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Aid to Dependent Children:
Assistance
$9,346.07
Administration 1,066.76
Levy of 1950:
Poll
$34.00
Real Estate
15.46
49.46
Levy of 1951:
Poll
$216.00
Personal
309.62
Real Estate
9,996.91
10,522.53
Levy of 1952:
Poll
$450.00
Purchase of Police Car
$77.73
Police Department-Special Officers
25
Purchase of Truck - Tree Depart- ment
305.00
Shore Protection
11,296.90
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Investigation Committee-Sewerage
500.00
Levy of 1950
$49.27
Levy of 1951
519.11
Chapter 90-Highway Maintenance
1,007.59
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
249
Old Age Assistance:
Assistance
$27,191.07
'Administration 2,043.49
29,234.56
Disability Assistance:
Assistance
$1,747.51
Administration
130.11
1,877.62
41,525.01
Appropriation Balances:
Personal
6,243.60
Real Estate
61,125.15
67,818.75
78,390.74
In Banks and Office $380,679.54
Petty Cash Advances:
Collector
$40.00
Water Department
15.00
55.00
$380,734.54
Taxes:
$10,412.83
Road Machinery Account 500.33
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Levy of 1952
11,410.22
11,978.60
Moth Assessments:
Levy of 1951
$4.00
Levy of 1952
21.00
25.00
Street Betterments
11,652.74
Construction - Gannett Road, 1951 Land Damages - Gannett Road
699.00
Tax Titles
6,152.29
Tax Possessions
2,879.06
Departmental: Veterans' Benefits 398.25
250
Water Department:
Construction of Bridge, Humarock. Plans - High School
5,550.83
Rates and Charges:
1951
$838.06
1952
12,140.87
12,978.93
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1951
$321.11
Levy of 1952
1,202.96
1,524.07
Loans Authorized
870,000.00
Overdrafts:
Mosquito Control Maintenance: (Authorized by Director of Accounts. To be used by the Assessors in determining 1953 Tax Rate) 3,450.00
Whortlebarry Lane - Construction and Land Damages 167.63
Hawley Road - Construction and Land Damages 42.30
Construction - Gannett Road 225.66
Construction - Gannett and First Parish Road 300.43
818.31
Julian, Franklin and Alden Streets and Ocean Drive - Construction and Land Damages 1,430.55
Cliff Road Construction and Land Damages
1,438.01
Emergency - Glades Road 71.08
4,348.02
Remodeling and Addition - High School 59,199.46
Improvement - Play Area, Elemen- tary School 272.60
Investigation Committee - Elemen- tary School 148.18
Land - Jenkins School
4,000.00
Plans - Jenkins School
29,877.00
Survey - School Housing Needs
3,800.00
Parcel - Meeting House Lane 1.00
Bills of Previous Years
213.61
Civilian Defense
476.15
Committee - Selectman Manager Form of Government 596.95
Beach Strip - Oceanside Drive 1.00
Improvement - Parking Area, Peg- gotty .25
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Underestimates:
State Parks and Reservations
$103.77
Auditing Municipal Accounts 240.07
County Tax - 1952
1,846.64
2,190.48
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
996,000.00
Lunch Program - High School
2,172.01
Lunch Program - Elementary School
252.01
Milk Program - Hatherly School
69.77
Athletic Fund
847.59
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
34,013.15
Overlays Reserve for Abatement of Taxes:
Overlay - 1950
$49.46
Overlay - 1951
4,590.51
Overlay - 1952
10,873.65
15,513.62
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$11,978.60
Tax Titles
6,152.29
Tax Possessions
2,879.06
Special Assessment
11,677.74
Departmental
398.25
Water
14,503.00
47,588.94
Tax Title Receipts Reserved
154.12
Refund Recovery Account
1,411.72
Loans Authorized and Unissued
870,000.00
Overestimates:
Plymouth County Hospital
1,648.66
