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Gaming house,
10
10
Gaming on Lord's day,
4
4
Insanity,
3
2
5
Ill-keeping,
1
1
Incest,
1
1
Keeping and exposing,
11
11
Liquor nuisance,
3
3
Larceny,
11
3
14
Working help overtime,
1
1
Lewdness,
1
1
2
Lewdness,
1
1
2
Non-support,
7
Nuisance,
3
3
Operating bicycle without bell,
1
1
Present at cock fight,
6
6
Profane language,
1
1
Rape,
1
1
Receiving stolen property,
2
2
Short Lobster,
1
1
Truancy,
1
1
Trespass,
6
6
Unlawfully registered beer bottles,
9
9
Violation Lord's day,
1
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Violation by-law, 1
1
1
Violation dog law,
1
1
Violation auto law,
1
1
Vagrancy,
2
2
Threats,
1
1
Lodging,
1
1
Reckless driving,
1
1
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I recommend that the Town install a police signal system. The signal boxes located in various parts of the Town would greatly increase the efficiency of this department. It would provide a means of communicating with any officer while on patrol, and with the present number of men and this system the Town would get considerably more protection than at pres- ent. Recognizing the many advantages to be derived from police signal systems, towns as well as cities adopt them. The cost of such a system for Plymouth would not exceed thirty- five hundred dollars ($3,500.00), and an appropriation for this is earnestly requested.
Very respectfully, ELWELL H. SMITH, Chief of Police.
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LIST OF JURORS
PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN OF PLYMOUTH, MASS., FOR 1911.
Adams, James P., River street, mason.
Alexander, Carroll A., 5 Willard Place, real estate.
Anderson, George F., Standish avenue, dresser tender. Arthur, Richard W., 72 Samoset street, barber. Axford, William C., 190 Summer street, weaver. Bachelder, John L., 95 Sandwich street, machinist. Baker, Edward W., 34 Allerton street, storekeeper.
Barnes, Albert C., 76 Sandwich street, clerk.
Barnes, Alfred L., 268 Court street, clerk.
Barnes, Harrison O., 49 Pleasant street, painter. Barnes, Joseph, 64 Court street, carpenter.
Bartlett, Edwin P., Point road, fisherman.
Bartlett, Elston K., 58 Allerton street, carpenter. Bartlett, Fred W., 31 Russell street, tackmaker. Bartlett, Seth S., Manomet, conductor.
Barnard, Peter D., 16 Murray street, loom fixer. Beckford, Josiah W., Stafford street, farmer. Bennett, Harry T., 125 Sandwich street, laundryman.
Bennett, Sylvanus S., 7 Highland place, carpenter.
Beytes, Henry J., 430 Court street, storekeeper. Bittinger, Joseph F., Sever street, printer. Bliss, Edgar F., 22 Leyden street, merchant.
Bradford, Edward W., Jr., 5 Washington street, collector.
Bradford, Harry A., 1 Warren avenue, clerk.
Broadbent, Edgar N., 125 Court street, pattern maker.
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Brown, Percy L., 7 Cushman street, clerk. Burns, Alfred S., 14 Cushman street, clerk. Burns, William W., 22 Samoset street, clerk. Carleton, Frank L., 58 Sandwich street, motorman. Carleton, William D., 20 High street, station agent. Carver, Frank H., 20 Brewster street, drug clerk. Chandler, Albert L., 118 Court street, clerk. Chandler, Arthur J., Ellisville, farmer.
Chandler, Coleman B., Stafford street, carpenter.
Churchill, John W., 13 Chilton street, contractor. Clark, Frederick C., 15 Clyfton street, marble cutter. Clark, Herbert W., 21 Clyfton street, bookkeeper.
Clark, Nathaniel T., 7 North Green street, carpenter.
Cleveland, Warrick H., Manomet, postmaster. Cole, Albert F., 265 Sandwich street, retired. Cortelli, Luigi P., 21 Cherry street, grocer.
