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People in the outskirts of our town often cannot hear the signal, in which case children appearing in school are disappointed to learn that they must cover the long dis- tance back to their homes, while they may be chilled or wet.
We wish each parent to use his or her best judgment as to whether or not the weather is auspicious for send- ing their children to school. No penalty is inflicted upon any child for non-attendance on account of severe weath- er
Since our teachers are in school and many of the pu- pils do not hear the signal, it seems wise to use the time to good advantage in warm buildings, whereas during
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days when the signal may be used many children are out of doors, becoming wet and contracting colds.
Is it not wiser to have them in warm school rooms un- der supervision, receiving beneficial instruction ?
R. STEWART ESTEN, Superintendent of Schools January 1, 1939.
School Directory 1938 - 1939
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
DR. BENJAMIN LELYVELD, Chairman Reed Street Tel. 16-W. Term expires March, 1940.
MRS. HELEN M. HAYDEN, Secretary 429 Liberty Street Tel. 454-R. Term expires March, 1939.
DR. WILLIAM A. LOUD 327 Salem Street Tel. 430. Term expires March, 1940.
MISS M. AGNES KELLEHER 297 Howard Street Tel. 1484-W. Term expires March, 1941.
DANA S. COLLINS 425 Liberty Street Tel. 55. Term expires March, 1941.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
R. STEWART ESTEN 111 Payson Avenue Office Tel. 1540. Residence Tel. 1250
Office hours every school day from 8:30 to 9:00 A. M. on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 o'clock.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SECRETARY
HARRIET E. GELINAS 241 Myrtle Street Office Tel. 1540. Residence Tel. 1244
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL
GEORGE A. J. FROBERGER 28 Exchange Street Office Tel. 1540. Residence Tel. 1302-W
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Office hours every school day from 8 to 9 A. M., Mondays and Thursdays from 3 to 4 P. M. and Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND SCHOOL NURSE
LOUISE A. CONSIDINE 69 Webster Street Office Tel. 1540.
Office hours at the high school every school day from 8:30 to 9:30 A. M.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
JOSEPH H. DUNN, M. D. 319 Union Street
Office Tel. 836-W Residence Tel. 836-R Office Hours : 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 P. M.
JOSEPH FRAME, M. D. 114 Webster Street Office Tel. 38-W
Office Hours: 12:30 to 2 and 6:30 to 8 P. M.
DENTAL HYGIENIST
EVELYN DELORY 323 Market Street
Office hours at the Mckinley School daily when schools are in session from 9:00 A. M. to 12 M., and from 1:30 to 3:30 P. M.
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DIGEST OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Children who are five years and six months of age by the opening of school in September 1939 shall be admitted to the first grade. Those who become five years of age after March 1, 1939, may be admitted after passing a sat- isfactory mental examination.
Children, otherwise eligible to enter school in Septem- ber for the first time, are required by law to present at time of entrance either a certificate of vaccination or a certificate of unfitness for vaccination. The school com- mittee and board of health have ruled that certificates of unfitness for vaccination must be renewed each year. Children coming into the school system from other places, whether at the opening of the year in September or dur- ing the school year, will be required to produce satisfac- tory evidence regarding vaccination.
Pupils desiring to enter the first grade must enroll on or before October 1. Otherwise, they will not be admit- ted.
The school hours for the first grade children, shall be from 9 until 11:30 A. M. The afternoon session shall correspond with other grades, 1:30 P. M. until 3:30 P. M. The ruling, took effect March 6, 1933. An excep- tion is made during the winter months when the after- noon session of the elementary schools concludes at 3:15 P. M. The school hours for the junior-senior high school pupils shall be from 8:30 A. M. until 2:00 P. M.
Pupils who have been absent from school on account of contagious disease must secure a permit from a school
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physician before re-entering. In cases of doubt, or in cases where there exists a suspicion of contagion, the parents should advise, and the teachers should require that the pupils consult the school nurse, who may refer the case to a school physician for further examination.
Any pupil having a contagious disease or showing symptoms of such a disease may be temporarily exclud- ed from school by the teacher on her own initiative or at the direction of the school nurse or school physician.
Sickness is the only legal excuse for absence from school.
