the most substantial of foods and that it plays a very important factor in the conservation of health.
The school officials urge all parents to impress upon their children the importance of participating in this milk program.
Athletic and Cafeteria Accounts
A summary of the financial condition of the athletic and cafeteria accounts of Saugus High School are included a few pages hence. Both accounts are outlined in some detail. Both accounts are under the jurisdic- tion of the School Committee and under the immediate supervision of Principal John A. W. Pearce. The accounts are audited every so often and are efficiently kept by Miss Mabel Willey, treasurer of both accounts.
In Conclusion
In conclusion may I thank each member of the School Committee for the splendid cooperation given me during the year 1946. May I also thank the teachers, all other school employees, and the pupils for their cooperation and loyalty.
Respectfully submitted,
VERNON W. EVANS, Superintendent of Schools.
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SAUGUS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Analysis of Cash Receipts and Expenditures January 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946
Cash Balance, January 1, 1946
$ 5,343.50
Receipts: Football
Gate Receipts
$7,019.11
Guarantees :
Malden
$1,337.39
Chelsea
452.92
Amesbury
751.58
Revere
1,442.72
Lynn English
1,578.78.
Lynn Classical
2,158.44
Peabody
504.32
8,226.15
Basketball
205.55
15,450.81
Total Receipts Including Balance
Expenses :
Guarantees:
Beverly
$1,531.43
Swampscott
44.70
Equipment
510.81
Supplies (Schedule I)
3,761.27
Postage
84.57
Insurance and Bond
200.00
Printing and Tickets
293.58
Officials
127.00
Police
82.75
Registration and Dues
15.75
Federal Tax (Tickets)
1,310.04
Transportation
856.48
Miscellaneous Expense (Schedule II) Salary Expense
2,572.20
Medical and Drugs
1,035.02
Stadium
1,464.10
Reconditioning and Laundry
1,845.94
Telephone
74.78
Awards and Letters
129.00
Basketball
497.25
Baseball
296.00
Educational
1,477.43
Total Expenses
18,404.33
Net Income
$2,389.98
Paid: January 6 Dr. Carter
$796.00
Received January 6
Guarantee-Marblehead .. 227.12
Corrected Balance
$568.88
$1.821.10
No Accounts Payable
$20,794.31
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194.23
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. SAUGUS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Schedule Number I
Analysis of Supplies, January 1 to December 31, 1946
Footballs
$275.48
Pads (Hip, Shoulder, Injury)
825.37
Caps .
33.47
Pants and Shirts
238.06
Socks and Hose
402.20
Guides and Record Books
3.79
Felt
1.24
Sponge Rubber
3.15
Mask
3.36
Supporters
109.90
Belts
51.00
Helmets
290.00
Megaphones
15.00
Cleats
80.77
Do-nuts
1.70
Firm Grip, Cleaner, Resin
4.38
Baseballs, Basketballs
148.66
Bats
33.25
Arches
8.50
Hockey Supplies
23.50
Shoes
404.69
Jerseys and Shirts
803.80
Total Supplies
$3.761.27
SAUGUS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Schedule Number II
Analysis of Miscellaneous Expense, January 1 to December 31, 1946
Film
$54.00
Line
.95
Pail, Paint, Brushes
5.30
Towels
17.28
Dinner for Team-Raymonds
56.55
Tomahawks-Padlock
7.25
Checkbook
2.50
Pen Quill Set
6.72
Show Cards
4.50
Advertising
10.00
Paint, Shellac
16.40
Oranges
1.38
Painting Goal Posts
6.00
Cardboard
.60
Carfares, Express
4.80
Total Miscellaneous Expense
$194.23
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SAUGUS HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH
Analysis of Cash Receipts and Expenditures January 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946
Cash Balance, January 1, 1946 ($1,090.23 plus $700)
$1,790.23
Receipts and Income:
Cash Sales
$13,095.14
Discount on Purchases
231.61
13,326.75
Total Receipts Including Balance on January 1, 1946
Expenditures :
Food
$5,501.49
Candy
167.05
Ice Cream
3,401.04
Tonic
1,427.89
Wages
1,784.20
Laundry
139.88
Supplies
273.55
Equipment
17.51
Miscellaneous Expense
32.38
Insurance and Bond
12.50
Donation to Band
296.94
13,054.43
Balance, December 31, 1946
$2,062.55
Accounts Payable $693.92.
$15,116.98
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Report of the Principal of the Saugus High School
January 21, 1947.
Mr. Vernon W. Evans Superintendent of Schools Saugus, Mass.
My dear Mr. Evans:
I herewith submit my twelfth annual report as Principal of the Sau- gus High School.
