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5. Fuel costs are very variable, due to factors discussed on a following page.
6. The cost per pupil for text books and supplies in the elementary grades is fairly uniform. Even though each teacher may order some entirely different ma- terial, due to special projects in her room, the final cost for the year is about the same.
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES FOR YEARS 1928 AND 1929 - PER PUPIL BASIS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 9 10
11 12
Membership
No. Pupils Per Teacher
Teachers,
Principals, Supervisors
Text Books, Supplies,
Janitor
Fuel
Transportation
Main. and Furniture
Health
Cost Items 3-10
Gen. Exp.
Total Cost
Large Grade Schools
Hedge
1928
442
36.8
$47.42
$2.69
$3.42
$2.71
$4.33
$63.38 64.63
$66.49 67.98
Cornish-Burton
... 1928
348
34.8
48.00
5.64
3.98
7.06
$3.07
9.60
80.16
83.27
1929
358
35.8
50.59
3.12
3.96
4.36
2.99
7.54
75.47
78.82
Mt. Pleasant
1928
239
39.8
41.06
2.84
4.43
2.00
3.95
5.57
62.66
65.77
1929
236
39.3
44.33
3.75
4.49
2.10
5.72
3.05
66.35
69.70
Knapp
1928
252
31.5
56.50
2.26
5.10
5.00
6.22
77.89
81.00
1929
234
33.4
57.65
2.10
5.60
4.75
5.82
78.83
82.18
Above Combined
. . 1928 1929
1,281
35.6
$48.18
$3.44
$4.09
$4.59
$1.56
$6.06
$70.73
$73.84
1,263
36.1
$50.00
$2.95
$4.21
$3.50
$1.93
$5.33
$70.83
$74.18
Two Room Grade Schools
Oak Street
1928
66
33.
$43.66
$2.34
$3.63
$4.06
$17.62
$74.12
$77.23
1929
65
32.5
44.12
1.43
3.70
3.54
7.87
63.57
66.92
Manomet
1928
51
25.5
49.41
6.60
9.80
9.75
$16.05
8.71
103.13
106.24
1929
56
28.
48.66
5.93
8.93
5.01
17.57
9.82
98.83
102.18
Cold Spring
1928
45
22.5
70.91
2.63
8.00
8.13
. . . .
5.08
97.56
99.61
43
21.5
73.03
2.18
8.37
5.65
...
4.12
96.26
3.35 per pupil 1929
100.67
... 1929
. .
. . . .
....
...
.
2.91 per pupil 1929
2.81 per pupil 1928
3.11 per pupil 1928
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1929
435
36.3
48.47
2.89
3.47
2.38
4.55
Salaries :
Misc.
One Room Grade Schools
Lincoln Street ... . . 1928
38
38.
45.33
3.39
7.37 7.71
8.37
....
Alden Street
. . 1928
25
25.
64.61
1.39
7.20
1.18
6.74
83.93
87.04
1929
22
22.
74.07
1.78
8.18
3.54
...
4.13
94.61
97.94
Wellingsley
1928
20
20.
62.79
5.05
12.00
9.12
.. . .
11.12
102.89
106.00
1929
25
25.
50.34
3.70
9.60
7.08
. . . .
7.62
81.25
84.00
Cliff Street
1928
15
15.
79.66
5.54
10.00
3.61
6.09
107.71
110.82
1929
13
13.
92.97
4.71
12.31
4.08
4.66
121.14
124.49
Cedarville
1928
19
19.
74.79
5.65
4.21
4.15
53.43
6.76
151.80
154.91
1929
22
22.
64.34
6.65
7.29
3.84
53.38
6.58
144.99
148.34
Russell Mills
1928
20
20.
68.31
5.15
5.40
2.77
3.01
87.45 127.37
90.50 130.72
Special School
South Street
1928
28
14.
120.00
8.21
10.00
9.52
12.93
9.62
173.09
176.20
1929
30
15.
105.09
4.02
8.25
8.98
5.60
6.01
140.86
144.21
High Schools
Junior
1928
475
67.40
6.59
4.23
3.67
11.78
6.23
102.71
105.82
1929
446
...
76.74
5.61
4.85
3.24
11.25
4.54
109.14
112.49
Senior
1928
475
77.90
10.37
4.95
3.70
8.95
13.52
122.20
125.31
1929
495
....
88.11
10.12
4.53
3.21
10.01
6.85
125.74
129.09
1929
35
35.
