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HIGH SCHOOL EXPENDITURES AND 1947 BUDGET
Items
Expended 1945
Expended 1946
Budget 1947
INSTRUCTION
Teachers
$45,782.74
$51,842.41
$60,450.00
Textbooks
1,198.57
1,156.93
1,400.00
Supplies
1,300.89
2,409.51
2,250.00
OPERATION
Janitors
8,469.24
9,162.04
10,970.00
Fuel
2,755.83
3,235.17
3,600.00
Other Expense
1,815.71
2,139.72
2,100.00
MAINTENANCE
Repair and Replacement
1,092.72
1,076.08
1,500.00
OUTLAY
Buildings and Grounds
40.00
New Equipment
548.75*
977.17*
800.00
OTHER AGENCIES
Transportation
1,687.83
1,721.46
2,150.00
Health
598.66
650.50
695.00
Tuition
55.00
56.25
50.00
Sundries
238.75
412.79
350.00
Total Expenditures
65,544.67
74,880.03
86,315.00
Appropriation
52,810.00
60,531.99
73,315.00
Other Income
12,750.04
14,348.19
13,000.00
Total Available
$65,560.04
$74,880.18
$86,315.00
'* Includes an amount to be paid for equipment billed but not delivered until following year. (1945: $398.75; 1946: $682.60)
SUMMARY
Elementary
High School
$114,937.86 65,544.67
$126,880.30 74,880.03
$155,710.00 86,315.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$180,482.53
$201,760.33
$242,025.00
From Income
From Appropriation
17,316.45 $163,166.08
19,123.48 $182,636.85
17,600.00 $224,425.00
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the Fairhaven School Committee:
I submit herewith my eighth annual report as Super- intendent of Schools. -
ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP
1942-43
1943-44
1944-45
1945-46
Average Membership
1,637
1,556
1,600
1,634
Percent of Attendance
90.71
93.55
94.02
94.10
More detailed information in regard to enrollment, attendance by schools, and membership by age and grade may be found in tables accompanying this report.
TEACHER CHANGES
Name
Began
Left
Reason
Mary A. S. Sale
Sept. '02
June '46 Retired
Margaret (Siebert) Williams
Sept. '22
June '46
Marriage
Lena J. Russell
Apr. '26
June '46
Retired
Cecile Giguere
Sept. '31
Oct. '46
To teach in
New Bedford
Elina H. Davidson
Mar. '3
June '46
Marriage
Dorothy S. Turner
Sept. '37
June '46
To teach in Needham
Charlotte M. Forgeron
Sept. '41
Dec. '46
To teach in Newton
Byard C. Belyea
Sept. '41
July '46
Resigned (was on leave)
Mary F. Fitzpatrick
Sept. '43
June '46
Substitute
Margery E. Coffin
Sept. '43
June '46
Marriage
Ellen E. Rex
Mar. '43
June '46
Resigned
Rose M. Mellios
Sept. '44
June '46
To teach in Quincy
Dorothy F. Hinckley
Sept. '44
May
'46
Resigned (was on leave)
Pauline Lantz
Sept. '44
Feb. '46
Marriage
Irma M. Sherin
Sept. '45
June
'46
To teach in Brockton
Dorothy M. Howes
Sept. '45
June '46
To teach in Dennis
Florence H. Curley
Sept. '45
June '46
Resigned
Beula M. Lentell
Sept. '45
June '46 Substitute
Lucy F. H. Eldredge
Oct. '45
June '46
Position discontinued
Clara E. Morgan
Sept. '46
Dec. '46
Resigned
We are glad to welcome back from military service Alexander M. Clement and Barbara Berg.
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TEACHERS' SALARIES
The teachers' salary problem is a very serious one be- cause of the decline in the supply of qualified teachers. Salaries must be raised not only to secure and retain teachers now but to make teaching a more attractive pro- fession to enter. If the schools are to receive their due proportion of the intellectual talent of the nation, salary schedules must be comparable to those which attract talent into other professions.
The proposals which the School Committee has in- cluded in the 1947 estimates are, I feel, reasonable and should be adopted as soon as possible.
