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We have in our own school system many unsolved prob- lems and many opportunities to improve the educational offer- ings to Acton's children. A great deal of well directed and care- ful research has taken place in recent years, much of which is aimed at ways and means of solving some of the very problems that exist in our own schools.
We feel that there is a promising opportunity here for effective and well organized Citizen Participation in school affairs, along lines which have been highly successful in other New England communities. Indeed, as a committee we would like to encourage such activity on the part of interested citi- zens, and would be pleased to assist in any way possible, the formation of such a group.
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Our expectation would be that by this means the school committee could be kept constantly informed as to the ambi- tions of the town for the town's children, and in return would receive support and advice on such modifications and changes in our educational plan as were considered wise by a well informed group representing all the citizens of the town.
In concluding we wish to congratulate the individual members of the school staff and the Acting Superintendent of School for their fine work in improving the quality of school instruction offered to the boys and girls of Acton, and for their efforts toward better parent, teacher, pupil, and com- munity relationship.
ACTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
LEONARD A. GODFREY, Chairman DANA B. HINCKLEY
CRAIG E. LUNDBERG
EDMOND J. McNIFF
ALVIN R. PIPER THOMAS E. WETHERBEE
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and Citizens of Acton :
Herewith is presented my first report as Acting Superin- intendent of Schools for Acton :
School Finances 1954
Received - To the Credit of Public Schools
State Aid for Transportation (Costs above $5 a
pupil for transportation over 11/2 miles) .... $ 3,807.50 State Aid for Public Schools (Approximately $1,000 per teacher) 42,950.28
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Tuition-Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wards 2,172.94 Tuition-City of Boston Wards 327.38 Tuition-Town of Boxborough 6,132.79
Tuition and Transportation-Town of Westford 884.55
Miscellaneous Collections at the High School 38.44
TOTAL
$56,313.83
Net Cost of Operating Public Schools
Appropriated March, 1954 $207,758.33
Total amount expended $203,365.09
Received to Credit of Schools (explanation above) 56,313.83
NET AMOUNT FROM LOCAL TAXES . $147,051.26
Less: Cost of New Equipment (Capital Outlay) 2,987.28
NET COST OF OPERATION FROM LOCAL TAXES
$144,063.98
Expended for Operation in 1954
Instruction
High $58,364.73
Elementary
Total $133,911.28
Books-Supplies
4,917.10
6,230.15
11,147.25
Plant Operation
9,906.31
15,335.88
25,242.19
Plant Maintenance
443.01
881.07
1,324.08
Auxiliary Agencies
10,781.47
8,536.16
19,317.63
General Control
4,497.86
4,497.86
8,995.72
Contingencies
391.66
48.00
439.66
Gross Cost of Operation $89,302.14
$111,075.67
$200,377.81
Gross Cost per high school pupil (333) $ 268.17
Gross Cost per elementary school pupil (562) $ 197.64
Gross cost per pupil (895)
$ 223.89
Gross Cost of Operation (as above) $89,302.14
$111,075.67
$200,377.81
Less Receipts $30,249.26
$ 26,064.57
$ 56,313.83
$59,052.88
$ 85,011.10
$144,063.98
$ 75,546.55
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Net Cost per high school pupil (333) $ 177.34 Net Cost per elementary school pupil (562)
$
151.26
Net Cost per pupil (895)
$ 160.97
1955 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Total appropriation recommended by the School Committee $232,178.20
Estimate of School Aid and other state reimbursement $ 56,700.00 Estimate of other non-tax receipts for school support 11,835.00
Total non-local-tax receipts for school support $ 68,535.00
Amount to be raised by local taxation for school support $163.643.20
Estimated Receipts for 1955
STATE AID
General School Fund
$ 48,000.00
(Approximately $1000 per teacher)
Transportation
7,000.00
(Transp. of pupils over 11/2 miles)
Education of Handicapped 1,700.00 (1/2 cost teacher's salary, plus ($500 above that of reg. teacher)
TOTAL STATE AID $ 56,700.00
TUITION
Town of Boxborough
9,000.00
Town of Westford
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800.00
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City of Boston
Commonwealth of Mass. 2,000.00
TOTAL TUITION PAYMENTS. $ 11,800.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Personal telephone calls .$ 25.00
Damaged Books
10.00
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS
$ 35.00
1955 School Budget
Instruction
. $159,133.35
Books and Supplies
8,780.70
Operation of Plant
27,275.00
Maintenance of Plant
3,740.00
Auxiliary Agencies
18,325.00
General Control
11,925.00
Capital Outlay
2,299.15
Contingencies
700.00
TOTAL 1955 SCHOOL BUDGET $232,178.20
Salaries
Grades Grades VII-XII I-VI $76,970.44 $70,960.16
Salaries
Substitutes
500.00
500.00
Expenses-
Transportation
400.00
400.00
New Staff :
H. S. English
1,500.00
H. S. Science
1,500.00
Jr. High English and History
1,500.00
Jr. High Orientation and Guidance Elementary, Grade 3
1,280.00
Census
150.00
150.00
1,500.00
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154.00
Military Service Fund Summer Programs
500.00
500.00
Testing-
Eleventh Grade
68.75
Increases-
Courses or degrees completed
300.00
300.00
TOTAL
$ 80,100.44 $79,032.91
GRAND TOTAL
$159,133.35
Books and Supplies
GRADES I-VI
Textbooks-$3,996.63
Primary
$ .