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
251
Water Department 2,063.95
Water Main - Kent Street 03
Water System - 3A to North Scitu- ate 63,580.90
193,010.70
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities 30,892.32
252
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Loans Outstanding:
Water - 1931
$225,000.00
School - Elementary
510,000.00
Water - Wells
35,000.00
Shore Protection
30,000.00
Humarock Bridge Construction
16,000.00
Water - Water System, 3A to North Scituate
180,000.00
996,000.00
Charity Funds:
Eliza Jenkins
$3,020.80
Lucy O. Thomas
1,000.00
Sarah J. Wheeler
988.22
Hannah Dean Miller
1,952.63
Cornelia M. Allen
5,086.68
George O. Allen
524.71
Benjamin T. Ellms
4,000.00
Scituate Welfare
332.00
Ella Gertrude Gardner
9,107.53
$26,012.57
Everett Torrey Park Fund
422.72
Clara T. Bates Fund
272.19
Post-War Savings Fund
4,184.84
$30,892.32
Surplus Revenue
171,903.17
$2,409,247.02
$2,409,247.02
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan and Rate
Due
Amount
Total
Water, 33/4 per cent
1953
$25,000.00
1954
25,000.00
1955
25,000.00
1956
25,000.00
1957
25,000.00
1958
25,000.00
1959
25,000.00
1960
25,000,00
1961
25,000.00
$225,000.00
Water, 11/2 per cent
1953
$5,000.00
1954
5,000.00
1955
5,000.00
1956
5,000.00
1957
5,000.00
1958
5,000.00
1959
5,000.00
1953
$25,000.00
1954
25,000.00
1955
25,000.00
1956
25,000.00
1957
25,000.00
1958
25,000.00
1959
25,000.00
1960
25,000.00
1961
25,000.00
1962
25,000.00
1963
25,000.00
1964
25,000.00
1965
25,000.00
1966
25,000.00
1967
25,000.00
1968
25,000.00
400,000.00
School Loan, 13/4 per cent
1953
$10,000.00
1954
10,000.00
1955
10,000.00
1956
10,000.00
1957
10,000.00
1958
10,000.00
1959
5,000.00
1960
5,000.00
35,000.00
School Loan, 13/4 per cent
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1961
5,000.00
1962
5,000.00
1963
5,000.00
1964
5,000.00
1965
5,000.00
1966
5,000.00
1967
5,000.00
1968
5,000.00
Due
Amount
110,000.00 Total
Shore Protection, 11/2 per cent
1953
$6,000.00
1954
6,000.00
1955
6,000.00
1956
6,000.00
1957
6,000.00
30,000.00
Humarock Bridge, 11/4 per cent
1953
$5,000.00
1954
5,000.00
1955
5,000.00
1956
1,000.00
Water, 1.70 per cent, 3A to No. Scituate
1953
$12,000.00
1954
12,000.00
1955
12,000.00
1956
12,000.00
1957
12,000.00
1958
12,000.00
1959
12,000.00
1960
12,000.00
1961
12,000.00
1962
12,000.00
1963
12,000.00
1964
12,000.00
1965
12,000.00
1966
12,000.00
1967
12,000.00
180,000.00
$996,000.00
Loan and Rate
16,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
SATUIT
O RAT
For the Year Ending December 31 1952
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The Scituate School Committee is pleased to submit its 1952 report. Scituate is a fast growing town and the most pressing problem which confronts us, is the ever increasing enrollment. We have met this increase by filling every possible space in our school buildings. This overcrowding means a heavier than normal teach- ing load.
To meet the problem this coming school year it is with regret that we will be compelled to go on double sessions in the Junior- Senior High School. To make room for our incoming first grade we find it necessary temporarily to discontinue our kindergartens.
With the completion of our High School addition and the pro- posed school on the Jenkins site we will have some relief, and it will be possible to improve our educational program. It is obvious we shall need to add to our teaching staff.
Comprehensive information will be found in the reports of the Superintendent, Principals and Heads of Departments.
We welcome constructive criticism and we thank you for your support.