"IT PAYS"
A National Education Association leaflet calls atten- tion to the relationship between good schools and good business. It quotes the United States Chamber of Com- merce as reporting that WHERE SCHOOLS ARE BEST:
1. Average incomes are greatest.
2. Retail sales are greatest.
3. Rentals for homes are highest.
4. More telephones are used.
5. Fewest men were rejected under Selective Service.
The conclusion is drawn that if education makes people good producers and good consumers, then money spent on schools is a sound investment.
ORGANIZATION
A larger enrollment in the Oxford School area will probably require the restoration of one teaching position next September. The High School Principal's report indi- cates the real need of an additional teacher in the English Department. I should also recommend that an additional teacher be placed in East Fairhaven to restore the position discontinued last June.
TRANSPORTATION
Following the policy of the School Committee we are transporting to school all children south of the railroad bridge on Sconticut Neck, all of grades 8 to 12 east
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of the brook near Mill Road, all of grades 6 and 7 east of the "airport", all children from Oak Grove Lane, and all others two miles or more from school. Special ar- rangements have been made for physically handicapped children. A new taxi route was started last fall when seven children moved to a home on the north end of New Boston Road.
A table showing the number of pupils transported to the various schools is included with this report. You will note that the total number of pupils transported has increased in one year from 340 to 384 with a consequent increase in the cost of transportation.
HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM
The Lunch Room has continued its successful oper- ation under the management of Miss Dorothea L. Jameson. Low prices have been maintained only because of assist- ance from Federal Funds. A small operating loss during the fall term is expected to require a slight rise in prices in January.
The following is a summary of the business for the year ending December 31, 1946:
Receipts
Sales (180 days)
$19,039.78
Federal Funds
4,585.49
Increase in Inventory
918.67
Withdrawn from Surplus
1,996.21
$26,540.15
Expenditures
Personal Services
$5,102.05
Other Expenses of Operation
19,230.73
New Equipment
2,207.37
$26,540.15
CONCLUSION
I wish to express my continued appreciation for your . support and for the cooperative spirit which exists among those with whom I am associated.
Respectfully submitted
FLAVEL M. GIFFORD Superintendent of Schools
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Report of the High School Principal
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I present herewith my tenth annual report as Principal of the Fairhaven High School.
The enrollment figures as of October 1, 1945 and October 1, 1946 appear below.
1945
1946
Grades
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
P. G.
0
0
0
0
2
2
12
39
69
108
44
53
97
11
41
52
93
59
79
138
10
65
90
155
61
74
135
9
67
72
139
69
66
135
H. S. Total 8
212
283
495
233
274
507
73
61
134
66
83
149
School Total
285
344
629
299
357
656
For three successive years there has been an increase in the enrollment.
PUPIL-TEACHER LOAD
The ratio of pupils to teachers, or the "pupil-teacher load", is now nearly up to the maximum approved by the State Department of Education in the new "Proposed Regulations for Approval of Massachusetts High Schools." With reference to this matter for Class A High Schools the Bulletin of the Department of Education suggests 25:1, exclusive of the Principal, as the maximum for approval. This term our pupil-teacher load has been 24.7, a number close to the maximum recommended. In Grade 8 the pupil-teacher load has been 25.5. If Grades 8-12 are re- garded as one school, the teacher-pupil load was 24.9 on October first.
In another section the Bulletin of the Department of Education makes the following statement:
"The programs of teachers with more than 5 classes a day or more than 125 pupils per day will be carefully scrutinized."
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Ten of our teachers have six periods of teaching every day and six of these teachers are in charge of home rooms fifty minutes a day besides. Nine High School teachers and five Eighth Grade teachers instruct more than 125 pupils a day.
To maintain the standards recommended by the De- partment of Education we shall need an additional teacher next September if enrollment figures continue to rise. Classes in English are larger than they should be in view of the importance of the subject and the large amount of time required to read and correct themes and other written work. I recommend, therefore, that a teacher be added to the department of English.
