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Pupils who have been absent from school on account of contagious disease must secure a permit from a school physician before re-entering. In cases of doubt, or in cases where there exists a suspicion of contagion, the par- ents should advise, and the teacher 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 excluded from school by the teacher on her own initiative or at the direction of the school nurse or school physician.
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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 employed under the authority of an employment certificate, a home permit or a special certificate permitting farm or domes- tic 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 compul- sory age - from seven to sixteen.
Teachers may require a written excuse signed by a par- ent or guardian covering any case of absence, tardiness or dismissal.
When ever a pupil is suspended by a teacher or prin- cipal, for any cause for any length of time, an immediate report must be made to the superintendent's office.
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 School
Voted to use the high school building for those activ-
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ities 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 represent 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 dam- age to school property and to be responsible for proper conduct in and on school property. (Prevent smoking, drinking and unbecoming conduct in the buildings.)
The organization using the building shall be respon- sible 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 un- til 11:30 P. M .; $5.00 after 11:30 P. M .; 75 cents 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 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 es- tablished 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 min- imum of twenty hours of work per week; shall be satis- factory in conduct; shall be regular in full day's attend- ance and maintain satisfactory averages in all subjects.
Classes in the high school of less than ten in any sub-
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ject shall be discontinued unless two classes can be com- bined.
Pupils between the ages of twelve and sixteen who en- gage in street trades, selling newspapers, magazines, etc., must secure a badge from the Superintendent of schools or his duly authorized agent.
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 payments shall be made not later than the 15th of each month.
Five days of personal "sick leave" shall be allowed teachers without loss of salary in any school year. This ruling became effective September 7, 1939.
A teacher shall receive full pay for five calendar days for death in immediate family. "Immediate" family in- cludes parents, wife, husband, brother, sister or children.
For each day's absence, with the exception of the two reasons mentioned above, 1/200 of the yearly salary shall be deducted.
A teacher absent for more than one half (1/2) of a ses- sion shall lose pay for that entire session.
Visiting schools authorized by the Superintendent of Schools or work pertaining to the schools which has been assigned by the Superintendent may be allowed with- out 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:
The School Committee herewith submits its annual re- port :
We wish to point out the following statistical fact: Of the twenty-seven towns in Plymouth County, ROCK- LAND SPENDS LESS for the INDIVIDUAL CHILD than any of the other towns in this group. Rockland has the lowest PER PUPIL COST in Plymouth County.
You will note by the school budget a request for a large increase over last year's appropriation. The major part of this increase is due to the fact that a large num- ber of five year insurance premiums must be paid dur- ing the coming fiscal year.
We recommend that you read the Superintendent's re- port and the detailed Financial Statement for a complete account of our administration.
The committee wants to thank the Superintendent of Schools, the principals, teachers and school employees for their cooperation.
The continued help of the Rockland Woman's Club in offering its annual scholarship, and the Kiwanis Club in sponsoring the Milk Fund is greatly appreciated by the Committee.
Your School Board makes special mention of the help given it through the intelligent study of its problems by the Finance Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LELYVELD, Chairman JOHN T. TROY, JR., Secretary WILLIAM A. LOUD M. AGNES KELLEHER DANA S. COLLINS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT RESOURCES 1939
General Appropriation $105 200 00
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses
$5 144 29
Expense of Instruction 77 155 32
Operation and Maintenance
17 826 74
Auxiliary Agencies
4 803 52
New Equipment
269 52
Total Expenditures $105 199 39
Unexpended Balance .61
TOWN TREASURER'S RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS
State Reimbursements :
Teachers' Salaries $10 285 00
Tuition and Transportation of Wards 978 15
City of Boston for Tuition and Trans- portation of Wards 304 64
Sale of furnace grates and battery lead 2 55
Sale of stencils and paper 2 30
Articles sold in Special Class 2 95
Articles sold in High School Shop 32 60
Sale of old books 39 00
Total Receipts $11 647 19
NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO TOWN $93 552 20
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RENTAL OF MCKINLEY HALL AND SENIOR HIGH GYMNASIUM
Town Appropriation of offset expenses $150 00
Receipts (turned over to
town treasurer) $160 00
Expenditures :
Brockton Edison Co.