Craig, Charles D., 11 Jefferson street, harbor master.
Daniels, Francis P., 30 Vernon street, teacher. Dinsmore, Burton, 9 Whiting street, electrician. Ellis, Edward G., 12 North street, motorman. Fletcher, Albert N., 18 Brewster street, clerk.
Freeman, Charles M., 129 Court street, salesman.
Goddard, Fred A., 271 Court street, draughtsman. Gooding, Earl W., 141 Court street, clerk. Hadaway, Augustus S., Jr., River street, fisherman .. Harlow, Albert T., 208 Sandwich street, carpenter. Harlow, Frank, 156 Sandwich street, merchant. Harlow, George M., 4 Massasoit street, superintendent. Hayden, Charles F., 11 Cushman street, ticket agent. Hathaway, LeBaron, 136 Court street, lumber dealer. Herrick, John W., Howes Lane, teacher. Hinckley, Philip, 91 Court street, cloth finisher. Hogan, James P., 111/2 Court street, janitor. Holmes, Charles T., 11 Allerton street, steam fitter. Holmes, David, 152 Sandwich street, painter.
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Howland, Carrold D., Warren ave., contractor. Hudson, Richard T., 17 Howland street, weaver. Keith, Henry D., 114 Sandwich street, tack maker. Kelley, Frank C., 368 Court street, cordage worker. Leonard, John W. Jr., Summer street, bookkeeper. Morissey, Herbert, 14 Vernon street, insurance. Mullins, James, 56 Allerton street, retired. Nazro, William E. C., 2 Court street, architect. Nauman, Charles E., 8 Winslow street, cloth inspector. Nelson, Elisha T., 207 Court street, farmer. Nickerson, Charles A., off Warren avenue, painter. Nickerson, George A., Willard Place, tack maker. Nickerson, John C., River street, storekeeper. Nightingale, George W., 10 Mt. Pleasant street, clerk. O'Brien; Mansfield S., Church street, merchant. Parenteau, Alphonso S., 16 South Russell street, weaver. Paulding, Edwin S., 12 Sandwich street, rivet maker. Peterson, George M., High street, clerk.
Pierce, George H., 139 Sandwich street, farmer. Quartz, Frank, 282 Court street, grocer. Quartz, Henry, 283 Court street, grocer.
Raymond, Charles H., 41 South street, rivet maker.
Raymond, William H., 9 Robinson street, janitor. Read, George R., 129 Summer street, tack maker. Reagan, Thomas W., 108 Sandwich street, watchman.
Rich, Fred I., 78 Sandwich street, shipper.
Richard, John B., 35 Vernon street, barber.
Rogan, John A., Newfields street, teamster. Rogers, Charles, Chiltonville, moulder. Sampson, Arthur A., 140 Summer street, plumber. Sampson, George N., 118 Sandwich street, wood worker. Sampson, Ossian M., 35 High street, tack maker. Saunders, Albert F., 19 Franklin street, clerk. Saunders, George E., 68 Sandwich street, carpenter. Savery, Charles L., 16 Vernon street, machinist.
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Semple, George W., 30 South street, foreman. Sherman, Harrison B., Stafford street, tack maker. Sherman, Harry O., 27 Samoset street, weaver. Sidebotham, James, 35 Oak street, dresser. Smith, Charles H., 20 Fremont street, carpenter. Smith Louis F., 1 North Green street, teamster.
Snyder, Samuel, 47 Russell street, clothier.
Spillane, William F., 18 South Russell street, weaver.
Stedman, Ellery, 2 Court street, clerk.
Steidle, Henry P., 121 Court street, cloth finisher. Stevens, Charles T., 8 Stoddard street, florist. Stockbridge, Herbert A., 5 Lothrop street, clerk. Stone, Arthur W., 24 Chilton street, clerk. Swan, George, Jr., 404 Court street, cordage worker.
Swanton, James S., 54 Allerton street, carpenter.
Sweeney, George B., 61 Samoset street, carpenter.