All children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years must be in school unless they are actually employ- ed under the authority of an employment certificate, a home permit or a special certificate permitting farm or domestic employment.
Any pupil who habitually violates rules of the schools, or otherwise seriously interferes with the proper and or- derly operation of the school which he attends, may be temporarily excluded by the teacher or the superintend- ent of schools or may be permanently expelled by the school committee.
Pupils under seven years of age or over sixteen who elect to attend school must conform to the same rules and regulations as those pupils who are within the compulsory age - from seven to fourteen.
Teachers may require a written excuse signed by a par- ent or guardian covering any case of absence, tardiness or dismissal.
Whenever a pupil is suspended by a teacher or princi- pal, for any cause for any length of time, an immediate report must be made to the superintendent's office.
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Those pupils attending the first eight grades will be transported to and from school if they live in the town of Rockland and reside more than one mile and a quar- ter from the school where they are authorized to attend.
Those pupils attending the high school, grades nine to twelve, inclusive, will be transported to and from school if they live in the town of Rockland and reside more than two miles from the high school.
Recent Rulings Pertaining to Our Schools
Voted to use the high school building for those activit- ties which pertain to school work or those carrying on functions for the interest of the schools.
There shall be a Supervisor of Buildings who shall re- present the School Committee in charge of all school buildings when they are used by outside organizations (other than school organizations.)
The Supervisor's duties shall be to prevent any damage to school property and to be responsible for proper con- duct in and on school property. (Prevent smoking, drink- ing and unbecoming conduct in the buildings.)
The organization using the building shall be responsible for the expense of such a supervisor.
The supervisor shall receive his instructions from the Superintendent of Schools.
The supervisor shall receive remuneration at the rate of $2.50 until 10:30 P. M., $4.00 if the function continues until 11:30 P. M .; $5.00 after 11:30 P. M .; 75 per hour will be the charge for the building if used before 6:00 P. M. This ruling took effect December 1, 1934.
All work performed by the School Committee shall be
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awarded to native born citizens, naturalized citizens, or those who have taken out their first naturalization papers.
The tuition for pupils whose parents reside out of town and wishing to attend the Rockland Schools shall be established as follows: Senior High $100 per year; Junior High $80; elementary grades, $60.
Post-Graduates who are admitted to the Rockland High School, September 4, 1935 or thereafter, shall take a minimum of twenty hours of work per week; shall be satisfactory in conduct; shall be regular in full day's at- tendance and maintain satisfactory averages in all sub- jects.
Rulings Regarding Payment of Salaries to Teachers
The teachers of the Rockland Schools shall receive their salaries bi-weekly after two weeks of actual class room teaching-except through July and August when pay- ments shall be made not later than the 15th of each month.
That for each day's absence with the exception of death in the immediate family 1/200 of the yearly salary shall be deducted.
That beginning November 16, 1937, all teachers who are absent on account of illness shall receive the differ- ence between the substitute's pay or its equivalent and the teacher's regular pay.
That a teacher shall receive full pay for five calendar days for death in immediate family. "Immediate" family includes parents, wife, husband, brother, sister or child- ren.
That a teacher absent for more than one half (1/2) of a session shall lose pay for that entire session.
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Visiting schools authorized by the Superintendent of Schools or work pertaining to the schools which has been assigned by the Superintendent may be allowed without loss of salary.
The word "Teacher" in the above ruling applies to Principals, Special Teachers and all class room teachers excepting the Principal of the Junior-Senior High school and the Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF ROCKLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Rockland:
Your School Committee has endeavored to administer the Rockland Schools as economically as possible. We fully realize our obligation in this respect to the taxpay- ers. We also feel strongly the responsibility placed upon us for the adequate education of our children, for in the final analysis we operate our schools for their benefit.
It has been a source of pleasure to us that the finance committee and the citizens of the town have cooperated in doing all in their power to maintain the schools at a high level.
We are grateful for the fact that sufficient funds were granted us, so that with the utmost economy in other expenditures, we have been able to put into effect a sal- ary schedule embracing all the teachers in our system. We believe this to be a step forward.
The committee is indebted to all organizations and cit- izens who have contributed their time, effort and money so that pupils might benefit.
We recommend that you read the detailed reports for a complete accounting of our administration.
