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8,617.92
257.60
257.60
Improvement Play Area - Elem. School
257.60
1,886.05
1,886.05
Plans - Jenkins School
1,886.05
55,784.25
13,005.29
68,789.54
Construction Jenkins School and Cafeteria
67,594.81
1,194.73
7,500.00
546.04
8,046.04
Allen Memorial Library
8,035.47
10.57
4,500.00
546.03
5,046.03
Peirce Memorial Library
5,045.35
.68
15,000.00
15,000.00
Land - Tilden Road Elem. School Site
15,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
Plans - Elein. School Housing
487.88
29,512.12
1,300.00
195.00
1,495.00
Grading and Fencing Cudworth Football Practice Field
1,495.00
20,580.00
20,580.00
Park Department
20,315.60
264.40
270.00
2,500.00
2,770.00
Improvement Branch Street Playground
2,770.00
Uuclassified
6,016.64
3.36
5,000.00
87.64
5,087.64
Public Buildings
4,494.64
593.00
500.00
500.00
Band Concerts
500.00
21,205.60
21,205.60
Insurance
21,100.65
104.95
125.00
125.00
Channel Markings
125.00
100.00
100.00
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
60.00
60.00
Armistict Day
35.00
25.00
1,000.00
7.92
1,007.92
Memorial Day
894.23
' 113.69
350.00
350.00
Quarters for Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
3,705.00
3,705.00
Control of Shellfish
3,563.37
141.63
200.00
200.00
Fish and Game Conservation
200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Lifeguard - Sandhills
1,187.19
12.81
Lifeguard - Humarock
570.83
29.17
4,800.00
5,045.74
Building Inspector
4,930.46
115.28
1,600.00
1,600.00
Wire Inspector
1,593.90
6.10
375.00
375.00
Zoning Board of Appeals
323.57
51.43
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
162
5,925.00
95.00
6,020.00
600.00
600.00
245.74
Balance Appropria- Receipts January 1, tions and 1955
1955
Transfers
Totals
1955 Expendi- tures
Balance December 31, 1955
56,842.00 3,111.12
56,842.00
County Tax 1955
57,215.80
*373.80
3,111.12
State Tax
2,904.72
206.40
19,852.30
Retirement System and Pensions
19,852.30
105.61
19.852.30 1,600.00 37.00
1,705.61
Civilian Defense
1,640.92
64.69
37.00
Bills of Previous Years
37.00
1.00
1.00
Land First Parish Road
1.00
1.00
1.00
Purchase Grand Army Hall
1.00
561.00
564.00
State Census
358.05
205.95
3.000.00
3,000.00
Improvement N. Scituate Parking Area
2,885.75
114.25
208.40
208.40
Land - Beal Place Turn-around
208.40
94,501.70
4.02
94,505.72
Water Department
82,564.78
11,940.94
16S
4,600.00 700.00
605.00
5,205.00
Public Landings
4,718.98
486.02
520.28
520.28
Water Main Egypt Beach Road
432.25
88.03
1.124.59
1,124.59
Water Main Seaview Avenue
1,023.30
101.29
24.200.00
24,200.00
15,502.55
8,697.45
800.00
800.00
Water Department - Brockton Edison Well Field
800.00
35,361.25
3,072.50
38,433.75
Interest
38,433.75
9.552.00
9,552.00
Interest Water Loans
9,552.00
127,000.00
127,000.00
Maturing Debt
127,000.00
42,000.00
42,000.00
Maturing Debt Water
42,000.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Care of Veterans' Graves
630.00
70.00
700.00
Construction Well and Pumping Station - Water Dept.
BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1955 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Reimbursement
$18,000.00
Petty Cash Advances:
Collector
$40.00
Water Department ....
