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For Aid to Dependent Children, we are asking an appropria- tion of $3,500. This is an increase of $500 over last year. During 1948, we aided three families having a total of five dependent children. Our present case load is three families with a total of five children.
We are asking for $32,000 for old Age Assistance for the coming year. This is an increase of $7,000 over last year. On January 1, 1948, our case load was 65 and on December 31, 1948, it was 72. During the entire year, 87 persons were aided under this category of assistance, 61 of these had Acton settlements, 16 with out-of-town settlements and 10 which were unsettled. Owing to the high cost of living, state budgetary standards were increased during the past year, making it neces- sary to increase the grants of most of the recipients of Old Age Assistance. The case load has also increased considerably.
Your Board, desiring to give you an analysis of the expen- ditures for 1948, submits the following :
TEMPORARY AID
Paid to State on Acton settled cases $717.80
Paid to other places on Acton settled
cases 599.70
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Paid to cases in Acton ...... 2,510.37
$3,827.87
Estimated reimbursements :
from other towns $371.90
371.90
Approximate net cost to Town of Acton $3,455.97
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Total expended
$3,508.41
Estimated Federal Grants $679.50
Estimated State reimbursements
$1,169.46
$1,848.96
Approximate net cost to Town of Acton
$1,659.45
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Total expended $46,249.87
Estimated Federal Grants $20,140.30
Estimated state reimbursements 18,257.99
Estimated reimbursements from other
places 1,113.51
$39,511.80
Approximate net cost to Town of Acton $6,738.07
Appropriations recommended for 1949:
Old Age Assistance $32,000.00
Temporary Aid 4,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children 3,500.00
Administration
1,150.00
Respectfully submitted,
MARY M. LAFFIN, WALTER B. STEVENS, LOSSIE E. LAIRD, Board of Public Welfare.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1948.
An appropriation of $2000 was made for this work. This money was used for emergency work, such as removing dead, broken and dangerous trees. Fourteen hundred dollars was used for labor while $600 was for expenses.
We have several more large trees to be removed and more cabling to do to save our trees and much trimming to be done.
Because of increase in labor wages, I recommend $2500 be appropriated for the care of the shade trees in 1949. Of this, $1,750 be used for salaries and wages; $750 for expenses.
An appropriation of $250 was made for the replacement of shade trees. There were 43 new trees placed throughout the town. I recommend that the same appropriation of $250 be made for the same purpose this coming year.
Some of our trees in town need feeding badly, which will help a lot in keeping away some of the diseases. Last year the sum of $500 was appropriated for this purpose. There- fore, I recommend that $500 be appropriated for the feeding of our shade trees in 1949.
We have a new disease to control, the Dutch Elm disease. We have it in nearby towns and cities. I think we should take some method to check as much of the Dutch Elm disease as possible. There are 2000 elm shade trees in this town. From these trees, samples were taken and sent to Amherst. The report from Amherst was favorable - no symptoms of the disease was found at that time, although frequent check-ups are necessary. Therefore, I recommend that the sum of $500 be appropriated for this work.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. KNIGHT, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1948.
An appropriation of $2000 was made for moth work last year, of which the running expense was about $1050 and $950 for labor. This money was used for spraying through the town once for pest control and a second spray for pest control and elm leaf beetle through part of the town.
The labor will be greater than last year if the work is to be done properly. Two extra sprays will be necessary to con- trol the elm beetle carrier.
Therefore, I recommend the sum of $2,700 be appropriated for the suppression of the Gypsy Moth and Elm Leaf beetle and other necessary work to be done. Of this $1500 to be used for labor and $1,200 for expenses.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. KNIGHT, Moth Superintendent.
REPORT OF TOWN NURSE
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1948.
Bedside
750
Pre-natal
175
Post-natal
100
Welfare
128
Night calls 25
Sixteen patients taken to Middlesex Sanatorium for X-ray and annual check-up. One patient taken to Cripple Children's Clinic at St. John's Hospital, Lowell.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN F. TAYLOR, R. N.