VETERANS
With the ending of hostilities thousands of young men have returned from the various branches of the Armed Service to the schools and colleges of America. Twelve veterans of World War II entered our school last fall to complete their high school education. Eight of these are candidates for a diploma in June 1947. Our school also allows credit for work done in the Veterans' Education Center maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Education. Some boys are earning the required credits for a diploma by using these opportunities. More than 30 veterans came to the High School Principal seeking counsel in regard to educational plans. Time was freely given to a consideration of their problems and many of these young men are now enrolled in colleges in various parts of the country.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE
Everyone familiar with the situation knows that many young people who graduated from high schools last June adequately prepared to do advanced work were unable to enter college because of the unprecedented crowding of higher institutions. In the class graduated from our school in June 1946 there were 108 members. Of these twenty- eight expressed a desire to go on to advanced schools or colleges. By September, twenty-five had been accepted for entrance. Twenty of the twenty-eight wished to enter four-year, degree-granting colleges. Seventeen were ac-
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cepted and entered college in September. Six graduates entered two-year Junior Colleges, three entered Art Schools, and two entered Business or Secretarial Schools. The three students having highest honors at graduation were among those who entered college. All three received scholarships, and two were excused from Freshman English because of the quality of their work. Such results reflect credit upon our school and should be regarded with satis- faction by the citizens of the town.
Something should be said about the young people who complete our business course with high marks. Their services are sought each year by employers, and the reports we receive indicate that they are well equipped to do effici- ent and accurate work. We could have placed more graduates with this training last June if we had had them.
GRADUATION 1946
The speaker at the 94th Annual Commencement was John Nicol Mark of Arlington, Massachusetts. Diplomas were awarded to 108 graduates. The following awards were announced :
The Julia A. Sears Essay Prize Harry C. Barteau, Jr.
The D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award Katherine Ann McKnight
The Lady Fairhaven Cup Daniel O'Connell Mahoney Pauline Ann Pifko
The Lady Fairhaven Citizenship Award Daniel O'Connell Mahoney
The Bausch and Lomb Science Medal Preston Winslow Gifford, Jr.
The College Club Prize Book Elizabeth Vander Pol
The Harvard Club Prize Book Stephen Smith
The pupils with highest honors, Preston W. Gifford, Jr. Dorothy A. Mackinnon and Daniel O. Mahoney had parts in the program. The Class Gift was the sum of $100 to
1
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be used with a similar gift from the Class of 1947 for the purchase of a bronze tablet to honor students of Fairhaven High School who gave their lives in World War II.
ATHLETICS
The physical education and sports program for boys and girls has been carried on as usual this year, and much credit is due Mr. Clement, Mr. Entin, and Miss LaRochelle for the results obtained. When it comes to interscholastic competition, our school is unfortunate in the matter of size. We are somewhat larger than the small high schools, and on that account they are seldom willing to play our teams. On the other hand, we are much smaller than the large high schools whose teams we have to meet. However, our boys show stamina and good coaching, and we manage to win the respect of the opponents and the spectators even when we do not win the game.
Our football field suffered from the flood of salt water that covered it during the 1938 hurricane. Year by year since then, the grass has been fighting a losing battle, and the dust and the hard, bare ground add to the physical hazards of football and field hockey. I recommend that a competent landscape gardener be secured to put the field in good condition before the opening of school next fall. By playing baseball in Cushman Park and by reorganizing our spring physical education program, we could keep off the field during the spring and summer while a new crop of grass was being grown.
Our bleachers are old, and they are weakened each year as they are moved to and from the field. I recommend that some money be set aside each year for the purchase of new bleachers.
Our sports program during the winter months could be greatly strengthened if we had a gymnasium for boys and another for girls. Everywhere there is an increasing interest in basketball. A separate boys' gymnasium with a larger floor and with more room for spectators would be a great asset and should be considered in our long-range planning.
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AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT
A study of educational trends shows an increasing emphasis on the importance of radio, records, transcrip- tions, still and moving pictures to supplement textbook study and class discussion. This year we added to our auditorium equipment an excellent sound motion picture projector, a turntable to accommodate sixteen-inch tran- scriptions, and a microphone. We also secured a portable electric phonograph for use in class rooms. The phono- graph is in use almost daily in such classes as typewriting and English. The sound equipment enables us to enrich our assembly periods and to show films of special interest to classes in science, home economics, geography, and English. Some money should be made available each year for the rental and purchase of films.
TEACHERS
The old story about Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a boy on the other is too well known to need re- peating but the point of the story, that the quality of a school depends upon the character and ability of the teacher, is as important today as ever. Through the years, schools have built their reputations on the strong and able teachers they have been able to secure and hold. Today much that was formerly done for children by other agencies is left to the schools just at a time when the supply of teachers is far too small, and when low salaries discourage many of our most competent young people from preparing to teach. When fine teachers retire or move to other communities, we must be able by means of good salaries and attractive working conditions to secure excellent teachers to take their places. Conscientious teachers are doing their best to build character, teach subject matter and develop citizenship day by day. What the future is to be depends upon what kind of young people come out of our schools and colleges. It was never more important that boys and girls have the influence of strong, inspiring teachers in their high school years.