15.00
Trust Fund Income:
Income from Trust Funds $4.63
Income from Everett Torrey Fund 9.35
Total Cash $178,168.12
Total Trust Fund Income 13.98
Accounts Receivable:
Recoveries: Old Age Assistance
1,609.06
Taxes:
164
Levy of 1952: Poll
$32.00
Levy of 1953:
Poll
$82.00
Personal
414.63
Real Estate
2,115.48
2,612.11
Assistance 6,230.83
Levy of 1954:
7,482.55
Poll
$430.00
Personal
1,716.77
Real Estate
15,623.32
Assistance 9,737.21
17,770.09
Levy of 1955:
Poll
$810.00
Personal
10,677.71
Smith Hughes and George Barden Funds
307.70
Real Estate
75,689.90
87,177.61
Federal Grants-Chap. 621, Acts 1953
8,283.82
107,591.81
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Federal Grants: Disability Assistance: Administration $374.55
Assistance 8,520.43
8,894.98
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration $1,251.72
Old Age Assistance: Administration $390.74
10,127.95
Old Age and Survivors Insurance Vocational:
39.88
In Banks
$178,113.12
Tailings: Unclaimed Checks 376.78
55.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Levy of 1952
$26.95
Levy of 1953
493.15
Levy of 1954
4,782.77
Levy of 1955
19,061.35
Total Motor Excise Tax Special Assessments: Moth:
Levy of 1954
$7.00
Levyof 1955
21.00
Total Moth $28.00
Street Assessments:
Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1954
$7.75
Levy of 1955
70.20
wav Maintenance ... 1,007.59
Total Street Assessments $77.95
Committed Interest:
Levy of 1954
$2.80
Levy of 1955
22.48
Total Committed Interest ...
25.28
Total Special Assessments 131.23
Tax Titles and Possessions: Tax Titles
$2,650.33
Tax Possessions
3,200.88
Total
5,851.21
Departmental:
Aid to Dependent Children
$1,908.80
Veterans' Benefits
105.00
Total Departmental
2,013.80
Remodeling and Ad- dition-High School 18,255.88 Plans-Jenkins School Construction-Jenkins 1,886.05 School and Cafeteria 1,194.73 15,000.00 Land - Tilden Ele- mentary School Site Plans - Elementary School Housing ... 29,512.12
35,136.88
Total Federal Grants Revolving Funds:
Lunch Program - High School $1,770.14
Lunch Program - Elemen. School 1,615.55
Lunch Program - Jenkins School 1,954.02
Milk Program - Hatherly School 432.68
Athletic Fund 1,363.85
7,136.24
Total Revolving Funds Appropriation Balances: General:
Police Department - Radio Equipment .. $24.84
Shore Protection 7,296.90
Sewerage Investigation Committee 6,000.00
Chapter 90 - High-
Chapter 90 Construc- tion 2,391.64
Sidewalk - River St., Humarock 4,420.82
Construction - Irving Road 103.63
Improvement Cole
Parkway 787.41
Highway Special
Tilden Road School
2,100.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
24,364.22
165
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Water:
Liens Added To Taxes:
Levy of 1953
$60.00
Levy of 1954 361.10
Levy of 1955 2,114.26
$2,535.36
Rates and Charges:
Levy of 1954
$704.72
Levy of 1955 16,942.38
17,647.10
Area
114.25
Total Water
20,182.46
Public Landings 225.00
91,722.01
Water:
Water Main - Egypt Beach Road $88.03
Water Main - Sea- view Avenue 101.29
Construction - Well
and Pumping Sta-
tion 8,697.45
8,886.77
Total Appropriation Balances 100,608.78
Overestimates: State:
State Parks and Reservations, 1955 $206.40
County: Plymouth County Hospital, 1955 .. 2,679.03
2,885.43
Total Overestimates Sale of Real Estate Fund
360.00
Receipts Reserved For Appropriations: Road Machinery Fund 1,562.58
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus 24,487.12
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166
Total Aid to Highways 18,000.00
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts: Underestimates: County: County Tax 373.80
State Subsidy - Con- trol of Shellfish 1,128.51
Civilian Defense 64.69
Land - First Parish Road 1.00
Purchase Grand
Army Hall 1.00
State Census
205.95
Improvement-North Scituate Parking
Aid to Highways: State
$12,000.00
County
6,000.00
Overlay Deficits: Overlay - 1955
811.35
Overlays Reserved For Abatements:
Overlay - 1952
$32.00
Overlay - 1953
1,399.60
Overlay - 1954 87.83
Total Overlays Reserved
1,519.43
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue ..