758.05
Center
399.85
Remedial
25.00
West
488.49
South
275.58
Special
100.00
Miscellaneous
200.00 -
$2,246.97
GRADES VII-XII
Junior High - English, Mathematics,
Geography
350.00
Art
20.00
Music
137.40
Opportunity Class
115.00
Remedial
75.00
$697.40
HIGH SCHOOL
English
50.00
Science
237.80
Commercial
326.96
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Music
70.00
Guidance
92.50
Remedial
75.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
$1,052.26
697.40
$1,749.66
SUPPLIES-$4,784.07
Primary
$ 557.21
Center
350.80
West
247.14
South
213.00
Guidance
50.00
Music
50.00
A-V Aids
150.00
General
500.00
Physical Education
200.00
Science
50.00
$2,368.15
JUNIOR HIGH and HIGH
Science
103.31
Shop
200.00
Art
142.61
Home Economics
175.00
Guidance
95.00
Physical Education
500.00
A-V Aids
200.00
General
1,000.00
$2,415.92
GRAND TOTAL
. $8,780.70
Operation of Plant
Janitor Service Village Schools
Grades I-VI VII-XII $ 6,500.00
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High-Primary
3,100.00 $ 3,500.00
Other
500.00
500.00
Fuel
2,500.00
2,500.00
Supplies
1,250.00
1,250.00
Water
175.00
100.00
Gas
250.00
200.00
Light-Power
1,200.00
1,500.00
Telephones
400.00
450.00
Plowing
50.00
50.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
200.00
Rent
900.00
TOTAL
$27,275.00
Maintenance of Plant
Grades I-VI VII-XII
Typewriter Repairs
$ 150.00
Refinishing and Replacement of High School Furniture
1,000.00
Piano Tuning - Instrument Repairs
$ 50.00
50.00
Center School Cesspool
150.00
South School Roof
720.00
Center School Roof
1,080.00
Transfer of Radiator - South School
40.00
Miscellaneous
250.00
250.00
$2,290.00
$1,450.00
TOTAL
$3,740.00
Auxiliary Agencies
Grades I-VI VII-XII
Libraries
$ 200.00 $ 200.00
Promotion of Health
250.00
250.00
Transportation
5,000.00
12,000.00
Insurance
75.00
Printing and Advertising
25.00
25.00
Graduation
100.00
$ 17,025.00 $10,250.00
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Tuition (separate account) Miscellaneous
0.00 100.00
0.00
100.00
$5,575.00 $12,750.00
. $18,325.00
General Control
Grades I-VI VII-XII
Superintendent
$1,312.50
$1,312.50
Acting Superintendent
2,750.00
2,750.00
Attendance Officer
50.00
50.00
Secretary
1,350.00
1,350.00
Travel-Expenses
100.00
100.00
Stationery-Postage
87.50
87.50
Equipment
12.50
12.50
School Committee
50.00
50.00
Miscellaneous
250.00
250.00
$5,962.50
$5,962.50
TOTAL
$11 925.00
Capital Outlay
Bubblers-West School
Grades I-VI VII-XII $100.00
Metal Ironing Board .