Again we wish to point out the fine work done by the Superintendent of Schools, the principals, teachers and other school employees. The efforts of this fine group of public servants is the reason for our system maintaining its efficiency.
Respectfully submitted,
ROCKLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE, BENJAMIN LELYVELD, Chairman HELEN M. HAYDEN, Secretary WILLIAM A. LOUD M. AGNES KELLEHER DANA S. COLLINS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT RESOURCES 1938
General Appropriation $104 373.00
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses
$ 5 102 49
Expense of Instruction
75 974 31
Operation and Maintenance
17 492 56
Auxiliary Agencies
5 200 13
New Equipment
602 84
Total Expenditures $104 372 33
TOWN TREASURER'S RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS
State Reimbursements :
Teachers' Salaries $10 015 00
Tuition and Transportation of Wards 1 143 22
City of Boston for Tuition and
Transportation of Wards 563 74
Tuition, Mrs. C. W. Scott 45 00
Materials sold in High School shop
20 65
Total Receipts $ 11 787 61
Net Cost of Schools to Town
$92 584 72
RENTAL OF McKINLEY HALL AND SENIOR HIGH GYMNASIUM
Town Appropriation to offset expenses $150 00
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Receipts (turned over to town treasurer) 102 00 Expenditures :
Old Colony Gas Company $ 7 04
J. J. L. DeCosta 21 50
Brockton Edison Company 72 43
Total Expenditures 100 97
$100 97
Balance
1 03
Unexpended Appropriation $49 03
APPROPRIATION TO OFFSET EXPENSE OF W. P. A. PROJECTS HOUSED AT MCKINLEY SCHOOL
Appropriation $ 400 00
Expenditures :
Brockton Edison Company
98 56
Albert Culver Company 297 67
Total Expenditures $ 396 23
Unexpended Appropriation $ 3 77
DETAIL OF 1938 EXPENDITURES
Total Resources
$104 373 00
GENERAL EXPENSES
Superintendent's Salary
$3 600 00
Other Administrative Expense 1 502 49
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries
$ 3 162 12
Principals' Salaries
7 096 56
Teachers' Salaries
61 397 03
Text Books
1 778 02
Stationery, Supplies and Miscellaneous 2 540 58
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Janitors' Wages
8 272 04
Fuel
3 946 25
Miscellaneous
2 280 42
Repairs
2 993 85
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Libraries
52 88
Health
1 898 27
Transportation
1 515 00
Sundries
1 733 98
OUTLAY
New Equipment
602 84
Total Expenditures $104 372 33
Unexpended Balance 67
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMIZED
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
R. Stewart Esten, Salary
$3 600 00
$3 600 00
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Bruce Publishing Co., School Board Journal $ 6 00
Louise A. Considine, mileage attendance officer 95 49
The Education Digest, Subscription 3 50
Harriet E. Gelinas, salary
1 192 00
John C. Moore Corp., bkkg forms
3 19
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Company, service 109 86
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John R. Parker, P. M., envelopes, stamps, cards 75 52
Quincy Visual Projection Co., cans for films
2 40
A. I. Randall, Inc., purchase order books
12 45
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
ledger blanks
2 08
Total
$ 1 502 49
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries
$ 3 162 12
Principals' Salaries
7 096 56
Teachers' Salaries
61 397 03
TEXT BOOKS
American Book Co.
$ 142 76
Arlo Publishing Co.
2 56
American Education Press
2 23
Allyn & Bacon
31 27
The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
21 63
C. C. Birchard Co.
2 50
Bellman Publishing Co.
5 15
Beckley-Cardy Co.
73 95
Edward E. Babb Co., Inc.
25 84
College Entrance Book Co.
11 92
Circle Book Co.
10 36
Dodd, Mead & Co.
3 07
Gregg Publishing Co.
93 47
Ginn & Company
361 72
Houghton Mifflin Co.
147 55
D. C. Heath & Co.
228 08
Harcourt Brace & Co., Inc.
44 01
Informative Classroom Picture Association 4 07
Little Brown & Co.
2 72
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M. H. Lewis, Publisher
75
McKnight & McKnight
8 15
Milton Bradley Co.
7 15
Charles E. Merrill Co.
33 92
The MacMillan Co.