$86 30
J. J. L. DeCosta 23 35
Maurice Mullen
23 35
Rockland Water Department
17 00
Total Expenditures $150 00
APPROPRIATION TO OFFSE EXPENSE OF W. P. A. PROJECTS HOUSED AT MCKINLEY SCHOOL
$400 00
Appropriation Expenditures :
Albert Culver Company,coal $164 48
Rockland Water Dept., service 17 33
Old Colony Gas Co., service 12 05
Brockton Edison Co., service
131 12
Abington Coal Corp., 69 02
Dominic DelPrete, Garbage removal
6 00
Total Expenditures $400 00
DETAIL OF 1939 EXPENDITURES
Total Resources
$105 200 00
GENERAL EXPENSES
Superintendent's Salary $3 600 00
Other Administrative Expense 1 544 29
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries 3 312 28
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Principals' Salaries
7 275 50
Teachers' Salaries
62 742 06
Text Books
1 383 08
Stationery, Supplies and
Miscellaneous
2 442 40
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Janitors' Wages
8 383 10
Fuel
4 529 62
Miscellaneous
2 389 55
Repairs
2 524 47
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Libraries
42 69
Health
1 965 77
Transportation
1 500 00
Sundries
1 295 06
OUTLAY
New Equipment
269 52
Total Expenditures
$105 199 39
Unexpended Balance .61
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMIZED
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
S. Stewart Esten, Salary
$3 600 00
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Administrative Process Seminar,
Charts $ 3 00
Beaudette & Co., stencils 2 05
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Bruce Publishing Co., Subscription
School Board Journal 6 00
Louise A. Considine, mileage at-
tendance officer 95 08
Douglas Print, contracts printed
12 00
Emerson & Co., stamp pad and ink
1 30
Mittag & Volger, carbon paper
5 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Company, service
108 24
John R. Parker, P. M., envelopes,
cards and stamps
42 76
The School Executive, magazine
renewal
3 00
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger blanks 4 16
John H. Wyatt Company, vivid roll, stencils
19 70
Harriet E. Gelinas, salary
1 242 00
Total
$ 1 544 29
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries
3 312 28
Principals' Salaries
7 275 50
Teachers' Salaries
62 742' 06
TEXT BOOKS
Allyn & Bacon
52 95
American Book Company
24 81
American Education Press
2 00
Arlo Publishing Co.
6 14
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
11 09
Banks, Upshaw & Co.
16 56
Beckley-Cardy Co.
25 60
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
2 55
Boston Music Co.
13 46
Bruce Publishing Co.
1 85
Character Building Publications
22 50
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Circle Book Co.
4 67
Cooperative Study of Secondary
School Standards
90
Carl Fischer, Inc.
9 75
Ginn & Company
247 99
D. C. Heath & Co.
158 09
Henry Holt & Co.
8 31
Houghton Mifflin Co.
45 04
Iroquois Publishing Co.
38
Johnson Publishing Co.
11 76.
Jr .- Sr. High Clearing House
5 00
The Macmillan Company
80 59
Charles E. Merrill Co.
48 77
National Conservation Bureau
13 60
National Education Association
1 00
Thomas Nelson & Sons
5 13
Newson & Company
14 22
The Orthovis Company
1 20
The A. N. Palmer Company
1 70
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
30 30
Row Peterson & Co.
17 97
Scott Foresman & Co.
234 43
Charles Scribner's Sons
7 99
Silver Burdett Company
16 13
The L. W. Singer Co.
59 17
South-Western Publishing Co.
54 65
Stephen Daye Press
61
O. H. Toothaker
20 81
Treasurer of United States
1 00
Webster Publishing Co.
15 04
John C. Winston Co.