$24,364.22
Special Assessment Revenue
131.23
Departmental Revenue 2,013.80
Water Revenue 20,182.46
Tax Title Revenue 2,650.33
Tax Possession Revenue
3,200.88
Total Revenue Reserved
52.542.92
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances 55.00
Surplus Revenue - Excess and Deficiency 164,749.33
167
Deferred Revenue Accounts
Apportioned Assessments Not Duc: Street
$7,454.13
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1956
$1,026.86
Due in 1957
1,026.86
Due in 1958
1,026.86
Due in 1959
1,026.86
Due in 1960
1,026.86
Due in 1961
1,026.86
Due in 1962
1,026.86
Due in 1963
266.11
Total Deferred Revenue Accounts 7,454.13
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$1,947,000.00 Serial Loans: General:
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
168
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
School - Central Ele- mentary $405,000.00
School - Remodeling and Addition
High School 782,000.00
School - Completing
and Originally Equipping - High School 25,000.00
School Jenkins
School and Cafeteria 380,000.00
Shore Protection, 1952 12,000.00
Shore Protection, 1954
28,000.00
Humarock Bridge
Construction
1,000.00
Total General Loans
$1,633,000.00
Water:
Water Purchase, 1931 $150,000.00
Water - Additional
Supply 20,000.00
Water System - 3A to
North Scituate
144,000.00
314,000.00
Total Loans Outstanding
1,947,000.00
Trust and Investment Accounts
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer
$27,239.44
In Custody of Treasurer: Welfare Funds: Eliza Jenkins Fund . . $3,020.80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund 1,000.00
Sarah J. Wheeler
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169
Fund
988.22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund
1,952.63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund
5,086.68
George O. Allen Fund
524.71
Benjamin T. Ellms
Fund ยท 4,000.00
Scituate Welfare Fund 363.00
Ella Gertrude Gard- ner Fund
9,107.53
Total Welfare Funds $26,043.57
Park Funds:
Everett Torrey Park Fund
$309.06
Cemetery Funds: Clara T. Bates Fund 297.59
Investment Funds:
Post War Fund
589.22
Total Trust and Investment Funds
27,239.44
Emergency Overdraft
Emergency Overdrafts - Sec. 31, Chap. 44, G. L .: Hurricane Damage: September 11, 1954
$2,195.52 Floods: August 18 and 19, 1955 15,360.01 Seawall:
Sand Hills Beach 36,000.00
Total Overdrafts 53,555.53
$2,392,737.10
$2,392,737.10
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
M
SATUIT
R
For the Year Ending December 31 1955
SANDERSON BROTHERS NORTH ABINGTON, MASS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The Scituate School Committee, continuously faced with the challenge of increased enrollment, is consistently trying to maintain a high standard of education, an excellent teaching staff and ade- quate classroom space for our children.
The Site Committee, reporting at the last annual meeting, selected a location on Tilden Road situated in a rapidly growing population center as the most desirable site for a new elementary school. Through funds voted by the Town this land has been purchased and cleared.
The School Building Committee, re-appointed this year, through conscientious study and wise planning has decided that a four-room addition to the Jenkins School plus a new sixteen-room school at the Tilden Road location is the best and most economical solution to our present school housing problem.
With an anticipated four-room addition to Jenkins School along with further utilization of the Administration Building plus a very careful scheduling of classes for 1956-1957 we hope to cope with the overcrowded situation until the opening of the new Wam- patuck School.
The School Committee is most grateful to the Townspeople for their continuing interest in our schools, our children and their education.