Respectfully submitted,
NELS H. SANDBERG, Chairman DORIS D. WARD, Secretary SAMUEL J. TILDEN FRED T. WATERMAN MARGARET B. MILES
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School Calendar, 1953
WINTER TERM: (January through March)
Monday, January 5, 1953 Schools reopen at usual times
Friday, February 20, 1953 Schools close at regular hours One week vacation
Monday, March 2, 1953 Schools reopen at usual times
Friday, April 3, 1953 Schools closed. Good Friday
SPRING TERM: (April through June)
Friday, April 17, 1953 Schools close at usual times One week vacation
Monday, April 27, 1953 Schools reopen at regular times
Friday, June 26, 1953 Schools close for the summer (This is an approximate date, depending on weather during the win- ter and maintaining required number of days of school in session.)
FALL TERM: (September through December)
Wednesday, September 9, 1953 Schools reopen
Monday, October 12, 1953 Schools closed. Columbus Day Friday, October 23, 1953 ...... Schools closed. Teachers' Convention Wednesday, November 11, 1953 ... Schools closed. Armistice Day
Wednesday, November 25, 1953 Schools close at 12:30 p.m. Thanksgiving recess
Monday, November 30, 1953 Schools reopen at usual times
Wednesday, December 23, 1953 Schools close at 12:30 p.m. Christmas vacation
WINTER TERM: (January through March)
Monday, January 4, 1954 Schools reopen at usual times
"No School" Signals
Emergency Closings of Schools: The No-School signal is 3-1-3 sounded from the Fire Stations in North Scituate, Scituate Harbor, and Greenbush. No-School signals for each school will be sounded, when needed, as follows:
Junior-Senior High School 7:00 a.m.
Central Elementary School 7:10 a.m.
Hatherly Elementary School 7:20 a.m.
Afternoon Kindergarten 11:30 a.m.
If all schools are closed, the signal, 3-1-3, will be sounded at 7:00, 7:10 and 7:20 a.m. Radio Stations WBZ, WNAC, WEEI and
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WJDA will be requested to announce that school in Scituate has been cancelled for that day.
The policy of the School Committee is to hold school whenever the busses may safely operate.
School Committee Meetings
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held monthly in the office of the Superintendent of Schools, Administration Build- ing, Cudworth Road, Scituate Centre, September to June inclusive, on the third Tuesday of the month, at 7:30 p.m.
Appointments with Superintendent of Schools
Appointments with the Superintendent of Schools should be made in advance by telephone. The Superintendent holds evening office hours, by appointment only, from 7:30 till 9, holidays and vacations excepted, for the convenience of parents who cannot make appointments during the day.
Admission to the Schools
To be admitted to Kindergarten, a child must have reached the age of four years, eight months, on September 1 of the year he is to enter school.
To be admitted to Grade One, a child must have reached the age of five years, eight months, on September 1 of the year he is to enter school.
Children whose birth certificates are dated later than January 1, will not be enrolled.
Kindergarten pupils will not be admitted after October 1.
A vaccination certificate must be presented to the school when a pupil enters for the first time.
A birth certificate must be presented for those pupils whose births were recorded outside of Scituate.
Directory of School Department SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Nels H. Sandberg
Mrs. Doris D. Ward
Chairman Secretary
Samuel J. Tilden
Fred T. Waterman
Mrs. Margaret B. Miles
Edward K. Chace
Superintendent
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JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
George A. J. Froberger Principal
Edward L. Stewart.
Acting Assistant Principal Algebra I, Biology, Latin I
Clarence O. Atkinson
Bookkeeping, Economics, General
Business, General Science, Driver Education Practical Arts
Robert Burgess
William R. Johnson Plane Geometry, Review Mathematics Algebra I, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, Football Coach
Erroll K. Wilcox General Science, Physics, Senior Science
Herschel Benson Director of Physical Education, Algebra II
Bessie M. Dudley
English II, III, IV
Eleanor Gile
English I, III, United States History, Librarian
Esther M. Harrington
Latin I, II, French I, II
Ruth E. Hawkes
Stenography I, II, Typing I, II Household Arts
Mrs. Shirley B. O'Donnell
Alma W. Shmauk
Ella L. Vinal.