47.70
2.96
6.21
5.43
70.52 75.03
73.63
....
.
1929
14
14.
101.05
3.86
7.53
6.88
. . . .
5.14
2.81 per pupil 1928
2 3 3.11 per pupil 1928
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2.91 per pupil 1929
3.35 per pupil 1929
78.38
5.38
....
... .
.
....
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ANALYSIS OF COSTS
In order to understand fully the situation in Plymouth with regard to the cost of the schools, two conditions must be realized. First, is the fact that Plymouth is the larg- est town in extent of territory in the state. With its widely scattered pupils, transportation costs are neces- sarily high; and second, there are several small schools where the number of pupils per teacher is small. Both of these items materially affect the total cost to the town. 1. Transportation.
Based on the returns from all the towns and cities in Massachusetts for the year ending June 30, 1929, the per pupil cost for transportation for the state was $2.56 and for Plymouth it was $6.63, a difference of $4.07. If this difference be multiplied by the approximate member- ship, 2500 pupils, it gives $10,175 as the cost above the general average.
Some items of transportation are exceedingly high when the number of pupils are considered as illustrated in the following cases:
(1) 4 pupils from Long Pond, 2 for the morning ses- sion and 2 for the afternoon session of the high school, necessitate two trips a day. This cost is $10 a day dur- ing the fall and spring terms. During the winter these children board in town, for which an allowance of a dollar a day per child is made. The total cost is about $1400 per year. The only way to reduce this cost is to have the children board in town the full year, but this is not advisable. Every child should be home nights.
(2) One child from South Pond Village is brought to the first grade at the Mt. Pleasant, at the cost of $2 a day.
(3) A few pupils are brought from Long Pond to Cedarville School and three pupils from Cedarville to the Sagamore Grammar School. This costs $12 a day.
(4.) At least $2400 a year extra is caused by double trips from Manomet, Long Pond and Chiltonville due to the two sessions at the high school.
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2. Cost of Small Number of Pupils in Classrooms :
The extra costs of some of the small schools above the large schools is more than one would realize.
From the figures given on another page the following facts are available :
Schools
No. Pupils per teacher
Cost per pupil $74.18
Excess cost per pupil
Total excess cost of school
4 Large Grade Schols,
36.1
Cold Spring (2 teachers), 21.5
99.61
$25.43
$1,117.79
Alden Street,
22
97.94
23.76
522.72
Wellingsley,
25
84.60
10.42
270.50
Russell Mills,
14
130.72
66.54
791.56
Cliff Street,
13
124.49
50.31
653.93
Total in small schools 117 pupils
$3,356.50
The keeping open of these small schools cannot be justified on any ground, except that it is a convenience to have the small children near their homes. On the one hand is the natural desire of parents to have their small children near their homes, on the other the loss of certain educational and social gains which come from competi- tion and association with large numbers of pupils.
Material saving to the town could be made by reorgan- ization and consolidation of some of these schools.
During the past year, Cedarville cost $148.34 per pupil, of which $53.38 is due to transportation. Manomet cost $98.83, of which $17.57 is due to transportation. Owing to their location these conditions cannot be changed.
3. Fuel Costs :
During the past three years careful records of the fuel used in the various schools have been kept and the cost per room determined.
School Cost per room $76
Hedge School,
Mt. Pleasant,
82
Knapp (allowance for night school made),
123
Burton,
178
Cornish (1929 soft coal, 116
used in part), 207 (1927 & 1928)
Plymouth Twenty-four
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The schools with the modern heating plants which permit the use of soft coal as in the Hedge and Mt. Pleasant Schools are the least expensive. The larger the plant the more economical heating in terms of room units.
The Knapp School has two hot air furnaces in which soft coal cannot be used, because of the gas fumes. There are also two steam boilers which might use soft coal if it were not for these fumes which penetrate the building.
The Burton School has three hot air furnaces so that soft coal cannot be used.
In the Cornish School a substantial saving was made by using soft coal in some boilers.
The fact that the total fuel costs were less in 1929 is due to two factors: (1) the use of soft coal and the elim- ination of the fresh air room at the Cornish School, and (2) the closing of school for 8 days due to the scarlet fever epidemic. This latter meant a saving of between $80 and $100 a day.
