Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1962-1964, Part 28

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Publication date: 1962
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All the above land to contain approximately 24.8 acres, being owned by Merwin H. Craig and being shown on a plan entitled "Meadowgreen, Sub- division Plan of Land in Acton, Massachusetts", dated February 21, 1961 . by Joseph W. Moore, Inc., Registered Land Surveyor and recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds (South District) as Plan 1103 (A & B of 2) of 1961 in Book 9860, Page 445.


Hand vote: Total 355, Yes 269. No 86. Needed to carry 237.


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Article 44


Voted: To authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five members to be known as the Committee on Town Administration. Said committee to be chosen in the following manner: One member from the Finance Committee, one member from the Planning Board, one member from the Personnel Board, and two members at large. The Committee is charged with studying the fiscal and administrative structure of the Town and to make specific recommendations which in the judgement of the Committee will tend to improve the administration of Town Government, said Committee to report to the Selectmen and the Town Meeting on or before March 1965.


Moderator appointed the following Committee: William L. Chipman ( Finance Committee), Charles Judd Farley (Planning Board), Clyde J. Horne (Personnel Board), Charles D. MacPherson and Philip A. Harris ( members at large).


Article 45


Voted: To appropriate from Overlay Surplus the sum of $15,000.00 for a Reserve Fund, pursuant to the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6.


Article 46


Voted: To pass over the Article.


Voted: To adjourn at 11:56 P. M.


A true copy. Attest:


CHARLES M. MacRAE Town Clerk


ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


June 8, 1964


Article 1 Land to Library


Voted: To transfer a portion of a parcel of land, purchased from the Acton Agricultural Holding Company and now being used by the Highway Department, to the Acton Memorial Library, a corporation created by Chapter 52 of the Acts of 1890 under date February 27, 1890, for the pur- pose of erecting a library addition and appurtenances, plus the necessary side and backyard area, and described as follows:


Beginning at a point on the northwesterly corner of the present library land at an existing stonewall thence


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projecting the westerly property line of the existing library lot 30 feet in a straight line in a north- westerly direction, thence turning and running north- easterly and parellel with Main Street, to land now or formerly owned by Norman G. and Frances F. Collins, thence turning and running southerly by land now or formerly of said Collins to the end of a stonewall at land of said Collins, of Frederick W. and Florence C. Abbt and of the Town of Acton Memorial Library land, thence turning and running westerly by said land of the existing Library along the stonewall back to the point of beginning. Containing approximately one- quarter of one acre, more or less.


Moderator appointed the following tellers: Hubert R. Durling, Jr., Robert J. Ellis, Medville L. Clark, David P. Tinker, George E. Neagle, Raymond J. Grey, Edwin H. Christofferson and Warren W. Wheeler.


Hand vote. Total 314. Yes - 269 No - 45 Needed to carry - 210.


Article 2 Library


Voted: To authorize the Town Building Committee to enter into contracts on behalf of the Town for the constructing, equipping and furn- ishing of an addition to the Library in that part of Acton called Acton Center and located on the present site of the Acton Memorial Library, and to appropriate the sum of $210,000.00, to be provided by the trans- fer of $10,000.00 from available funds in the treasury, and the balance of $200,000.00 to be financed over a period of eight years by borrowing under Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Ballot vote. Total - 457 Yes - 355 No - 102 Needed to carry - 305


Article 3 Office Machine


Voted: To appropriate from available funds and surplus revenue the sum of $7,000.00, for the purchase of mechanical accounting equip- ment to be placed in the office of the Collector-Treasurer for the use by that office and other Town departments.


Article 4 Cemetery


Voted unanimously: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $600.00, for the purpose of oiling the roads in Mt. Hope Cemetery.


Article 5 Chapter 822


Voted unanimously: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to spend the amount of $10,963.30 from Chapter 822 of the Acts of 1963 on resur- facing 3,000 feet of Willow Street, 2,600 feet of Arlington Street and 3,300 feet of Concord Road.


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Article 6 Bill


Voted unanimously: To appropriate the sum of $217.85, from Sur- plus Revenue for the payment of a 1963 insurance bill.


Article 7 Chapter 90


Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $2,252.93, to the Chapter 90 New Construction 1963 Account


Article 8 Streets


Voted: To accept the following streets, or portions thereof, con- structed under the requirements of the Subdivision Control Law and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen according to plans on file with the Town Clerk:


Brucewood Road, 223.12 feet from Oakwood Road Redwood Road, 228.27 feet from Oakwood Road


including the takings or acceptance of easements for drainage, or other purposes, where shown on said plans, and appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $1,000.00, for the completing of the said streets.