83 37
World Book Company
4 00
Total
$1 383 08
STATIONERY, SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS
American Type Founders Sales Corps., Shop materials 23 10
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Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co., blades 4 64
Edward E. Babb Co., schoolroom supplies 93 08
Beckley-Cardy Co., clock dial
1 07
Brodhead-Garrett Co., shop lumber sandpaper
286 52
Central Scientific Co., science
supplies
30 44
John S. Cheever Co., paper
653 43
Cooperative Test Service, tests
24 35
Douglas Print, report cards
22 25
H. J. Dowd Co., schoolroom supplies
37 90
Dowling School Supply Co., paper
2 20
Educational Guild of N. E., schoolroom
supplies 9 70
Educational Test Bureau, tests 4 81
Ginn & Company, class record books 24 00
J. L. Hammett Company, schoolroom supplies 113 27
Charles W. Homeyer & Co., Inc., music 19 86 Informative Classroom Teacher,
schoolroom supplies 2 97
H. B. McArdle, schoolroom supplies 50 78
Milton Bradley Co., schoolroom sup-
plies 352 82
National Committee for Art Appreci- ation, pictures 5 50
The A. N. Palmer Co., pencils 18 47
George T. Pascoe, schoolroom sup- plies 21 92
3 00
A. S. Peterson, notebook, fillers, ink Remington Rand, Inc., typewriter J. A. Rice Co., supplies for sewing classes
40 00
9 55
R. H. S. Cafeteria, food classes 39 18
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., shop materials 25 79
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Rome Bros., shop materials 30 49
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters replaced 225 00
School Arts Magazine, subscription 3 00
School Products Bureau, schoolroom supplies 5 54
Singer Sewing Machine Co., needles
56
South Western Publishing Co.,
bookkeeping sets
46 89
State Department of Education, film service 22 50
O. H. Toothaker, pencils, maps 93 80
Walberg & Auge, music supplies 1 15
Henry J. Winde Co., shop materials
22 55
F. W. Woolworth Co., special class materials 2 30
World Book Co., tests 35 64
John H. Wyatt Co., stencils and ink
9 05
Yale University Film Service, film services 16 97
Joseph G. Zifchock, colored tickets
6 36
Total
$2 442 40
JANITORS' WAGES
Charles Metevier, Junior-Senior
High $1 620 32
Andrew T. Leck, Junior-Senior high 1 349 92
J. J. L. DeCosta, Mckinley 1 174 50
Maurice Mullen, Mckinley
988 31
Harold Morse, Jefferson
926 24
Frank O'Hara, Gleason and Web- ster Street 753 31
Frank Curtis, Lincoln 1 000 00
Elizabeth Casey, Central Street 180 00
Ardelle Cushing, Market Street 350 00
Mary Davis, Helper at Mckinley
40 50
Total
$8 383 10
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FUEL
Abington Coal Corporation $2 918 61
Albert Culver Company 980 18
Rockland Coal & Grain Company 613 83
Roderick Mackenzie 17 00
Total
$4 529 62
MISCELLANEOUS
Arrow System, gym mat cleansed 18 00
Atlas Products Co., light bulbs 10 32
Ralph F. Bass, paper toweling 42 50
Boston Janitors' Supply Co., sweep- ing compound 67 52
Brockton Edison Company, service 1 247 22 Arthur M. Buckley, janitors' supplies 62 59
Arthur M. Condon, cleaning powder 22 75
Continental Car-Na-Var Corpora-
tion, floor wax 6 30
P. & F. Corbin, keys 63
F. H. Crane & Sons. Inc., spangles 7 90
Albert Culver Co., lawn seed 4 50
Dominic DelPrete, garbage removal at McKinley School 11 50
C. B. Dolge Co., disinfectant 65 27
H. J. Dowd Co., sweeping compound 35 00
M. F. Ellis & Co., sweeping com- pound 8 75
Flexoid Products, Inc., boiler treatment 3 00 Gilbert Howe Gleason Co., cleaning sewage pump at Jefferson 7 75
L. M. Glover Co., floor wax 40 76
Hickey Bros., cleaning fluid 30
A. C. Horn Company, floor wax 78 15
William M. Horner, Janitors' sup-
plies 11 25
Lamb's Store, Janitors' supplies 45
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Carlton E. McPhee, light bulbs 25 71
Patrick H. Mahoney, loam for high school grounds 32 00
Market St. Garage, gas for cleaning printing press 1 35
Masury-Young Company, floor oil 52 31
Alfred T. Metivier, clearing poison ivy at Jefferson 10 00
Geo. M. B. Miller, gas for cleaning printing press 92
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 121 54
Old Colony Gas Co. 22 82
Raynham Bleachery, cleaning cloths
18 70
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., fertilizer for grounds 5 70
Rockland Water Department, service 273 12
Rome Bros., lawn seed 2 50
The Swan Company, wax and wool
pads 41 10
The Tropical Paint & Oil Company, Janitors' supplies 6 68
Wadsworth Howland & Co., Inc., Janitors' supplies 20 50
West Disinfecting Company, rust
polish paste 2 19
Total
$2 389 55
REPAIRS
Abrasive Products, Inc., process
paper 8 97
Stanley R. Ames, repairing high
school amplifier 2 00
H. H. Arnold Co., Inc., materials for repairs 1 77
Waldo W. Atwood, labor digging pipe
line at Central St., school 16 50
E. E. Babb Co., Inc., window shades
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repaired
90 25
Joseph H. Baker, clocks repaired
5 50
George N. Beal, water pipe repaired, welding rod 1 25
E. J. Beary, flush repaired at
Mckinley school 1 00
Bloom, South & Gurney, mastic flooring 40 00
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., glass
22 81
Burke & James, Inc., two paper cutter spring's 41
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., ser- vice contract 5 00
W. D. Cashin Co., valve spud
44
C. & D. Plumbing & Hardware Sup- plies, materials for repairs 24 77