More modern heating plants would undoubtedly reduce the costs in the Burton, Cornish and Knapp Schools .. 4. Comparison of Local and State Costs :
The average cost of a pupil in Plymouth for the year ending June 30, 1929 was $97.18. The state average was $99.05. These figures do not include the cost of Ameri- canization work. Analyzed more fully the following figures, based on per pupil cost, may be of interest.
Plymouth
State
1. General Control - Salaries and expenses of Supt. and office,
$3.24
$3.71
2. Salaries of Supervisors, Principals and
Teachers,
63.22
68.68
3. Text Books, Supplies, Library and Miscel- laneous,
5.21
5.84
4. Janitor Service and Fuel,
8.97
10.60
5. Repairs, Replacements and Upkeep,
6.36
5.31
6. Promotion of Health,
2.79
1.47
7. Transportation,
6.63
2.56
8. Tuition and Transportation,
.76
.90
9. Total Cost,
97.18
99.05
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The repair items were much larger than usual as ex- plained in the report of the School Committee last year.
For the above year the schools of Plymouth cost nearly two dollars a pupil less than the state average, in spite of the excessive cost of transportation, the extra session of the high school and the small number in several schools.
CONCLUSION
I am confident that the school system is upon a thor- oughly sound basis from an educational point of view and the results are as satisfactory as can be reasonably expected under the physical conditions existing. Every effort is made to be economical and at the same time to give all teachers the books and material necessary for accomplishment of their work. The success of the sys- tem depends upon the faithful performance of the daily tasks by every teacher. To them belong the credit for the excellent results accomplished.
I wish to extend to the School Committee, the Public Library, the Loring Reading Room, the Board of Health and the other town departments my appreciation for their splendid cooperation.
Respectfully submitted, ANSON B. HANDY, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
The Number of Pupils in Each School and Grade as of Dec. 20, 1929
Grade
School
1
23456
7 | 8
9 10 |11|12
Total
High
186|163 78|83
510
Junior High Hedge
41
35
38
36
38
41
435
34
36
36
32
29
39
Knapp
30
9
31
35
35
31
220
18
31
Cornish
36
35
43 40
40
235
Burton
5
34
42
136
Mt. Pleasant
39
41
41
39
43
44
247
Cold Spring
23
22
45
Oak St.
23
13
18
13
67
Lincoln St.
14
18
32
Manomet
9
12
10
5
10
11
57
Wellingsley
7
7
9
4
27
Cliff St.
2
2
2
4
2
12
Russell Mills
2
1
1
4
8
Cedarville
6
4
3
1
3
5
22
Alden St.
18
18
Total
284 267 262 253 243 252 213 228 186 163 78 83
2,512
South St. - Ungraded
29
Grand Total
2,541
41
17
38
213|228
441
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EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1927 1928
1929
Certificates to Minors 14 to 16,
142 125
74
Certificates to Minors 16 to 21,
514 265 234
There were 106 minors between fourteen and sixteen years of age who within the calendar year 1929, were employed while schools were in session.
SCHOOL CENSUS 1929
Males Females
Total
Persons 5 to 7 years,
212
193
405
Persons 7 to 14 years,
753
786
1539
Persons 14 to 16 years,
235
223
458
Total,
1200
1202
2402
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Dear Sir :-
I respectfully submit the following report of school absentees from January 1, 1929 to January 1, 1930.
Absentees Sickness Truancy Total
Cornish School,
11
1
0
12
Hedge School,
8
4
6
18
Knapp School,
1
1
4
6
High School,
6
4
2
12
Mt. Pleasant School,
4
0
0
4
Nat. Morton School,
46
45
5
96
South Street School,
16
13
4
33
92
68
21
181
Investigated for Superintendent's Office,
51
Employment certificates investigated,
14
Investigated for night school,
9
Number of homes visited,
255
Visits to schools,
12
Children found on street and taken to school,
2
Total number of investigations,
269
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN ARMSTRONG, Supervisor of Attendance.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
(*) New teachers employed in 1929
Office
Anson B. Handy Ruth F. Thomas
Wayne M. Shipman
Edgar J. Mongan, Assistant Principal
*Charles I. Bagnall *Ruth S. Baker Ruth E. Cummings Frank E. Fash Barbara W. Howes
Louise B. Humphrey Helen C. Johnson
*Helen M. Johnson *Lydia E. Judd
*Elizabeth C. Kelly
*Nellie R. Locklin *Helen M. Quinn Amy M. Rafter Miriam A. Raymond
Dora L. Ries
Richard Smiley Helen F. Swift
Margie E. Wilber Edwin B. Young
Katharine A. O'Brien Mary M. Dolan, Assistant Principal M. Agnes Burke
Esther M. Chandler
Gladys L. Cobb T. Beatrice Curran Ellen M. Downey *Barbara E. Dunham Deane E. Eldridge Amy L. Hammond *Jeanette S. Johnson *Hazel Joslin Bertha E. McNaught Gladys E. Morehouse Edith S. Newton
* Rita Van Oosterdiep Kenneth L. Walton
Supt. of Schools Secretary
High School
Principal Algebra
156a Sandwich Street 220 Sandwich Street
20 Whiting Street
28 Fremont Street
11 Sever Street
11 Mt. Pleasant Street
13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street
History, Civics
Sten., Type., Bus. Org.
