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$569.00
Total, Protection of Persons and Property $18,866.76
Health and Sanitation:
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Mosquito Control:
State Reclamation Board
$120.00
Board of Health Department:
Salaries of Nurses
$1,940.00
Supplies and Advertising
21.35
Telephone .
74.28
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Board and Treatment 538.90
Medicine and Medical
Attendance
250.48
Tuberculosis:
Board and Treatment
1,627.60
Vital Statistics:
Births
160.50
Marriages
26.50
Deaths
31.00
Inspector of Animals (two years) 350.00
:
Inspector of Milk
249.96
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Maintenance of Car:
Purchase of New Car
325.00
Fuel and Repairs
276.42
Garage Rent
4.00
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$5,875.99
Total, Health and Sanitation
$5,995.99
Highways and Bridges:
Street Department:
Wages
$2,806.88
Trucks
1,556.26
Stone, Gravel and Oil 384.19
Equipment and Repairs
687.76
Snow and Ice Removal
1,057.23
Traffic Lights
39.00
Tree Warden (two years)
70.00
$6,601.32
Dighton and Berkley Bridge:
Wages for Services
$840.00
Supplies and Repairs
34.44
Power
6.00
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$880.44
Total Highways and Bridges
$7,481.76
Charities and Soldier's Benefits :
Old Age Assistance:
Direct Aid
$16,456.44
Medicine and Medical Attendance
27.00
Burials
300.00
Outside Relief :
Other Towns and Cities
274.18
$17,057.62 .
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Old Age Administration: (U. S. Grant) Supplies and Transportation $118.15
Aid to Dependent Children: Direct Aid
$6,859.96
A. D. C. Administration: (U. S. Grant)
Supplies
$5.88
Clerical Services
38.00
$43.88
Soldier's Relief :
Direct Aid
$1,280.75
Medical Services
14.00
$1,294.75
State Aid:
Cash Payments
$120.00
Public Welfare Department:
Salaries and Wages:
Social Service
$133.00
Investigator
1,275.00
Printing, Stationery and
Supplies
48.96
Transportation
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19.65
Federal Agency
194.19
Burials
335.00
Groceries and Provisions
6,023.53
Fuel, Ice and Power
1,126.37
Milk
. 819.98
Clothing
1,326.27
Medicine and Medical
Attendance
2,406.23
Rent
1,441.80
Cash Payments
2,491.00
Board and Care
1,926.14
State Institutions
493.43
Insurance (Individuals)
29.62
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Outside Relief :
Other Towns
345.47
Various Cities
4,338.93
Miscellaneous
83.41
$24,857.98
Total, Charities and Soldier's Benefits $50,352.34
Schools and Library :
School Department:
For Classification See School Report
$63,401.40
School Water Supplies:
Power
$207.77
Services
385.68
Supplies
27.47
$620.92
Vocational Education: U. S. Grants
George Deen Fund: Transportation
$11.34
Smith Hughes Fund: Teachers' Services
$271.12
Library:
Librarian
$399.96
Janitor Service
135.00
Books and Periodicals
375.06
Repairs and Binding Books
102.36
Stationery and Supplies
7.66
Care of Grounds
22.50
Repairs to Building
18.00
Fuel
196.50
Light
29.91
Water
10.00
$1,296.95
Total, Schools and Library
$65,601.73
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Miscellaneous and Unclassified:
Memorial Day Observance: Flags and Flowers
$55.45
W. P. A. Incidentals : Wages and Services
$445.00
Transportation
84.00
Supplies
195.88
Repairs to Equipment
18.18
Commissary Maintenance
29.98
Truck Hire
191.50
Federal Administration Fees
40.00
Pre-School Supplies
446.77
$1,451.31
Total, Miscellaneous and Unclassified $1,506.76
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest:
Revenue Loans
$115.26
High School Bonds
1,400.00
$1,515.26
Loans and Bond Retirement:
Revenue Loans $58,000.00
High School Bonds 4,000.00
$62,000.00
Total, Interest and Maturing Debt
$63,515.26
Agency, Trust and Refunds:
Agency :
State Taxes:
State Tax $10,260.00
Auditing Municipal Accts.