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For the encouragement, interest, and understanding of the Superintendent and the School Committee I express my own appreciation and that of the faculty as we begin a new year of service to the young people of Fairhaven.
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER M. DOWNING Principal
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Report of School Nurse
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I present herewith my fourth annual report as School Nurse.
The variety and many sidedness of school health work lends interest and importance to its practice. The work concerns not only the physical well being of the child, but must also deal with those mental, emotional, and social factors in the life of the child which are the product of heredity and environment.
The nurse by regular checks with teachers, doctor, and parents, endeavors to protect the health of the children. Schools are visited at least once a week and more often if necessary. Pupils are urged to report to the teacher and then to the nurse for minor injuries, examination of skin conditions, sore throats, etc. This protects other pupils from exposure to contagion.
Clinics were held during the year to discover defects of eyes and ears. The mental clinic for retarded children was also held. Diphtheria immunization was given under the auspices of the Board of Health. All High School pupils were x-rayed for tuberculosis under the auspices of the State Department of Public Health, the cost of the clinic being defrayed by the Bristol County Health Asso- ciation through receipts from the sale of Christmas Seals.
In November and December there was an epidemic of measles with over sixty cases reported.
The nurse assisted in the milk program. Pupils purchased one half-pint per day at two cents from Jan- uary to June, three cents from September to November and are 3.4 cents since that time. The School Milk Fund furnished milk free to children unable to pay. The re- mainder of the cost is paid by the Federal Foods Distribu- tion Administration.
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SUMMARY OF YEAR'S WORK
Classroom Visits
982
Follow-up Cases
208
Office Calls 52
Referred to School Physician
8
Reported to S.P.C.C.
6
Pupils for Mental Clinic
16
Audiometer Tests 985
Audiometer Retests 20
Physically Handicapped Children, Home Visits 34
Accidents in School 11
Pupils for Toxin Clinic 116
High School Pupils X-Rayed
486
Dental Clinic
The School Nurse cooperated with the Board of Health Dental Clinic which was held Tuesday and Thursday mornings, from January to June. In October Dr. McKenna resigned because of ill health. Since this time the Board of Health has been unable to obtain a new dentist. This is partly due to the fact that all dentists are busy with private practice, and the clinic salary is not sufficient.
Summary of Work from January to June
Cleanings
94
Fillings
59
Examinations
7
Extractions
1
Treatments
3
Respectfully submitted,
M. LOUISE FLEMING, R.N.
School Nurse and Agent of the Board of Health
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Present Corps of Teachers
December 1946 HIGH SCHOOL
Began
Name
College
1937 Chester M. Downing, A.B., M. Ed. Principal
Brown
Harvard
1929
Walter D. Wood, A.B., M.A. Assistant Principal
Clark
1934 Edith Rogers, B.S. Dean of Girls
Univ. of Vermont
1945
Raymond G. Boyce, B.S.
Fitchburg
1939
Alexander M. Clement, B.S.
North Adams
1944
Mary I. Cook, A.B.
1946
C. Eleanor Delaney, B.S.
1938
Earl J. Dias, A.B., M.A.
Bates 1
1
1939
Melvin Entin, B.S.
R. I. State
1930
Alice W. Gidley
1944 Joan R. Hall, B.S.
1928 Mabel G. Hoyle, A.B., M.A.
Tufts
Boston Univ.
1941
Dorothea L. Jameson, B.S.
Simmons
Brown
Northeastern
Boston Univ.
1939 Grace E. Libbey, B.S.
Burdett
Nasson
1927
Anna P. Malone, B.S.
Boston Univ.
1919
James Parkinson
Boston Sloyd
1946 Albert R. Rosenthal, B.S.
Tufts
1942 Cuthbert W. Tunstall
1942
Maud O. Walker, A.B.
Boston University
1929
Marie R. Wentzell, B.S.
Salem
1942 Evelyn L. Teixeira
Clerk
HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION (Grade 8)
1937 Chester M. Downing, A.B., M.Ed. Principal
Brown
Harvard
1943
Catherine A. Boylan, A.B.