Swift, George E., Cedarville, road surveyor. Swift, George H., Cedarville, grocer.
Swift, Henry F., Sandwich road, painter.
Talbot, Richmond, 35 Mayflower street, confectionery dealer. Thom, George S., 407 Court street, rope maker.
Thomas, Benjamin L., 200 Court street, carpenter. Thomas, Henry C., 188 Court street, provision dealer. Thurston, Joseph P., 2 Fremont street, fisherman.
Torrance, Robert A., 9 Summer street, expressman.
Torgeson, Halvor, 71 Court street, hotel keeper. Tracey, John E., 22 Davis street, insurance.
Turner, Edgar S., 16 Nelson street, spinner.
Valler, Isaac H., Vallerville, cranberry grower. Van Amburgh, J. Frank, 43 Alden street, weaver. Vaughn, Leander M., Chiltonville, laborer. Walker, Benjamin F., 80 Sandwich street, janitor. Warner, Fred L., rear 22 Murray street, weaver.
Warren, Russell A., 8 Freemont street, assistant superintendent. Wasson, Alexander, 3 Chestnut street, harness maker.
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Waters, John F., Bay View avenue, electrician. Watkins, Alven M., 49 Allerton street, dresser. Webquish, Herbert D., Ellisville, farmer. Webster, Harry L., 31 North street, jeweller. Welsh, Michael D., 21 Alden street, plumber. Whitehouse, George E., 3 Massasoit street, superintendent. Whiting, Henry H., Clifford street, carpenter. Whiting, Henry O., 9 Pleasant street, provision dealer. Whiting, Pelham H., 24 Freemont street, clerk.
Whiting, William W., 160 Sandwich street, overseer. Williams, George H., 2nd, 30 South street, electrician. Wilson, John B., 46 High street, upholsterer. Wixon, Lincoln S., 157 Summer street, laborer. Wood, Howard S., 17 Pleasant street, designer. Wood, William R., 74 Summer street, student. Woods, Henry R., 35 Court street, merchant. Woodward, George C., 31 Mayflower street, shipper. Woolford, George R., 70 Court street, watch maker. Wren, Cornelius, 43 Samoset street, weaver. Zahn, Charles, 10 Atlantic street, shoe dealer.
Approved, Feb. 6, 1911.
FREDERICK D. BARTLETT, DEXTER H. CRAIG, CHARLES W. EATON, IRA C. WARD, GEORGE F. BARLOW, 2ND. Selectmen of Plymouth, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31
1910
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
EARL W. GOODING, 1911
HARRY B. DAVIS,
1911
J. HOLBROOK SHAW, 1912
EUGENE P. ROWELL,
1912
INCREASE ROBINSON, 1913
WILLIAM W. BREWSTER, 1913
Chairman, William W. Brewster,
Secretary, Harry B. Davis.
The committee meet at their rooms in Town Square on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7.15 p. m.
Superintendent of Schools, Francis J. Heavens.
Office hours, 4 to 5 p. m. each school day. Truant officer, A. J. Hogan.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance-Messrs. Shaw and Gooding. Repairs-Messrs. Gooding, Robinson and Brewster. Janitors and School House Supplies-Messrs. Rowell and Rob- inson.
Heating and Ventilation-Messrs. Robinson and Rowell. Text Books and Course of Study-Messrs. Davis and Shaw.
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SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School-8 a. m. to 1 p. m.
North Schools, Grammar and Primary-Morning session, 9 to 11.50 o'clock; afternoon session, 1.30 to 3.45 o'clock.
Centre Schools-Morning session, 9 to 11.50 o'clock; afternoon session, 1.45 to 4 o'clock (except from Nov. 1 to Feb. 15, when the afternoon sessions are from 1.30 to 3.45 o'clock).
The sessions of the other schools are as prescribed from time to time by the committee.
CALENDAR FOR 1911.
Winter term began Tuesday, January 3, 1911. Summer term begins Monday, April 3, 1911. School year ends Friday, June 23, 1911. Fall term begins Tuesday, September 5, 1911. Fall term ends Friday, December 22, 1911.