Respectfully submitted, THE SCITUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Ellen M. Sides, Chairman Edwin P. Gunn, Secretary Doris D. Ward Fred T. Waterman George C. Young
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DIRECTORY OF SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Ellen M. Sides Chairman Edwin P. Gunn Secretary
Fred T. Waterman
Mrs. Doris D. Ward
George C. Young
Edward K. Chace, A.M. Superintendent of Schools
Judson R. Merrill, B.A. Administrative Assistant
HIGH SCHOOL
Edward L. Stewart, M.Ed. Principal
Mrs. Ruth D. Allen, A.B. English, Remedial Reading, Latin
Clarence O. Atkinson, B.S. Business Education, Driver Education
Mrs. Mary K. Baker, B.S. Home Economics
Raymond G. Biggar, A.M. History, English
Dominic J. Bonanno, B.S. Shop, Mechanical Drawing
Charles E. Bordne, A.M. Mathematics
Miss Eleanor Brown, A.B.
Latin, French
Robert Burgess, Diploma
Shop
Mrs. Beatrice M. Coleman, B.S.
Home Economics
Mrs. Ruth J. Cote, B.S.
Science
Stuart E. Crapser, M.Ed.
Science
Mrs. Dorothy H. Croker, A.B.
Spanish, French
Joseph C. Driscoll, Ed.M.
Social Studies
Miss Bessie M. Dudley, A.B.
English
A. Leslie Faulkner, B.S.
Business Education, Driver Education
John J. Gibbons, B.S.
English, History
Miss Eleanor Gile, Ed.M.
Librarian
Miss Elizabeth Giles, B.S.
Mathematics
Mrs. Margaret T. Hamilton, B.A.
English
Miss Ruth E. Hawkes, Ed.M.
Business Education
William R. Johnson, B.S.
Mathematics
Lawrence C. Keenan, B.Ed. Physical Education, Hygiene
Judson R. Merrill, B.A. History
Miss Mary E. Monahan, B.S.
Social Studies
Miss Barbara Murphy, A.M.
English
Miss Alma W. Shmauk, B.S.
Art, Mechanical Drawing
E. Elliott Small, B.S.
Mathematics
Miss Ella L. Vinal, M.A. Social Studies
Edgar L. White, Jr., B.S. Vocal Music
Erroll K. Wilcox, B.S.
Head, Science Department
Mrs. Maud C. Williams, A.B.
Social Studies
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
LeRoy E. Fuller, Ed.M. Principal, Central School
Royal S. Graves, A.M. Principal, Jenkins and Hatherly School
Mrs. Mabel Buck, B.S. Central, Grade 4
Mrs. Catherine Callahan, Diploma Jenkins, Grade 3
Miss Ethel V. Clayton, B.R.E. Jenkins, Grade 3
Miss Madlyn Ann Crawford, B.S. Central, Grade 4
Mrs. Helen C. Curtis, B.S.
Jenkins, Grade 2
Mrs. Edith I. Fennessy, B.L.I.
Central, Grade 5 Jenkins, Grade 2
Miss Marion Fleck, Diploma
Ralph J. Fletcher, B.S.
Central, Kindergarten Central, Grade 5
Mrs. Madalin Ford, Certificate
Central, Grade 3
Mrs. Jane Gillingham, Diploma
Hatherly, Grade 1
Mrs. Grace Grassie, Diploma
Hatherly, Grade 1
Mrs. Flora Harvey, Diploma
Jenkins, Grade 3
Mrs. Mary Heffernan, Diploma
Hatherly, Grade 1 Hatherly, Grade 1
Miss Florence Hyde, B.S. Central, Grade 2
Miss Priscilla Kelley, Diploma
Hatherly, Grade 1
Mrs. Margaret Leach, Diploma
Central, Grade 2 Central, Grade 6
William A. Lincoln, B.S.
Mrs. Edna Locklin, Diploma
Central, Kindergarten
Mrs. Grace Lull, Diploma
Central, Grade 6
Miss Margaret MacDonald, B.S.
Jenkins, Grade 4
Miss Shirley R. Mann, A.B.
Central, Grade 3
Mrs. Winifred McAuliffe, Diploma
Jenkins, Grade 3
Mrs. Doris F. Mckinlay, B.S.