103 76
Noble & Noble
4 99
The National Education Association
2 04
The New England News Company
1 90
Thomas Nelson & Son
6 90
F. A. Owen Publishing Co.
10 64
The A. N. Palmer Co.
1 41
Row, Peterson & Co.
33 79
Rand McNally Co.
20 97
The L. W. Singer Co.
1 80
Silver Burdett Co.
50 16
Charles Scribner's Sons
31 51
Scott, Foresman & Co.
99 28
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
85 84
O. H. Toothaker
1 26
World Book Co.
2 48
John C. Winston Co.
40 24
Webster Publishing Co.
9 10
The Welles Publishing Co.
5 12
Total
$ 1 778 02
SUPPLIES
Automatic Pencil Sharpener
Co., blades $ 4 64
The Astrup Co., muslin for stage scenery
13 05
American Type Founders Sales Corp., ink
3 00
Bureau of Publications, tests
10 19
Buck Printing Co., tickets for senior prom 6 37
Brodhead-Garrett Co., materials for
manual training 164 53
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Boston Music Co., music 51 84
Beaudette & Co., printing guide 3 60
Bates Mfg. Co., wire staples
1 52
E. E. Babb & Co., Inc., schoolroom supplies 144 95
Cooperative Test Service, tests
25 04
J. R. Clancy, Inc., materials for stage scenery
41 04
Circle Book Co., student assignment books 19 36
John S. Cheever Co., schoolroom supplies 481 06
Century Laboratories, stencils 5 00
Central Scientific Co., science supplies 69 63
Dowling School Supply Co., schoolroom supplies 23 95
H. J. Dowd Co., Inc.,
Schoolroom supplies 30 76
Dept. of Education, film service 15 00
Gregg Publishing Co., notebooks 12 51
Gaylord Bros., bookends, cards
18 25
J. L. Hammett Company, supplies 184 24
W. A. Hall & Son, leather remnants for special class 1 10
Jordan Marsh Co., Special class supplies 1 40
Kee Lox Mfg. Co., typewriter ribbons 33 00
Laidlow Bros., arithmetic tablets 1 01
H. B. McArdle, schoolroom supplies 45 74
David Morse, Special Class supplies 1 29
Milton Bradley Co., schoolroom supplies 326 28
Geo. M. B. Miller, gas for
cleaning press 62
National Safety Council, subscription For Safety Magazine 1 75
Phillips Ribbons & Carbon Co., ditto carbon 18 00
Phillips Paper Co., mimeograph paper 21 76
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A. S. Peterson, schoolroom supplies 9 70
Perry Pictures, Inc., music pictures 1 30
George T. Pascoe Co., schoolroom supplies 12 54
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter exchanged 22 50
Rome Bros., manual training supplies 20 13
Rockland Coal & Gain Co., manual training supplies 44 76
Rockland High School Cafeteria food classes 34 94
J. A. Rice Co., Special class and Sewing supplies 8 73
Remington Rand, Inc., file folders 4 08
A. I. Randall, Inc., stock for printing 10 10
South Western Publishing Co., Book-
keeping supplies 92 79
O. H. Toothaker, schoolroom supplies 52 99
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., Typewriters exchanged 110 00
World Book Company, tests 35 36
Henry S. Wolkins Co., paper 56 00
Henry J. Winde Co., manual training lumber 19 83
Percy D. Wells, cards 8 54
The Wells Publishing Co., primary drill chart 6 66
John H. Wyatt Co., schoolroom supplies 106 05
Yawman Erbe Mfg. Co., folders and file guides 14 10
Yale University Press Film Service films 30 00
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc., typewriters exchanged 58 00
Total
$ 2 540 58
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JANITORS' WAGES
Elmer Dunn, Junior-Senior High $1 137 34 Charles Metivier, Junior-Senior
High 1 438 32
Andrew T. Leck, Junior-Senior High and Jefferson 1 074 68
J. J. L. DeCosta, Mckinley 1 305 00
Mary Davis, Mckinley 384 00
Harold Morse, Jefferson
441 90
Maurice Mullen, Gleason, Webster and Mckinley 548 97
Ardelle Cushing, Market Street 350 00
Elizabeth Casey, Central Street
180 00
Frank Curtis, Lincoln
1 000 00
Henry S. Marks, Jefferson
142 50
Frank O'Hara, Gleason and Webster Street 33 33
Mrs. Frank Hammond, Gleason and
Webster Street 236 00
Total
$8 272 04
FUEL
Abington Coal Corp., coal $1 252 90
Albert Culver Co., coal 1 653 85
