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$133,620.67 73,263.72
$206,884.39
Balance Jan. 1, 1946
$73,263.72
Receipts Jan. 1, to July 24,
1946 40,845.99
$114,109.71
Payments Jan. 1, to July 24, 1946 $78,295.11
Balance July 24, 1946:
Middleborough Trust Co. $35,140.08
Cash in office verified 674.52
35,814.60
$114,109.71
Middleborough Trust Company
Balance July 24, 1946
per statement
$36,740.22
Balance July 24, 1946, per check book $35,140.08
Outstanding checks July 24, 1946,
1,600.14
per list
$36,740.22
POLL TAXES - 1944
Additional commitment Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 $10.00
Payments to treasurer: Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 $2.00
1945 6.00
$8.00
Abatement 1945
2.00
$10.00
83
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES- 1944
Outstanding Dec. 7, 1944
$764.28
Additional commitment Dec. 7
to 31, 1944 18.00
$782.28
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$54.63
1945
724.05
$778.68
Abatements 1945
3.60
$782.28
REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1945
Outstanding Dec. 7, 1944
$6,880.86
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$3,170.15
1945
3,666.95
$6,837.10
Abatements 1945
5.13
Transfers to tax titles 1945
4.05
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
34.58
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$34.58
July 24, 1946
$34.58
POLL TAXES- 1945
Commitments per warrant
$924.00
Payments to treasurer 1945
$780.00
Abatements 1945
144.00
$924.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES- 1945
Commitment per warrant
$5,836.38
Payments to treasurer
$5,044.38
Oustanding Dec. 31, 1945
792.00
$5,836.38
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$792.00
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$749.65
Outstanding July 24, 194C,
per list 42.25
$792.00
$6,880.86
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
84
REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1945
Commitment per warrant
$62,971.92 2.31
Additional commitment
$62,974.23
Payments to treasurer
$59,435.39
Transfers to tax titles
16.50
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
3,522.34
$62,974.23
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$3,522.34
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$3,030.09
Abatements Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 1.10
Outstanding July 24, 1946,
per list 491.15
$3,522.34
POLL TAXES - 1946
Commitment Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946, per warrants $886.00
Abatements and payments
to be refunded 78.00
$964.00
Payments to treasure Jan. 1 to
July 24, 1946
$716.00
Abatements Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
108.00
Outstanding July 24, 1946,
per list 140.00
$964.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES - 1946
Commitment Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946, per warrant
$6,485.28
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
July 24, 1946 $554.28
Outstanding July 24, 1946
5,931.00
$6,485.28
REAL ESTATE TAXES -1946
Commitment Jan. 1 to July 24,
1946, per warrant $70,344.48
85
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 $9,476.12
Abatements Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 Outstanding July 24, 1946
11.28
60,857.08
$70,344.48
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1944
Outstanding Dec. 7, 1944
$22.33
Additional commitment 1945
20.00
$42.33
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 $13.04
1945
27.29
$40.33
Abatement 1945
2.00
$42.33
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1945
Commitment per warrants
$1,674.42
Payments to treasurer
$1,608.56
Abatements
11.28
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
54.58
$1,674.42
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$54.58
Additional commitments
Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
62.54
$117.12
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$113.12
Abatements Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
4.00
$117.12
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES- 1946
Commitment Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946, per warrants $1,545.56
Abatements and payments refunded
Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
1.54
$1,547.10
86
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 $674.76
Abatements Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
6.27
Outstanding July 24, 1946, per list 866.07
$1,547.10
INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES
Collections Dec. 7, 1944 to July 24, 1946:
Interest:
Taxes 1944
$116.61
Taxes 1945 112.17
Motor vehicle excise
taxes:
Levy of 1944 $.38
Levy of 1945 2.99
Levy of 1946 .45
3.82
$232.60
Costs:
Taxes 1945
12.60
$245.20
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$28.15
1945
161.65
Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
55.40
$245.20
TAX TITLES
Balance Dec. 7, 1944
$231.98
Transferred to tax titles 1945:
Taxes 1944
$4.05
Taxes 1945
16.50
Interest and costs
19.67
40.22
$272.20
Balance Dec. 31, 1945 and July 24, 1946, per list
$272.20
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TOWN CLERK
Dog Licenses
Licenses issued ;
Dec. 7, to 31, 1944
$64.00
1945
447.00
$511.00
Payments to treasurer:
December 7 to 31, 1944
$59.40
1945
411.20
$470.60
Fees retained :
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$4.60
1945
35.80
40.40
$511.00
Licenses issued Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946:
Males 69 @ $2.00
$138.00
Spayed females 13 @
2.00
26.00
Females
13 @ 5.00
65.00
Kennel 1 @ 10.00
10.00
$239.00
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$195.80
Fees retained Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
17.20
Cash on hand July 24, 1946,
verified
26.00
$239.00
TOWN CLERK
Sporting Licenses
Cash balance Dec. 7, 1944
$14.00
Licenses issued :
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 $2.00
1945
354.00
356.00
$370.00
88
Payments to Division of Fisheries
and Game:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$15.75
1945
317.25
$333.00
Fees retained :
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$.25
1945
36.75
37.00
$370.00
Licenses issued Jan. 1 to July 24,
1946:
Series 1
35
@
$2.00
$70.00
Series 2
7 @
2.00
14.00
Series 3
60
3.25
195.00
Series 4
12 @
1.25
15.00
Series 6
2
@
5.25
10.50
Series 9
2
5.25
10.50
$315.00
Payments to Division of Fisheries
and Game Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$243.00
Fees retained Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 Cash on Land July 24, 1946, verified
24.50
47.50
$315.00
TOWN CLERK Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944:
Marriage permits
$2.00
Miscellaneous .75
$2.75
1945:
Gasoline renewals
$5.00
Marriage permits
20.00
Recording fees
21.18
Sale of town histories
18.00
Miscellaneous 7.75
71.93
$74.68
@
89
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$2.75
1945
71.93
$74.68
Receipts Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 :
Gasoline renewals
$4.00
Marriage permits
24.00
Recording fees
12.60
Sale of town histories
15.00
Miscellaneous
7.50
$63.10
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$63.10
SELECTMEN'S RECEIPTS
Receipts 1945 :
Licenses and permits
$29.75
Payments to treasurer 1945
$29.75
Receipts Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946:
Licenses and permits
$19.50
Rent of hall
10.00
$29.50
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
July 24, 1946
$29.50
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Pistol Permits
Permits issued 1945
$4.00
Payments to treasurer 1945
$4.00
Permits issued Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$2.00
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
July 24, 1946 $2.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Cash balance Dec. 7, 1944
$11.99
Fees collected 1945
12.88
$24.87
90
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$11.99
1945 12.78
24.77
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1945
.10
$24.87
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1946
$.10
Fees collected Jan. 1 to July 24,
1946 1.10
$1.20
Cash on hand July 24, 1946,
verified $1.20
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
Outstanding Dec. 7, 1944
$318.89
Charges 1945
1,157.78
$1,476.67
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$173.82
1945
684.93
$858.75
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945 and
July 24, 1946, per list 617.92
$1,476.67
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Temporary Aid - Accounts Receivable
Outstanding Dec. 7, 1944
$207.81
Charges:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$382.27
1945
3,071.35
3,453.62
$3,661.43
Payments to treasurer 1945
$3,347.06
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
314.37
$3,661.43
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Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946 Charges Jan. 1 to July 24,
$314.37
1946 1,084.66
$1,399.03
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 Outstanding July 24, 1946, per list
$101.58
1,297.45
$1,399.03
Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable
Charges 1945
$723.41
Payments to treasurer 1945
$261.60
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
461.81
$723.41
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$461.81
Charges Jan. 1, to July 24, 1946
365.67
Outstanding July 24, 1946, per list
$827.48
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Accounts Receivable
Charges 1945
$7,922.57
Payments to treasurer 1945
$6,387.17
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
1,535.40
$7,922.57
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$1,535.40
Charges Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
3,120.48
$4,655.88
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
July 24, 1946
$2,027.52
Outstanding July 24, 1946, per list
2,628.36
$4,655.88
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
Charges 1945
$624.13
Payments to treasurer 1945
$279.75
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1945
344.38
$624.13
$827.48
92
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$344.38
Charges Jan. 1, to July 24, 1946
256.50
$600.88
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 $29.25
Outstanding July 24, 1946, per list
571.63
$600.88
LIBRARY RECEIPTS
Cash balance Dec. 7, 1944
$.80
Fines:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$.25
1945
15.35
15.60
$16.40
Payments to treasurer:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$1.05
1945
15.35
$16.40
Fines Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946
$9.80
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to July 24, 1946 $9.20
Cash on hand July 24, 1946,
verified .60
$9.80
BENJAMIN ELLIS SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Trustees
Savings Securities
Cash
Deposits Par Value
Total
On hand Dec. 7, 1944
$194.79
$349.53 $2,000.00
$2,544.32
On hand Dec. 31, 1944 $64.79
$349.53 $2,000.00
$2,414.32 On hand Dec. 31, 1945
$46.77
$349.53 $2,000.00 $2,396.30
On hand July 24, 1946 $143.75
$349.53
$2,000.00
$2,493.28
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Receipts
Payments
December 7, 1944 to December 31, 1945
Income:
Transfers to town:
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944
$45.00
Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 $175.00
1945
181.98
1945 200.00
Cash on hand
Cash on hand
Dec. 7, 1944
194.79
Dec. 31, 1945 46.77
$421.77
$421.77
January 1 to July 24, 1946
Income
$96.98
Cash on hand
Cash on hand Jan. 1,
July 24, 1946 $143.75
1946
46.77
$143.75
$143.75
E. TILLSON PRATT SCHOOL FUND
In Custody of Trustees
Savings Securities
Cash
Deposits
Par Value
Total
On hand Dec. 7, 1944
$3,939.82
$100.00
$4,039.82
On hand Dec. 31, 1944
$3,939.82
$100.00
$4,039.82
On hand Dec. 31, 1945
$3,939.82
$100.00
$4,039.82
On hand July 24, 1946 $39.39
$3,939.82
$100.00
$4,079.21
Receipts
Payments
December 7 to 31, 1944
No transactions recorded
1945
Income
$78.78 Transfers to town
$48.78
Surety bond 30.00
$78.78 $78.78
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January 1 to July 24, 1946
Transfers to town
$9.39
Surety bond 30.00
Cash on hand July 24, 1946, verified 39.39
$78.78
$78.78
McFARLIN PARKWAY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand December 7, 1944
$128.45
$128.45
On hand December 31, 1944
$128.45
$128.45
On hand December 31, 1945
$130.37
$130.37
On hand July 24, 1946
$131.34
$131.34
Receipts
Payments
December 7 to 31, 1944 No transactions recorded
1945
Added to savings
Income
$1.92 deposits $1.92
January 1 to July 24, 1946
Income
$.97
Added to savings deposits
$.97
ROSA A. COLE LIBRARY FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand December 7, 1944
$1,068.75
$1,068.75
On hand December 31, 1944
$1,068.75
$1,068.75
On hand December 31, 1945
$1,090.22
$1,090.22
On hand July 24, 1946
$1,101.12
$1,101.12
Income
$78.78
95
Receipts
Payments
December 7 to 31, 1944 No transactions recorded 1945
Added to savings
Income
$21.47 deposits $21.47
January 1 to July 24, 1946
Added to savings deposits $10.90
MARY P. S. JOWITT LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand December 7, 1944
$126.80
$126.80
On hand December 31, 1944
$126.80
$126.80
On hand December 31, 1945
$128.69
$128.69
On hand July 24, 1946
$129.65
$129.65
Receipts
Payments
December 7 to 31, 1944 No transactions recorded 1945
Income
Added to savings $1.89 deposits $1.89
January 1 to July 24, 1946
Income
Added to savings $.96 deposits $.96
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS In Custody of Town Treasurer
Cash
Savings Deposits
Total $23,340.36
On hand December 7, 1944
$23,340.36
On hand December 31, 1944
. . . .