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Health of Acton herewith submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1948, together with the an- nual report of the Agent and Inspector of Slaughtering. With the passing of Ernest Allsopp the 28th of June last, we wish to pay tribute to his many years of faithful and diligent serv- ices to the welfare of the health and problems of the town of Acton. His many services will be long remembered by those associated with him.
There were one hundred ninety-six cases of contagious dis- eases reported to the Board of Health during the year as listed :
Scarlet fever
2
Chicken pox
44
Tuberculosis
2
Measles
118
Whooping cough
17
Dog bite
10
Pneumonia, lobar
1
Influenza
1
Undulent fever
1
Dating from March 22nd to and including June 29th, the 118 cases of measles occurred, causing some apprehension on the part of local health officials, town and state officials, in- cluding the town nurse and physicians. About the 25th of June, the epidemic was well under control and subsiding. The forty-four cases of chicken pox were between January 5th and March 18th, ending a few days prior to the outbreak of the measles epidemic March 22nd.
We have continued to care for one (1) patient in Middlesex County Sanatorium for the entire year 1948. We have also admitted one additional patient on December 16, 1948. We anticipate that both patients will be confined for the entire year 1949. We therefore recommend the appropriation be in- creased from $5,000.00 to $6,000.00 for the use of this board for the year 1949.
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The diphtheria clinic was held at the schools as in the past with excellent results (see report of School Nurse).
DEATHS
Deaths Reported 36
Residents of Acton
30
Residents of other places 6
Occurring in Acton
30
Occurring in other places
6
Burial Permits Issued
36
Respectfully submitted,
BOARD OF HEALTH Acton, Massachusetts
O. L. CLARK, M. D., Chairman
L. H. CRAM
H. LEUSHER
EDWARD J. HIGGINS, Agent
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year 1948.
Barns visited
47
Cows
217
Bulls
13
Steers
3
Pigs
19
Sheep
14
Goats
33
Young Cattle
84
Horses
19
Dog Bites
7
Dogs quarantined
7
Rabies
0
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All animals that are purchased in other states must be ac- companied by a certificate of health from the state of shipment. If not they shall have to be quarantined for a period of ninety days.
Respectfully submitted, ARNO H. PERKINS, Inspector of Animals.
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Board of Selectmen
Acton, Massachusetts
I herewith submit my report for the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1948. Said report includes all arrests made within the town during the past year. Arrests and prosecutions for the following offenses :
Operating without a M. V. License 6
Going through a red light
Speeding 17
6
Failing to slow at an intersection
1
Operating under the influence of liquor
7
Refusing to stop for a Police Officer
1
Not displaying an inspection sticker
8
Operating an unregistered motor vehicle
3
Operating an uninsured motor vehicle
1
Failing to stop at Stop sign
2
Improper brakes
1
Law of the road
5
No hand signal
1
No care in turning motor vehicle
1
No front plate 2
No registration in possession
1
Parking in rural district
1
Parking-No lights
1
.
Unsigned motor vehicle license 1
1
Operating so as to endanger
145
Drunkenness
22
Malicious injury to property
1
Assault and Battery
3
Desertion
1
Collecting junk without a license
4
Larceny
4
Keeping dynamite without a license
1
Transporting dynamite without a license
1
Blasting caps with dynamite
1
Pulling in false fire alarms
2
Violation of Fish and Game laws
3
Lewd and Lascivious cohabitation
1
Begetting
1
Delinquent children
1
Arrested and turned over to other departments
3
Motor Vehicle accident report :
Accidents reported 65
Occupants injured 55
Bicyclist injured 1
Twenty-seven licenses were suspended or revoked by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for improper operation.
Two hundred sixty-eight complaints were received and in- vestigated. In order to keep down the cost of printing, these complaints are not listed here but are on file at the Police Office and may be seen by any interested person.