3.31
State Parks and
Reservations 166.77
$10,430.08
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County Taxes and Assessments:
County Tax $6,217.43
B. C. Tuberculosis Hospital 2,796.92 Dog Licenses 623.40
$9,637.75
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cemetery P. C. Funds $276.39
Hon. Charles S. Chace Fund 25.15
$301.54
Refunds:
Motor Vehicle Abatements 1
$151.30
Property Tax Refund .
4.88
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$156.18
Total, Agency, Trust and Refunds
$20,525.55
Total Expenditures
$244,445.38
Cash Balance, Dec. 31, 1939
$10,331.86
Total
$254,777.24
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DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT TOWN OF DIGHTON 1939
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General Government:
Appropriation $10,300.00
Surplus Revenue 637.73
Total
$10,937.73
Expenditures $10,599.23
To Schools (6% of
Building Maintenance) 338.50
Total $10,937.73
Balance
None
Police Department:
Appropriation 1
$1,200.00
Expenditures
944.05
Balance $255.95
Fire Department:
Appropriation $1,538.00
Surplus Revenue 83.53
Total
$1,621.53
Expenditures
1,621.53
Balance
None
Gypsy Moths:
$750.00
Appropriation
569.00
Expenditures
Balance
$181.00
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Board of Health:
Appropriation $4,500.00
From Schools (Nurse) 1,000.00
Surplus Revenue 375.99
Total $5,875.99
Expenditures
5,875.99
1 Balance None
Mosquito Control:
Appropriation $120.00
Expenditures
120.00
Balance
None
Street Department :
Appropriation $2,850.00
;Highway Grant
Chap. 500 4,200.00
From Schools
Services 67.48
Total $7,117.48
Expenditures
6,601.32
Balance
$516.16
Dighton and Berkley Bridge:
Appropriation $925.00
Expenditures 880.44
Balance $44.56
Welfare Department:
Appropriation $22,500.00
Kennel Club Grant 1,000.00 1
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Surplus Revenue
1,357.98
Total Expenditures
$24,857.98 24,857.98
None
Balance Aid to Dependent Children:
Appropriation
$4,500.00
U. S. Grants
1,494.00
Surplus Revenue
1,269.84
Total
$7,263.84
Expenditures
$6,903.84
To A. D. C. Adm.
360.00
Total $7,263.84
Balance None
A. D. C. Administration :
From Aid to
Dependent Children
$360.00
No expenditures
Balance $360.00
Old Age Assistance:
Appropriation
$9,500.00
U. S. Grants
7,003.26
Surplus Revenue
1,512.51
Total
$18,015.77
Expenditures
$17,175.77
To O. A. Adm.
840.00
Total $18,015.77
Balance
None
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Old Age Administration: From Old Age Assistance $840.00
No expenditures
Balance
$840.00
Soldier's Relief :
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expenditures
1,294.75
Balance
$205.25 1
State Aid:
Appropriation
$160.00
Expenditures
120.00
Balance
$40.00
School Department:
Appropriation
$63,699.18
Dog Fund
423.68
General Government 338.50
Smith Hughes Fund
8.11
Total
$64,469.47
Expenditures
$63,401.40
To Board of Health 1,000.00
To Street Dept. 67.48
Total
$64,468.88
Balance .59
School Water Supplies: Appropriation
$625.00
Expenditures
620.92
Balance 4.08
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Public Library: Appropriation Expenditures
$1,300.00 1,296.95
Balance
$3.05
Memorial Day Observance: Appropriation Expenditures
$60.00
55.45
Balance
$4.55
W. P. A. Incidentals:
Appropriation $1,000.00
Surplus Revenue 451.31
Total
$1,451.31
Expenditures
1,451.31
Balance None
Interest on Revenue Loans:
Appropriation $200.00
Expenditures
115.26
Balance $84.74
Appropriated Departmental Balances
Reserve Account .