$23,339.61
$23,339.61
$23,498.01
$23,498.01
On hand December 31, 1945 On hand July 24, 1946
.. .
$45.00
$24,095.13
$24,140.13
Income
$10.90
96
Receipts Payments December 7, 1944 to December 31, 1945
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 $.75
Income 1945
425.95
Transferred to town: Dec. 7 to 31, 1944 .75
Bequests 1945
200.00
1945 587.55
Sale of lots and
graves 1945 120.00
$746.70 January 1 to July 24, 1946
$746.70
Income
$197.12
Added to savings deposits $597.12
Bequests
400.00
Sale of lots and
45.00
Cash in general treas- ury July 24, 1946 45.00
$642.12
$642.12
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Securities
Cash Par Value
Total
On hand December 7, 1944 $125.00
$10,000.00
$10,125.00
On hand December 31, 1944
$125.00 $10,000.00 $10,125.00
On hand December 31, 1945 $375.00 $10,000.00 $10,375.00
On hand July 24, 1946 $500.00 $10,000.00
$10,500.00
Receipts
Payments
December 7 to 31, 1944 No transactions recorded 1945
Income $250.00
Cash in general treas-
ury Jan. 1, 1945 125 00
Cash in general treas- ury Dec. 31, 1945 $375.00
$375.00
$375.00
January 1 to July 24, 1946
Income $125.00 Cash in general treas- Cash in general treas- ury July 24, 1946 $500.00
ury Jan. 1, 1946 375.00
$500.00 $500.00
graves
Added to savings deposits 1945 $158.40
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TOWN OF CARVER Balance Sheet - July 24, 1946 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
Withholding Taxes
$153.20
In Bank and Office
$35,814.60
Dog Licenses-Due County 11.40
Accounts Receivable :
Trust Fund Income:
Taxes:
Levy of 1945:
Personal Property
$42.35
85.56
Real Estate 491.15
Reimbursement on Heath Case
12.90
Levy of 1946:
Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund
45.00
Poll
62.00
Personal Property
5,931.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund- Income for Investment
500.00
Real Estate 60,857.08
67,383.58
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1946
866.07
Old Age Assistance:
Tax Titles
272.20
Assistance $981.93
Administration 23.44
Departmental: ยท
Health 617.92
1,005.37
Temporary Aid 1,297.45
Aid to Dependent Children 827.48
Aid to Dependent Children: Aid 141.21
Old Age Assistance 2,628.36
Administration
17.36
School 571.63
158.57
5,942.84
1,163.94
97
State Assessment 1946
76.85
County Tax 1946
6,355.39
Federal Grants:
.
Tailings
134.51
Benjamin Ellis School Fund $27.39
E. Tillson Pratt School Fund 58.17
State Aid to Highways 14,625.00 21,140.68
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
63,619.12 3,590.21
Estimated Receipts to be Collected
Reserve Fund -- Overlay Surplus Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1945 533.50
Levy of 1946 462.80
996.30
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 866.07
Tax Title 272.20
Departmental 5,942.84
State Aid to Highways 14,625.00
21,706.11
Surplus Revenue
47,594.48
$146,044.97
$146,044.97 98
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Benjamin Ellis School Fund $2,493.28
E. Tillson Pratt School Fund 4,079.21
$6,572.49
In Custody of Trustees
$6,572.49
McFarlin Parkway Fund
$131.34
1,101.12
Rosa A. Cole Library Fund Mary P. S. Jowitt Library Fund
129.65
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
24,095.13
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
10,000.00
35.457.24
$42,029.73
$42,029.73
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer
35,457.24
99
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Eunice A. Bailey, Chairman Term expires 1947
Harriet J. Snow, Secretary
Term expires 1949
John Carter Term expires 1948
George R. Austin, Superintendent of Schools 35 Peirce Street, Middleboro
STAFF
Center School-Henry M. Shaw, Principal
Marion I. Griffith
Hattie J. Griffith
Ann Singleton (to June, 1946)
Alice R. Shurtleff (to June, 1946)
John F. Murphy, Jr. (from Sept., 1946)
E. Tillson Pratt School-Gladys E. Burgess, Principal Florence K. Sand (on leave of absence to June, 1947) Betsy A. Burkhead
Benjamin Ellis School-Florence L. Gordon, Principal D. Mabel Macomber
Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Arts-Stella F. Morrison, Plympton
School Physician-V. Vernon Mayo ,M. D., 119 Sum- mer St., Kingston, Mass.
