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All regular appointed teachers who are absent on account of personal reasons other than sickness shall have 1-200 of the yearly salary deducted for each school day's absence.
A teacher will continue to receive full pay for five calen- dar days on account of death in the immediate family.
Visiting school authorized by the superintendent of schools or work pertaining to the schools may be allowed without loss of salary.
The superintendent, principals, special teachers, teachers and janitors shall receive their salaries beginning with the opening of school in September 1933 on a twelve months' basis rather than on a ten months' basis as formerly.
Substitute teachers shall be paid at the rate of $4.50 per day beginning with the opening of schools in September, 1933.
After September 1, 1933, the janitors shall be allowed no "sick leave" but five calendar days will be allowed with full pay for death in the immediate family.
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REPORT OF ROCKLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Rockland :
The School Commitee again expresses its gratitude to those organizations who give help to deserving pupils in the form of annual scholarships; also to the Kiwanis Club for taking over the responsibility of providing free milk for needy children.
The practice of the Chamber of Commerce in giving an annual prize could well be emulated by other groups as a method of encouraging good scholarship.
We commend the interest and endeavor of the Superin- tendent, teachers, and all employees as indicative of their loyalty to the school system, and now that business is show- ing a definite upward trend we hope the town will soon re- store the cut in salaries which has been in effect since 1932.
The loss of some good teachers during the past year be- cause of low salaries is worth your careful consideration.
It has always been the policy of the School Committee to buy supplies locally, if possible, even though in some cases we are obliged to pay top prices. In regard to coal, how- ever, we became convinced that a large saving could and should be made since we are very heavy buyers of this com- modity. We therefore made the fact plain when we adver- tised for bids that the lowest bidder, whether local or out of town, would receive the contract if he could supply the quality desired. The lowest local bid was $7.75 per ton for soft coal and $12.50 for hard coal, but the lowest out of town bid was $6.64 for soft coal and $10.00 for hard coal. Since we buy approximately 500 tons of soft coal and 100 tons
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of hard coal the saving to the town by buying outside of Rockland was $805. The coal delivered to us has been entirely satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM A. LOUD, Chairman, M. AGNES KELLEHER, HELEN M. HAYDEN, BENJAMIN LELYVELD, E. STUART WOODWARD.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT RESOURCES 1936
General Appropriation $102 673 00
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses $ 5 099 15
Expense of Instruction
73 265 78
Operation and Maintenance
18 380 73
Auxiliary Agencies
5 682 05
New Equipment
245 29
Total Expenditures
$102 673 00
TOWN TREASURER'S RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS
State Reimbursements :
Teachers' Salaries $10 350 00
Tuition and Transportation of Wards 1 198 62
City of Boston for Tuition and
and Transportation of Wards 419 40
Materials sold in high school shop 34 20
Sale of boiler junk
2 20
Total Receipts
$ 12 004 42
Net cost of schools to town
$ 90 668 58
RENTAL OF MCKINLEY HALL AND SENIOR HIGH GYMNASIUM
Town Appropriation to offset expenses $100 00
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Receipts (turned over to Town Treasurer) $ 63 00
Expenditures :
J. J. L. DeCosta $10 50
L. M. Glover Co. 49 50
Cambosco Scientific Co. 2 00
Total Expenditures
$ 62 00
Balance
$ 1 00
Unexpended Appropriation $38 00
APPROPRIATION FOR RETUBING MCKINLEY SCHOOL BOILERS
Town Appropriation
$ 1 300 00
Expenditures :
International Engineering Works, Inc. 1 295 40
Unexpended Balance
$ 4 60
ALLOWANCE FOR PLASTERING AT JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH
Allowance (Granted by Finance Committee, November 1935) $ 100 00
Expenditures : O. R. Cummings
$
99 80
Unexpended balance of allowance $ 20
DETAIL OF 1936 EXPENDITURES
Total Resources $102 673 00
GENERAL EXPENSES
Superintendent's Salary $3 600 00
Other Administrative Expense
1 499 15
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EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries
3 399 19
Principals' Salaries
6 921 00
Teachers' Salaries
58 985 86
Text Books
1 224 97
Stationery, Supplies and
Miscellaneous
2 734 76
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Janitors' Wages
8 041 53
Fuel 4 509 58
Miscellaneous
2 446 15
Repairs
3 383 47
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Libraries
65 73
Health
1 863 54
Transportation
1 181 69
Sundries
2 571 09
OUTLAY
New Equipment 245 29
Total Expenditures $102 673 00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMIZED SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
R. Stewart Esten, Salary $ 3 600 00
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Co-operative Test Service, Sample copies 55
Louise A. Considine, mileage 99 33
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Graphic Duplicator Co., Ink remover 60
Harriet E. Gelinas, salary 1 125 00
Kee Lox Mfg. Co., typewriter ribbons 1 04
John C. Moore, bkkg forms 3 22
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 107 04
National Education Association,
bulletins 97
John R. Parker, P. M., stamped envelopes, stamps 141 04
A. I. Randall, labor certifictae envelopes 14 80
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger blanks
2 08
Yawman Erbe Mfg. Co., file guides 3 48
Total
$ 1 499 15
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries $ 3 399 19
Principals' Salaries
6 921 00
Teachers' Salaries
58 985 86
TEXT BOOKS
D. Appleton Century Co. $ 14 15
American Education Press
12 25
American Book Co.