Chase, Parker & Co., Inc., shovels replaced 6 38
Commonwealth Electric & Radio Co.,
sanding machine parts 6 10
Corrosion Solvent Eng. Corp., boiler treatment 16 00
Albert Culver Co., cement repairing high school steps 9 80
Orrin R. Cummings, plastering repairs 177 70
Damon Electric, electrical repairs 14 15
A. B. Dick Co., mimeograph cylinder 3 50
Luther O. Draper Shade Co., re- placing shade cord 12 64
Flexoid Products Co., materials for cleaning boilers 56 00
General Electric Co., printing press motor repaired 22 75
Harry I. Granger, fire extinguishers repaired 4 50
Hall & Torrey, materials for repairs 145 86
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J. D. Harris & Co., concrete floor covering 15 97
Hobart-Farrell Plumbing & Heating
Co., materials for repairs 163 14
William M. Horner, materials for repairs 61 85
Geo. W. S. Hyde, two furnace hoes repaired 3 00
International Eng. Works. Inc., paint for lockers 12 02
Johnson Service Co., 1 valve body complete 3 00
Leonard Valve Co., valve repaired for H. S. heating system 50 95
J. S. McCallum, plumbing repairs at Mckinley and Jefferson 68 83
Mass. Division of the Blind, pianos tuned and repaired, chairs caned 42 30
A. L. Measures, painting at high school 55 20
Merrick Engineering Co., replacing slates at Mckinley in place of snow guards
17 00
Alfred Metivier, sand for repairing high school steps 2 00
Forrest L. Partch, electrical repairs 70 68
Louis A. Reardon, labor on high school sewerage system 120 10
Richardson & Boynton Co., grate for high school boiler 10 75
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., materials for repairs 57 79
Rockland Paint & Hardware Co., materials for repairs 34 25
Rockland Water Dept., repairs at Central St., and High school 146 16
Rockland Welding & Engineering Co., printing press welded 4 00
Rome Bros., materials for repairs 244 44
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Harry L. Rome, curtains repaired 10 25
Roscoe Laboratories, cement 64
William B. Savage Co., auditorium cur- tains relined 106 25
Edwin Schutt, misc. repairs at schools 324 86
Singer Sewing Machine Co., adjusting machines 60
Sloane Valve Co., valves for plumbing system 99
L. C. Smith & Corona typewriters Inc., machines repaired 4 20
W. A. Snow Co., Inc., grates 7 00
Sphinx Chair Glide Co., glides for cafeteria stools 67 50
Standard Electric Time Co., clock repairs 43 50
Stone Hardware Co., door closers repaired 22 29
Telescope Folding Furniture Co., cot covers Nursery school 14 00
William Thorpe, electrical repairs 21 00
W. H. Turbayne, repairing Golding press
18 44
Welsbach Co., mantles replaced 1 47
The White-Warner Co., one door frame 2 00
Total
$2 524 47
LIBRARIES
American Book Company, books 1 84
Ginn & Company, books 1 75
Houghton Mifflin Company, books 3 48
2 43
McGraw Hill Book Company, books Arthur E. Tarbell, books Time, magazines 8 00
19 34
O. H. Toothaker, two atlases 3 80
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Macmillan Company, books 2 05
Total
$ 42 69
HEALTH
Bemis Drug Co., supplies 6 24
Louise A. Considine, salary 1 466 72
Louise A. Considine, mileage
95 09
Fred S. Delay, supplies
30 81
Joseph H. Dunn, M. D. salary
175 00
Joseph Frame, M. D. salary
175 00
Horace Partridge Co., soccor ball
4 05
Plymouth County Health Association audiometer rental 2 00
Thomas W. Reed Co., tongue de- pressors 10 86
Total
$1 965 77
TRANSPORTATION
John J. Dwyer
$1 485 00
Howland's Insurance Office, bond 15 00
Total $1 500 00
SUNDRIES
Frank S. Alger, advertising bids 12 00
Babson's Statistical Organization, poster service 14 00
F. J. Barnard Company, books re- bound 140 02
Brockton Transportation Co., expressage 75
Buck Printing Co., "Senior Prom" tickets 6 37
Phillip S. Collins, insurance
premium 92 24
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Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5 00
Everett S. Damon, insurance
premium 154 00
Josephine Fitzgibbons, requested to attend conference at B. U. 1 50
Francis J. Geogan, legal services 50 00
J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas 77 99
Howland's Insurance Office, insur- ance premium 116 21
Jenkins & Simmons Express, expres- sage 37 71
Dr. Edward A. Lincoln, administer-
ing tests for first grade entrance 60 00
McCarthy Freight System, Inc., expressage 1 10
Charles E. Morgan, census enumer- ation 64 10
Nemasket Transportation Co., expressage 50
N. Y., N. H. & Hartford R. R., freight charges 3 14
James F. O'Connor, insurance premium 63 00
John B. O'Hayre, requested to at-
tend Course given at B. U. 12' 00
Amos A. Phelps, insurance premiums 260 28
Chester J. Poliks, requested to at- tend conference at B. U. 1 50
Pro Merito Society, pins 13 00
Quincy Patriot Ledger, advertising bids 5 10
A. I. Randall, printing school reports
73 80
Rockland Standard, advertising 6 50
Rockland Transportation Co., expressage 1 35
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Warren B. Woodward, insurance premium 21 90
Total
$1 295 06
NEW EQUIPMENT
J. L. Hammett Co., desk and chair units 252 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., lumber for music cabinet 7 52
Singer Sewing Machine Co., sec-
ond hand machine for Sp. class 10 00
Total $ 269 52
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Rockland:
The eleventh annual report of my work as Superintend- ent of Schools is submitted.