A 1948 Dodge Sedan was purchased for the Police Depart- ment from the Great Road Garage, Maynard. It was delivered and put into service on April 6th. This car is equipped with two-way radio with which we can contact either Concord or Maynard Police Stations. It also has been converted into an emergency ambulance and is the best equipped cruiser in the area.
Call Acton 169 for Police
All calls, day or night, should be made by calling Acton 169. If the officer on duty is on patrol he will be notified by radio of your call. If the officer is at some other place, your call will be transferred to that number by the operator. In an emer- gency, simply call Emergency Acton 169 - state the nature
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of the emergency and your location before leaving the tele- phone. Never try to contact the officer direct by radio.
Your Police Department is on duty twenty-four hours a day and is always willing to serve you.
In closing, I wish to thank all the officers of this department who co-operated with me in carrying out the duties of the Police Department during the past year. I also wish to express our thanks to the local telephone operators for their prompt and efficient handling of our emergency calls and to the per- sonnel of the Concord Police Department for their radio broad- casts. To all others who in any way assisted us, we are grate- ful.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL FOLEY, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF THE ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Howard J. Billings, Chairman
Murray Brown
Arthur F. Davis
Eugene L. Hall
Ralph W. Piper
Arthur M. Whitcomb
Wendell F. Davis
Florence A. Merriam
Mrs. Harlan E. Tuttle
The last three members hold office by election. The others are Life Members.
Librarians
Katherine Kinsley Mary Lothrop Evelyn Reed
West Acton Branch Memorial Library South Acton Branch
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The Wachusett Library Group met in Ashburnham in May and in Sterling in October. Mrs. Tuttle and I attended both sessions.
The State Certificate party was held in May and 70 Honor Certificates were presented to the children. A magician enter- tained all present and the proceeds of $66.23 were nearly enough to purchase the table and eight small chairs now placed in the Children's Room.
A Story Hour has been started with the Reverend David Thompson telling the stories for all Town pupils of Grades 4, 5 and 6, and Mrs. Thompson taking Grades 1, 2 and 3. The attendance has been good. Those interested in the welfare of the children cannot express sufficient gratitude to these two good people who give their time so ably and freely; and to the Acton Woman's Club which suggested giving us free space and refreshments.
The South Acton Branch is now located at the South Acton Department Store, with Mrs. Reed in charge.
The Reverend Donald Yaekle very kindly put on an exhibit in the Library, of his collection of Bibles and Prayer Books. It attracted considerable attention.
Our Library lent paintings to the Concord Library for the exhibit of Mr. Davis' work which was held there in late summer.
Accession-Number of volumes in Library, January 1,
1948 20,568
Increase by purchase 273
Increase by gift
640
Withdrawn from circulation
788
Number of volumes in Library January 1, 1949
20,693
Circulation-Number of days Library was open
103
Number of volumes circulated
17,327
Largest daily circulation on February 18
459
Smallest daily circulation on January 21
74
Daily average
168 plus
The circulation shows gain over previous year of 2,300.
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This splits up as follows:
Fiction-10,837 Juvenile-4,552 Non-Fiction-1938
The Library acknowledges with gratitude, gifts from the following :
BOOKS
Julia E. Barry, 9; Mrs. Bowden, 4; Mrs. Caouette, 12; Dr. James Christie, 1; Carl Christofferson, 1; Mr. and Mrs. Coles, 15; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deane, 10; Mrs. Irving Duren, 3; Estate of Mrs. Wentworth Stewart of Concord, 94; Federal Government, 1; Fitchburg Public Library, 1; Mrs. Laura Forbes, 4; Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Forbes, 52; Mrs. Otto Geer, 5; Charles Greenough, 1; Mr. Guionon, 1; Reverend and Mrs. Charles W. Henry, 80; Mr. and Mrs. Heyliger, 11; Mrs. B. L. Hinckley, 14; Saul Joftes, 1; Irene Lehtinen, 1; Edith MacMillan, 2; Robert Murray, 34; Mrs. Mildred Pope Moore, 99; Mrs. Ralph Piper, 2; South Acton Branch, 3; Mr. and Mrs. Stinson, 33; W. A. Stevens, 11; Woodbury Stevens, 18; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. White. 84; Harry A. Williams, 30; Mrs. Donald Yaekle, 1.
