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Signs
11.30
Care of Town Elms:
Cutting and Trimming
745.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Labor
385.00
Equipment
88.00
Materials
1,027.00
1,500.00
Chapter 90 D-B Bridge:
Advertising
10.20
Contract Work 14,041.11
14,051.31
Totals Highways and Bridges $40,928.35
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Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Aid to Dependent Children:
Direct Aid:
Cash 7,138.86
Kind 333.90
Administration
Salaries
517.55
7,990.31
Old Age Assistance:
Direct Aid:
Cash 34,227.40
Kind
3,835.14
Outside Relief
403.78
Administration
Salaries
1,088.51
Travel Expenses 35.10
39,589.93
Public Welfare:
Cash Grants 3,910.16
Groceries
522.34
Fuel 125.58
Board and Care 165.00
Medical Care 155.90
Rent
224.00
Clothing
198.23
Laundry
29.70
Outside Relief:
Cities
242.78
Towns
22.00
5,595.69
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Taunton Greyhound Ass'n:
Christmas Donations 500.00
General Relief Administration:
Administration
Salaries
383.21
Clerks 1,417.54
Mileage
38.16
Telephone
162.74
Office Supplies 171.77
Association Dues 3.00
Miscellaneous
9.30
2,185.72
Veterans' Benefits:
Salary of Agent 100.00
Direct Aid
1,786.00
Medical Care 52.70
Dental Work
106.00
Association Dues
5.00
2,049.70
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits
$57,911.35
Schools and Library:
School Department:
Teachers' Salaries 104,254.55
Gen. Control
6,898.32
Transporation 9,507.61
Telephones 525.55
Books
1,890.96
Supplies
3,515.17
Fuel 3,524.70
Gas 163.81
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Electricity 1,556.25
Janitors':
Salaries
11,617.75
Supplies 783.84
Boiler Repairs 214.47
High School Library 394.07
Health
2,462.03
Extra Instrumental
Instruction 200.00
Tuition 25.30
Household Arts 43.35
Vocational Shop 1,055.59
Building and Equip-
ment Repairs 1,787.92
New Equipment 2,110.79
Miscellaneous 1,052.10
Dental Fund
943.19
154,527.32
U. S. Grants:
George Barden
Fund 404.14
Smith Huges Fund 340.05
744.19
School Water Supply:
Labor
280.00
Power
139.40
419.40
Public Library:
Salary
499.92
Assistant
2.00
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Janitor
230.00
Books
336.45
Periodicals
34.25
Mending
24.50
Supplies
39.27
Fuel
212.58
Light
37.00
Repairs
103.85
Water
6.00
Miscellaneous
4.29
Water Service
Installation
67.37
1,597.48
Total Schools and Library $157,288.39
Unclassified School Accounts:
High School Cafeteria:
Labor
3,413.00
Food
10,058.72
Laundry
144.55
Supplies
84.93
Miscellaneous
8:30
New Equipment
122.15
13,831.65
High School Athletic Account:
Officers
114.00
Officials
450.00
U. S. Government Tax 80.18 Janitors 70.00
Cleaning
160.95
Transporation 243.50
Supplies
2,483.14
Scouting
20.72
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Medical Attendance-
Games 40.00
Printing Tickets and Football Programs 225.00
Registration 10.00
Miscellaneous
44.00
3,941.49
Elementary School Milk Account:
1,360.05
Total Unclassified School Accounts:
$19,133.19
New Elementary School Accounts:
Expenses Elementary School Planning Committee:
Survey and Professional Services
241.20
School Site:
Land 5,100.00
Professional Services 75.54
5,175.54
School Building Contruction:
Contract Esti-
mates
173,204.63
Architectual
Services 21,059.05
Advertising for Bids 119.27
Service a/c Bonds 1,296.21
Hired Equipment 100.00
Miscellaneous
73.82
195,852.98
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Unclassified and Miscellaneous:
Civil Defense:
Office Supplies 31.55
Travel Expense 5.11
Used Typewriter
49.50
86.16
Memorial Day:
Flags
45.00
Plants
70.80
115.80
Town Cemetery Account:
Labor
78.40
Tax Title Account:
Dighton Electric Light District
97.10
Estimated Receipts:
Recording Deed
3.00
Total Unclassified and Miscellaneous
$380.46
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest:
High School
Bonds 200.00
High School
Notes 15.63
215.63
Bond and Note Payments:
High School
Bonds
4,000.00
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High School Notes 2,500.00
6,500.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt $6,715.63
Agency and Trust Funds:
Trust Funds:
Cemetery Bequest 200.00
Cemetery P. C.