Regis
1945 Doris D. Bruce
Bridgewater
1944 Gertrude E. Gidley
1941 W. Wilbor Parkinson, B.S.
Bridgewater
On Military Leave
1936 Agnes A. Smith, B.S.
Bridgewater
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Wheaton
Univ. of Maine
Boston Univ.
Simmons Keene, N. H.
1933 Edith G. Kenny, A.B.
1928 Robert C. Lawton, B.S., M.Ed.
Fitchburg
ROGERS SCHOOL
Name
College
Bridgewater
Boston Univ.
1944 1921
Alma E. Denzler, B.S.
New Haven, Conn.
Salem
1923 Mildred R. Hall
Lyndon Center, Vt.
1946
Donald G. Jones, A.B.
Clark University
1925
Helen L. Newton
Bridgewater
1946 Lucille H. Sterling, B.S.
Univ. of N. H.
1946
Cecelia M. Urquiola
Antioch
1945 Pearl E. Wilbor
Plymouth, N. H.
1945
Ruth B. Wilbur
Bridgewater
EAST FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL
1941
Helen R. Porter Principal
Hyannis
1943
Gertrude L. Mackinaw, B.S.
Bridgewater
1946
Josephine A. Perry
Bridgewater
1937
Anne Surinski, B.S.
Bridgewater
1946
Grace Willoughby
Hyannis
JOB C. TRIPP SCHOOL
1921
Elizabeth I. Hastings, B.S., M.S. Principal.
Boston University
1941 Dorothy B. Rogers Assistant Principal
Framingham
1944
Marjorie M. Gilmore, B.S.
Fitchburg
1944
Lorraine D. Kelley
Hyannis
1923
Edith A. M'Namara
Framingham
1946
Elsie N. Peltz, B.S.
Bridgewater
1945
Mary Voudouris, B.S.
Framingham
1922
Mildred E. Webb
Bridgewater
EDMUND ANTHONY, JR. SCHOOL
1921
Elizabeth I. Hastings, B.S., M.S.
Boston University
Principal
1932
Mary Toledo Assistant Principal
Framingham
1943
Barbara Berg, B.S.
Hyannis
1945
Edith I. Gardiner
Wheelock
1946 Mary E. Minardi, B.S.
Hyannis
1946 Ruth N. Parker
Hyannis
1945 Hester E. Quigley
Boston College
1946
Norah C. Smith
Bridgewater
1943
Virginia S. O'Connell, B.S.
Framingham
On Military Leave
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Began 1944 Albert F. Ehnes, B.S., M.Ed. Principal
Mary S. Fletcher
OXFORD SCHOOL
Began Name
College
1942 Harry Rogers, A.B.
Clark
Principal
1927
Ann O'D. Brow Assistant Principal
Bridgewater
19 14 Eleanor M. Chace, B.S.
Bridgewater
1941
Hyannis
1
Charlotte M. Forgeron, B.S. (Resigned) Caroline R. Gilmore, B.S.
Bridgewater
1943
Agnes T. Gleason
Hyannis
1944
Mary A. Jerome, B.S.
Bridgewater
1943
Alice R. Mackenzie
Framinghanı
- 1944
Edna M. Stowe, B.S.
Hyannis
1944
Marguerite A. Johnson
N. E. Conservatory
Supervisor of Vocal Music
1921
Elizabeth I. Hastings, B.S., M.S.
Boston University
1946
Supervisor of Instrumental Music Ruth K. Doherty, B.S. Supervisor of Art
Mass. School of Art
1944
Hazel M. LaRochelle, B.S.