$5,000.00
Police Department 255.95
Gypsy. Moths :
181.00
Street Department 516.16
Dighton and Berkley Bridge 44.56
A. D. C. Administration
360.00
Old Age Administration
840.00
Soldier's Relief
205.25
State Aid
40.00
School Department
.59
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School Water Supplies
4.08
Public Library . 3.05
Memorial Day Observance
4.55
Interest on Loans
84.74
Total
$7,539.93
Deficits Transferred from Surplus Revenue:
General Government
$637.73
Fire Department
83.53
Board of Health
375.99
Welfare Department
1,357.98
Aid to Dependent Children
1,269.84
Old Age Assistance
1,512.51
W. P. A. Incidentals
451.31
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Total · · $5,688.89
Thus Appropriations in excess of Ex- penditures and 'Gain in the Reserve .. Fund for 1939 is $1,851.04
I certify, to the best of knowledge and belief, that the reports contained herein are correct. All payments of the Treasurer have been properly warranted and all receipts have been recorded. The cash balance is on de- posit to the credit of the Town. The Tax Collector's report as published is correct. Abatements have been carefully examined and were found to be in accordance with those granted by the Board of Assessors. The Tax Titles taken by the Collector were found to be in order with the record of the Town Treasurer. The Trust Funds have been verified, all income accounted for, and all pay- ments warranted.
Respectfully submitted, CLAYTON H. ATWOOD, Auditor.
Town of Dighton Balance Sheet-Dec. 31, 1939 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$10,331.86
Liabilities :
Accounts Receivable :
State Taxes and Assessments
Taxes :
U. S. Grants :
Levy of 1938
$2,819.38
Aid to Dependent Children 98.81
1939 Polls
12.00
Ald Age Assistance 590.11
1939 Personal
1.045.40
A. D. C. Administration 40.12
1939 Real Estate
14,635.84
Old Age Administration 152.65
George Deen Fund
38.74
18,512.62
Smith Hughes Funds
55.57
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Levy of 1937
2.00
Reserves :
Levy of 1938
6.00
Levy of 1939
109.91
Levy of 1939
494.07
Tax Titles
Departmental :
Reserve Fund: Overlay Surplus 8,433.03
Aid to Dependent Children
1,913.67
Old Age Assistance
207.33
Public Welfare
1,493.73
Tax Titles 2,941.45
Departmental
3,614.73
Revenue to be Raised: 1937 Overlay
15.50
Cemetery P. C. Funds Income
17.50
$35,551.57
$35,551.57
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6,674.09 Excess & Deficiency; Surplus Revenue 18,649.00
19.21
976.00
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: 306.17 Levy of 1938
117.91 2,941.45
800.24
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 117.91
3,614.73
Net Funded Debt :
DEBT ACCOUNT 52,000.00 High School Bonds $52,000.00
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$52,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust
Funds, Cash and Securities.
12,416.53
Cemtery Perpetual Care Funds Hon. Charles S. Chace Fund
$11,404.03
1,012.50
$12,416.53
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT Poll and Property Taxes
Balance 1937 Warrants
due January 1, 1939 $3,233.62
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Collected interest 197.05 $3,430.67
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer
$3,384.93
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Abatements 15.50
Tax Title Account
30.24
$3,430.67
Property Taxes
Balance 1938 Warrants
due January 1, 1939 $13,843.89
Collected interest 341.02 $14,184.91
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer $10,755.35
Abatements 587.27
Tax Title Account
28.91 $11,371.53
Balance due January 1, 1940 $2,813.38
1939 Warrants
Personal Property $9,985.48 1
Collected interest .21 $9,985.69
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer
$8,937.86
Abatements 1
2.43 $8,940.29
Balance due January 1, 1940 $1,045.40
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1939 Warrants
Real Estate
$88,014.23
Collected interest
16.91 $88,031.14
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer $72,112.21
Abatements 753.98
Tax Title Account
529.11 $73,395.30
Balance due January 1, 1940
$14,635.84
Poll Taxes
Balance 1938 Warrants
Due January 1, 1939
$24.00
Collected interest
.47
Collected fees
2.10
$26.57
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer
$14.57
Abatements
6.00
$20.57
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Balance due January 1, 1940
$6.00
1939 Warrants
$1,846.00
Collected fees
50.05
$1,896.05
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer
$1,710.05
Abatements
174.00
$1,884.05
Balance due January 1, 1940 $12.00
Respectfully submitted, DAVID A. BUFFINGTON,
Collector.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Balance 1937 Warrants