50 14
Allyn & Bacon
83 78
Acorn Publishing Co.
7 44
The Baker Taylor Co.
3 08
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
35 08
C. C. Birchard & Co.
1 90
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
1 71
Follett Book Co.
1 16
Ginn & Co.
567 20
Houghton Mifflin Co.
7 61
Henry Holt & Co., Inc.
6 51
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D. C. Heath Co.
51 49
Harcourt Brace & Co., Inc.
24 36
Hall & McCreary
10 50
The Inor Publishing Co.
3 14
Lyons & Carnahan
15 73
Little, Brown & Co.
82
Laidlaw Bros.
7 50
Charles E. Merrill Co.
5 80
Macmillan Co.
79 77
McGraw-Hill Book Co.
30 40
Noble & Noble
15 26
Newson & Co.
3 26
National Geographic Society
3 50
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
13 49
Edward Stern & Co.
1 95
Silver Burdett & Co.
22 33
Charles Scribner's Sons
4 43
Scott, Foresman & Co.
68 05
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
22 94
University of Chicago Press
2 17
World Book Company
16 39
John C. Winston Co.
28 68
Webster Publishing Co.
1 00
Total
$ 1 224 97
SUPPLIES
Am. Type Founders Sales Corp. Shop materials $ 8 45
Burroughs Adding Machine
Co., pamphlets 48
Brodhead-Garrett Co., shop materials 111 04
The Boston Music Co., music
48 26
C. C. Bichard Co., music
28 50
Beaudette & Co., stencils
2 05
E. E. Babb & Co., Inc., misc.
Schoolroom supplies 284 51
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P. & F. Corbin, replacing keys 2 39
Co-operative Test Service, tests 1 00
-
The Classroom Teacher, seatwork 30 52
John S. Cheever Co., paper 662 84
Central Scientific Co., science materials 63 64
Cambosco Scientific Co., micropticon 47 50
Dowling School Supply Co., paper
42 86
A. B. Dick Co., stencils 9 55
Franklin Publishing Co., flash cards 12 74
F. C. Ford & Co., Inc. shop materials 7 50
Carl Fischer, Inc., music 12 01
Gregg Publishing Co., notebooks 2 16
Gledhill Bros., schoolroom supplies
21 02
Houghton Mifflin Co., tests
3 29
Hickey Bros., 2 bottles noxon
40
Harvard University Press ,tests
1 54
J. L. Hammett Co., misc.,
schoolroom supplies 299 28
Iroquois Publishing Co., lab. books
12 29
Milton Bradley Co., schoolroom supplies 78 85
H. B. McArdle, schoolroom supplies 16 20
Mckinley Publishing Co., maps 4 86
Oliver Ditson Co., music
16 24
Osgood-Globe Corps., press rollers
10 04
Phillips Ribbon & Carbon Co., carbon
5 00
Phillips Paper Co., paper
43 48
George T. Pascoe, paper 27 50
Rome Bros., shop supplies
2 59
Rockland Standard, printing supplies
1 60
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co. shop supplies 16 37
R. H. S., Cafeteria, allowance for food classes 25 27
Rockland Coal & Grain Co.,
lumber for shop 65 67
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J. A. Rice Co., Inc., supplies for sewing classes 10 36
Remington, Rand, Inc., H. S. per-
manent record cards 50 51
Reformatory for Women, flags 26 66
A. I. Randall, Inc., stock for printing 5 55
Royal Typewriter Co., replacing
typewriters 120 00
South Western Publishing Co., Acct. materials 129 23
L. C. Smith & Corona Type Co., replacing Typewriters 96 00
Simonds Saw & Steel Co., saw for shop 3 28