To minimize printing expense, we are following the plan of the past few years by presenting the reports of the Superintendent and the High School Principal, along with statistical data. These reports include general ac- complishments and needs of all department in the entire school system.
In 1931 our school budget was $128,500 and this past year it has been $105,200 which represents a reduction of $23,300 or 18%. In 1931 we had an enrollment of 1498. Of this number 813 were elementary pupils and 685 Junior-Senior High pupils. In 1939 our total enroll- ment came to 1483 and of this number 778 were in the elementary schools and 705 in the Junior-Senior high.
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The gross cost of educating a pupil in the elementary school in 1939 was $65.66 whereas the cost in the Junior Senior High in 1939 was $76.77 indicating that high school education is more expensive due to more costly equipment and higher salaries paid to the teaching per- sonnel. It is also true that school costs have increased the past two years from 10 to 25%. This condition has necessitated a great deal of careful planning in order to reduce the cost of education to a minimum and still main- tain a high degree of efficiency commensurate with the expenditure of money until such time as additional funds are available. I am convinced that we have spent only in the wisest manner, for the greatest good and without waste or extravagance. Economy has been practiced and savings effected in many instances.
DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS
Tardiness Record
The principal of the high school and the teachers in the elementary schools by continuous effort on their part and the cooperation of the parents have maintained a very satisfactory record of tardiness for the past school year. In 1928-1929 the number was 1882 whereas in 1938-1939 the number has been reduced to 991 with an enrollment of 1483. This policy of being punctual is fundamental in the life of boys and girls who will need to be prompt in their business and social relationships upon leaving school. May we urge continued support on the part of parents so that our present record may be improved.
Junior Red Cross
The Junior Red Cross is continuing its excellent work in our schools under the direction of the town representa- tive, Mrs. Esther Rawson, ably assisted by a committee of teachers. Activities have been sponsored to raise money by teachers and pupils to remedy physical defects, requiring teeth, tonsil and adenoid removals. In addi- tion to these services the money raised by this organiza-
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tion has been used to purchase shoes, rubbers and an oc- casional pair of eye glasses for children whose economic status would not permit these necessities.
Music Department
A new Course of Study in Music, prepared by the Su- pervisor of Vocal Music, has been adopted by the School Committee for the elementary schools and it becomes effective as of January 1940. This Course has been pre- pared to accompany the music series which we are now using. This course is worked out by calendar months so that appropriate music will be taught monthly.
Milk Fund Project
We continue to be grateful to the Rockland Kiwanis Club for their interest and effort in sponsoring the milk fund which has made it possible for 150 children in our schools to receive each a half pint of pasteurized milk along with two graham crackers daily while schools are in session for a period from November 14, 1938, until April 14, 1939. Those who received this luncheon were the boys and girls of parents who financially were unable to furnish this additional food to their children. The
Club raised the money this year by public subscription, by donations of money placed in milk bottles in the busi- ness houses of the town and from receipts of an Old Tim- ers Baseball game as well as a Soft Ball game. It re- quires from five to seven hundred dollars annually to meet this expense depending upon the number of boys and girls assisted. The money raised for the milk fund renders invaluable aid to the children of our town from the stand- point of health. Weight charts which are kept in the elementary schools prove conclusively that these pupils are physically benefited.
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