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ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND SCHOOL NURSE
LOUISE A. CONSIDINE, R.N. 410 Liberty 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.
NORBERT F. LOUGH, M.D. 53 Franklin Avenue
Office Tel. 935 Residence Tel. 935
Office Hours : By appointment.
DENTAL HYGIENIST
ETTA MURGIDA 131 Reed Street Office Tel. 1357 Residence Tel. 1313-W
Office hours at the Mckinley School daily when schools are in session from 8:45 to 11:45 A. M., and from 1:00 to 3:00 P. M.
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DIGEST OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Any pupil desiring to enter the first grade in September, 1943, must have passed his or her fifth birthday by March 1, 1943.
Children eligible to enter school in September 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 Committee and Board of Health have ruled that certificates of unfitness for vaccination must be renewed each year. Children com- ing into the school system from other places, whether at the opening of the year in September or during the school year, will be required to produce satisfactory evidence regarding vaccination.
Pupils desiring to enter the first grade must enroll on or before October 1. Otherwise, they will not be admitted.
The school hours for the first grade children, shall be from 8:45 until 11:15 A. M. The afternoon session shall correspond with other grades, 1:00 until 3:00 P. M. The morning session for grades two to six shall be from 8:45 until 11:45 o'clock. The ruling took effect December 8, 1941. An exception is made during the winter months when the afternoon session of the elementary schools concludes at 2:45. 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 physician before re-entering. In cases of doubt, or in cases where there exists a suspicion of contagion, the parents 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 seven and sixteen years must be in school except those between fourteen and sixteen years of age who are actually employed under the authority of an employment certificate, a home permit or a special certificate permitting farm or domestic em- ployment, issued by the Superintendent of Schools.
Any pupil who habitually violates rules of the schools or otherwise seriously interferes with the proper and orderly operation of the school which he attends may be temporarily excluded by the teacher or the superinten- dent 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 com- pulsory age-from seven to sixteen.
Teachers may require a written excuse signed by a parent or guardian covering any case of absence, tardi- ness or dismissal.
Whenever a pupil is suspended by a teacher or prin- cipal, for any cause for any length of time, an immedi- ate 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 quarter 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.
Those pupils using the school bus because of health reasons are required to renew certificates of health annually.
Recent Rulings Pertaining to Our Schools
Any school employee who reaches the age of seventy shall retire from service in the Rockland School System
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at the conclusion of the school year in which their seven- tieth birthday occurs.
All school employees must furnish the Superintendent of Schools with a birth certificate which shall be part of the school records.
All new school employees must submit to a tubercular examination before accepting a school position, a report of the examination to be submitted to the Superintendent of Schools.
Voted to use the high school building for those activ- 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 rep- resent the School Committee in charge of all school build- ings 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 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 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, 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 $118 per year ; Junior High $70; elementary grades $75.
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
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attendance and maintain satisfactory averages in all subjects.
Classes in the high school of less than ten in any sub- ject shall be discontinued unless two classes can be combined.
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.
Voted to grant to any school employee a leave of absence to enter the armed service and that his position be open to him upon his return.
Voted to do away with the rule against hiring married women for the duration of the war.
Voted that any woman teacher marrying a person in the service may retain her position and salary for the dura- tion and that any permanent substitute shall receive the salary called for by the position if her husband enters the armed service.
Rulings Regarding Payment of Salaries to Teachers
The teachers of the Rockland Schools shall receive their salaries bi-weekly after two weeks of actual classroom teaching-except through July and August when pay- ments shall be made not later than the 15th of each month. Whenever there is a vacation period during the school year which causes a lapse of three weeks in pay- ment of salary two salary checks of one week each will be paid.
Five days of personal "sick leave" shall be allowed full time members of the teaching personnel without loss of salary in any school year.
Any part time members of the teaching personnel shall receive compensation for sick leave in the same propor- tion that his or her part time service bears to full time service.
A member of the teaching personnel shall receive full pay for five calendar days for death in the immediate family. "Immediate family" includes parents, wife, hus- band, brother, sister or children.
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For each day's absence, with the exception of the two reasons mentioned above, 1/200 of the yearly salary shall be deducted for full time members of the teaching per- sonnel. Part time members of the teaching personnel shall have deducted 1/80 of the yearly salary for each day's absence with the exception of the two reasons men- tioned above.