The Opening of School and New Teachers
School opened in September with the following enrollment:
Grade 12-147 11-190 10-200 9-282 8-127 7-
150 Total 1096
In the Senior High School we welcomed the following new teachers: Mr. John Janusas-Social Studies and Assistant Foot- ball Coach
Miss Frances McFarlane-English and French
Mr. Ralph Earle-Wood Shop (Feb. 1st)
We welcomed the following teachers back from service: Mr. Edward Gibbs, 3rd-Guidance Director
Mr. John Burns-English
Mr. Tauno Tamminen-Metal Shop
In the Central Junior High School we welcomed the following teachers:
Mrs. Janet Sanborn-Literature Mrs. Virginia Earle-History
We also welcomed the following new supervisors: Miss Audrey Thomas-Music Mr. Walter Germaine-Band
Two of our Senior High School teachers were taken by death during the year 1946:
Mr. Harry Potts-Biology, early in March
Miss Bertha Morrison-Commercial, shortly after school opened in September
These people had been teachers in Saugus High School for a good many years.
Trends in College Entrance
Today colleges report that they are not so much concerned with subjects as with evidence of scholastic ability and there is a trend away from rigid requirements toward a flexible program. However, the fact remains that most colleges still require the fifteen Carnegie units of high school work and these units are expected to cover certain definite areas.
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It is now true that most colleges do not stipulate individual subjects but they do specify certain fields in which work must have been done.
Most colleges now require work in the following five areas: social science ,natural science, foreign language, English, and Mathematics. Beyond these, many institutions required specific subjects as: four years of English, one year of Algebra, one year of Plane Geometry, two years of foreign language, one year of science, and one year in the field of social studies. The other units must come from the above broad fields, although a few places now permit substitution of one or two non-academic courses for college preparatory subjects.
A promising trend despite the rather rigid pattern that is still with us, is the statement on the part of the colleges that they are more inter- ested in the "whole boy or girl" than in his grade in some particular subject. College Board examinations at present have the following two aims: to predict college success, and to provide a fair basis to judge stu- dents from all parts of the country and from different kinds of schools, public and independent.
Community School Lunch Program
The National School Lunch Act approved June 1946 provides per- manent assistance to states in the establishment and operation of the ยท school lunch program for children attending non-profit public and private schools, of high school grade and under .Its purpose is to safeguard the health and well being of the nation's children and encourage the consump- tion of nutritious agricultural commodities and other foods. This program is State administered entirely. All Federal funds are paid to the State and apportioned to Schools by the Office of Community School Lunch Programs. This office is controlled jointly by the Massachusetts Depart- ment of Education and the Department of Public Welfare. State funds pay for administration of the program. By 1948 the control of the School Lunch Program will be entirely in the hands of the Department of Education.
The first aim of the School Lunch Program is to provide improved nutrition for children, and the second is a long time aim of helping the American farmer dispose of his crops. It is not a welfare program, but a nutritional program which was started at the request of the Surgeon General's Office when the appalling lack of balanced eating became evi- dent in the examination of young people in recent years. Of the 365 com- munities in Massachusetts, 227 (with 1394 schools) are now participating in this lunch program.
Proposed Regulations for Approval of Massachusetts High Schools
High Schools in Massachusetts have for years been classified as A or B Schools. It is clearly recognized that this classification is a matter of prestige only. However, it does give the opportunity to effect improve- ments. The following present conditions necessary for a High School to classify as a Class A School:
1. Personn.1
If there has been a 50 percent or greater turnover of teachers, the high school may be placed in Class B for the following year. The program of teachers with more than five classes a day or more than 125 pupils per day will be carefully scrutinized. Teaching by the Principal in a school the size of Saugus High School will be subject to question.
A. Qualification of teachers, i. e., newly employed.
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All teachers and principals shall have a bachelor's degree, and a minimum of 16 semester hours in Education, plus one year's experience, to qualify for a position in a high school the size of ours.
B. Qualifications of Principals, newly employed-same as teachers, plus Master's degree and three years' teacher experience.
2. Program
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It is recognized that high schools must train for entrance to higher institutions of learning as well as for life. Therefore, there shall be at least three curriculums,-College Preparatory, Commercial, and General, or what corresponds to these curriculums if there is a program of re- quired and elective subjects under guidance. Exceptions may be made for other than comprehensive high schools. If no Vocational work is offered, definite plans for attendance at the nearest Vocational school shall be made. There shall be a program for health and physical education, for music and art, as well as definite inclusion of recent developments in Guidance, Aviation, Driver Education, and Consumer Education. There shall be a testing program, including the use of standardized tests with the results available to the State Department of Education.
A. Pupil-teacher load-obtained by dividing the number of pupils by the number of teachers (including part-time pro-rated), exclusive of the Principal. In a school the size of ours-not over 25-1.
B. Schedule-The length of the school day shall not be less than five hours net. The periods shall be at least 40 minutes net length.