Lot Phillips & Co., Inc., wood 8 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., coal 1 001 50
Daniel J. Reilly, wood
30 00
Total
$3 946 25
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES
A. P. W. Paper Company,
paper towels $ 44 00
Bostonia Products Co., Janitors' supplies 66 50
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Boston Janitors' Supply Co., Inc., miscellaneous supplies 3 30
Beacon Wiper Supply Co., two bales cloths for cleaning 14 88
P. & F. Corbin, keys 83
H. J. Dowd, Co., Inc., sweeping compound 140 99
C. B. Dolge Co., janitors' supplies 49 94
M. F. Ellis Co., janitors' supplies 8 40
Lester Edwards, labor at high school 6 88
Edison Electric Ill. Co., service 1 220 67
The Floor Treatment Co., floor treatment 17 50
L. M. Glover Co., floor treatment 77 03
William M. Horner, floor treatment 18 60
A. C. Horn Co., floor treatment 102 00
John H. Lamb, soap and cleaning powder 1 83
Carlton E. McPhee, light bulbs 18 24
Geo. M. B. Miller, gas for cleaning press 1 38
Masury Young Co., floor oil 21 35
Manufacturing Chemists, janitors'
supplies 16 68
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 34 64
Old Colony Gas Co., service 32 69
Old Colony Gas Co., light shades
10 00
Rockland Water Department, service 262 51
Rockland Disposal Service, garbage
removal at Mckinley 25
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co.,
Janitors' cleaning supplies 1 39
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., bone meal for grounds 4 50
Robinson & Co., 12 lbs. drain solvent 2 44
The Swan Co., floor treatment 8 75
State Prison Colony, brushes 48 20
William Thorpe, installing electric
meters at Mckinley 5 00
Taunton Lumber Co., floor treatment 7 75
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Union Market, cleaning materials 1 25
Wadsworth Howland & Co., Inc., floor treatment 29 25
Hickey Bros., 2 gals. naptha 80
Total
$2 280 42
REPAIRS
H. H. Arnold Co., belt repaired $ 2 34
Stanley A. Ames, repairing
phonograph 2 50
Abrasive Products, Inc., process paper 7 72
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., service contract 5 00
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., glass 24 60
Bloom, South & Gurney, Inc., 5 gals.
red mastic for floors 20 35
Chester W. Banden, repair work at Mckinley 82 21
E. E. Babb & Co., 100 domes of silence 2 60
O. R. Cummings, plastering 79 65
Corrosion Solvent Eng. Co., Mckinley and Lincoln boiler
systems cleaned 140 00
P. & F. Corbin, door checks repaired 26 71
Elmer E. Dunn, repair work at schools 7 40
Luther O. Draper Shade Co.,
shade cord and pulleys replaced 18 41
A. B. Dick Co., adjusting mimeograph 5 30
Damon Electric, electrical repairs 37 97
Thomas Fox, repairing cement walk at Jefferson 10 00
Geo. W. S. Hyde, repairing
wrenches 1 70
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Hobart & Farrell Plumbing & Heating Co., labor on school ventilating and heating systems 191 36
The Halsey W. Taylor Co.,
two fountain heads 17 21
Hall & Torrey, misc. repairs at schools 184 20
Krohn & Harrington, door closers repaired 10 15
Carlton McPhee, radio repaired 2 15
J. S. McCallum, plumbing repairs elementary schools
312 55
Merrick Engineering Co,. labor at Mckinley School 647 00
Mass. Division of the Blind,
pianos tuned 17 00
George C. Norton, removing snow guard at Mckinley 10 00
National Foundry Co., replacing grate 4 62
Forrest L. Partch, electrical repairs 15 53
Rome Bros., materials for repairs 109 18
Harry L. Rome, curtains repaired 18 75
Rockland Welding & Engineering Co.,
chair bases repaired 22 75
Rockland Paint & Hardware Co., materials for repairs 30 39
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., materials for repairs 73 62
Roberts Numbering Machine Co., machine repaired 2 26
Stone Hardware Co., exit bolts repaired 35 96
Standard Electric Time Co., clocks repaired 102 78
Sloan Valve Co., plumbing materials 6 97
Singer Sewing Machine Co., adjusting machines 1 45
Edwin Schutt, labor and materials
for repairs 453 20