due January 1, 1939 $2.00
Balance due January 1, 1940
Balance 1938 Warrants
Due January 1, 1939 $88.44
Additional Warrant 32.24
Collected interest 1.32 $122.00
$2.00
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer
$116.00
Balance due January 1, 1940 $6.00
1939 Warrants $6,790.93 .
Collected interest 4.51 $6,795.44
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer $6,595.73
Abatements 89.80 $6,685.53
Balance due January 1, 1940
$109.91
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID A. BUFFINGTON, Collector.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
Year Ending December 31, 1939
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Roy F. Walker, Chairman North Dighton
Term Expires 1942
Mrs. Clara L. Wyeth, Secretary Segreganset
1941
H. Judson Robinson 1940
Segreganset
Trenor F. Goodell, Financial Secretary
1941
Dighton
Leland F. Bullard
1942
(Segreganset
Frank G. Dutra Dighton
1940
SUPERINTENDENT Norman D. Bailey
Residence: 76 Spring Street, North Dighton
Office: High School Building, Segreganset Telephone: Dighton 3361
Office Hours: 7:45-8:45, and by appointment.
Office Opens : 7:30-5:00 school days, 9-12 Saturdays SECRETARY Jessie A. Perry
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS H. S. Miller, M.D.
C. M. Souza, M.D. SCHOOL NURSE Leila P. Hoard, R.N. ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Mrs. Hope Hamilton, Chairman Mrs. Annie Mendoza Mrs. Ella Potter
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Mrs. Sara G. Hamilton Mrs. Marguerite Ingalls
The meetings of the School Committee are held regu- larly on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 P. M.
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REPORT OF THE DIGHTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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To the Citizens of Dighton:
The School Department has closed its books for the year 1939 with a small balance on hand.
Dighton is completing its fifth year of maintaining a high school and your committee feels that it has been a very satisfactory venture, both from an educational and a financial stand point. Dighton High School has a Class "A" rating from the Massachusetts State De- partment of Education and has been placed on the speci- men list of Class "A" schools of the New England Col- lege Entrance Examination Board.
There is a need, in our community, for more voca- tional education in our schools. The majority of our youth do not go on to institutions of higher learning. If more trade courses could be installed in the high school the young people would have at least the begin- ning of a trade. This thought your committee has in mind for the future and hopes something can be done about it.
At this time, your Committee wishes to call to your attention the fact that, by state law, all income of a town department must revert to the general treasury of the town, and is not credited to the department which earns it. For the year 1939 the School Department had an income, from outside sources of $16,824.13. This cannot be shown in the financial statement for the rea- son noted above. Your Committee feels strongly that the present legislation should be changed so that this in- come could be credited directly to the School Depart- ment and shown as such'in the financial statement.
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The total income of the School Department for the year 1939, from outside sources, is as follows:
Reimbursement from State due to
Superintendent's Salary and Travel
$1,185.73
General School Fund Statement Part 1 8,458.05
Berkley-Tuition
4,492.80
Freetown-Tuition
,.
1,548.17
State Division of Vocational Education
750.92
Tuition and Transportation of State Wards
346.46
Tuition-Rehoboth and Taunton 41.00
Tuition-Bridgewater (Evening School)
1.00
$16,824.13
Total cost of maintaining schools for 1939
$64,435.95
Income from outside sources
1
16,824.13
Net cost to Taxpayers of Dighton
$47,611.82
The usual small repairs have been taken care of and all the school buildings are in reasonably good condition.
We hope you will read very carefully the report of the superintendent of schools. In it you will find, very carefully outlined, the importance of the policy of the School Committee to make the school system an out- standing one in educational policy and program and at the same time meet the needs of the individual children.