Art, Art Appreciation, Mechanical Drawing Ancient History, Modern History, Problems of Democracy, Survey of Mathematics
Anne L. Cunneen
English, Grades 7 and 8
Joseph C. Driscoll
Geography, Grades 7 and 8; Assistant Football Coach
Elizabeth Giles
Mathematics, Penmanship, Grades 7 and 8
Mrs. Maud Williams Civics, History, Grades 7 and 8
Richard Hands Spelling, Hygiene, Science, History,
Grades 7 and 8
CENTRAL SCHOOL
LeRoy E. Fuller Principal
Royal S. Graves
Assistant Principal, Grade VI
Mildred S. Young
Grade VI
M. Beryl Rafuse
Grade VI
Mary E. Monahan
Grade V
Eleanor Wescott
Grade V
Mrs. Vera Mitchell
Grade V Grade V
Marguerite I. O'Hern
Grade IV
Mrs. Editha Lawless
Grade IV
Mrs. Mabel Buck
Grade IV
Mrs. Grace Lull
Grade IV
Mrs. Flora Harvey
Grade III
Mrs. Doris Reddy
Grade III
Mrs. Patricia T. Cooley
Grade III
Mrs. Winifred McAuliffe
Grade III
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Florence Hyde
Grade II
Mrs. Madeline Vickery
Grade II
Rose M. Fisher
Grade II :
Barbara Burney
Grade II
Marion Fleck
Kindergarten
Mrs. Florence O'Hern
Kindergarten
Mrs. Edna Locklin
Grade VI
Mrs. Rose Trefry
Opportunity Class
* Mrs. Ann Page Freeman Assistant Instructor Physical Education
* Resigned December 23, 1952.
HATHERLY SCHOOL
LeRoy E. Fuller Principal
Royal S. Graves
Assistant Principal
Gertrude Ward
Grade I
Priscilla Kelley Grade I
Mrs. Jane Gillingham
Grade I
Mrs. Grace Grassie
Grade I
B. Christine Anderson
Grade I
Mrs. Mary Heffernan
Kindergarten, Reading
Mrs. Edna Locklin
Kindergarten
SUPERVISORS
Mrs. Mary Bauer
Physical Education
B. Norman Dickinson
Instrumental Music
Gertrude Reynolds Vocal Music
Mrs. Helene Fulton
Art, Elementary Schools
Methyl Bates Reading Consultant
HEALTH OFFICERS
Max D. Miles, M.D. School Physician
*W. B. Parsons, D.D.S. School Dentist
Margaret J. O'Donnell, R.N. Elementary School Nurse
Mrs. Flora D. White, R.N. Junior-Senior High School Nurse
*Mrs. Ella Dickinson Hygienist
*Employed by Board of Health.
SUPERVISORS OF ATTENDANCE
Mrs. Flora D. White Junior-Senior High School Margaret J. O'Donnell Elementary Schools All Schools
Chief William F. Kane
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SECRETARIES
Judson R. Merrill
Superintendent's Office
* Mrs. Mary A. Driscoll
Superintendent's Office
Faith A. Simpson Superintendent's Office
+Mrs. Thelma Sylvester Hayward
High School
Mrs. Jean Strzelecki
High School
Mrs. Martha Thompson
Central School
*On leave of absence. ยก Deceased.
CAFETERIAS
Annie Barry
Manager, High School
Mrs. Genevieve Hill
High School
Mrs. Maureen Stark
High School
Mrs. Irene D. Johnson
High School
Mrs. Florence James
Dietitian, Central School
Mrs. Agnes C. Peirce
Central School
Mrs. Gertrude Queeney
Central School
Mrs. Helen Young
Central School
Mrs. Gertrude Timpany
Central School
JANITORS
Donald E. Quinn
Head Custodian
John A. Cogswell
High School
Chester R. Gurney
High School
Harry E. Soule
Central School
Donald Stone
Central School
Earl Jenkins
Central School
Thomas Woods
Hatherly School
BUS CONTRACTORS
Lissic Berg
Route G.