VACATIONS.
March 25, 1911, to April 3, 1911.
June 23, 1911, to September 5, 1911. December 23, 1911, to January 2, 1912.
HOLIDAYS.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memor- ial Day, Columbus Day; from Wednesday noon before Thanksgiving, the remainder of the week.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, From Murdock fund,
$55,000 00
18 25
Reimbursements,
5 17
$55,023 42
PAYMENTS.
Salaries,
$39,075 94
Books,
1,810 36
Supplies,
1,658 30 .
Fuel and light,
4,243 73
Repairs,
1,710 26
Janitors and care of school houses,
3,708 63
Building supplies,
130 34
Freight and teaming,
180 24
Night schools,
414 00
Transportation,
1,089 55
Truant officer,
101 50
Furniture and furnishings,
219 25
Printing,
203 35
Incidentals,
339 60
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School census,
42 70
Tuition to other towns,
80 00
Unexpended,
$55,007 75 15 67
$55,023 42
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Receipts.
Unexpended balance from last year, $139 28
Appropriation, 300 00
$439 28
Payments.
Services of Physician,
$358 38
Balance on hand,
80 90
$439 28
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 1
The expenses of this department have been kept within the appropriation ; but the amount needed for the proper conduct of our schools grows with each succeeding year. The teachers' pay must increase, new schools are added, and nowhere is there an opportunity for cutting down expenses with- out a diminution of efficiency. We believe it to be the sentiment of the Town that this efficiency must be increased and never allowed to grow less. The Su- perintendent gives you, in his report, the figures showing that our' burden from this source is not unduly heavy and that comparatively, we are not making an extraordinary effort. Your committee assures the Town that the money entrusted to them has been honestly and, as they believe, judiciously ex- pended. We cannot precisely forecast the expenses of the coming year; but it is certain that they must necessarily be much larger than heretofore. We therefore ask for an appro -- priation of sixty thousand dollars to meet the usual expenses, and one of three hundred and fifty dollars to cover the cost of medical inspection. The work of the Medical Inspector in- creases with the addition of new schools and his vigilance should not be relaxed for lack of funds.
The new school building on Standish avenue was completed at the opening of the fall term, and was at once filled by the transfer of the two schools lately in the building at the corner of Bourne and Court streets, and by the overflow from the Knapp building, this overflow forming two new schools. Should the population of this vicinity continue to grow, as we may
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well believe it will, the time will very soon come for the en- largement of this building by the addition of four rooms at the rear. We were obliged to do much grading about this building, and to this we attribute the most of the overdraft of the appropriation necessary for the completion of this build- ing.
The new building at Manomet will soon be ready for occu- pancy, and it will furnish three very pleasant and comfortable rooms for the schools of that locality. This building fully meets all modern requirements and is in every way satisfactory to the committee.
When this building was begun your committee held a writ- ten proposition, made to them for furnishing, for a term of years, the water needed for the schools, at a, low annual charge. But later this offer was practically withdrawn, and we had reason to fear that the proposed source of supply might prove inadequate. The installation of our own source of supply therefore became imperative. This has been done by sinking a large tile well until a copious supply of water is reached. By the installation of an electric pump and a steel compression tank we shall have a very efficient pumping plant and a valuable water supply. The operation of the pump will be automatic, responding immediately to any demand for wa- ter. No provision for this expense was made in estimating the cost of the new building, and it will appear in an overdraft next year.
The building lately called the Hedge School, on Bourne and Court streets, is now out of use and with the opening of the new building at Manomet, the use of two others will be dis- continued.
We recommend that these vacant buildings be turned over to the Selectmen to be by them put to such uses or purposes as they may deem expedient; or if thought by them to be for the best, to be sold.