Funds 162.50
Charles S. Chase
Fund 20.10
382.60
State:
State Audit 672.09
State Parks 394.16
1,066.25
County Taxes:
Dog Licenses 739.20
Retirement Assess-
ment 803.10
T. B. Hospital
Assessment 3,814.27
County Tax 10,722.26
16,078.83
Federal Withholding Taxes:
Withheld from Wages
23,514.98
County Retirement Fund:
Withheld from Wages 1,261.29
Total Agency and Trust Funds
$42,303.95
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Refunds:
Taxes:
1951 Real Estate 32.30 1951 Motor Vehicle Excise 560.86
593.16
Total Expenditures $574,254.52
Cash Balance as of December 31, 1951
$472,224.90
DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT
General Government:
Appropriation
$14,177.23
Expenditures
13,992.27
$184.96
Fire Department:
Appropriation
3,891.00
Reserve Account
141.36
4,032.36
Expenditures
4,032.36
Balance
None
Fire Department-Special:
Taunton Greyhound Assn. 700.00
Expenditures
700.00
Balance
None
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Police Department:
Appropriation
2,500,00
Reserve Account
4,110.00
6,610.00
Expenditures
6,609.15
Balance
$.85
Police Department-Special:
Mt. Hope Finishing Co.
8,385.79
Taunton Greyhound Assn.
9,665.00
18,050.79
Expenditures
18,050.79
Balance
None
Gypsy Moth:
Appropriation
1,000.00
Expenditures
590.00
Balance
$410.00
Board of Health:
Appropriation
3,984.24
Expenditures
3,530.75
Balance
$453.49
Mosquito Control:
Appropriation
225.00
Expenditures
225.00
Balance
None
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Chapter 81:
Appropriation
6,900.00
Excess & Deficiency
12,650.00
19,550.00
Expenditures
19,549.92
Balance $.08
Chapter 90 Construction:
Jan. 1 Balance
610.92
Expenditures
11.30
Balance $599.62
Chapter 90 D-B Bridge:
Excess & Deficiency
17,500.00
Expenditures
14,051.31
Balance $3,448.69
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Appropriation
500.00
Excess & Deficiency
1,000.00
1,500.00
Expenditures
1,500.00 -
Balance
None
Dighton-Berkley Bridge:
Appropriation
900.00
Expenditures
853.00
Balance $47.00
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Road Machinery Account:
Road Machinery Fund
650.00
Expenditures
650.00
Balance
None
Street Department:
Appropriation
3,750.00
Expenditures
3,567.82
Balance
$182.18
Care of Town Elms:
Appropriation
750.00
Expenditures
745.00
Balance
$5.00
Sidewalk Maintenance:
Appropriation
400.00
Expenditures
None
Balance
$400.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
Appropriation 6,000.00
U. S. Grant:
1/1/51 Balance 1,128.26
from Grant
2,760.79
9,889.05
Expendtiures
7,472.76
Balance-Appropriation $ 262.74
Balance-U.S. Grant $ 2,153.55
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Old Age Assistance:
Appropriation
26,000.00
U. S. Grant:
1/1/51 Balance
1,222.44
from Grant
18,316.55
45,538.99
Expenditures
38,466.32
Balance-Appropriation $ 601.59
Balance-U.S. Grant $ 6,471.08
Veterans' Benefits:
Appropriation
2,500.00
Expenditures
2,045.70
Balance
$454.30
Public Welfare:
Appropriation
8,000.00
Expenditures
5,163.69
Balance
$2,836.31
General Relief Administration:
Appropriation
2,186.32
Expenditures
2,185.72
Balance $.60
A. D. C. Administration:
1/1/51 Balance
472.08
U. S. Grant
287.05
759.13
Expenditures
517.55
· Balance-U.S. Grant $241.58
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O. A. A. Administration:
1/1/51 Balance
462.82
U.S. Grant
915.67
1,378.49
Expenditures
1,123.61
Balance-U. S. Grant $254.88
Christmas Fund:
Taunton Greyhound Assn.