MAGAZINES
Mrs. Otto Geer, Mrs. Sturtivant, Estate of Mrs. Wentworth Stewart of Concord, Mrs. Olsen, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Harris, Edith MacMillan, W. B. Stevens, and E. H. Washburn.
FINANCIAL RECEIPTS
Fines
$177.45
Miscellaneous
5.87
Sale of books
17.55
$200.87
MARY LOTHROP,
Librarian.
RATED -
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1735.
.ACTON
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1948
MURPHY & SNYDER, MAYNARD, MASS.
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Mr. Ralph W. Stearns, Chairman Term expires 1949
Mrs. G. Howard Reed
Term expires 1949
Mr. Ernest Simpson Term expires 1950
Mrs. Hazel P. Vose
Term expires 1950
Mr. Donald Severence .Term expires 1951
Mrs. Gertrude Tuttle Term expires 1951
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the school committee are held the. second Monday of each month in the high school at 7:30 p.m. Exceptions may be made during July and August.
Superintendent Whitman Pearson Office-High School Building, Telephone 110
School Physician Ernest A. Mayell, M. D. East Acton, Telephone 345-3 (Resigned June, 1948) Paul P. Gates, M. D. West Acton, Telephone 412
School Nurse Mrs. Simon D. Taylor, R. N. North Acton, Telephone 33-22
Attendance Officer Louis Leveroni West Acton, Telephone 110
Custodians :
High School, Tel. 110 Louis Leveroni
Center School, Tel. 86
W. Burton Harvey
South School, Tel. 445 Kenneth Harvey
West School, Tel. 105
Ernest G. Banks
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Tentative Calendar for 1949 .
Monday, January 3, Schools Open Friday, February 18, Schools Close Monday, February 28, Schools Open Friday, April 15, Schools Close
Monday, April 25, Schools Open Monday, May 30, Memorial Day
Friday, June 10, Elementary Schools Close
Friday, June 10, High School Graduation Friday, June 17, High School Closes
School Year 1949-1950
September 7, High School Opens
September 12, Elementary Schools Opent
October 12, Columbus Day
October 21, Teachers' Convention
November 11, Armistice Day
November 24 and 25, Thanksgiving Recess
December 23, Schools Close
1950
January 2, Schools Open
February 17, Schools Close
February 27, Schools Open
April 14, Schools Close
April 24, Schools Open
May 30, Memorial Day
June 16, Elementary Schools Close
June 16, High School Graduation
June 23, High School Closes
No School Signal - All Schools All Day
7:00 a.m., fire whistle in all precincts-2-2-2-2 7:00-8:00 a.m., radio announcements over WBZ and WEEl
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Inhabitants of Acton:
The year 1948 has brought many new ideas and changes to our school system. Most of them have been ably set out in the report of our Superintendent, Whitman Pearson. Inci- dentally, Mr. Pearson came to us after Superintendent David C. Bowen had resigned on account of ill health.
The greatest innovation of the year was the re-arrangement of the school rooms in the three elementary schools so that the pupils could enjoy the advantages of a single grade in a single room. We anticipate that the term "non-reader" will have no place in the Acton vocabulary henceforth.
This move was also a striking example of what can be done by using the facilities at hand rather than saddling the tax- payers with expensive bond issues and other outlay for the construction of new buildings at a time when costs are so ex- cessive.
When this change-over was suggested to Mr. Pearson, he worked out the details of it promptly; planned the necessary transportation with Mr. Laffin; and, when the schools opened a few weeks later in September, one grade only in a room had become an accomplished fact.
Two new members were elected to the Committee: Mrs. Gertrude P. Tuttle and Mr. Donald P. Severence.
Our budget for the year 1949 reflects the increased cost of supplies, services, and salaries and has been kept as low as possible consistently with helping to train our young people to become good citizens.