Front St. Sales & Service
Route A
Prescott Damon
Route F
Russell H. Dyer
Route C
Andrew Finnic
Route B
James Finnie
Route H
C. Alan Merry
Route D
William Steverman
Route E
Mrs. Malvina Young
Route J
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REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
During the year 1952 the Committee received competitive bids and entered into a contract with the lowest bidder, Grande & Sons, Everett, Mass., to construct the addition to the high school and remodel the present building.
Construction was started in November 1952 and is now well along. The contractor expects to complete the work in Septem- ber 1953.
The building will be completed under the present contract with the exception of the work to be done in the cafeteria. The furnish- ing and equipping of the classrooms, laboratories, and shops will also be incomplete at this time. It is sincerely hoped that at the Town Meeting, the funds requested will be appropriated. This will enable the committee to complete the work so that the entire building may be occupied when the construction is completed.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. OBERT, Chairman JOHN J. HEFFERNAN, Secretary CARLTON F. GREEN SAMUEL J. TILDEN NELS H. SANDBERG EDWARD H. SCHOTT, JR.
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REPORT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BUILDING INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
This is the report of the committee authorized by Article 45 in the Warrant of March 1952, wherein it was voted "that the Town appoint a committee of seven members to be selected as follows: by the Selectmen, 1; by the Planning Board, 1; by the Advisory Board, 1; by the Parent Teachers Association, 1; by the Scituate Teachers' Association, 1; by the School Committee, 2; to investigate present elementary school building needs and to report its recom- mendations for consideration at the next annual Town Meeting and for the expenses of this committee to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00" (School Committee).
When the committee met early in May, it seemed to the mem- bers that the meetings could be conducted without haste, but it became apparent at once that the shortage of primary school housing required immediate attention. Nine hundred fifty-six small chil- dren are crowded into the Central Elementary and the Hatherly Schools which have a capacity of eight hundred and forty with the enrollment in 1954 estimated at 1043.
We have screened many solutions for additional housing but we submit the following recommendations which we feel are con- sistent with the immediate needs of the town and which fit in with good long range planning as well.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Purchasing of as much additional land as may be available abutting the present sites of the Hatherly School and the Jenkins School.
The Committee has tried to balance the ideal with the practical and economical. It feels that what the Town now owns should be used as fully as possible without excessive capital expenditure for purchase and development of new sites. A spot map showing the homes of each student now in our schools proves conclusively that the locations of the Jenkins and Hatherly Schools are ideally sit- uated for primary school development.
2. Razing the Jenkins School and erecting on the site a twelve- room school with general purpose room.
The Committee visited both the Hatherly and Jenkins Schools
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on several different occasions accompanied by Chairmen John Marshall of the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commis- sion, A. Vaine Beaudry, Inspector of Public Building, Massachu- setts Department of Public Safety, and also local authorities and consultants. Whereas we found that the old Hatherly School is temporarily suitable for primary pupils, we concluded unanimously that while the site is favorable, alteration or addition to the Jenkins School would be a bad investment for the Town.
3. Retaining the services of Dr. William K. Wilson as educa- tional consultant to survey the present and future school building needs, both structural and educational, and to act as advisor to the Elementary School Building Committee in planning the new Jenkins School.
The Committee has on file a partial survey submitted by Dr. Wilson stating "that the Jenkins School site is ideal and that the over-all development of your total school plant should include as its first step the construction of a new elementary school building on the Jenkins site extended."
As a result of our personal conference with Dr. Wilson we be- lieve that the expense of his survey will be more than returned through savings in planning and construction of the new school.
The Committee wishes to thank all who have contributed to this report through discussion and counsel.
ARTHUR J. GARTLAND, Chairman JACKSON E. BAILEY LESTER J. GATES EDWIN P. GUNN NELS H. SANDBERG ROSE M. TREFRY THOMAS WHITE
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REPORT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The Elementary School Building Committee was created at the Special Town Meeting of December 2, 1952 for the purpose of acquiring plans, specifications and working drawings for a pro- posed school to be built at the site of the present Jenkins School and to receive bids for said school to be opened at the next regular or a future town meeting.