Article 9


Voted unanimously: To accept the following street, or portion thereof, constructed under the requirements of the Subdivision Control Law and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen according to plans on file with the Town Clerk:


Oakwood Road, 2,265.22 feet from Piper Road


including the takings or acceptance of easements for drainage, or other purposes, where shown on said plans, and to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $3,000.00, for the completing of 1,227.09 feet of the above street from Brucewood Road.


Article 10


Voted unanimously: To accept the Grant of Easement of Brewster Conant to the Town of Acton, dated March 6, 1964; said grant reading as follows:


"I, Brewster Conant, of Evanston, Illinois for consideration paid Grant to the Town of Acton, with QUITCLAIM COVENANTS, the right and casement to use a certain path or trail known as the Captain Isaac Davis Trail and the land on either side thereof within fifty (50) feet of the center line of said path or trail for passage on foot only over those certain parcels of land shown as Parcel 2 and Parcel 3 on a plan entitled "Land in Acton Owned by Augustine B. Conant and Brewster Conant" dated February 18, 1958 by Harlan E. Tuttle, Surveyor, recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 9131.


"Said right and easement may be exercised only on April 19 and July 4 of each year (or on such days as may in the future be


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designated for the historic and patriotic observances now held on such dates).


"The grantee herein shall have the right to determine by survey the exact location of the center line of said path or trail and to record a plan thereof which shall be determinative of the exact location of the easement herein granted.


"The grantor reserves the right as appurtenant to land on either side of said path or trail owned by him to construct a road or roads across said path or trail of sufficient width to satisfy the standards of the Town of Acton with respect to public ways and to use said road or roads for all purposes for which streets and ways are commonly used in said Town.


"I, Elizabeth S. Conant, wife of said grantor, release to said grantee all rights of dower and homestead and other interests therein.


"Witness our hands and seals this 6th day of March, 1964.


.


Brewster Conant Elizabeth S. Conant


"STATE OF ILLINOIS


"Cook County, ss.


March 6, 1964


"Then personally appeared the above named Brewster Conant and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed, before me


Edwin R. Bates Notary Public"


Resolution. Voted the following resolution:


Resolved: That the Clerk advise Mr. Conant in writing of the vote passed under Article 10 and extend the sincere thanks of the Town for his public spirit and generosity.


Article 11


Voted unanimously: To amend the Building Bylaw of the Town of Acton by striking out the second sentence of Section 12 and inserting therein the following:


Openings from buildings to garages shall be restricted to a single doorway, provided with not less than 1 3/4" thick solid door, or panel door, with at least two (2) coats of fire retardant paint on garage side, or approved fire door of 3/4 hour fire resistant rating. This door must be equipped with self-closing mechanism and no glass shall be in door except fire glass.


Article 12


Voted: To amend the Building Bylaw of the Town of Acton by insert- ing at the end of the second sentence in Section 13, the following words: And have suitable stairs if below grades". Also by striking out the following words in the 4th sentence of Section 13, "An area ten feet


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square" and inserting the following words: "At least five (5) feet from center of heater in all directions, or until a Fire resistant wall is reached. "


Article 13


Voted: To pass over the Article.


Article 14


Voted: To amend the Building Bylaw of the Town of Acton by adding to section 20, the following sentence:


X Not more than two (2) reshinglings of asphalt shingles be allowed without removal of old shingles and no reshingling over wood shingles be allowed.


Article 15


Voted: To amend Section 9 of the Building Bylaw of the Town of Acton by adding the following subsection:


D. When in the opinion of the Building inspector, soil conditions and the load to be imposed on the foundation walls make the requirement for footings unnecessary, the building inspector may permit such footings to be omitted by written endorsement on the building permit.


Article 16


Motion: To amend the Building Bylaw of the Town of Acton by adding the following paragraph to Section 10-A-1, "All chimneys must have a metal thimble, for each smoke pipe, built into the chimney. It shall be of cast or wrought galvanized iron of extra heavy gauge, and be set flush with the outside of chimney and inside of chimney liner."


Motion lost:


Article 17


Voted: To pass over the Article


Voted: To adjourn at 10:12 P.M.