The year 1948 very distinctly stands out in the minds of the committee as one in which we have had generous co-opera- tion on the part of the various town departments, clubs, or- ganizations, committees, the entire school personnel, parents, and the citizens as a whole. We are grateful for it.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH W. STEARNS, Chairman.
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Received - To Credit of Schools
Chap. 71, S. 7A (1947-679) Transportation $2,273.58
General School Fund (Part I) 4,330.00
Tuition and Transportation-State Wards 236.91
Vocational Education Tuition 106.20
City of Boston Wards 278.69
Town of Boxborough-Tuition 2,971.00
Town of Westford-Tuition
251.64
Miscellaneous Collections at High School
67.90
$10,515.92
Net Cost of Operation
Appropriated 1948
$85,000.00
Expended
85,073.21
Received by Town Treasurer (as above)
10,515.92
Net cost of Schools and Vocational Tuition
$74,557.29
Less: Cost of New Equipment
$763.19
Net Cost of Operation
193.80
956.99
Net cost of Operation $73,600.30
Expended for Operation in 1948
High Elem. (Gr. 7-12) (Gr. 1-6) (Gr. 1-12)
Salaries and Wages
$38,582.90 $26,165.15 $64,748.05
Fuel
1,857.60
2,244.16
4,101.76
Books and Supplies
2,122.12
1,267.04
3,389.16
Transportation
3,175.00
2,965.00
6,140.00
Janitor's Supplies and Power, Repairs, and Miscellaneous
3,984.88
1,285.90
5,270.78
Libraries
90.33
19.94
110.27
Health
125.00
125.00
250.00
(Non-operating expense of $1,063.19 not included)
Totals
$49,937.83 $34,072.19 $84,010.02
Less Receipts
$7,832.26 $2,577.46 $10,409.72
(Except $106.20 on vocational tuition)
Net Cost of Operation
$42,105.57 $31,494.73 $73,600.30
Totals
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Approximate average number of pupils Average yearly cost per pupil to near- est dollar $179.00
235 290
525
$109.00
$140.00
In addition to the above, the school department expended the following:
New Equipment
$763.19
Tuition to Vocational Schools
300.00
Total of these Two Items
$1,063.19
Total of Operating Expenses
$84,010.02
Total Expended $85,073.21
Proposed Budget for 1949
Salaries and Wages
$73,000.00
Supt., Prin., Teachers, and Janitors)
Expenses
$20,000.00
(Fuel, Books and Supplies, Transportation, Tui- tion, Janitors' Supplies and Power, Repairs, Out- lay, Health, Libraries, and Miscellaneous)
Total $93,000.00
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School Membership and Attendance
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1948
HIGH SCHOOL
Age
Boys:
Grade 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 20
Tot.
7
5
9
8
4
26
8
1
4
8
2
2
17
9
3
6
1
10
10
6
10
5
1
22
11
5
7
1
13
12
5
4
2
1
12
6
13
19
18
18
17
5
3
1
100
Girls :
Grade 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 20
Tot.
7
2
2
13
3
20
8
4
14
2
20
9
8
16
5
29
10
1
4
18
2
1
26
11
9 10
2
21
12
6
8
2
16
2 2
17
26
22
32
18
11
2
132
CENTER SCHOOL
Age
Boys:
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Tot.
2
1
14
1
16
4
1 12
1
14
6
2
10
2
1
15
1
14
2
12
2
11
2
1
45
8
Girls: Grade 5 6
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
Tot.
2
2
5
7
4
3
5
1
9
6
2
3
5
2 5 3
5
3
3
21
Grand Totals
3 19
5
17
5
14
2
1
66
SOUTH SCHOOL
Age
Boys:
Grade
5
6 7 8 9
10
11
12
13
14
Tot.
1
2 13
15
3
6
9
2
1
18
4
8
2
10
6
4
5
2
11
Ungi.
1
1
2
2
13
6 9
10
7 6
3
56
Girls :
Grade
5
6 7 8 9
10
11
12
13
14 Tot.
1
1
14
15
3
9
4
13
4
2
10
3
15
6
3
5
1
9
Ungr.