The Financial Statement of the School Department for the year 1939 is submitted below:
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RECEIPTS
Appropriation Dog Tax
$63,699.18
423.68
Transfer from Town Account
for share of Expenses
338.50
Transfer Smith Hughes
8.11
$64,469.47
DIGHTON REPORT EXPENDITURES
General Control
$3,423.48
Transportation
5,975.80
Teachers' Salaries
38,332.40
Books and Supplies
3,103.17
Janitors' Salaries
5,515.90
Fuel
1,465.23
Contingent
2,543.90
Repairs
1,027.89
Health
1,559.58
New Equipment
803.78
Library
303.85
Staff Expenses
115.29
Vocational Education
298.61
Balance
.59
$64,469.47
Respectfully submitted, ROY F. WALKER, Chairman MRS. CLARA L. WYETH, Sec. TRENOR F. GOODELL, Fin. Sec. LELAND F. BULLARD FRANK G. DUTRA H. JUDSON ROBINSON School Committee of Dighton.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Dighton School Committee:
Mrs. Wyeth and Gentlemen:
In preparing this tenth report as superintendent of schools in the Town of Dighton, I am continually re- minded that the schools of a town are in no small way a reflection of the hopes, aspirations, interests, and ideals of the citizens of a town. The School Committee is chosen to represent the electorate of the town and to set- up such educational policies as will operate for the wel- fare and best educational interests of the children of the town at a cost which the town can afford. The School Committee which serves this town represents in a very real way a cross section of public opinion and seeks in every way to further the best interests of the youth who will be the citizens of tomorrow. It may be of interest to know the length of service of the members of the committee. The terms of service to date are: nineteen years, seventeen years 2 members, sixteen years, six years and five years respectively. With as adequate and long experience as this, coupled with a continued desire to keep Dighton schools in the forefront of educational pro- gress, there is reason for Dighton to be proud of the work of its School Committee.
In no perfunctory fashion but with sincerity I would express my personal appreciation for the ready counsel, friendly spirit and continued confidence of the members of the committee.
In the paragraphs which follow I have attempted to present for public information some of those prob- Jems which you as a committee have studied but about which I feel that you will desire that the citizens of the town be informed.
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In the desire that our schools may continue in an increasing measure to really serve in the preparation of youth not only to earn a living, but to live a worthwhile life this report is presented.
Respectfully submitted, NORMAN D. BAILEY
TEACHING STAFF:
Three changes in the teaching staff occurred be- cause of marriage, one because of resignation to accept another position. Miss Helen Abrams, Miss Olive How- ard. and Miss Lucienne Galipeau were married. The vacancies were filled by the appointment of Miss Isabelle Yaghjian of Seekonk, a graduate of Posse School of Physical Education and of Boston University and of Miss Maurie Callahan of Abington, a graduate of the College of New Rochelle with study abroad and teaching experience at Winchendon, Massachusetts to the high school vacancies. In the elementary school position Miss Mildred Ashley was transferred from the North Ele- mentary School to the South School.
The resignation of John D. Roderick caused a va- cancy in the commercial classes at the high school. Harry Thelen of Lynn, a graduate of Salem Teachers' College is filling this position.
WHY HAVE A SCHOOL?
The school of a generation ago attempted to mould all of the children who entered its doors according to the same pattern. It recognized little if any difference in individual abilities, possibilities, or reeds. It was generally assumed that every child must fit himself or herself to the program of studies offered by the school. Today we are coming definitely to a far saner and more practical viewpoint i.c. that schools exist in order that
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each and every child, as an individual future citizen, may realize the finest development possible within his capabilities. We believe that "schocls exist for the child and not the child for the school."
This concept, fundamental to the preservation of a democratic form of government, has forced educators and thinking people everywhere to look at the school program not with any attitude of placid acceptance of existing conditions but with a challenging and question- ing attitude which seeks to know what the school is really doing about the whole matter. If the school is to function effectively as a "child-centered" 'institution, certain basic changes in our thinking are necessary.
1. For generations the elementary school program has been organized to fit the educational needs of the average child-that fictitious child who exists only in theory. Neglect of the child who is able to acquire knowledge more rapidly and of that child whose rate of learning is slower or whose skills are manual rather than academic has been all to evident in American Education.