Hyannis
Supervisor of Physical Education
1939
Mary A. Smith Adult Alien Education
Herricks Institute
1927
Clarence W. Arey Director of Band and Orchestra
1945
Frank P. Gonsalves Director of H. S. Junior Orchestra
Charles H. Lawton Supervisor of Attendance
JANITORS AND ENGINEERS
Began Name
Assignment
1938
William T. Wood, Engineer 1
High School
1944
James J. Hanlon, Asst. Engineer
66
1946
Samuel J. Gillespie
66
1942 James E. Holden
66
1939 John W. Schofield
1913
Charles H. Lawton
Rogers
1936 Edward Richard
Oxford
1932 Arthur H. Westgate
Anthony
1929 H. James Ellis
1942 Richard H. Jenney
E. Fairhaven Tripp
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66
1931 Thomas Duckworth, Head Janitor
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS
1922
TABULATION OF ATTENDANCE RECORD School Year Ending June 1946
SCHOOL
Grades
PRINCIPAL
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
Tardiness
High
19-12
Chester M. Downing
509
484
459
94.82
427
Addition
8
Chester M. Downing
142
134
126
94.21
55
Rogers
|1-7
Albert F. Ehnes
297
260
245
94.47
172
Oxford
1-7
Harry Rogers
256
235
217
92.09
140
Anthony
1-7
Elizabeth Hastings
216
196
184
93.82
118
Tripp
1-7
Elizabeth Hastings
198
180
170
94.31
177
E. Fairhaven
1-5
Helen R. Porter
163
- 145
134
92.48
127
Total
1-12
1781
1634
1535
94.10
1226
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS December 1946
School
Andrade
Cozy Cab
U.St.Ry.
Ferguson
Total
High School
39
44
4
87
Addition
12
20
4
36
Tripp
2
10
12
Rogers
26
35
61
E. Fairhaven
85
85
Special Class
7
7
N.B. Voc. H.S.
4
23
27
St. Joseph
28
9
22
9
68
Sacred Hearts
1
1
Total
139
66
152
27
384
149
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AGE AND GRADE TABLE October 1, 1946
Age
GRADES
Totals
I II III
IV V
VI
VII VIII
IX |X |XI
XII P G Special
5
57
57
6
87
34
121
7
17
103
33
1
154
8
1
20
82
32
135
9
2
15
76
47
1
141
10
10
28
59
38
135
11
2
10
27
55
42
4
140
12
1
5
9
24
46
50
2
137
13
2
5
10
21
66
43
1
4
152
14
8
9
21
56
54
4
152
15
5
11
23
57
51
1
3
151
16
12
18
61
36
127
17
5
22
45
1
1
73
18
1|
1
2
10
14
19
2
1
3
20
1 |1
2
21
3
3
Totals
162
159
143
153
147
135
123
149
135
135
138
97
2
19
1697
Boys
88
80
73
84
82
59
62
66
69
61
59
44
---
15
842
Girls
74
79
70
69
65
76
61
83
66
74
79
53
2
4
855
Note :- The numbers directly above and directly below the heavy line include pupils who may be considered of normal age and grade.
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ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL AND GRADE
OCTOBER 1, 1946
School
I II III
IV V
VI VII VIII Sp.
Tot.
Oxford 1
37
34
44
29
34 27
22 59
26 55
19
245
Rogers
38
31
26
35
271
Anthony
28
28
24
28
34
26 28
20 22
188
Tripp
30
31
26
32
24 28
149
149
TotalElem. 162 159 143 153 147 135 123 149
19
1190
High School IX 135; X 135; XI 138; XII 97; P.G. 2 507
Total Enrollment
1697
SUMMARY OF ENROLLMENT
1930 - 1946
October 1
Elementary
High School
Total
1930
1764
406
2170
1931
1669
500
2169
1932
1714
546
2260
1933
1640
583
2223
1934
1649
624
2273
1935
1631
606
2237
1936
1589
648
2237
1937
1423
670
2093
1938
1431
709
2130
1939
1326
702
2028
1940
1267
690
1957
1941
1237
613
1850
1942
1172
506
1678
1943
1113
460
1573
1944
1134
482
1616
1945
1157
495
1652
1946
1190
507
1697
193
E. Fairhaven
29
35
23
29
144
Addition
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SCHOOL ENTRANCE
Children may enter the first grade if they are five years and six months of age on or before September 1 of the current school year. Consequently children will be admitted to the first grade in September 1947 if born on or before March 1, 1942. Certificate of birth and vaccination are required at the time of entrance.
COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE
All children must attend school between the ages of seven and sixteen. Certain exceptions may be made by written permission of the Superintendent of Schools for children who have reached the age of fourteen and have completed the sixth grade.
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
Employment permits, sometimes called "School Cards", are required for all persons under twenty-one who are em- ployed in manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile, and certain other work. These may be obtained at the office of the Superintendent of Schools. The minor must appear in person and present a birth certificate or other suitable evidence of age.
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