$ 15.00
Singer Sewing Machine
125.00
Curtains-West School
53.15
10 Desks and Chairs - New Primary
200.00
Typewriter Replacement
800.00
Stepladder - New Primary
6.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
200.00
Classroom Furniture-III
600.00
$1,159.15
$1,140.00
TOTAL
$2,299.15
Contingency Fund
Contingencies $400.00
$300.00
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TOTAL
Housing
The most important problem facing the people of Acton in the next few years is the housing of the pupils. With the defeat of the regional school this past year, the housing diffi- culties are increasing by leaps and bounds. It is possible that in September 1955 the school enrollment will reach close to 1000 students. With this tremendous increase in student population, the two-session day will answer the problem only until June of 1956. For example, we are graduating thirty- two seniors in June of 1955, and in September of the same year we will have close to one hundred students enrolled in the seventh grade. We intend to use the old Blanchard Hall for a homeroom for this very large class, and the girls' and boys' remodeled locker rooms. Our enrollment in the junior-senior high school, Grades 7-12, will be approximately four hundred students, and since the high school was originally built to accomodate two hundred and thirty-five, it can easily be seen that the building is taxed beyond capacity. The present Acton School Committee and Building Committee are working con- tinuously to obtain a high school for Acton by 1956.
Regarding our elementary classes, it will be necessary to establish a new third grade in one of the villages, since at the present we have four second grades in the primary school.
The census report taken in October 1954 clearly shows that even our present primary classes will be overcrowded in a few years, since the pre-primary school reports show the entering classes to be as follows: 1955 - 92; 1956 - 107; 1957 - 106; 1958 - 125; 1959 - 132; 1960 - 90.
Instruction
With the growth of the school population it has been necessary to hire additional teachers for the Acton School System. This year we added two teachers to the junior-senior high school staff, Mr. Maurice Nolan to the commercial depart- ment in the high school, and Mr. William Lubold to the mathe- matics and science department in the junior high.
The teachers who resigned this past year are: Mr. Norton Levy, to Concord; Mr. Joseph Moynahan, to Wayland; Mrs.
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Mary Durant, to Boston Teachers College; Miss Anne Derby, to Natick; Mrs. Nancy Catania, to Bedford; Mr. Carl Bowman, to industry; and Mrs. Mary Lou Robinson. Miss Maureen Conlon resigned December 1954 to accept a position in her home town of Lowell. It was with regret that we accepted Miss Conlon's resignation as she played an important part in setting up the remedial reading and special class in Acton. However, we have been fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. Salvatore L. Lipomi of Tewksbury to succeed Miss Conlon effective January 3, 1955. Mr. Arthur Gulla was called by the U. S. Army and has a military leave until November, 1956. The School Committee, Superintendent, Principals and faculty are working on a salary schedule so that Acton may be able to retain its best teachers and to attract the more com- petent teachers to the Acton system.
New Faculty Members
Mrs. Angela Bemis Grade I
Mrs. Shirley Baumgartner Grade II
Mrs. James Dadoly Grade II
Miss Margaret Rowe Grade VI
Mr. William Cleary
High School Social Studies
Mr. James Dadoly
High School Science
Mr. John Dillon Junior High Science and Mathematics High School Mathematics Miss Laura Kline Mr. William Lubold Junior High Science and Mathematics
Mr. Maurice Nolan High School Commercial
Mrs. Doris Santamour. Elementary Remedial Reading
Mrs. Edith Hatch High School Remedial Reading
Mr. Salvatore L. Lipomi.
Opportunity Class
Future Additions to the Faculty
Effective in September 1955, two separate faculties will be instructing in the junior-senior high school. To bring this about it will be necessary to hire four additional teachers : 1) high school English, 2) high school science, 3) junior high English - history, 4) junior high orientation - guidance. To fill the position for the new third grade it will be necessary to hire an elementary school teacher.