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Geo. V. Tyler, cleaning pipe at Market Street school 5 00
Underwood Elliot Fisher Co.,
typewriters repaired 3 03
Walworth Co., boiler repairs, grate rest and bars 195 48
Yale & Towne Mfg Co., liquid
overhauling refinishing 3 25
Johnson Service Co., adjusting thermostats 22 15
Howard E. Bailey, Engineering
services Mckinley School 21 40
Total
$2 993 85
LIBRARIES
Bellman Publishing Co., book $ 3 15
Globe Book Co., book 1 23
McGraw Hill Book Co., book 2 51
Albert Najarian, magazine subscriptions 22 00
Vita Specialties Co., magazine covers 13 24
Wilcox & Follett Co., set of ten
books with globe 10 75
Total $ 52 88
HEALTH
Louise A. Considine, mileage 95 56
Louise A. Considine, salary 1 416 64
National Education Association, class room growth charts 1 07
Rockland Pharmacy, health supplies
22 52
Rockland New System Laundry, blankets laundered 1 12
Thomas W. Reed Co., tongue depressors 9 36
Plymouth County Health Association, audiometer rental 2 00
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Joseph H. Dunn, M. D., salary
175 00
Joseph H. Frame, M. D., salary
175 00
Total
$1 898 27
TRANSPORTATION
Howland's Insurance Office,
bonds 30 00
John J. Dwyer, transportation
of pupils 1 485 00
Total
$1 515 00
SUNDRIES
F. J. Barnard Co., rebinding books $ 57 15
Babson's Statistical Organization,
poster service 15 85
Howard E. Bailey, engineering
services
175 00
Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5 00
Philip S. Collins, insurance 271 87
Douglas Print, high school handbooks
71 96
Everett S. Damon, insurance 85 60
Howland's Ins. Office, insurance 22 80 J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas and covers 76 76 Jenkins & Simmons Express,
expressage 23 25
Edward A. Lincoln, administering first grade tests 93 00
Murray Bros., rebinding books 59 10
Maurice Mullen, police service 5 50
N. Y., N. H. & Hartford R. R., freight charges 3 55
James F. O'Connor, insurance 59 84
Pro Merito Society, pins 16 25
Amos A Phelps & Son, insurance
458 14
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Rockland Transportation Co.,
expressage 2 85
Rockland Standard Publishing Co., school reports 65 40
A. I. Randall, Inc., exit signs 2 90
Warren B. Woodward, insurance
96 46
Bernard Carey, census
65 75
Total
$1 733 98
NEW EQUIPMENT
Stanley R. Ames, payment toward
amplifier for high school $20 00
Mrs. Clarence Bell, extension ladder 7 50
Damon Electric, installing fire alarm system in Mckinley, Gleason, Lincoln
and Market Street schools
358 90
Forsberg Electric Co., four holophane units 35 88
Jason's phonograph
19 75
Milton Bradley Co., chairs
45 00
Mahoney Chair Co., clamps for auditorium seats and intersection fasteners 45 00
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.,
wardrobe and desk tray 41 50
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., lumber for book cases 29 31
Total
$ 602 84
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Rockland:
The tenth annual report of my work as Superintendent of Schools is submitted :
To minimize printing expenses, we are presenting the reports of the Superintendent and the High School Prin- cipal, along with statistical data, but these reports in- clude general accomplishments and needs of all depart- ments in the entire school system.
The economic situation must be paramount in deter- mining school policies during this chaotic period through which we are passing. An honest effort is being made to reduce the cost of education to a minimum and still maintain a high degree of efficiency commensurate with the expenditure of money until such time as additional funds are vailable.
Our rating as to cost per pupil for education is reported by the Massachusetts State Department of Education (November 1938) as continuing to be seventy-first in our group of eight-three towns. Only twelve of the eighty- three towns spend less per pupil than we do in Rockland. The cost per pupil in our town is $70.20.
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