The High School building has for some years past accom-
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modated not only the High School proper, but also the ninth grade. The urgent need of additional room for the scholars now occupying this building is shown by the facts presented. in the report of the Superintendent of Schools. We believe that the interests of both the High School and the ninth grade will be much better served by providing a separate building, rather than by making additions to the present structure. The ninth grade scholars should be moved to the new quarters, and as they are, like those of the High School, gathered from all parts of the Town, this school should re- main in the present vicinity. The crowded condition of cer- tain schools at the centre of the Town, mentioned in the Su- perintendent's report, will soon compel a readjustment that will involve the opening of another school, provision for which ought to be now anticipated.
The work of our teachers reflects the great care and skill. with which they have been selected, and the very qualities which make their work so valuable here cause the Superin- tendents of Schools in other places to seek them out and to make the attempt to lure them away. They are cheerfully rendering a very efficient service, and it is hoped that the Town will deal liberally in this matter. for it cannot wisely economize at this point in its expenditure. We commend to the voters that part of Mr. Heavens' report which relates to this matter, and trust that it may have their careful considera- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM W. BREWSTER, HARRY B. DAVIS, INCREASE ROBINSON, J. HOLBROOK SHAW,
EUGENE P. POWELL, EARLE W. GOODING,
School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Plymouth-
The report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year 1910 is herewith respectfully submitted. The table of statistics required by the State authorities and other data that usually accompany the report are given below :
The school census taken in September, 1910, gives the fol- lowing :
Children between 5 and 15 years of age: -
1909
1910
Boys,
1042
1018
Girls,
1047
1055
2089
2073
Children between 7 and 14 years, the compulsory school age:
1909
1910
Boys,
753
725
Girls,
746
756
1499
1481
The census shows 389 new names. That is the number of children who have reached the school age during the year. and those of school age who have moved here from other places. During the same period we have lost 405 children from the list of those of school age. This means that at present there are here sixteen children between five and fifteen years of age less than there were last year. There has been a nor-
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mal gain in the number of children at the north part of the town, but a considerable decrease (52) in the Puritan and Standish mills districts.
To meet the requirements of the State Board of Education the following statistics and attendance record cover the period of the school year, from September to July, 1909-1910, and are compared with the same items for the preceding year :-
1908-9
1909-10
Whole number of pupils enrolled,
2,153
2,185
Number under 7 years of age,
397
365
Number between 7 and 14 years,
1,444
1,521
Number between 14 and 15 years,
125
118
Number over 15 years of age,
187
181
Average membership of all the schools,
2,027
2,065
Average daily attendance,
1,929
1,945
Per cent. of attendance,
95.2
94
Number days absence of pupils,
19,003
23,668
Number cases of tardiness,
4,087
3,646
Number dismissals before close of school,
1,013
869
Number cases truancy reported,
62
48
Number days teachers absent from school,
213
136
Number school buildings in use,
22
22
Number of school rooms in use, including high school,
56
58
Number teachers regularly employed,
58
60
High school,
8
Grammar school,
19
19
Primary school,
29
30
Ungraded school,
3
3
Special teachers, one for music and
two for drawing and sloyd,
3
3
Present number of pupils enrolled, Jan. 15,
61
63
2,144
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The items given below are based upon the expenditure for school purposes during the financial year 1910. The financial and attendance periods are not identical, but since each covers a full year, the one period being only a little in advance of the other, the returns they furnish are fairly reliable.