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Books and Supplies
It will be noted that the cost of books and supplies has increased over the past few years, and this is due to the in- creased school population. For example, there are only seventy- five sets of books in grade seven and one hundred students entering our seventh grade in 1955; therefore, we will need to purchase at least twenty-five additional sets of books. As these large classes from the elementary schools advance to the high school the cost of books and supplies will increase yearly. This also holds true in the elementary schools as the large enrollment from the primary school enters grades 3, 4, 5, 6. One major increase in our textbooks at the junior high level this year has been the introduction of science into our curriculum at the Eighth Grade level.
Plant Operation and Maintenance
The two-shift custodial plan that has been in practice the past year has worked out very satisfactorily under the supervision of head custodian Louis Leveroni. Mr. Leveroni works mornings and afternoons, and assistant, Ole Garthe, is on duty from noontime until late evening.
The improvements made in the high school this year are covered in the report of the School Committee.
Improvements in the village schools are as follows: South School, weatherstripping of all windows; West School, replace- ment of drinking fountains ; Center School, replacement of the bell system.
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation in the Acton System has been carried out under the able supervision of Mr. Ormal Laffin. When it is realized that close to 850 students ride the school buses daily to and from school, it shows the exceptionally fine job Mr. Laffin is doing. Even with the two-shift program, field trips and athletic events have not been curtailed.
Cafeteria. Mrs. Anne Rimbach, Manager of the school cafeteria, together with her assistants, Mrs. Minnie Campbell,
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Mrs. Bertha Tucker, and Mrs. Ruth Phelps, have done remark- ably well in providing hot meals for the Acton children. The lunch room averages three hundred such meals daily at a cost of twenty-five cents per meal. Mrs. Rimbach and her staff have received praises from Miss Louise Frederick, State Field Representative, Miss Almeida King, State District Representa- tive, and many parents who have visited the lunch room at meal time. In addition to her regular duties, Mrs. Rimbach has also prepared dinners for the Athletic Association (Award Night), and for three hundred teachers who participated in a Workshop held in Acton this past November.
Capital Outlay
Major items in this account for the year 1955 will be the purchase of classroom furniture for the primary school and the new third grade, a new sewing machine for the high school, and the replacement of seven typewriters in the high school.
Reading Improvement
The elementary remedial reading program has been under the direction of Mrs. Doris Santamour, who joined the Acton School System this past summer. High School remedial read- ing has been under the supervision of Mrs. Edith Hatch. In addition to the regular school classes, a very successful sum- mer program was carried on by Mrs. Santamour and Miss Maureen Conlon. Provision has been made in the budget to continue this program in the summer of 1955.
This report would not be complete without mentioning two people who played an important role in the improvement of the Acton School System over the past years. Mrs. Marion Reed, a school committee member for ten years and former chairman of the school board passed away this fall. Mrs. Reed gave freely of her time and energy for all civic affairs, especially the Acton schools, and her sudden death removed from the community one of the most ardent supporters of the local school system. Mr. Whitman Pearson resigned as Superintendent of Schools on December 7, 1954. In the six years that he headed the local schools, Mr. Pearson was a pioneer of many of the subjects in the curriculum, such as
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driver training, remedial reading, the opportunity class, and the setting up of single grades in the village schools. It is hoped that he will enjoy success and happiness in his new position in Japan as Assistant Superintendent of the Air Force Dependents Schools.
I am grateful to Miss Ruth Proctor, who has been Acting Principal of the High School, and Mr. Raymond Grey, who has held the same position in the Junior High; due to their help and that of a very cooperative faculty and understanding School Committee, my position as Acting Superintendent of Schools has been enjoyable. I should like, furthermore, to thank all other members of the Acton school family-cus- todians, bus drivers, the nurse, physician, and the school department secretary. I think it would be proper here to show my appreciation to all members of the Parent-Teachers Association and to the Acton parents who have written to me or otherwise expressed thanks for the things we have tried to do for the Acton school children.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL,
Acting Superintendent of Schools.
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MEMBERS OF THE ACTON FACULTY
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Name
JULIA MCCARTHY SHIRLEY BAUMGARTNER
ANGELA BEMIS
CELINA MacLEAN
Perry Normal School
I
PHYLLIS MORSE
MARGARET BARRETT
Lowell Teachers College
II
American International College
BA
II
Lesley College
II
Lowell Teachers College
BS in Ed.
II
WEST SCHOOL
CAROLYN DOUGLAS
Fitchburg Teachers College
BS in Ed.