A true copy. Attest:


CHARLES M. MacRAE Town Clerk


ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


October 19, 1964


Article 1


Voted unanimously: To authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school purposes a certain


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parcel of land containing approximately 34 acres more or less located on the southwesterly side of Elm Street and the northwesterly side of Arlington Street in West Acton, believed to be now or formerly the property of Louis A. Flerra, and bounded and described as follows:


Northeasterly by Elm Street, one thousand one hundred sixty-nine (1,169.0) feet, more or less; northwesterly by land of Louis A. Flerra and land of the Fitchburg Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, eight hundred forty-five (845.0) feet; westerly by land of said Railroad, eight hundred ninety (890.0) feet, more or less; southerly by land of Porter G. Jenks, Charles A. Durkee, Joseph DeSousa and Duncan S. Kennedy, nine hundred ninety-four (994.0) feet; westerly by said Kennedy land, by the center of the brook, eighty-three (83.0) feet; southeasterly by Arlington Street, one hundred seventy-seven (177.0) feet; northeasterly by land now or formerly of Willard M. Houghton, one hundred thirty-two (132.0) feet, more or less; easterly by the center line of Fort Pond Brook, three hundred seventy (370.0) feet, more or less; and southeasterly by said Houghton land, four hundred seventeen (417.0) feet; saving and excepting therefrom so much as was conveyed by Louis A. Flerra to the Milldam Realty Trust by deed dated April 8, 1964, and duly recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 10501, Page 107, containing about 5,096 square feet of land;


that the sum of $91,000 be appropriated for the purpose of purchasing, taking by eminent domain or otherwise acquiring the aforesaid land; and that to meet the aforesaid appropriation the sum of $51,000 shall be and hereby is transferred from the surplus revenue account, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, shall be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $40,000 under the authority of Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause (3) of the General Laws and to issue at one time or from time to time bonds or notes of the Town therefore, payable according to the applicable provisions of said Chapter 44, each such issue of bonds or notes to be paid in not more than one year from its date.


Article 2


Voted unanimously: To amend the vote adopted under Article 1 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on March 12, 1963, by deleting the words "on land of the Town on Arlington Street" from the first paragraph thereof and adding the words "on a portion of land described in Article 1 of this meeting" at the end of said paragraph, as amended, so that said first paragraph shall now read "(1) That there is hereby authorized the construction, originally equipping and furnish- ing of an elementary school building to contain approximately twenty classrooms as well as other necessary rooms and facilities to be loca - ted on a portion of land described in Article 1 of this meeting."


Article 3


Voted: To rescind the action taken under Article 1 of the Town Meeting of November 4, 1957 which rezoned from Residential to Bus - iness the property located at 39 Main Street which extends approxi- mately 487 feet in an easterly direction along Main Street and 400 feet in depth, the property being presently or formerly the property of Elinor M. Laffin.


Moderator appointed the following tellers: John Mclaughlin, Raymond Letts, Porter Jenks, Paul Lesure, Albert Foster,


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T. Leo McCarthy and Registrars James Wilson, Julia Barry, Helen Allen, Hazel Vose, Bertha Tucker, Phyllis Sprague, Mary Prentice.


Ballot Vote. Total - 473. Yes 326, No 147 Needed to carry - 316.


Article 4


Voted unanimously: To accept the land shown as Lot #40 and Lot #41 on the plan entitled "Broadview Farm Estates Plan of Land in Acton, Mass." dated August 5, 1964, R. D. Nelson, Engineer, subject to the restrictions that said Lot #40 and Lot #41, for a period of fifty years, be used only for recreation, agriculture, park and conservation purposes and that access thereon be available, at least, to the owners and occu- pants of the land on Valley Street and Broadview Street in said Acton; and further, that said Lot #40 and Lot #41 be transferred to the use and con - trol of the Conservation Commission of the Town of Acton.


Resolution: Voted that the Selectmen send a letter of thanks to the J. & E. Company, Inc. of Arlington.


Article 5


Voted: To withdraw the Article.


Article 6


Motion: To amend the protective zoning by-law of the Town of Acton and the "Zoning Map of the Town of Acton" by changing from Residential (R-2) to Business (B 1) the following described area of land in that part of Acton, called South Acton.


Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Main Street (Route 27) approximately 712.30 feet northerly of the Acton-Maynard town line at land now or formerly of Robert D. and Joann R. Hanson and Robert M. Jr. and Doris M. Kelly and thence running:


N 4-40-19W by the sideline of Main Street and land of said Kelly 94.81 feet to an angle, thence


N 4-06-19W by the sideline of Main Street and by land of said Kelly and land now or formerly of Mary E. Towler, Jalmar and Sylvia Jarvi, Roland W. and Betty Ann Martin and Robert H. and Margaret S. Russel 710.41 feet to the existing Bus- iness Zone line as established by the Town of Acton, by vote, at the Special Town Meeting of November 4, 1957 thence N 85-53-41E through land of said Russell and land now or formerly of Elmside Homes, Inc. along the Business-Residential zone line 400.00 feet to an angle, thence