Shakun Printing Machinery Co., shop supplies 6 07
Sengbusch Self-closing Inkstand Co., inkwells 15 53
O. H. Toothaker, globes 10 00
Talens School Products, Inc., drawing supplies 97 49
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., re- placing typewriter 37 50
John H. Wyatt Co., stencils, ink, ribbons 28 02
World Book Co., tests 40 18
Henry J. Winde Co., lumber for shop 13 64
Percy D. Wells, cards 10 07
C. B. Webb Co., basketballs for grades 5 18
Total
$ 12 734 76
JANITORS' WAGES
Elmer Dunn, Junior-Senior High $1 293 16
Charles Metevier, Junior-Senior high 1 405 37 Maurice Mullen, sub. at
Junior-Senior High 272 00
Joseph DeCosta, Mckinley School 1 305 00
Mary Davis, Mckinley School 360 00
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Joseph Thibeault, Helper at Mckinley School 126 00
Andrew Leck, Jefferson School 950 00
Frank Hammond, Gleason School 450 00
Ardelle Cushing, Market St. School
350 00
Frank Curtis, Webster St. School
350 00
Elizabeth Casey, Central St. School 180 00
Thomas Gallagher, Lincoln School
1 000 00
Total
$ 8 041 53
FUEL
Abington Coal Corporation, coal $2 856 42
The Albert Culver Co., coal 742 67
M. J. Fitzgibbons, wood 33 00
Lot Phillips & Co., Corp., wood
12 00
Charles T. Leavitt, Inc., coal
623 65
Roderick Mackenzie, wood 20 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., coal
221 84
Total
$ 4 509 58
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES
A. P. W. Paper Co., paper toweling and toilet paper 95 00
Brockton Public Market, janitors' supplies 3 63
Bartlett, Coppinger, Maloon Co., cheesecloth
13 91
P. & F. Corbin, keys 7 33
The Continental Chemical Co., floor materials 37 50
Charlestown State Prison, brushes, mop pails 84 33
Dominic DelPrete, removal of garbage 3 00
Lester Edwards, labor at high school 3 22
Edison Electric Ill. Co., service 1 211 87
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Thomas Fox, labor at Lincoln school 20 25
The Floor Treatment Co., floor wax 48 60 L. M. Glover Co., janitors' supplies 118 56 William M. Horner, wax and floor oil 109 50 A. C. Horn Co., floor materials 73 00
The Holmerden Co., janitors supplies 29 25
Hickey Bros., kerosene for cleaning 1 70
Edwin P. Kershaw, dust cloths 7 00
John R. Lyman, cleaning cloths
16 60
John H. Lamb, brushes
2 50
Market St. Garage, gas for cleaning
2 79
Masury-Young Co., misc. janitors'
supplies 41 60
Old Colony Gas Co., service 30 46
Rockland Water Dept., service
311 56
Rockland New System Laundry, laundering gym curtains 51
Leon W. Reynolds, sawdust
18 00
So. Weymouth Laundry, cleansing auditorium curtains 50 00
George Tyler, pumping out cesspool
53 00
Taunton Lumber Co., floor wax
39 00
C. Van Blarcom, mops
4 80
West Disinfecting Co., wax 2 74
Young Broom Co., Inc., brooms
4 94
Total
$ 2 446 15
REPAIRS
' H. H. Arnold Co., Inc., belt laced, supplies $ 2 95
Stanley R. Ames, victrola repaired 4 90
American Type Founders Sales Corp., supplies 1 75
American Fire Equipment Co., Inc., fire extinguishers 11 85
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., service contract 5 00
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Brockton Welding Shop, H. S.