Principal
JOANNE DAGDIGIAN
Regis College
AB
III
ELIZABETH TUFTS
Massachusetts School of Art
Gorham Teachers College
BS in Ed.
IV
ALICE PHILLIPS
San Francisco Teachers College
AB
V
SOUTH SCHOOL
FLORENCE MERRIAM
Fitchburg Teachers College
Principal
III
Grade
Fitchburg Teachers College
State University of Iowa
BA
Simmons College
MS
I
Boston Normal School
I
Fitchburg Teachers College
BS in Ed.
I
LYDIA DADOLY HELEN deCOSTE ALICE O'HEARN
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Professional Training
Principal
VI
Name JESSIE GEMMA KATHERINE MATSEN MADELEINE KINGSTON
Professional Training Fitchburg Teachers College Smith College Fitchburg Teachers College
Grade
VI
AB
BS in Ed.
V IV
CENTER SCHOOL
Framingham Teachers College
Principal V
Machias Normal School
University of Maine
BS in Ed.
III '
Boston University
AB
IV
Regis College
AB
VI
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Professional Training
RAYMOND GREY
Tufts College
AB
Acting Junior High
Principal
Social Studies
Radcliffe College
AB
Acting Senior High
Boston University
M in Ed.
Principal
Union College
BS in Ed.
Social Studies
American International College
BA
Science
Washington and Lee
BA
Science
University of New Hampshire
BS
Home Economics
Boston University
Catholic University
Harvard University
BS in Ed. AM English
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Name
Subject
MS in Ed.
RUTH PROCTOR
WILLIAM CLEARY JAMES DADOLY JOHN DILLON MARY EMERSON VINCENT GANNON
DARDANA BERRY
ROBERTA PUFFER
RAMONA DAVIS
MARGARET ROWE
Name EDITH HATCH THEODORE HERSEY
LAURA KLINE WILLIAM LUBOLD MAURICE NOLAN RALPH STETSON
MARION TOWNE
IRENE MEHURON ANNE ZAMMITTI
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WILLIAM O'CONNELL
SALVATORE LIPOMI JOHN PRISKE
RUTH PROCTOR
DORIS SANTAMOUR CAROL SPAULDING ISADORE STEARNS JOHN WINTON
Professional Training
Fitchburg Normal School St. Lawrence University
BA MA
Boston University
Western Maryland College
BA
Boston University
BA, MA
Salem Teachers College
BS in Ed.
Massachusetts School of Art
Northeastern University
Smith College AB
English
Dean of Girls
Salem Teachers College
Emmanuel College
Portia Law School
LLB
Tufts College
M in Ed.
Social Studies
ALL SCHOOLS
Boston University
BS in Ed.
M in Ed. BS in Ed.
Acting Superintend- ent of Schools Opportunity Class
AB
MS
Music
AB
M in Ed.
Guidance
BS in Ed.
Remedial Reading
BS in Ed.
Art
BS in Ed.
Physical Education
BS
Subject
Remedial Reading
Foreign Languages Mathematics
Mathematics Commercial Driver Training
Industrial Arts
BS in Ed. AB
Commercial
Lowell Teachers College
Truro College
New England Conservatory
Radcliffe College
Boston University
Lowell Teachers College
Mass. School of Art
University of Maine
University of Massachusetts
Physical Education
AGE AND GRADE DISTRIBUTION TABLE (Oct. 1, 1954)
PRE-SCHOOL
Entering Class of 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 5
6
7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Total
Pre-
School 109
132 126
108
107
92
I
17
88
9
114
II
18
85
7
1
111
III
17
64
3
2
86
IV
15
50
6
71
V
16
66
8
90
VI
14
65
8
3
90
ELEMENTARY
562
VII
15 41
22
78
VIII
15
36
8
4
63
JUNIOR HIGH
141
IX
13 49
14
1
77
X
6
31
8
1
46
XI
1
7
25
4
1
38
.XII
10
19
2
31
SENIOR HIGH
192
17 106 111 86 70 88 88 64 74 64 56 44 24
9
895
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- REPORT OF THE ACTING PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
The Acton High School building, which only two years ago was adequate for the housing of all students in grades seven through twelve, has been used since September, 1953, on a double-session basis. Because some make-shift program is destined to continue until overcrowded conditions are relieved by a new building program, frequent evaluations and revisions are important. It is the aim of this report to summarize the first evaluation and the revisions which were made insofar as they affect the senior high school.