Central, Grade 4
Mrs. Vera Mitchell, Diploma
Central, Grade 5
Mrs. Florence O'Hern, Diploma
Jenkins, Kindergarten
Miss Marguerite O'Hern, Diploma
Mrs. Kathryn H. Pilot, Ed.M.
Mrs. Shirley D. Olson, B.A.
Miss M. Beryl Rafuse, Diploma
Mrs. Doris Reddy, Diploma
Mrs. Vera Reublinger, Diploma
Mrs. Gertrude L. Russell, Diploma
Mrs. Barbara Sargent, B.S.
Mrs. Rose Trefry, Certificate Central, Opportunity Class Miss Nancy B. Turner, A.B. Jenkins, Grade 4 Jenkins, Grade 2
Mrs. Madeline Vickery, Diploma
Miss Gertrude Ward, Diploma Hatherly, Grade 1
Miss Eleanor Wescott, Diploma
Central, Grade 6
Robert A. Wheeler, A.B.
Central, Grade 6
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Central, Grade 4 Jenkins, Grade 2 Jenkins, Cadet Central, Grade 6 Central, Grade 3 Jenkins, Grade 2 Central, Grade 6 Central, Grade 5
Mrs. Margaret E. Hoey, Certificate
Miss Rose M. Fisher, Diploma
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
SUPERVISORS
Mrs. Mary Bauer, B.S. Supervisor, Girls' Physical Education
Herschel G. Benson, M.S. Director of Physical Education
B. Norman Dickinson, Ed.M. Director of Music
Mrs. Helen Fulton, Diploma Supervisor of Elementary School Art Mrs. Anna E. Murphy, B.S. ...... Elementary School Physical Education Miss Gertrude Reynolds, M.B.
Supervisor of Elementary School Vocal Music
Melden E. Smith, B.S. Director of Curriculum and Reading Samuel J. Tilden, A.B. Director of Guidance
HEALTH OFFICERS
Max D. Miles, M.D. School Physician
*W. B. Parson, D.D.S. School Dentist
* Mrs. Lillian Higgins Hygienist
Miss Margaret J. O'Donnell, R.N. Nurse, Hatherly and Central
Schools
Mrs. Flora D. White, R.N. Nurse, High and Jenkins Schools
* Employed by Board of Health
SUPERVISORS OF ATTENDANCE
William F. Kane, Chief of Police All Schools Miss Margaret J. O'Donnell Hatherly and Central Schools
Mrs. Flora D. White Jenkins and High Schools
SECRETARIES
Mrs. Dorothy M. Foster Jenkins School
Mrs. Muriel L. Johnson Superintendent's Office
Mrs. Jean E. Strzelecki High School
Mrs. Martha Thompson Central School
Mrs. Yvonne Twomey
High School
CAFETERIAS
Miss Annie Barry Manager, High School
Mrs. Genevieve Hill
High School
Mrs. Maureen Stark High School
Mrs. Irene D. Johnson
Mrs. Florence James High School
Manager, Central School
Mrs. Harriet Bubin
Central School
Mrs. Roberta R. Merritt Central School
Mrs. Agnes C. Pierce Central School
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Mrs. Gertrude Queeney
Central School
Mrs. Gertrude Timpany
Manager, Jenkins School
Mrs. Enid Billings
Jenkins School
Mrs. Bessie M. Dooley
Jenkins School
Mrs. Grace Jakubens
Jenkins School (Part-Time)
CUSTODIANS
Herbert E. Bearce
High School and Head Custodian
John A. Cogswell
High School
John F. Curran
High School
Chester Gurney
High School
Richard Mahan
High School
Earl Jenkins
Central School
William F. Harrington
Central School
Harry E. Soule
Central School
Charles B. Jensen
Jenkins School
Joseph P. Murphy
Jenkins School
Thomas F. Woods
Hatherly School
BUS CONTRACTORS
Front St. Sales and Service ... Route A
Andrew Finnie
Route B
Merton S. Burbank, Jr.
Route C
C. Alan Merry
Route D
William Steverman
Route E
Raymond K. Olson
Route F
Lissie Berg
Route G
James Finnie
Route H
Henry Bearce, Jr.