The teaching personnel in the above rulings applies to all full time classroom teachers and principals; full time and part time supervisors ; school nurse and attendance officer; excepting the principal of the junior-senior high school and the Superintendent of Schools.
REPORT OF ROCKLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Rockland :
The members of your School Committee have en- deavored to give you the best administration possible for the year 1942, and recommend for your consideration, the detailed accounts of the Superintendent of Schools, Prin- cipal of the Junior-Senior High School, financial report and statistics.
We are grateful to all the organizations who give help to deserving pupils, in the form of scholarships, medals and other prizes.
The Kiwanis Club, sponsor of the Milk Fund, is to be highly commended for that, and many other kindnesses to the needy children of the town.
We are administering our schools in difficult war days but are carrying on the work as efficiently as is possible. The Superintendent of Schools, teachers and all the other employees of the School Department have cooperated with us in maintaining an efficient system, and their efforts are greatly appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
M. AGNES KELLEHER, Chairman MAGORISK L. WALLS, Secretary DANA S. COLLINS DR. WILLIAM A. LOUD
MARION MANSFIELD DONOVAN
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
RESOURCES 1942
General Appropriation $124,806.77
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses
$5,864.79
Expense of Instruction
89,213.85
Operation and Maintenance
22,586.51
Auxiliary Agencies
7,044.73
New Equipment
88.32
Total Expenditures $124,798.20
Unexpended Balance $8.57
Town Treasurer's Receipts on Account of Schools
State Reimbursements :
Teachers' Salaries $10,298.25
Tuition and Transportation of Wards 940.78
City of Boston for Tuition and Transportation of Wards 172.19
McKinley School Rental 56.00
High School Gymnasium Rental 85.50
Tuition
20.00
Materials sold in High School Shop
16.25
Total Receipts $11,588.97
NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO TOWN
$113,209.23
Rental of McKinley Hall and Senior High Gymnasium
Town Appropriation to offset expenses $250.00 Expenditures :
Warren B. Woodward, Insurance $40.50 Brockton Edison Co., Service 201.30
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Albert Culver Co., Fuel 8.20
Total Expenditures $250.00
Appropriation to Offset Expense of W. P. A. Projects Housed at Mckinley School and Use of Building for National Defense Program
Town Appropriation $500.00
Expenditures :
Harold J. Inkley, Janitor Service $65.00
Maurice Mullen, Janitor Service 68.72
Old Colony Gas Co., Service 15.99
Brockton Edison Co., Service 48.91
Albert Culver Co., Fuel Oil
301.38
Total Expenditures
$500.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMIZED
Superintendent of Schools
R. Stewart Esten, Salary
$3,766.72
Other Administrative Expenses
American School Board Journal,
Subscription $6.00
Beaudette & Co., stencils and ink 4.60
Considine, Louise A., mileage for attendance work 104.11
Esten, R. Stewart, mileage
250.00
Gelinas, Harriet E., salary
1,520.00
Kee Lox Mfg. Co., carbon paper and typewriter ribbons 4.96
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service
121.32
John R. Parker, P.M., stamped
envelopes and postal cards 78.90
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The School Executive, subscription 2.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger blanks
6.18
Total
$2,098.07
Expense of Instruction
Supervisors' Salaries
$3,703.64
Principals' Salaries
8,164.77
Teachers' Salaries
71,405.98
Total
$83,274.39
Text Books
Aero Publishers, Inc
$5.15
Allyn & Bacon
22.09
American Book Co.
80.46
Arlo Publishing Co.
14.68
Walter H. Baker Co.
3.50
Beckley-Cardy Co.
5.35
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
99.36
Champion Book Co.
1.62
Champion Publishing Co.
12.21
College Entrance Book Co., Inc.
3.60
Crown Publishers
2.98
Educators Progress League
3.00
Frontier Press Co.
6.02
Georgia School Book Depository
6.07
Ginn & Company
354.50
Government Printing Office
4.35
Gregg Publishing Co.
.78
Hall & McCreary Co.
54.26
Harcourt Brace Co.
16.36
D. C. Heath Co.
92.68
Henry Holt & Co.
14.21
Houghton Mifflin Co.
57.33
Laidlaw Bros.
24.26
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1.57
Little Brown & Co.
20.71
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McGraw Hill Book Co.
11.00
Macmillan Co.