N 4-06-19W through land of said Elmside Homes, Inc. along the Business-Residential zone line 293.24 feet to an angle, thence N 4-23-19W through land of said Elmside Homes, Inc. along the Business-Residential zone line 136.89 feet to land now or form- erly of Blanche Shaw, thence


S 87-17-10E by land of said Shaw 19.54 feet to an angle, thence


S 68-07-48E by land of said Shaw 470.83 feet to a point which is 150.00 feet from the westerly sideline of Conant Street as mea- sured at right angles to said sideline, thence


S 0-39-13E through land of said Elmside Homes, Inc. and land now or formerly Robert B. Sargent, by a line parallel to and 150.00 feet from the westerly sideline of Conant Street, 771.25 feet to land now or formerly Gardner C. and Nancy W. Hendrie, thence


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S 47-06-05W by land of said Hendrie and land now or formerly Erling and Dorothy A. Mostue, 74.04 feet to an angle, thence


S 45-17-41W by land of said Mostue 216.12 feet to an angle, thence


S 46-35-08W by land of said Mostue 154.55 feet to an angle, thence S 57-32-29W by land of said Mostue 64. 83 feet to an angle, thence


S 69-10-43W by land of said Mostue 29.30 feet to land of Robert D. and Joann R. Hanson, thence


N 24-16-20W by land of said Hanson 50.00 feet to land now or form- erly Robert M., Jr. and Doris M. Kelly, thence


S 89-12-10W by the property line between the property of said Kelly and Hanson 351.52 feet to the point of beginning at Main Street.


Voted: To withdraw the Article.


Article 7


Voted unanimously: To accept the following streets, or portions thereof, constructed under the requirements of the Subdivision Control Law and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen according to plans on file with the Town Clerk:


Valley Road, 950 feet from High Street


Broadview Street, 2,000 feet from Valley Road


including the takings or acceptance of easements for drainage, or other purposes, where shown on said plans.


Article 8


Voted: To pass over the Article.


Article 9


Voted: To pass over the Article


Article 10


Voted: To accept the following street, or portion thereof, constructed under the requirements of the Subdivision Control Law and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen according to plans on file with the Town Clerk:


Lothrop Road, 1,590.43 feet from Spencer Road


including the takings or acceptance of easements for drainage, or other purposes, where shown on said plans.


Article 11


Voted: To accept the following street, or portion thereof constructed under the requirements of the Subdivision Control Law and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen according to plans on file with the Town Clerk:


Russell Road, 590 feet from Hosmer Street


including the takings or acceptance of easements for drainage, or other purposes, where shown on said plans.


Article 12


Voted: To pass over Article.


Voted: To adjourn at 9:22 P.M. A true copy. Attest:


CHARLES M. MacRAE, Town Clerk


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SECTION


ALGEBRA I


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REPORT OF THE ACTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND THE


ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT


ORGANIZATION


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SCHOOL CALENDAR 53


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS REPORT 54


SCHOOL FINANCES - 1964 - LOCAL AND REGIONAL 57


MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS


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ACTON FACULTY 59


ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY 61


HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S REPORT. 63


SCHOOL PHYSICIAN'S REPORT 65


SCHOOL NURSE'S REPORT.


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AGE AND GRADE DISTRIBUTION TABLE


67


CLASS OF 1964


Graduation Exercises 68


Class Members


69


Summary of Placement 70


PROPOSED BUDGETS - 1965


Acton Public Schools 71


Acton-Boxborough Regional School District. 72


Maintenance and Operation Budgets 76


ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT


TREASURER'S REPORT 76


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REPORT OF ACTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT


ORGANIZATION


Acton School Committee


Parker Harrison, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1965


M. Virginia Biggy, Secretary Term Expires 1966


Albert W. Koch . Term Expires 1966


George E. Neagle Term Expires 1965


Edwin W. Richter Term Expires 1967


Thomas E. Wetherbee. Term Expires 1965


Acton-Boxborough Regional District School Committee


Joseph H. Hartshorn, Chairman. Term Expires 1965


Edwin W. Richter, Vice Chairman. Term Expires 1967


M. Virginia Biggy. . Term Expires 1966


Leonard E. Ceglowski. Term Expires 1967


Parker Harrison, Jr. Term Expires 1965


Albert W. Koch. Term Expires 1966


George E. Neagle. Term Expires 1965


Helen L. Rhodes. Term Expires 1966


Thomas E. Wetherbee. Term Expires 1965


Meetings of the School Committees


The Acton School Committee holds regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month and the Regional School Committee meets on the second and fourth Mondays. Both groups convene at the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School at 7:30 P. M.


Superintendent of Schools, William L. O'Connell . 3-5737


Tel.