500.00
Expenditures
500.00
Balance
None
School Department:
Appropriation
155,621.00
Dog Fund
550.51
156,171.51
Expenditures
154,527.32
1,644.19
Transfer for Water Installation $
1,600.00
Balance $
44.19
U.S. Grant: Smith Hughes Fund:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
340.05
from U. S. Grant
248.70
588.75
Expenditures
340.05
Balance - $ 248.70
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U.S. Grant: George Barden Fund:
from U.S. Grant
404.14
Expenditures
404.14
Balance
None
School Water Supply:
Appropriation
700.00
Expenditures
419.40
Balance $ 280.60
Expenses School Planning Committee:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
82.87
Reserve Account
158.33
241.20
Expenditures
241.20
Balance
None
Elementary School Building Construction:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
80,000.00
Bond Issue
470,000.00
550,000.00
Expenditures
195,852.98
Balance
$354,147.02
Elementary School Site:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
166.20
Check Returned
5,100.00
5,266.20
Expenditures
5,175.54
Balance $ 90.66
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Public Library:
Appropriation
1,600.00
Expenditures
1,597.48
Balance $
2.52
County T. B. Hospital Assessment:
Appropriation
3,814.27
Expenditures
3,814.27
Balance
None
Federal Withholding Taxes:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
1,419.70
Withheld from wages 22,095.28
23,514.98
Expenditures
23,514.98
Balance
None
County Retirement Tax:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
83.97
Withheld from wages
1,177.32
1,261.29
Expenditures
1,261.29
Balance
None
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Civil Defense:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
100.00
Appropriation
500.00
600.00
Expenditures
86.16
Balance
$ 513.84
County Retirement Assessment:
Appropriation
$803.10
Expenditures
803.10
Balance
None
Memorial Day:
Appropriation
110.00
Reserve Account
5.80
115.80
Expenditures
115.80
Balance
None
Tax Title Redemption Account:
Appropriation
200.00
Expenditures
None
Balance
$200.00
Land Taking Cost (Williams St.)
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
200.00
Expenditures
None
Balance $200.00
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Town Cemetery Account:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
129.80
Expenditures
78.40
Balance $51.40
Interest on Bonds & Notes:
Appropriation
215.63
Expenditures
215.63
Balance
None
High School Bond Retirement:
Appropriation
4,000.00
Expenditures
4,000.00
Balance None
High School Note Retirement:
Appropriation
2,500.00
Expenditures
2,500.00
Balance None
High School Cafeteria Account:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
1,126.88
Receipts
12,745.01
13,871.89
Expenditures
13,831.65
Balance $40.24
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High School Athletic Account:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
312.21
Appropriation
1,000.00
Game Receipts
3,115.39
4,427.60
Expenditures
3,941.49
Balance $486.11
Elementary School Milk Account:
Jan. 1, 1951 Balance
215.40
Receipts
1,271.67
1,487.07
Expenditures
1,360.05
Balance $127.02
Cemetery Bequest:
Amount Received
200.00
Expenditures to
200.00
P. C. Fund
Balance None
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund:
Amount Received
162.50
Expenditures
162.50
Balance None
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Charles S. Chase Trust Fund:
Interest Received
20.10
Expenditures
20.10
Balance
None
Dog Licenses:
Amount Received
739.20
Expenditures
739.20
Balance None
Reserve Account Appropriated:
From Overlay Surplus
5,000.00
Memorial Day 5.80
Expense of School Plan-
ning Committee 158.33
Fire Dept. 141.36
Police Dept. 4,110.00
4,415.49
Balance $584.51
Total Appropriation Balances
$7,550.54
Revenue Receipts over Assessor's Estimate 12,379.74
Surplus Revenue to Excess and Deficiency Account for 1951 $19,930.28
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I certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the reports contained herein are correct. The cash balances of all officers intrusted with the receipt, cus- tody or expenditure of money have been verified and all such books and accounts are in order. The Tax Collector's report as published is correct. All payments to the Treasurer have been properly warranted, and all receipts have been recorded. Cash and Securities of the Trust Funds have been verified, all income accounted for, and all payments warranted.