70.83
A. N. Marquis Co.
9.00
Charles E. Merrill Co.
27.62
The National Forum
52.75
National Institute of Public Education
4.00
Noble & Noble Publishers, Inc.
16.44
Rand McNally Co.
38.60
Science Research Associates
10.43
Scott, Foresman & Co.
106.62
Charles Scribner's Sons
43.26
South Dakota Press
1.98
South Western Publishing Co.
36.56
Arthur E. Tarbell
27.50
O. H. Toothaker
64.50
United Publishers Service
20.01
R. W. Wagner Co.
31.50
Webster Publishing Co.
13.98
John C. Winston Co.
13.88
World Almanac
2.50
World Book Co.
113.73
Total
$1,623.79
Stationery, Supplies and Miscellaneous
American Type Founders Sales Corp.,
shop supplies
$57.90
E. E. Babb Co., schoolroom supplies 295.49
C. C. Birchard & Co., music 13.13
Boston Blue Print Co., Inc., shop supplies 18.40
Boston Music Co., music
42.22
C. & D. Hardware & Plumbing Sup-
plies, shop supplies
1.95
California Test Bureau, tests
3.45
Central Scientific Co., Science supplies
68.15
John S. Cheever Co., paper 718.29
Cook & Co., tests 19.00
Cooperative Test Service, tests
12.17
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Richard A. Dailey, typewriter covers
7 platens 28.00
Dimond-Union Stamp Co., stamp .50
H. J. Dowd Co., Inc., schoolroom supplies 66.99
Dowling School Supply Co., school- room supplies 73.75
Carl Fischer, Inc., orchestra music 2.62
The Flax Co., carbon paper
6.75
Gaylord Bros., catalog cards
5.80
Gledhill Bros., Inc., schoolroom supplies 78.71
J. L. Hammett Co., schoolroom
supplies 1,664.33
Keep Klean Apron Co., aprons for chemistry classes
18.00
H. B. McArdle, schoolroom supplies
34.26
Mass. Dept. of Education, film service
80.00
John C. Moore Corporation, paper
22.27
The Music Mart, music
15.55
The National Education Association,
posters 5.77
News Map of the Week, maps
60.00
Horace Partridge, merchandise for
physical education classes 12.51
George T. Pascoe, pen
.96
A. S. Peterson, tags, bill heads, etc.
1.80
Phillips Ribbon & Carbon Co., hektograph carbon 20.00
Phillips Paper Co., paper
145.47
A. I. Randall, Inc., 1,000 ruled sheets
18.45
Reformatory for Women, flags
24.83
R. H. S. Cafeteria, food classes
84.32
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., merchandise for shop 12.24
Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
merchandise for sewing classes 3.80
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc., typewriters exchanged €
143.15
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South Western Publishing Co., bookkeeping materials 41.75
Visual Education Service, Inc., film service and materials 52.59
Vita Specialties, book covers
3.16
W. M. Welch Mfg. Co., class record books
28.97
Henry J. Winde Co., shop materials
168.43
Winde, McCormick & Chapin, shop
materials 104.09
John H. Wyatt Co., miscellaneous supplies
35.70
Total
$4,315.67
Janitors' Wages
Charles Metivier, Junior-Senior
High $1,801.00
Andrew T. Leck, Junior-Senior High 1,517.50
J. J. L. DeCosta, Mckinley 1,211.84
Maurice Mullen, Mckinley
1,395.00
Frank O'Hara, Gleason
776.64
William Sanborn, Jefferson
1,214.38
Elizabeth Casey
229.00
Frank Curtis
1,150.00
Harold J. Inkley, extra services at McKinley
82.00
Total
$9,377.36
Fuel
Abington Coal Corp.
$3,563.68
Albert Culver Co.
1,469.18
Lot Phillips Co.
3.00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co.