Bookkpg., Type., O. Pr.
Geom., Adv., Math.
Jr. Bus. Train., English
Civics, History
English
History, Com. Law
Biology
Latin
Latin
Gen. Science, Agri.
4 Maple Place
Junior High School
Principal
23 Nelson Street
Math. Guidance
11 Lothrop Street
English, Literature
English, Math.
Gen. Lang., Literature
17 Alvin Road
78 Sandwich Street
19 Oak Street
11 Jefferson Street
4 Park Avenue
Domestic Science English
Domestic Science
English, Math.
Math., English Bus. Training, Literature Science, Mathematics Manual Training
5 Bay View Avenue 41 Mayflower Street
Hist., Econ., Coaching French
Domestic Science
Physics, Chem., Science
Spanish, English
English
Type., Bookkeeping
20 Whiting Street 37 Pleasant Street 11 Jefferson Street
13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street Chiltonville. Mass.
41 South Spooner Street
236 Sandwich Street 14 Clyfton Street Massasoit Street
11 Lothrop Street 13 Whiting Street
Math., Hygiene
Social Stud., Music
Social Studies
Woodwork, Sheet Metal
15 Allerton Street 5 Stephens Street 13 Whiting Street 33 Russell Street 23 Vernon Street 13 Whiting Street 98 Allerton Street 8 Alden Street
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Hedge School
Elizabeth H. Sampson Hazel Bates Estella Butland *Frances M. Fowler Lulu M. Hoyt
Cora M. Irwin (Leave of absence)
Edith C. M. Johnson
Leella Leonard
Evelyn L. Peck
Barbara R. Perrier
Helen F. Perrier
Grade IV
12 Washington Street
146 Main Street, Kingston
263 Standish Avenue
93 Court Street
Knapp School
Principal
Grade III
Grade II
401 Court Street
Grade IV
261 Court Street
Grade V
49 Pleasant Street
Grade I
20 Hedge Road
Grade 1 and II
16 Leyden Street
Cornish School
Principal
Grade V
Grade II
Grade VI
Rest and Nutrition Class
Grade VI
102 Allerton Street 23 Vernon Street
Grade I
15 Allerton Street
Burton School
Ethel P. Haire
Dorothy A. Judkins
Teresa A. Rogan
Ruth H. Tolman
Mora E. Norton
Clementine L. Ortolani Mildred R. Randall
Gertrude C. Bennett Mabel F. Douglas
Grace R. Moor
Principal
Grade I
Grade II
Grade VI
Grade III
Grade I
Clifford Road Clifford Road 4 Massasoit Street 133 Court Street 13 Whiting Street
11 Sever Street
Grade II
13 Whiting Street 49 Pleasant Street
Grade III
Grade IV
280 Court Street
Grade V
12 Washington Street
Susan M. Quinn Jessie M. Stone
Ethel D. Tolman (Leave of absence)
William I. Whitney Annie S. Burgess Margaret L. Christie
Lydia E. Holmes Maude H. Lermond
Lucy E. Rae Flora C. Stevens
*Helen M. Schoell Helen F. Holmes Flora A. Keene Charlotte E. Lovering
*Mary F. Perkins Mary E. Robbins Anne P. Wilson Dorothy E. Wilbur
Grade I and III
Grade III
Grade IV
Grade IV
Alden Street School Grade I
101 Court Street
Oak Street School
Grades I and II
Grades III and IV
Cold Spring School
Grade II
Grade 111
Lincoln Street Primary Grades I and II
22 Allerton Street 28 Chilton Street 4 Sever Street
21 Vernon Street Clifford Road
Grade V
6 Mt. Pleasant Street 11 Allerton Street Newfields Street Rockland, Mass., RFD
8 Cherry Street 79 Court Street
12 Stafford Street Nelson Street
11 Sandwich Street
Grade VI
Grade V
Grade III
70 Sandwich Street 37 Union Street
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Florence B. Corey Helen H. Linnell ( Leave of absence) Gladys L. Brownell Esther A. Cotti Helen McCarthy
Elsie C. Muir *Hedwidge T. Sampson
Grade V Grade II
Russell Mills School
*Charlena R. Walton
Grades I to IV