heating apparatus repaired 65 68
Bristol County House of Cor- rection, mats 11 88
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., glass and putty 42 05
Norman J. Beals, flag pole repaired 6 65
Bay State Belting Co., covering iron pulley 6 25
J. H. Baker, clock repaired 2 00
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc., window shade pulleys 7 58
O. R. Cummings, plastering at high school 94 95
P. & F. Corbin, door checks
repaired 9 05
Elbert L. Chamberlin, replacing 2 shovels 1 50
W. D. Cashin Co., heating appartus at high school 233 53
Carbon Solvents Laboratories, mdse 9 00
Earl C. Damon, saw repaired 1 00
Damon Electric, electrical repairs 16 88
Thomas Fox, Jefferson School walk
and Mckinley school cesspools 103 00
Grand Specialties Co., two door stops 1 54
Gilbert, Howe, Gleason & Co., Adjust- ment of Jefferson pump 11 80
General Electric Co., motor repairs 19 08
George W. S. Hyde, tools sharpened 1 75
A. C. Horn Co., paint 185 89
Hall & Torrey, misc. repairs 459 44
Int. Engineering Works, Inc., Paint, lockers repaired 80 89
Johnson Service Co., thermostat repairs 16 44
Lot Phillips & Co., Corp., brazing and filing saw 75
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Liberty Electric Co., glue heater repaired 3 82
Mass. Division of Blind, pianos tuned and repaired 19 50
J. S. McCallum, plumbing repairs 94 66
Old Colony Appliance Corp., frigidaire overhauled 42 50
Herman A. Poole, setting glass 1 50
Forrest L. Partch, electric repairs · 9 03
Rome Brothers, paint and misc.
materials for repairs 1 077 59
Harry L. Rome, replacing curtains
5 75
Rockland Welding & Eng. Co.,
misc. repairs 28 00
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co.,
misc. repairs 4 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., materials for repairs 56 77
E. P. Reed Lumber Co., materials for repairs 1 28
Stone Hardware Co., Inc., lock set
6 30
Standard Electric Time Co., clock repairs 194 69
Sloan Valve Co., 12 diaphragm sets 5 02
Edwin Schutt, misc. repairs 218 91
Fred Thibeault, steam fitting repairs 41 25
Vega Plumbing & Heating Co., H. S. heating apparatus 128 47
John H. Wyatt Co., typewriters
repaired 29 40
Total
$ 3 383 47
LIBRARIES
Acorn Publishing Co., encyclopedias $ 15 83
Beckley-Cardy Co., books 20 38
Eldridge Entertainment House, Inc., book 1 50
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Funk & Wagnalls Co., book 1 71
Follett Puplishing Co., books
11 85
Macmillan Co., book
2 11
Albert Najarian, magazine subscriptions
12 35
Total
$ 65 73
HEALTH
Bemis Drug Co., supplies 4 62
Louise A. Considine, salary 1 391 51
Louise A. Considine, Mileage 99 33
Narrangansett Machine Co., gym equipment 2 16
Plymouth County Health Association, loan of audiometer 3 00
Thomas W. Reed Co., tongue depressors 12 92
Joseph H. Dunn, M. D., salary 175 00
Joseph Frame, M. D., salary
175 00
Total
$ 1 863 54
TRANSPORTATION
John J. Dwyer, use of bus $ 1 154 19
Howland's Insurance Office
Bond for J. Dwyer 15 00
Eastern Mass., Street Railway, bus tickets 12 50
Total
$ 1 181 69
NEW EQUIPMENT
E. E. Babb & Co., Inc., cafeteria table 9 60
Albert Culver Co., shovel 2 25
Carl Fischer, Inc., drum 4 95
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E. B. Gray, program board 10 62
J. L. Hammett Co., chair 4 24
George T. Hoyt Co., 2 flag poles
70 00
Massachusetts Reformatory, cafeteria stools 99 92
Old Colony Piano Co., piano
15 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co.,
lumber for cabinet 28 71
Total
$245 29
SUNDRIES
Ames Radio Service, rental of amplifier $ 10 00
Frank S. Alger, paper adds 6 00
Buck Printing Co., tickets 6 63
Brockton Transportation Co.,
expressage 3 94
The Beal Press, engrossing diploma
30
Babson Institute, poster service 15 85
Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5 00
Phillip S. Collins, insurance premium 271 87
John J. Dwyer, expressage 1 50
Everett S. Damon, insurance premium
88 00
Emerson & Co., rubber stamps 2 99
Howland's Insurance Co., premiums
288 45
Hemingway Bros., expressage 60
J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas, covers, engrossing 61 89
Jenkins & Simmons Express,
expressage 28 29
Edward A. Lincoln, Binet Examinations 48 00
Murray Bros., Co., rebinding band
books, school books 89 70
Nemasket Transportation Co., express 35
National Ticket Co., tickets
for auditorium 25 77
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Albert Najarian, census enumeration