676.16
Total $5,712.02
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Miscellaneous Operating Expenses
A. P. W. Paper Co., paper toweling $72.50
Boston Janitors Supply Co., sweeping compound 216.62
Brockton Edison Co., service
1,420.97
Brockton Window Cleaning Co., cleaning high school windows
86.00
C. B. Dolge Co., janitors' supplies 211.00
H. J. Dowd Co., Inc., air raid tape for windows, paper towels 36.24
Duro Test Corp., light bulbs
16.13
Eastern Products Co., janitors' supplies 203.38
M. F. Ellis & Co., mops
10.80
Finnell System, Inc., wool pads
11.99
The Glover Products, janitors' supplies 27.15
A. C. Horn Co., janitors' supplies 65.35
William M. Horner, janitors' supplies 130.25
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., floor sealer 13.25
Masury-Young Co., floor oil 162.47
Mystic Waste Co., wiping cloths
132.37
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service elementary schools 239.16
Old Colony Gas Co., service
41.04
Orient Spray Co., janitors' supplies 21.00
Margaret Quinn, salary 8.00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., merchandise 1.19
Rockland Water Dept., service 245.45
William Sanborn, labor at high school 24.00
State Prison Colony, brushes 25.06
Taunton Lumber Co., janitors' supplies 17.50
Tropical Paint & Oil Co., janitors' supplies 96.45
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Charles A. Waterman, janitors' supplies 42.62
Total
$3,577.94
Repairs
James Appleford, labor at Market and Webster St., Schools $2.50
Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co., cutters and handles 6.70
Beal-Harlow Chevrolet Co., welding 10.00
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., glass 27.24
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., service contract 6.60
The Burton Saw Co., repairing shop equipment 11.96
C. & D. Hardware & Plumbing Sup- plies, misc. materials for repairs 20.29
Chase Parker & Co., Inc., materials for repairs 5.09
Clarke Sanding Machine Co., replac- ing sanding machine, sandpaper 148.72
Combustion Control Corporation, Firemaster installed at H. S. 550.00
P. & F. Corbin, door checks repaired, master keys 17.56
Craftsmen Machinery Co., press repairs 13.00 Damon Electric, electrical repairs 4.00
A. B. Dick Co., mimeograph adjusted 5.10
Forse Corporation, replacing shades 148.41
Thomas Fox, repairs at Lincoln School 7.80
Hall & Torrey, merchandise for repairs 15.12
The Halsey W. Taylor Co., merchan- dise for plumbing repairs 3.13
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Highland House Locksmith Co., door checks repaired 7.50
John V. Hoadley, miscellaneous repairs at all schools 101.61
Marcy Hardware Co., materials for repairs .59
Massachusetts Division of the Blind, pianos tuned 6.00
Herman A. Poole, lawn mower sharpened 1.00
Louis A. Reardon, leaks in high school gym repaired 147.75
Remington Rand., Inc., typewriter repairs 8.25
Donald F. Robbins Co., heater adjust-
ments at Mckinley, replacing unit in refrigerator at high school 346.49
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., materials for repairs 54.06
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co.,
materials for repairs 242.57
Rockland Water Dept., repairing leaks in high school gym 13.50
Rome Bros., materials for repairs
110.08
Harry Rome, replacing shades
47.35
Royal Typewriter Co., typewriters repaired 1.75
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Russell-Erwin Mfg. Co., door closers
repaired 3.48
Sager Electrical Supply Co., replacing light globes 13.38
Edwin A. Schutt, miscellaneous
repairs at all schools 1,674.77
Singer Sewing Machine Co., machines repaired 3.30
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L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc., typewriters overhauled 19.50
Sphinx Chair Glide Co., 200 sets chair glides 28.00
Standard Electric Time Co., wiring for air raid alarm, clock tape and maintenance contract 55.35
Forrest L. Partch, electrical repairs at high school 10.19
Visual Education Service, Inc., 2 take-
up belts for projector 1.58
Charles A. Waterman, 1 set plate casters 7.34
Woodward-Wanger Co., plumbing materials 10.58
Total
$3,919.19
Libraries
The Clearing House, magazine $3.00
Current History, magazine 2.00
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Yearbook 10.00
National Association Secondary School Principals, magazine
2.00
National Geographic Society, magazine
3.00
Victor E. Pattou, magazine
8.00
The Quarrie Corporation, books
79.73
School Activities, book and magazine 4.00
United Publishers Service, books 12.20
R. W. Wagner Co., books 7.95
Total $131.88
Health
Bemis Drug Co., supplies $23.92
Louise A. Considine, mileage 104.15
Louise A. Considine, salary
1,750.00
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Joseph H. Dunn, M.D., salary 200.00
Herbert J. Hulse, M.D., salary 149.94
Norbert Lough, M.D., salary
45.06
Mark Lydon, M.D., services
5.00
Jordan Marsh Co., mattress for cot
4.95
Plymouth County Health Association, audiometer rental 1.00
Thomas W. Reed Co., tongue
depressors
18.52
Total
$2,302.54
Transportation