At the end of the first year of operation, Mr. Whitman Pearson, then Superintendent of Schools, requested faculty observations and suggestions. The consensus seemed to be that the system was generally detrimental to the development of well-educated and at the same time well-rounded high school graduates. The following observations were made repeatedly :
1. High school classes were in many cases behind sched- ule when compared to the previous year. Achievement was not so high; more warning cards and failing grades were issued.
2. It was almost impossible for high school students to obtain extra help in academic subjects during the mornings, because teachers were engaged in junior high classes.
3. There was little time for curriculum study, revision, or enrichment. Even the time for remedial reading work and counseling had to be stolen from some regularly scheduled class. Field trips and assemblies were few.
4. Home economics, shop, art, and music, being for the most part elective subjects, had relatively few students since the college preparatory and commercial courses sometimes included five major subjects, thereby filling every period. Since no provision could be made for double periods, cooking classes were "suspended for the duration."
5. Class meetings, necessary for the planning of money- raising campaigns and valuable in the education of future democratic citizens, were infrequent since they interfered with academic classes.
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6. The sports program was successful but it was carried out with difficulty. Girls practiced in the gym in the morning ; boys in the evening. Soccer, field hockey, and softball games scheduled with other schools in the afternoon meant that Ac- ton participants were absent from classes. Evening basketball games allowed students only time to hasten home after school, have a quick snack, and return-either to play in Acton or to travel to other schools.
7. Afternoon classes served in some individual cases as an excuse for late night activities resulting in overtired, poorly prepared students.
8. Bus schedules demanded that high school students engaged in morning activities even as late as 10 or 11 o'clock had to come to school with the seventh and eighth graders at 7:45 A.M. Although many of these students utilized their free morning hours to study, work in the school offices, or assist teachers in the elementary grades, their school day was too long-not ending until 4:30 P.M.
9. Poor teacher morale, caused by six or seven classes without break (or with an unexpected break in the form of a class meeting or assembly) could not result in the best teach- ing or the highest student morale. A further disadvantage to teachers and administrators was the impossibility of frequent general meetings. Because of overlapping shifts, junior high and senior high teachers could not meet together to discuss common problems, and the school principal had to call two meetings to cover the same material.
Some of the difficulties of the shortened school day cannot be remedied. However, when school opened in September, 1954, a few changes had been made, namely :
1. To eliminate absenteeism as a result of the conflict between sports and academic classes and to allow for some rest and study before evening games, the schedule was reversed. High school students now attend classes in the morning.
2. Students remaining after school for extracurricular activities may go home on the 2:30 elementary school buses. Their day is more nearly normal in length and for the admini-
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stration the problem of providing space and supervision for the high school groups during the "off-session" is greatly lessened.
3. Two additional faculty members were hired, thus slightly easing the work load.
4. The appointment of Mr. William O'Connell as Acting Superintendent of Schools and the naming of two acting prin- cipals, have produced at least a feeling of two separate school units, and the division of administrative duties has allowed for more regular faculty meetings. It is expected that the movement toward two distinct faculties will continue.
Though under duress, many of the high school activities which were deemed important prior to the double-session days have been continued. The magazine drive, a joint effort for high school and junior high, held in September for the benefit of the Athletic Association fund, produced a profit of $512.32 in addition to the cash prizes awarded to the top-selling classes. Members of the senior class again took the school census, thereby bringing up to date the figures used by school officials to project future enrollments. Under the direction of faculty member, Vincent Gannon, the seniors produced "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come", which was at the same time both a financial success and a good educational experience. The girls' field hockey team had a no-loss season and present indications are that Coach Isadore Stearns will produce a championship girls' basketball team. John Winton's soccer team, members of the Eastern Massachusetts Interscholastic Soccer League, finished the season with a respectable 6 - 4 record and the boys' varsity basketball team has begun the season well. The riflery team, new a year ago, has been con- tinued under the leadership of Mr. Maurice Nolan. Two fall dances have been sponsored.
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