Respectfully submitted,
RUTH D. LEEMING, Town Auditor
Town of Dighton
BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 1951
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES and RESERVES
Cash
$472,224.90
LIABILITIES:
Accounts Receivable:
U. S. Grants:
1950 Real Estate Taxes
$1,382.59
1950 Personal Property Taxes 120.53
Old Age Assistance Adm. 254.88
1951 Poll Tax 10.00
Aid to Dependent Children 2,153.55
1951 Real Estate Taxes
5,406.67
Old Age Assistance 6,471.08
1951 Personal Property Taxes
568.65
Smith-Hughes Fund 248.70
7,488.44
9,369.79
1950 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 133.04
1951 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1,957.72
2,090.76
Premium on School Loan
737.90
Tax Possessions
627.11
Road Machinery Fund 5,427.63 School Department --· Water Service Installation 1,600.00
Chapter 90 Dighton-Berkley Bridge
3,448.69
Departmental:
Civil Defense
513.84
Land Taking Costs
200.00
Board of Health
32.86
Town Cemetery Account
51.40
Dighton-Berkley Bridge
3.60
High School Cafeteria Fund
40.24
School Department
5,477.01
High School Athletic Fund
486.11
Veterans' Benefits
105.85
Elementary School Milk Fund
127.02
Public Welfare
148.09
Tailings
184.80
6,569.32
Treasurer's Unidentified Receipts
70.80
New Elementary School Site New Elementary School Building Construction
90.66
354,147.02
Tax Titles
1,205.29
Aid to Dependent Children
801.91
Aid to Dependent Children Adm. 241.58
Aid to Highways:
State-Chapter 81 10,629.71
State-Chapter 90 Maintenance 500.00 County Taxes and Assesments 1,471.49
County-Chapter 90 Maintenance 500.00
State-Chapter 90 D-B Bridge 1,729.44 County-Chapter 90 D-B Bridge 1,414.92
14,774.07
1952 Revenue:
State Taxes and Assessments 89.31
1,560.80
RESERVES:
Overlay, Reserved for
Abatement of 1950 Taxes 1,547.52
Overlay, Reserved for Abatement of 1951 Taxes 1,189.81
2,737.33
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
5,013.67
Revenue Reserved until collected:
Departmental Revenue 6,569.32
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue 14,774.07
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Rev. 2,090.76
Tax Title Revenue 1,205.29
Tax Possession Revenue
627.11
25,266.55
1952 Revenue: 1949 Overlay 70.01
EXCESS and DEFICIENCY-Surplus Revenue 93,975.65
$505,049.90
$505,049.90
DEBT ACCOUNTS
High School Construction Bonds $4,000.00 Elementary School Construction Bonds 470,000.00
Net Funded Debt
$474,000.00
$474,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds: Cash and Securities
$14,591.06
Cemetery P. C. Funds $8,404.30 Joshua Bliss Cemetery Fund Charles S. Chase Trust Fund 5,176.76 1,010.00
$14,591.06
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
Year Ending December 31, 1951
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Eugene M. White, Chairman
Term Expeires 1952
North Dighton
Edward C. French, Secretary North Dighton
1954
Lawrence Mendoza Dighton 1952
1954
Richard DeMello
Dighton
Charles Swartz 1953
North Dighton
Anthony Andrews
1953
North Dighton
Superintendent John J. Rolfe, B. Ed., M. Ed. Residence: 117 School Street, North Dighton
Office: Dighton High School, Segreganset
Telephone: Dighton 3361 (Office) Taunton 2-0698 (Home)
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M .- 9:30 A.M. and by appointment.
Secretary Gladys Babbitt School Physician Charles M. Souza, M. D.
School Nurse Esther Bowden, R. N.
Attendance Supervisor Howell S. Carr
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Entrance Age
First grade registration in September of any year will be limited to those children who are at least six years of age or who will become six years of age on or before the following January 1. There will be no exceptions made to this ruling.
Birth Certificates
Presentation of a birth certificate is required for entrance to the first grade.
Vaccination
Every child who enters school for the first time must present a certificate of vaccination or a statement from his physician that vaccination is inadvisable.
NO SCHOOL INFORMATION
Elementary Schools
Whenever it seems advisable to close the elemen- tary school the notice will be broadcast over Radio Sta- tion WPEP, Taunton, and over Radio Station WSAR, Fall River. In addition, in North Dighton the street lights will be turned on from 7:45 to 8 A. M. In South Dighton three blasts on the Anchor Color and Gum Works whistle will be sounded at 7:45 A. M.
High School
Whenever the school buses can be safely operated there will be school at Dighton High School unless unfore- seen emergencies make it necessary to close. In the
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event of closing, the information will be specifically an- nounced over the radio as indicated above for the elemen- tary schools.