Rockland Motors, Inc., use of buses $3,550.00
Warren B. Woodward, bond 26.62
Total
$3,576.62
Athletics
James W. Brine Co., merchandise $170.90
H. J. Dowd Co., Inc., water container 9.25
Horace Partridge Co., merchandise 76.52
Ranney's, sweaters
93.55
Rockland Motors, Inc., football transportation 49.78
Total
$400.00
Sundries
Babson's Statistical Organization, poster service $16.20
F. J. Barnard Co., rebinding books 97.97
Bourne's Transportation Co., express 4.82
Sarah Caplice, salary for civic education classes 140.00
Charles Calanan, Brockton Enter- prise ad 3.00
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Deehan's Express, express
2.25
J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas 98.17
J. L. Hammett Co., diploma covers 61.21
D. C. Heath Co., books for Adult Civic Education Classes 16.72
Hemingway Express, express .53
Jenkins & Simmons Express, express 17.20
Blanche Leroy, salary for Civic Education Classes 17.50
Florence Morgan, census enumeration 63.25
Peerless Motor Express, Inc., express .97
Amos A. Phelps & Son, insurance 3.90
Pro Merito Society, pins 14.30
A. I. Randall, stock for graduation programs and tickets 7.20
Rockland Auto Service, express 18.50
Rockland Standard, school reports, setting up type 27.10
Rockland Transportation Co., express
.50
A. Towle Co., express .50
Warren B. Woodward, public liability policy
21.90
Total
$633.69
New Equipment
Delta Electric Co., three lanterns $5.00
Frank E. Fitts, ladder 11.40
Melvin M. Hines, black-out curtains 35.02
Visual Education Service, Inc.,
rewinds and splicer for projector 27.00
Yawman Erbe Mfg, Co., file 9.90
Total
$88.32
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Due to the active participation of our Country in World War II our activities this year in the schools have been molded with the idea that our chief aim shall be to assist the war effort in whatever ways we may, so that the prosecution of war may be complete and successful and thereby assure the preservation of the American way of life and the continuance of democratic education in our land.
From time to time we shall find it necessary to revamp our school program of studies, especially in the high school, more nearly to meet the requirements made by the army and navy upon our pupils when they enter the service of their country. Already we have introduced a course in "The Elements of Aeronautics" for senior boys which should prove helpful for those who enter our armed service. At present we are giving consideration to changes in our Mathematics and Science Courses to conform to the Army and Navy requirements. If more time can be found in our program for Physical Education it should be stiffened and made more vital in the war effort.
The schools were called upon to assist in rationing of certain foods and materials. The first period of rationing in the spring pertained to War Ration Book One for sugar and this was followed by two more periods for gasoline and fuel oil. Considerable planning is necessary for this type of work but we believe it was handled expeditiously by the teachers with a minimum of confusion. It was advisable for the schools to be closed parts of days in order to give the type of service most acceptable to the public. Undoubtedly the point system of rationing which will soon be instituted by the government will require additional planning and may result in the closing of schools for parts of days. I wish at this time to thank all those who assisted in the program for several teach- ers returned during the summer vacation to help with the gasoline rationing which occurred in July.
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Continued effort is being made to operate our schools as economically as possible but keeping in mind the wis- dom of effective instruction and adequate equipment. Our costs have increased the past year due to the lowered purchasing power of money and the scarcity of goods. Teachers' salaries of necessity have been increased in order to meet the much greater cost of living and to secure qualified teachers (military substitutes) who have taken the places of those who have entered the service of our country. Salaries now of school employees are not comparable, in many cases, to the salaries and wages being paid to employees who are working in war indus- tries for similar training and experience.
Better economic conditions for both citizens and high school pupils have been evidenced in a comparison of working certificates issued from my office this year with those just ten years ago. In 1932 there were 131 incidents for which we issued working certificates whereas this past year there were 581 working incidents. These fig- ures show an increase of more than 400% as well as indicating a shortage of adult workers. More and more we are being called upon to recommend students to fill positions which are open to them. The calls for pupil help are more than we are able to fill at present. It is our wish to cooperate with both employers and students by assisting in this most worthwhile undertaking.
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