1. Assessed valuation of real and personal property in Plymouth, May 1, 1910, $11,347,717 00
2. Per cent. of valuation expended for cur- rent expenses of schools in 1909-10, .0046602
or $4.66 on each $1,000.00,
3. Expense per pupil on average membership, 25 61
4. Expense per pupil on same for schools of State, 1909-10, 32 06
5. Expense per pupil on average member- ship on total expenditure for schools in 1909-10, 26 63
6. State average on same basis, 1909-10, 40 63
7. Average monthly wages of men teachers
(3) in Plymouth in 1909-10, 123 33
8. Average monthly wages of men teachers of the State, 1909-10, 152 96
9. Average monthly wages of women (54)
ยท teachers in Plymouth in 1909-10, 56 05
10. Same paid women teachers in the State, 1909-10, 61 82
In this statement the items are based upon the average mem- bership of the schools, 2,065. Items 2 and 3 are based upon the whole amount ($55,007.75) which the Committee has spent, less the cost of repairs ($1,710.26) and expense of evening schools ($414.00). The items which make up this amount are pay- ments for salaries, transportation, fuel and care of schoolhouses, text books and supplies, incidentals. The sum thus expended ($52,883.49) is by the act of the Legislature, to be regarded as
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the current expense of the schools, and is the sum to be certified to the State authorities as having been raised by taxation and expended "for the support of the public schools." This sum shows that during the past year the town raised by taxation, and expended for the school support of each child in the average membership (2,065) of the schools, the sum of $25.61. The State average on the same basis was $32.06. While the town, in the total expense for its schools paid an average of $26.63 for each pupil in the average membership, the State average for each child on the same membership was $40.63.
There are 354 cities and towns in Massachusetts. During the past year there were 166 of these cities and towns which im- posed upon themselves a heavier tax for the school support of each child in the average membership of their schools than Plymouth, and 187 that imposed upon themselves a 'lesser tax. There were 213 of these same communities which paid a larger percentage of their assessed valuation for school purposes than Plymouth paid, and only 140 of them that paid less. 1
ATTENDANCE.
Two thousand one hundred and eighty-five different pupils have attended the schools here during the year covered by this report; and the average membership, that is, the number which shows the constant membership of the schools for the same period, has been 2,065. The average daily attendance has been 94.2 per cent. of the number in average membership. These figures show only a small increase-thirty-eight-in the average membership for the year, and an increase of only six- teen in the average daily attendance.
The record for regularity of attendance has fallen below that of last year. That record was an unusually high one, and it is not surprising that we have not maintained it. Illness,
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storms and other conditions over which we have no control govern in large measure the possibilities of regularity of at- tendance; and these conditions must vary from year to year. So that a lower percentage may mean a greater effort to se- cure, under adverse conditions, a higher percentage of attend- ance than the record suggests. Yet our record is a good one and shows commendable zeal on the part of all concerned to secure for the children in the schools the habit of regular and punctual attendance.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
When the new Hedge School was ready for occupancy last September there were more children to attend there than - could be accommodated. One hundred and eighty-five children are enrolled there to-day in the four school rooms, giving an average number of forty-six pupils to a room. Each room at the Knapp and the school at Spooner street has an average number of forty-two pupils, and twenty-five from the North are transferred to the Cornish School. While the new school has provided for the immediate and pressing needs of the north part of the town, it is evident that there is no provision there for any increase in the future. The new school is built in such a way and in such a location as to make it convenient to add four more rooms to the building at a reasonable cost.
There is ample accommodation for all the schools in the Russell street district except for the two upper grades. Those rooms have fifty pupils each. There are enough pupils at pres- ent in excess of a reasonable number for each of these upper grade rooms to fill another room if there were one anywhere available for this purpose. But there is none. And the number of pupils of this grade is increasing and will re-
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quire more room another year. Some means of relieving these rooms should be provided for at once.
The total enrolment of pupils in the High School building has been a little less than 300 this year. So large a number can not work to advantage there. When the ninth grade was placed in this building the High School numbered less than 150 pupils. This fall it registered 225. That number is more than the main school room will seat, and the class rooms do not furnish accommodations for all the High School classes. The High School building here, because of its peculiar con- struction, can not furnish working quarters for a modern High School of more than 200 pupils. Either this building should be enlarged, if that can be done, or another building should be provided in that locality to accommodate the ninth grade and to furnish quarters for the excess of pupils from the upper grades at the Cornish School.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Children five years old are admitted to the primary schools during the first four weeks of the fall term only, if they have never before attended school. Children of the legal school age are admitted to school at any time in the districts where they live, if there is room; otherwise, they are sent to the nearest school where there is room.
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