65 30
James F. O'Connor, insurance
premiums
122 92
Pro Merito Society, pins
19 77
Amos A. Phelps, insurance premiums
1 095 01
Rockland Transportation Co., expressage
1 23
Rockland Standard, advertising
4 50
A. I. Randall Inc., school reports, stock
112 55
Charles Elliott Torrey, insurance premium 92 24
Warren B. Woodward, insurance
premiums 102 44
Total
$ 2 571 09
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Rockland :
The eighth annual report of my work as Superintendent of Schools is submitted herewith :
In endeavoring to train our school children for effective citizenship we are teaching not only printed subject matter but the social qualities that increase the power and influ- ence of the individual and of the group, essential to the wel- fare of any progressive community. It is very gratifying to state that it is my belief that each year a finer school spir- it is noticeable. This ability to work and play together in harmony and loyalty creates a strong foundation for pur- poseful endeavor as each student becomes an active partici- pant in the up building of his community.
Our teachers both through professional meetings and sports activities are developing to a marked degree, enthus- siasm in their common interest, the education of the chil- dren entrusted to them.
OMISSION OF REPORTS
Following last year's suggestion of the finance committee, only noteworthy results and requirements included in the reports submitted annually by the high school department heads to the Superintendent, will be stated herein. This is done to reduce the expense of printing.
SPECIFIC REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENTS
Not only the English Department, but each class in high school recognizes the need of a better equipped library. Annual gifts of books, magazines and money for their pur-
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chase are acknowledged gratefully but until a teacher-libra- rian can be engaged, the benefits of our library are greatly curtailed.
The Cooking Department needs additional utensils for classroom instruction while new bench tops and vises will aid the work of Industrial Arts.
Our present first year Latin textbook which has been in use for a long period should be replaced by some modern edition, one which offers more reading in story form.
DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS
Supervision of penmanship in the elementary schools, in- stituted last year under the instruction of Mrs. Mary Costel- lo, is being continued with considerable improvement achieved. The reconstructed courses in English, History and Geography for the elementary grades were adopted and became effective last September.
TEACHER REPLACEMENT
Miss Dorothy Giles, for the past year and a half French teacher in the high school resigned in December to be mar- ried. Miss Myrtle Graves of Norwell, a graduate of Rad- cliffe with a Master's degree from Harvard, majoring in the foreign languages, was appointed as a substitute to fill the vacancy. Miss Graves has had more than six years of teaching experience in the high schools of Norwell, Con- cord and Quincy, Massachusetts.
Miss Rose T. Magadini who has taught in our Commer- mericial Department for the past seven years was granted a leave of absence for one year without pay to pursue gradu- ate work in Education at Boston University. Her position was filled by the appointment for a year of Mr. Earl I. Komarin a graduate of the Commercial department of the
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Salem State Teachers' College. Mr. Komarin had formerly substituted in the Peabody, Mass. Schools.
Mr. William P. Earley, teacher and coach in the high school for the past six years resigned to go into business. Mr. Chester J. Poliks of Gardner, Mass. a graduate of Con- necticut State College with advanced work at Fitchburg State Teachers' College, Clark and Columbia Universities was appointed to take Mr. Earley's place. Mr. Poliks had taught the past two years in the Templeton High school where he coached a state championship team in baseball and a football team that had an enviable record. Mr. Poliks has had considerable experience in the field of Biology.
Miss Constance Tobey who had served as a substitute teacher in Sewing and Social Science in our high school the previous year was appointed as a regular teacher.