Transportation
The law requires that transportation be provided for pupils residing more than two miles from the school at- tended or more than one mile from the nearest bus stop. Many pupils living at lesser distances along established routes are transported if the seating capacity of the bus will permit. From time to time it is necessary to refuse transportation to some of those living under the required distance when our buses are filled to capacity with chil- dren living at a greater distance.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Calendar Year 1952 Dighton High School
January 2, 1952
February 15, 1952 February 25, 1952 April 18, 1952 April 28, 1952 June 20, 1952
September 3, 1952
December 19, 1952
Elementary Schools
January 2, 1952
February 15, 1952
School opens closes
April 18, 1952
School opens
April 28, 1952
closes
June 13, 1952
School opens closes
September 3, 1952 December 19, 1952
School will close on the following days:
April 11-Good Friday
May 30-Memorial Day
October 13-Columbus Day (October 12)
October 31-Teachers' Convention
November 11-Armistice Day
November 27and 28-Thanksgiving Recess
School opens closes School opens closes School opens closes School opens closes
School opens closes
February 25, 1952
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts
Appropriation
$156,621.00
Dog Tax
550.51
$157,171.51
Expenditures
General Control
$7,407.12
Transportation
9,477.61
Teachers' Salaries
104,254.55
Books
1,895.80
Supplies
3,550.13
Janitors' Salaries
11,617.75
Fuel
3,524.70
Electricity
1,556.25
Gas
163.81
Janitors' Supplies
779.65
Miscellaneous
1,250.18
Boiler Repairs
214.47
Repairs
1,780.04
Health
2,466.22
New Equipment
2,092.47
Library
394.07
Staff Expenses
16.75
Tuition
25.30
Vocational Education:
General Shop-Day
1,073.91
Household Arts-Day
43.35
Dental Fund
943.19
Transferred to High School Athletics Acct.
1,000.00
Transferred to Water Account
1,600.00
Balance 44.19
$157,171.51
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NET COST TO TOWN
Expenditures, 1951
$156,127.32
Receipts, 1951:
Chapter 70, General
State Aid
$29,960.97
Reimbursement, Superin-
tendent's Salary and Travel
2,426.66
Reimbursement, Vocational
Education 6,231.01
Tuition:
Berkley
6,949.50
Freetown
9,112.60
Rehoboth
7,580.90
Miscellaneous Tuition
677.50
Miscellaneous Receipts
284.34
Transportation
6,789.74
Dental Clinic Income
497.00
Total Receipts, 1951 70,510.22
Net Cost to Town
85,617.10
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Citizens of Dighton:
Annually the School Department submits to the townspeople an annual report that sets forth pertinent in- formation relative to the functioning of the schools. Although such a report may seem uninteresting to many, it nevertheless serves as a valuable record for the future. Such reports, however, are written to be read and not just to be stored away for the perusal of posterity. In order that the parents and other citizens may know just how the educational budget is spent and how the schools are functioning the law requires that an annual report be submitted. Many of the questions that are asked from time to time have been answered over and over again in the school reports.
I am pleased to submit my ninth annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Dighton.
Financial
The Dighton School Department is operating on what can very well be termed an economy budget. Com- parisons with expenditures before prices increased will definitely show that increases in our budget items have not kept pace with price increases. Keeping our system operating at reasonable efficiency has required diligent effort.
Transportation and salaries account for eighty-five per cent of our budget. If a reduction in transportation costs were possible the town would save nothing because of state reimbursements. A reduction in salaries would
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affect our being able to employ good teachers. At the present time we are paying salaries that are three hun- dred dollars less than the State average.
The services we offer are to a large extent the mini- mums permitted. We have no art program, no special class opportunities, no elementary physical education supervisor, no remedial reading teacher, no kindergar- tens, and no guidance director. With costs of our mini- mums of education constantly rising the time for offer- ing any of the above services has not been deemed pro- pitious.
The budget to be presented by the School Commit- tee for 1952 is only $1160.00 more than that of 1951, except for a transportation increase that is unknown at this time. However, any additional transportation cost is fully reimbursable.
The reduction in monies received from Rehoboth on account of high school tuition, increases the net cost of education to the Town. Our estimated income from that town for 1952 will be only one-half of what it was in 1951. At the present time only Rehoboth Juniors and Seniors attend school here.