1
1
1 14
11
14
6
6
£
1
53
Grand Totals 3 27
6
20
24
13
12
4
109
7
9
WEST SCHOOL
Age
Boys :
Grade
5
6 7 8 9
10
11
12
13
14
Tot.
1
2 15
2
19
2
5
13
1
19
3
3
16
19
5
1
14
1
16
2
20
18
17 1 14
1
73
Girls : Grade
5
6 7 8 9
10
11
12
13
14
Tot.
1
2
7
9
2
2
6
1
9
3
4
5
1
1
11
5
6
10
2
18
2 9
6
5
11
11
3
47
Grand Totals 4 29
24
22
12 25
3
1 120
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and Citizens of Acton, Massachusetts :
Herewith is presented my first annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools for Acton.
Since this report will become a part of the public records and should be a valuable medium for interpreting the local school situation to the taxpayers and parents, it will include a maximum of pertinent facts and a minimum of educational philosophy. Your superintendent feels that the townspeople should know what they are receiving, and what they may ex- pect for the amount of money spent on education, and for their convenience and easy reference, appropriate sub-headings will be used throughout the report. The most important items will receive first consideration and each topic will be treated with deliberate brevity in view of the cost of printing involved.
TEACHING STAFF
Annual Replacement Problem :
The quality of a school depends more on the ability of its teaching than on its buildings, equipment, or any other factor and Acton is fortunate in having a very capable faculty for the school year 1948-49. This is due, in part, to a willingness to employ qualified married teachers, proximity to graduate schools of education, and the good work of teachers gaining their first experience in our system. However, the town's position near communities with much higher salary schedules make it a convenient "hunting ground" for teacher-seeking superintendents with the result that the Acton system has suffered from a constant change of personnel.
Since this time last year, Acton has had to replace eight of the twenty-four teachers listed as the December, 1947 teach- ing staff by the former superintendent, Mr. Bowen. Obviously, a school system having a teacher turnover of 33 per cent suffers from instability, lack of continued policies and efforts, and a constantly unsettled relationship between teachers and stu- dents. As in business, there is a great loss of efficiency while
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new and often inexperienced employees are adjusting to the system, and the economic solution for the labor turnover loss would seem to be a local salary schedule high enough to attract and retain well-qualified teachers.
The American public is realizing that the laws of supply and demand have operated to the benefit of the school teacher, and that as potential teachers are attracted by the higher wages in oher fields, those who stay in the profession very naturally take the best-paying positions. Massachusetts is short several hundred public school teachers and the situation is especially grave at lower grade levels.
Professional Training :
Pedagogy - the science of teaching - is advancing constant- ly with great progress being made in the relatively new fields of remedial reading, abnormal psychology, audio-visual aids, and mental testing. To keep abreast of the latest develop- ments in their fields, teachers must not only read professional literature but take regular or extension courses under the auspices of nearby schools of education.
Graduate study is not only expensive - $37.50 per subject per semester - but it requires the purchase of books, extra meals, gasoline, and other supplies. Following the practice of many other communities to encourage teachers to continue professional training while in service, a plan is being developed which would give salary increases to those teachers who earn graduate credit during 1949.
Among the Acton teachers who have been doing graduate work in the field of Education during 1948 are the following :
IN-SERVICE TRAINING DURING 1948
Name
Field
Institution
Julia L. McCarthy
Elementary Reading
Boston University
Teaching of Art
Maynard School Dept.
Boston University
Florence A. Merriam Elementary Reading Teaching of Art George Adamian Secondary Education
Maynard School Dept.
Boston University
Carrie F. Wells
Elementary Reading
Boston University
Helen R. Best
Teaching of Art Maynard School Dept.
Dardana Berry
Teaching of Art
Maynard School Dept.
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Isabel MacPherson Current Events
Boston University
Gertrude Braman Teaching of Art
Maynard School Dept.
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