Miss Margaret McHugh, a grade teacher in our elemen- tary schools since September 1926 resigned to be married. Her place was filled by the transfer of Miss Mildred Healey from the first to the third grade in the Mckinley Building. Miss Healey's position was filled by Miss Marjorie Smith of Rockland, a graduate of the Bridgewater State Teach- ers' College, as a substitute teacher.
Miss Alyce O'Brien, teacher of one of the sixth grades in the Mckinley School since September 1933 resigned to ac- cept a position in the Wilmington Junior High School. For some time we have felt the need of a man in the building to assist in organizing the boys on the playground, so Paul Casey of Rockland, a graduate of the Bridgewater State Teachers' College was appointed as a substitute in the sixth grade made vacant by the resignation of Miss O'Brien.
Miss Kathryn M. Hickey teacher of the fourth grade in the Mckinley School resigned to be married. Miss R. Louise Cone, teacher of the same grade in the Lincoln
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School was given that grade upon request. Miss Miriam Roberts, a teacher of the fourth and fifth grades in the Web- ster Street School was transferred to the fourth grade at the Lincoln School. The vacancy in the Webster Street School was filled by the transfer of Miss Josephine Lannin who has taught at the Central Street School since Septem- ber 1932. The vacancy there was filled by the appointment of Miss Helen Kovalchuk of Rockland as a substiute teach- er. Miss Kovalchuk graduated from Bridgewater State Teachers' College in June 1936.
NURSERY SCHOOL
A unit of the nursery schools which constitutes a part of the Emergency Educational Program authorized by the Works Progress Administration has been in operation con- tinuously in the Mckinley School gymnasium since last January with four teachers employed for 2, 3 or 4 year old children. The unit accommodates the children of parents who are on W. P. A. rolls or are those with low income. We have had more than 40 enrolled with an average atten- dance of 25. The session of the school is from nine o'clock until two with a luncheon served at noon. In December the State gave us permission to add a cook to our staff of workers in the unit.
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION ACT AS IT AFFECTS SCHOOLS
Our department has continued its plan to co-operate with the town officials in providing suitable quarters for the sew- ing project which is housed on the third floor of the Mc- Kinley school. The expense of heating and lighting these rooms has been taken from the school budget. This has amounted to several hundred dollars for annual operation.
This fall the School Committee gave permission to the Recreation Project to use the Mckinley School gymnasium for its games and recreational projects. The building is in
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use several afternoons and evenings each week. The ex- pense of heat, light and janitor service has been defrayed from school budget funds. It seems that if these worth- while projects are to continue that a sum of money should be raised and appropriated by the town for the continuance of them rather than to use the funds appropriated for the schools.
We have availed ourselves of the opportunity of the Na- tional Youth Administration as it operates in schools and colleges throughout the United States. Boys and girls 16 years of age and over whose parents are on low income may apply for this financial assistance. Our quota in Rockland is set at $84 per month. At present we have 14 boys and girls who are receiving this financial aid of $6.00 per month for which they render twenty hours of service to the schools. In some cases it is clerical work and in some janitor service. This financial help is given them to pay for school lunches or to purchase necessary clothing or transportation in order to continue their work in high school.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Junior-Senior High
The redecoration of the walls and ceilings of the build- ing have been in process of renovation the past year with the work not fully completed at this time. This was un- dertaken as a W. P. A. project and a very creditable piece of work has been accomplished. The School Department furnishes the material cost from its budget and the federal government pays the labor costs. It was necessary for our department to have the plastering done. A special com- mittee appointed by the town at its March meeting in 1936 met with the School Committee to consider the advisabil- ity of changes in our present drainage system. A plan was prepared, but to date the work has not been started. It is highly desirable that this be done that sewage odors will not enter the building nor water back up in our gymnasium as formerly.
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The Western Waterproofing Company who undertook the task of making the building water-tight five years ago has been called back several times due to the recurring leaks in the walls. At present it will be necessary to repack the staff beads with oakum and white lead if the remaining leaks are to be stopped. The window shades are badly stained and are beyond repairs in some instances. There are several bad settlement cracks in the foundation walls which must be repaired this year to prevent water entering the building.
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