School Housing
Next September will be the time of an anxiously awaited and long anticipated experience, that of moving into the new elementary school that will replace the South School, the North Primary School and the North Elemen- tary School. We hope that we shall be able to stay with- in the original 'appropriation of $550,000 for the entire completion and equipping of the school. If additional funds are needed the Town will gain by making the nec- essary appropriation because of the State participation.
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Approximately forty-three per cent of the expenditure is reimbursable on all items of equipment including furni- ture, stage curtains, cafeteria equipment, basketball backstops, lawn mower, cleaning equipment, office equipment, and many miscellaneous items, as well as on the building itself and the improvement of the grounds. To fail to finish the project completely will mean that later on the Town will have to raise the entire amount for improvements that now will cost only $.57 on each dollar expended.
Our new elementary school, which is located in Segreganset, is a brick faced building having eighteen classrooms, an office suite, a teachers' room for men and one for women, a health room, a small library, and an all purpose room with an adjoining kitchen, as well as the usual storage and auxiliary areas. The all purpose room will be used for assemblies, for physical education, and as a lunchroom. The use of steel tables and benches that fold into the wall makes it possible to utilize this room as a lunchroom without interfering unduly with our physical education program. The interior partitions are of cinder block construction with glazed tile wainscoting 5' high in the corridors. The toilets have tile floors and tile walls.
The classrooms, which measure 23 feet by 35 feet have fluorescent strip lighting and glass block windows with clear glass below, except on the north side where the windows are entirely of clear glass. Each room is equipped with a sink with counter space on each side, green glass chalkboards, built-in wardrobes, considerable tackboard, a large closet for book storage, and a closet for the use of the teacher. Throughout the building the ceilings are of acoustical material. All floors are of asphalt tile with the exception of the lobby and entrances which are terrazzo, and the floor of the all-purpose room
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which is of wood. The ventilation and heating of each room is automatically controlled without any adjustment by the teachers.
The cafeteria kitchen will be equipped with a stain- less steel counter that has two steam tables and a stain- less steel milk cooler and has been designed to serve two lines of students simultaneously. The soiled dish coun- ters, the pre-wash sink, the dish washer, the dish truck, the refrigerator, the hood over the stove, the pot sinks, and the undershelving throughout the room, will be in stainless steel. There will also be provided a deep freezer, two frialators, a ten burner range, a potato peeler, an electric mixer, an electric slicer, two work tables, and many miscellaneous items. Maximum effort has been made by the building committee to furnish the kitchen so that it will be superior in terms of cleanliness, efficiency, and durability. We are sure that the townspeople will be proud of it.
The clock system is an I. B. M. electronic installa- tion. Provisions for an intercommunication system are being made whereby any one of the classrooms and auxil- iary rooms or any combination of them can be contacted from the office. In addition, the school personnel will be able to initiate calls from any one of twenty-two loca- tions.
There will be two large blacktop play areas provided so that the pupils will have dry play space in muddy weather and so that a minimum of dirt will be brought into the building. The size of the site makes possible the use of large grass areas for general play purposes and for such activities as football, baseball and soccer.
From the beginning of the planning the objective has been to construct a school that will be attractive,
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easily maintained, durable, and well built and that will meet the needs of a modern program of education and school living.
As a matter of record it might be well to set forth here the names of the school building committee, the architect, and the builder. They are as follows:
James K. Allen, Chairman Lawrence Mendoza Walter H. Candelet, Secretary Richard M. DeMello Helen H. Lane Eleanor S. Smith Theodore B. Ladd Charles A. Briggs
H. Judson Robinson
John J. Rolfe, Advisor Israel T. Almy, Architect
H. V. Collins Construction Company, Builder
New Equipment
In order that our schools may be equipped for a higher degree of efficiency it is necessary to purchase new equipment from time to time and also to replace worn out items. In our elementary schools we made no purchases of this nature during the past year because of the advisability of waiting for the needs to be taken care of under our new building equipment program where State participation will reduce the town cost to $.57 on each dollar. In the high school six sewing machines that were twenty-one or more years old were replaced by the purchase of six new Singer machines. We received a forty- five per cent discount in addition to a turn-in allowance. Other items supplied were: an adding machine, an elec- tric clock for the exterior of the building, (a gift of the 1951 Senior Class) seven powder type fire extinguishers,
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