2. For generations we have expected children to move through school at a set rate of speed. In- ability to keep this pace has been branded "fail- ure", and ability to exceed the "average" speed has produced "misfits".
3. Outstanding ability in the manual or hand-skills was looked upon not only without favor, but even with extreme misgivings. All too often, educators attempted to set themselves and their personal training up as the only worthwhile type of goal to be sought.
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To the new ideal in education which is outlined be- low, to its study and evaluation in terms of our own local needs, your department is definitely committed. Four steps are suggested:
1. Provision must be made for educational progress at a rate suited to individual capacity.
2. The "failure" concept mjust be eliminated-espe- cially at the elementary level.
3. Curriculum revision with the goal in mind of (a) enriched offering for the child whose physical well being and social adjustment would suffer from a shortened school life in terms of time, (b) 'in- creased offerings in terms of hand-skilled subjects for the child who is definitely not book minded.
4. Closer adaptation of diagnostic testing and re- medial instruction to the end of prevention of difficulties before they become too great to over- come.
EDUCATION MUST TRAIN FOR BOTH "MAKING A LIFE AND EARNING A LIVING"
In the above phrase one may sum up the purpose of education. The thoughts which follow concern pri- marily our high school program. Legislation has raised the school age requirements, and changing industrial conditions have forced the school to accept within its walls, large numbers who a generation ago would have found their way into the work-a-day world at the end of the elementary school course. To the school has come the task of training youth to meet the changes which our new society has imposed upon him. Some of these problems and their educational implications can be stated in a few brief sentences.
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1. Apprenticeship training in industry is to a large degree gone.
2. Agriculture faced with modern competition is de- manding a different training.
3. Increased productivity of a modern industrial age has also increased leisure time with all its possi- bilities for good or evil.
4. Late entry of youth into industry forces the prob- lem of vocational education upon the school.
5. An increasingly varied curriculum offering in- volves a major responsibility in assisting youth in his choices from the offering.
6. Vocational choice must, because of late entry of youth into the vocation, be made if possible with- in the high school years. Choice rightly guided at this time means much waste of time and effort eliminated.
If the school is to serve the whole youth and train for the whole of living, it must meet the above problems and to the best of its ability solve them. Whether it will or not the school must, in conjunction with home and church, assume its share of the new problems forced upon youth in a changing and unsettled world.
MEASURING RESULTS
While those general terms-"good citizenship", "ability to earn a living", general culture, and adjusta- bility to life problems are estimates and goals of educa- tional achievement they lack the tangible reality of measuring devices. Each year in the schools of the dis- trict we have carried on a comprehensive program of standardized testing which has as its aim the measure-
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ment of attainment in the field of specific instruction in the various subject fields. In order that the program may be of value in studying the needs of the individual child, the tests used are of a type that can determine the type of error made by each child and thus provide a basis for remedial work. The program and steps fol- lowed may be summarized.
A. TESTS USED:
Progressive Achievement Test-two forms, diag- nostic in type, providing for discovery and analysis of individual difficulties in the various subdivisions of each subject field.
B. MEASUREMENTS MADE:
1. Achievement of each grade measured and com- pared with standard set for test on basis of nation- wide scores. 1
2. Achievement of each pupil within the grade mea- sured and compared not only with his own grade but with the nation-wide scores.
3. Progress made by each pupil and grade over the period between tests measured and charted. Prog- ress compared with expected normal progress.
4. Analysis of weaknesses and errors shown by rooms of pupils and by the individual pupil.
5. Analysis of range of scores-difference between high and low scores in each grade.
6. 'Inspection and study of our own school program in the light of the results shown.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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C. RESULTS
1. Almost without exception the rooms in the dis- trict scored above the normis set for the test.
2. In cases of pupils whose work showed specific weaknesses it was possible to organize a program of remedial work aimed at correction of these dif- ficulties.
3. In cases where less than normal progress was made, thorough investigation to determine the reasons for this situation has been carried on.
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