The requirements for graduation shall be at least 15 units (16 rec- ommended). A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a second- ary school, constituting approximately one-fourth of a full year's work. Shop or laboratory periods count one-half as much as recitation periods.
3. School Plant
The following shows what a new building should have. Those in old buildings should recognize discrepancies which exist on account of con- structionally and educationally obsolete buildings. To the extent that these are lacking, the Class A or Class B rating will be affected.
Site-Any new site should have at least 10 acres.
Building-Any new building should have: Adequate classrooms
Principal's office and fireproof vault
Library-capable of seating 10% of the high school enrollment
Laboratories-physics, chemistry, biology
Home Economics
Shop Cafeteria
Student Activity Rooms-School paper, council, etc.
Gymnasium-Showers arranged for community use
Auditorium-capable of seating entire student body up to 1000 pupils Adequate lavatories Teachers' Rooms
The lighting, heating, and ventilating of the rooms and the methods of cleaning shall be such as to insure conditions recognized as hygenic by modern standards. The condition of the school building and its surround- ings is an important factor in the influence of the high school. Hence, the
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general appearance of the school rooms, halls, buildings and yards, the care of books and supplies, and the condition of the blackboards, must re- ceive proper attention.
The number and character of classrooms, recitation rooms and lab- oratories, and the equipment of the school, shall be such as may reason- ably be expected in a Class A High School.
Lack of Home Study
No pupil can properly do all his studying in school hours. For satis- factory progress most pupils require two hours of home study daily- many longer. Time should be carefully budgeted at home to insure reg- ular preparation. Pupils are cautioned against depending upon study periods too much, since frequently they are taken for assemblies. They should plan to use them more for review.
The above suggestions have been printed in our Handbook for sev- eral years, but unfortunately only a small percentage of Saugus High School pupils follow them. There are a great many pupils who tell their parents that they can do all of their studying in school and therefore do not have to take any books home to study. Low marks result from such practices, failures in many cases.
Regulations Concerning Attendance
1. Pupils are expected to be absent from school only in cases of emergency or with permission from the main office.
2. All work lost because of absence from school has to be made up satisfactorily before full credit will be given. Teachers have been assigned days for makeup work, at which time pupils must report.
3. Any pupil absent from school without consent of parents is re- quired to make up ten hours of study in General Session.
4. No pupil is to attend or take part in a dance, athletic contest, or other school activity on the day he or she is absent from school, without first obtaining permission from the office.
5. Oversleeping may be a valid reason for tardiness but not for ab- sence. A pupil who oversleeps is expected to arrive at school within a reasonable time after awakening.
6. Any pupil absent from school for three consecutive days must obtain an admit slip from the office to be readmitted to his or her Home Room.
7. All attendance slips must be signed by parent or guardian, who is also to write the excuse.
8. Dismissals by telephone request will not be granted except in cases of extreme emergency. This is necessary as a protection to pupils.
The above regulations are brought to your attention and to the atten- tion of parents who may read this report. Too many pupils in Saugus High School have poor attendance records.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you, Mr. Evans, and the members of the School Committee for your helpful advice and encouragement.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN A. W. PEARCE, Principal.
JAWP/GH
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
Accountant's Report 139
Annual Town Election
34
Annual Town Meeting
39
Appointive Town Officials
10
Assessors
103
Audit of Accounts
171
Board of Fire Engineers
125
Board of Health
132
Board of Public Welfare
109
Board of Selectmen
113
Cemetery Commissioners
131
Chief of Police
107
Collector of Taxes
97
Contributory Retirement
136
Elective Town Officers
3
Finance Committee Report
24
Gypsy Moth
134
Jury List
127
Library Trustees
100
Planning Board
118
Playground Commission
99
Public Works
120
School Report follows Page.
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174
Sealer of Weights & Measures
124
Soldiers' Relief Depart .. ment ....
135
State Election
91
State Primary
64
Superintendent of Buildings
174
Town Clerk
96
Town Election
34
Town Engineer
118
Town Meeting Members
5
Tree Warden
138
Warrant, March 4, 1946
13
Financial Departments
Balance Sheet
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168
Receipts :
General Revenue:
Taxes
141
Commercial Revenue:
Agency and Trust
144
Charities and Soldiers'
Benefits
143
Enterprise and
Cemeteries
144
General Government
142
Health and Sanitation
143
Indebtedness
145
Interest
144
Protection of Persons
and Property
142
Refunds
145
Transfers
145
Recreation and
Unclassified
144
Schools and Libraries
143
Disbursements:
Agency and Trust
161
Charities and Soldiers'
Benefits
154
Education and Libraries
156
Enterprise and Cem-
eteries
159
General Government
145
Health and Sanitation
152
Highways
153
Interest and Maturing
Debt
161
Protection of Persons
and Property
149
Recapitulation
163
Recreation and Unclassi-
fied
158
Refunds
162
Transfers
162
Outstanding Bonds
164
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