Though many a lively and refreshing meeting has been held by this committee in an effort to have a bid ready for the Annual Meeting, it was found that there was insufficient time to prepare the plans for the type of school to which the Town is entitled. After holding separate interviews with twelve architectural firms, this committee was unanimous in its vote to retain the services of Mr. Harry J. Korslund of Norwood, Massachusetts, well-known local school architect, to be assisted by Dr. William K. Wilson, our school advisor and consultant.
Both Mr. Korslund and Dr. Wilson agree that three to four months should be spent on a school of this size to plan educationally and economically and it is hoped that the townspeople will take an active part in open meetings to be held as the plans progress.
Respectfully submitted,
JACKSON E. BAILEY, Chairman RONALD BURROWS ARTHUR J. GARTLAND LESTER J. GATES EDWARD S. RAND NELS H. SANDBERG ROSE M. TREFRY
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Scituate:
I am honored to submit to you my annual report for the fiscal year 1952.
Two questions have been asked of me during my tenure. They have been asked so many times that I have come to realize that basically the answers to them would constitute my report to you. These questions are: (1) How do the Scituate Schools compare with other schools in the Commonwealth and in the East? (2) What is being done to improve the Scituate Schools?
I shall attempt to answer the first question directly. The second will be answered in the remainder of this report, some of the answer being found in my words, the rest in the words of other members of the Scituate Public Schools staff.
HOW DO OUR SCHOOLS RATE?
First, there is no set scale of standards to which one may refer to find out how a given town's schools compare with those of another town. The Comparative Study of Secondary School Standards (Evaluative Criteria) which is so active in other sections of the country and through which high schools and their programs of study are compared against norms, appears to be dormant in New England. This is indeed a pity.
We are left, then, with results of testing programs, the progress of our pupils in college, and with what our boys and girls do with their lives after they leave our schools, either elementary or secondary:
However, before one may say definitely that this or that is true, one must remember that our high school (Grades 7-12 in this town) is hopelessly overcrowded. The academic program, as well as any new program for the "other 40% who do not desire college," must of necessity suffer until adequate housing is available. When a town does not have enough rooms for an adequate junior high school program, or for even one or two courses of study, the ones who suffer are the boys and girls who will in a year or so be the tax- payers and voters of the town.
Similarly, crowded conditions in the elementary grades make for retarded readers, inadequately prepared youngsters, and con- sequent pyramiding of all these faults in the high school. These conditions cause drop-outs and disgruntled citizens.
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Our school population increases and our building program have not kept pace:
1949
1953
1955
1957
1958
1962
Enrollment
Number
954
1415
1680
1784
1895
2076
Rooms Available
26
41
53*
53*
53*
53*
Number
Rooms Needed
32
48
56
60
64
70
* Includes only such construction as has been approved by the Town. Does not include new primary school housing. Figures are based on 30 pupils to a room; a high ratio of pupils per teacher.
Thus one can see that we have not kept abreast of our needs. These figures do not present a true picture because in a secondary school one cannot always place 30 pupils in each room. There must be room for expansion in curricula. Actually, the ratio of pupils to a teacher in a secondary school is 25, thus increasing the number of rooms needed. If we wish to continue with the same rigid, no- choice, type of courses of study which we have now, we can get along with fewer rooms, but if we are to prepare the pupils for the lives they will lead in a community, then we must have more high school rooms.
We may say, I believe, on the basis of our testing program instituted last year, that our teaching is satisfactory. Some areas are better than others, but, again, the faults can be attributed to lacks. For instance, we cannot compete with the other schools in the Commonwealth which have adequate laboratories when we have none. We need, I believe, more adequate appraisal and understanding of what the colleges want us to do so that we may more adequately prepare our boys and girls for life in the modern university and so that the change from the life in the secondary school to the freedom of the life in the college will be less abrupt and startling.
We need a re-evaluation of all curricula in our high school, junior high school (grades 7, 8, and 9), and elementary school so that (1) each teacher will know what other teachers are doing, (2) so that each has a perspective understanding of the complete educa- tional program, (3) so that our teaching is less stereotyped, bookish, and formal. Such an evaluation is best performed by the teachers themselves under guidance. Such an evaluation is to be undertaken.
:
We need to visit other schools so that we may evaluate our
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