Principals:


Julia L. McCarthy, Marion L. Towne Schools Alice F. Hayes. .


3-4982


Florence A. Merriam School


Carolyn T. Douglas. . 3-2581


Acton-Boxborough Regional High School


Raymond J. Grey. .3-7738 Vice Principal, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Arthur J. Hayes. 3-7738


Director of Guidance, Ruth R. Proctor. 3-7738


School Physician, Paul P. Gates, M. D. 3-5671


School Nurse, Janet Loughlin. 3-7738


Director of Cafeterias, Barbara T. Parks. .3-7977


Director of Transportation, Salvatore Lipomi. 3-2581 Attendance Officer, David W. Scribner. 3-5221


Secretaries:


Barbara Butler, Health Office. 3-7738


Priscilla Felt, Superintendent's Office. 3-57 37


Dorothy Hansen, McCarthy, Towne Schools. 3-4982


Molly Johnston, Superintendent's Office. 3-5737


Jane Lewis, High School Principal's Office. 3-7738


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Clarke Lindfors, High School Principal's Office. 3-7738 Mary Ott, Florence A. Merriam School. 3-2581 Phyllis Sutherland, Guidance Office. 3-7738


Cafeteria Staffs:


Julia L. McCarthy, Marion L. Towne Schools: Martha Lowden, Manager; Gladys Cady, Emmie Corkum, Zita Jones, June Magoon, Constance McFarland, Marjorie Trebendis.


Florence A. Merriam School: Mary Tuttle, Manager; Eva Campbell, Alice Castelline, Evelyn Hill, Gerd Jordan, Meredith Lambert, Theresa Landry, Helen Weisel.


Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: Meimi Fullonton, Man- ager; Patricia Adams, Alberta Barron, Margaret Brennan, Veronica Brown, Anna D'Italia, Jean Galluzzo, Florence Lowd, Norman Newsham, Marion Osterhoudt, Christine Scribner.


Custodians:


Julia L. McCarthy, Marion L. Towne Schools: John Conquest and Peter Smoltees.


Florence A. Merriam School: Robert Graham and Paul Richardson.


Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: Emery Nelson, Head Custodian, All Schools; Edward Lowd, Nathan Roberts, Peter Ryan, and Russell Wolfe.


SCHOOL CALENDAR 1965-1966


Reopening of All Schools


January 4, 1965


Winter Recess


February 22-26


Spring Recess


April 19-23


Memorial Day


May 30


Graduation Close of All Schools


June 22


Teachers' Meeting


September 7


Reopening of All Schools


September 8


Teachers' Convention


October 29


Veterans Day


November 11


Thanksgiving Recess


Noon, November 24, 25, 26


Christmas Holidays


December 23.


Reopening of All Schools Winter Recess


February 21-25


Spring Recess


April 18-22


Memorial Day


May 30


Graduation


June 10


Close of All Schools


June 21


NO SCHOOL SIGNAL


1-1-1-1 7:15 A. M. No School Acton Public Schools, Grades 1-6 2-2-2-2 7:00 A. M. No School All Schools All Day


June 11


Summer Recess


January 3, 1966


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


To The School Committees and Citizens of Acton:


Herewith is presented my annual report as Superintendent of Schools for Acton and Acton-Boxborough Regional School District.


HOUSING


Nineteen hundred and sixty-four was an important year for the Acton School Committee and the Acton-Boxborough Regional District School Committee in starting to solve the classroom shortages in the Acton Public Schools and the Regional School District.


Ground was broken in October for the new Regional Junior High School, which should be completed by September, 1966. The building will house approximately 850 pupils in Grades 7, 8 and 9.


The Acton School Committee and the Acton Building Committee have progressed to the point where thirty-three acres of land have been purchased for school sites. Plans call for two elementary schools to be constructed on the West Acton land, and the possibility of a third one, pending approval of the School Building Assistance Commission. Ground should be broken for the first school in the spring of 1965, and the building ready for occupancy in September 1966. The School Com- mittee will then initiate plans for the construction and equipping of a second elementary school, possibly in 1967.


It should be noted that State Aid for Construction for the Acton Public Schools has been reduced from 50% to 48.5% effective January 1, 1965. This reduction will not affect the elementary school scheduled for construction in 1965, as it was approved by the State prior to January 1, 1965. The Regional School District State Aid will remain at 65%, which is the maximum grant.


As each phase of the building program is completed, grade place- ments will change and the following schedule has been recommended by the Superintendent of Schools to the School Committees. The grade assignments are based on exact enrollments according to the latest census, October 1, 1964, and do not include any transfers of children into the schools during the next five years.




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