Route J
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Scituate School Committee meets regularly at 7:30 P.M. each month, September through June on the second Tuesday of the month unless announced in the press in advance otherwise. Meet- ings are held in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools, Adminis- tration Building, Cudworth Road, Scituate Center, and are open to the public.
APPOINTMENTS WITH SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
The Office of the Superintendent of Schools is open to parents and townspeople for conference and consultation about school affairs between 8:00 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. any school day. Because of an increasingly full schedule, the superintendent recommends that appointments be made in advance by telephone for conferences during the school day or between 7:30 and 9 P.M.
The office telephones are Scituate 15 and Scituate 1100.
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 certficates 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.
NO "SCHOOL" SIGNALS
The policy of the Scituate School Committee is to hold school whenever the buses may safely operate.
If it is necessary to close schools, the NO-SCHOOL signal, which is 3-1-3, will be sounded from the Fire Stations in North Scituate, Scituate Harbor, and Greenbush as follows:
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Junior-Senior High School (Grades 7-12) 7:00 A.M.
Hatherly School (Grade I only) 7:10 A.M.
Jenkins School (Grades K, 2-4) 7:15 A.M. Central School (Grades K, 2-6) 7:20 A.M.
Afternoon Kindergartens 10:00 A.M.
Note: If all schools are closed in the morning, the afternoon kinder- gartens will also be closed but without a 10:00 A.M. signal.
If all schools are closed, the signal, 3-1-3, will be sounded at 7:00, 7:10, 7:15, and 7:20 A.M. Radio stations WBZ, WHDH, WNAC, WEEI and WJDA will be requested to announce that school in Scituate has been cancelled for that day.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1956
WINTER TERM: (January through March)
Tuesday, January 3, 1956 Schools reopen at usual times
Friday, February 17, 1956 Schools close at regular times One week vacation
Monday, February 27, 1956 Schools reopen at usual times
Friday, March 30, 1956 Schools closed: Good Friday
SPRING TERM: (April through June) Friday, April 13, 1956 Schools close at usual times One week vacation
Monday, April 23, 1956 Schools reopen at usual times
Wednesday, May 30, 1956 Schools closed: Memorial Day
Friday, June 22, 1956* Schools close for the summer
(Approximate date, depending on weather during winter and maintaining required number of days.)
FALL TERM: (September through December)
Tuesday, September 4, 1956 Teachers' Meeting Wednesday, September 5, 1956 Schools open for year Monday, October 15, 1956 Schools closed: Columbus Day Friday, October 19, 1956 ... Schools closed: Teachers' Convention Monday, November 12, 1956 Schools closed: Veterans' Day Wednesday, November 21, 1956 Schools close early for
Thanksgiving Recess
Monday, November 26, 1956 Schools reopen at usual times Thursday, December 20, 1956 Schools close for Christmas Vacation
WINTER TERM: (January through March) Wednesday, January 2, 1957. Schools reopen at usual times
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT - 1955
REGULAR APPROPRIATION
$531,500.00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION (Shop Equipment)
775.00
$532,275.00
RECEIPTS FROM FEDERAL FUNDS (Revolving Account)
Balance
$4,433.96
George Barden
300.00
Public Law No. 874
4,794.00
9,527.96
TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE
$541,802.96
EXPENDITURES
Budget
$532,120.75
Federal Funds
1,203.44
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$533,324.19
RETURNED TO TOWN (Unexpended)
154.25
FEDERAL FUNDS (In Reserve)*
8,324.52
TOTAL
$541,802.96
SCHOOL MONEY RETURNED TO TOWN (Not Available For School Use)
FROM STATE FUNDS
State Aid, Chapter No. 70
$42,362.42
Transportation of Pupils
23,570.04
Maintenance of Household Arts
3,768.04
Vocational School Tuition
257.35
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
347.19
TOTAL CREDITS
$70,305.04
RETURNED TO TOWN (Unexpended)
154.25
TOTAL CREDITS
$70,459.29
TOTAL APPROPRIATION
$532,275.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS
70,459.29
NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO TOWN $461,815.71
Will be used to lower 1956 Budgetary Amount to be raised by taxation.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
GENERAL CONTROL*
School Committee Expense
$299.62
Salaries: Administration
11,801.90
Travel: Administration
509.56
Clerk Hire: Administration
5,201.19
Attendance Officer and Census
300.00
Administration Supplies
296.62
Administration Equipment
801.45
Admin. Light, Heat, Phone, Water, etc.