Wellingsley School
Emma H. Raymond
Mary L. Jackson
Carolyn L. Carpenter
Gertrude W. Zahn
Elouise E. Ellis
Marie R. Freeman
*Mabel R. Woodward
Grace Blackmer
Frances H. Buck
Beatrice E. Garvin
Ruth L. Hazelwood *M. Louise Peterson John H. Smith Faith C. Stalker
*Elizabeth N. Douglass Jennie E. Taylor
20 Whiting Street 14 North Park Avenue
43 Court Street
79 Court Street
11 Jefferson Street
20 Highland Place
46 Mayflower Street
Andrea Busi
Leo Callahan
Warrick Cleveland Charles Coates Nelson Cushing
High
237 Sandwich Street
Mt. Pleasant
3 Robinson Street
Cornish-Burton Cedarville Russell Mills
1 Royal Street Cedarville Russell Mills 22 Davis Street Oak Street 223 Sandwich Street
Alden Street, Cold Spring Oak Street Wellingsley Knapp Asst. J. H. S. and S. H. S.
Cliff Street Junior High
133 Court Street 72 Warren Avenue
Grade I Grade I Grade III
5 Stephens Street 25 Smith's Lane 171 Center Avenue, Mid- dleboro
11 Whiting Street
4 Westwood Road
8 Alden Street
23 Mt. Pleasant Street
9 Sever Street 22 Allerton Street
320 Court Street
Manomet, Mass. 5 Stephens Street
Long Pond, Bournedale, R.F.D.
Warren Avenue 8 Sever Street 45 Pleasant Street
Mayflower Place
1 Sagamore Street
7 Maple Place
Medical Department
J. Holbrook Shaw, M. D. School Physician *L. B. Hayden, M. D. Jane Bradford Susie Macdonald School Nurse Hazel Bruce
Asst. School Physician Dental Hygienist
Assistant to Nurse
Janitors South St. and Lincoln St. Hedge
15 Lincoln Street 24 Hall Street Manomet
Manomet
Peter A. Dries, Jr. Earl Dunn William Rogers John F. McArdle George F. Merrill Winslow E. Rickard Sebastian Riedel Fred J. Smith Elliot Swift John R. Yates
23 Atlantic Street Pleasant Street Sandwich Road
17 Mt. Pleasant Street
Special Teachers Supervisor of Sewing Supervisor of Music Elem. Supv. of Phy. Ed.
Drawing-Jr. and Sr. High 11 Sever Street
Mt. Pleasant & Knapp-VI Supv. of Physical Educ. Elem. Supv. of Drawing General Substitutes Hedge & Knapp-I-VI Cornish and Mt. Pleasant
Ungraded Ungraded Cliff Street School
Grades I to IV Individual School
Grades I to V Manomet School Grades IV to VI Grades I to III Cedarville School Grades I to VI
Mt. Pleasant School
Principal-Grade VI Principal-Grade VI
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CONTENTS
Report and Recommendations on Building Accommodations
for the Junior and Senior High Schools 3
School Calendar 29
School Directory 30
Financial Report
31
School Department Budget for 1930
31 34
Report of Superintendent of Schools
Condition in the High School
34
Changes in System
35
Changes in School Enrollment
36
Changes in Teachers
39
Committees for Revision of Outlines in All Studies
The Three R's and Other Subjects
A. Time Allotments in Elementary Grades
B. Time Allotments at the Junior High School 43
C. Content of Studies in Elementary Grades 45
D. Content of Studies at the Junior High School 52 59
Music and Drawing
Physical Education in Elementary Grades and High School "Frills and Fads"
62
Individual School
Annual Report of High School Principal
68
Report of Health Department 72
Americanization and Evening School Classes
94
Summer School Report 96
Distribution of Expenses 97
Analysis of Costs 100
Conclusion 103 School Enrollment 104
Employment of Minors 105
School Census 105
Report of Supervisor of Attendance
105
School Department Employees 106
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