789.45
$19,999.79
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION*
High School Principal's Salary
$5,436.04
High School Office Expense
4,119.13
High School Teachers' Salaries
111,395.01
Elementary Principals' Salaries
10,690.44
Elementary Office Expenses
3,996.62
Elementary Teachers' Salaries
163,097.24
Phys. Ed. and Athletic Salaries
14,965.33
Supervisors' Salaries
23,767.30
Principals' and Supervisors' Travel
388.92
Textbooks for Pupils
10,101.14
Audio-Visual Aids
87.31
Supplies for Pupils
6,533.30
Athletic Supplies
2,979.08
$357,556.86
PLANT OPERATION*
Custodians' Salaries
$28,737.72
Fuel
12,558.39
Electricity and Gas
8,489.41
Custodians' Supplies
3,635.43
Water
617.15
Telephone
1,235.94
$55,274.04
HEALTH*
Medical Inspector's Salary
$1,300.00
Medical Inspector's Expense
69.17
Medical Supplies
270.03
Nurses' Salaries
7,306.43
Nurses' Travel
191.38
Nurses' Office Expense
100.27
$9,237.28
AUXILIARY AGENCIES*
Cafeteria Salaries
$14,652.56
* Current Expense Items
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
Cartage
353.70
Advertising and Printing
78.29
Pensions
252.50
Miscellaneous (Driver Ed., Graduation, etc.)
685.50
$16,022.55
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Director's Salary
$187.00
Educational Salaries
4,643.51
Equipment and Books
26.88
Supplies
325.66
Transportation
416.35
Water, Fuel and Lights
700.72
Repairs to Equipment
13.25
$6,313.37
PLANT MAINTENANCE
(Repairs and Replacements to)
Buildings
$5,926.16
Engineering Equipment
559.13
Educational Equipment
627.06
Office Equipment
98.35
$7,210.70
LIBRARIES
Library Books
$2,029.84
Library Equipment
181.09
$2,210.93
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation (Within Town)
$41,623.06
Special Transportation (Athletics)
1,631.41
$43,254.47
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Furniture and Equipment
$3,928.86
$3,928.86
SPECIAL ITEMS
Tuition and Transportation (Out-of-Town)
$5,934.32
Overlay
2,392.75
Evening Classes
2,784.83
$11,111.90
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$532,120.75
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
What Stands In Our Way?
I am asked at least fifteen times a year, "Mr. Chace, how do Scituate schools rank in the state?" and "How do our schools rank in comparison with this town or that town?"
I can honestly say that Scituate's schools rank high in Massa- chusetts, but I cannot tell anyone how our schools compare with those of any other town because schools in the Commonwealth are not so rated.
If you go to Schools of Education in Harvard University and Boston University and ask "How do Scituate schools rank?' you will be told that they rank as superior schools, and if you ask for a list of the towns having excellent school systems, you will find Scituate listed thereon.
Five years ago, when I began my tenure here, Scituate Public Schools faced these problems:
1. Inadequate physical facilities. No laboratories and no real library in the high school. No libraries at all in the elementary schools. No playrooms in the elementary schools. A gymnasium which did duty as a gymnasium for boys and girls, an audi- torium, a music room, and a classroom. There was no art room. The mechanical drawing room and shop were hardly worthy of the names.
2. A lack of evaluative experience in our teaching and our grading. We have gone too many years following outworn formulae in our classroom procedure and techniques. We did not know what constitutes the best in practice and procedure.
3. In a growing school system, we lacked written curricula and lesson plans so that five sections, each with a different teacher, in one grade could cover the same subject matter in one year. Or so that material in English 10 might not have been covered by some of the pupils in English 9.
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