School Nurse-Madeline A. Baker, R. N., Middleboro
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1947 Winter Term : Begins Monday, January 6; closes April 11.
Vacation: February 17-21.
1947 Spring Term; Begins Monday, April 21; closes June 13.
Holiday : May 30.
Closing Exercises: June 12.
1947 Fall Term: Opens Wednesday, Sept. 3; closes December 19.
Holidays: Oct. 17; Nov. 11; Nov. 27-28.
1948 Winter Term: Begins Monday, Jan. 5.
Requirements for Admission to the First Grade
1. A child who will reach his sixth birthday on or before December 31st may be admitted to the first grade in September, 1947, without examina- tion.
2. A child whose sixth birthday occurs in the two months after December 31st, may be admitted the preceding September if readiness for school can be demonstrated by means of appropriate tests. Parents having a child whom they wish to be examined under this rule are required to make application to the Superintendent of Schools on or before August 15th preceding the opening of school in September. A special form will be fur- nished for this purpose upon written request from the parent.
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1947 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Carver:
The Carver School Committee, Eunice Bailey, chair- man; Harriet Snow, secretary; and John Carter, held meetings with Superintendent George R. Austin, in the School Committee rooms of the Town Hall on the first Monday of each month.
Our major problem for 1946 has been the shortage of teachers. We made a careful study of the problem and the only solution we can offer is the adoption of a higher salary schedule. This past year saw the begin- ning of higher salaries in Carver, both for new teachers and for those who had remained loyal to the town over a period of years.
The work of the committee has this year been most difficult and the support and cooperation of every citi- zen of the Town of Carver is necessary lest the welfare of the child and the need for better working facilities be sacrificed in these trying times.
All other matters pertaining to the operation of our department and the conduct of the schools are well covered in the superintendent's report.
Both to Mr. Austin and our teachers who have co- operated so fully with the School Committee in these trying times, we in this report wish to express our gratitude.
Respectfully submitted,
EUNICE A. BAILEY, HARRIET J. SNOW, JOHN CARTER,
School Committee.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
Appropriation
$40,068.00
Expended $39,566.41
Balance Appropriation $501.59
Balance Funds
E. Tillson Pratt Fund
97.56
70.83
$26.73
Benjamin Ellis Fund
556.12
353.73
202.39
Totals
$40,721.68
$39,990.97
$501.59
$229.12
Expenditures :
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee :
Salaries
$156.00 41.50
Reimbursements
Expenses
Superintendent :
Superintendent of Schools
Salary
1,433.38
Small Towns $773.33
Travel
180.00
Expenses
39.08
Chapter 70, Part I
Un. office, incl. Clerical Ass't.
339.59
Teachers $1,780.00
School Census
25.00
Insurance
Attendance Officer
10.84
Dividends 38.70
$2,225.39
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EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors
$616.00
Teachers and Substitutes
13,425.82
Textbooks
678.49
Supplies
524.84
State Wards
15,245.15
Tuition
823.09
OPERATING EXPENSES
Transportation
265.32
Janitors' Salaries
$1,880.00
Fuel 1,457.41
Cleaning, Lights, Tel., Jan. Supplies
and Miscellaneous 1,139.38
4,476.79
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MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY Repairs and Miscellaneous
High School
276.07
Transportation
4,750.53
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation-High School $5,223.60
Wards, City of Boston
Transportation-Elem. School
6,074.96
Tuition 172.71
Insurance
245.10
Health
487.86
Tuition-High Schools
5,263.02
Miscel. Aux. Agencies
51.70
Tuition-Plym- outh pupil 22.23 Transp., Plymouth pupil 7.02
Transportation 54.54
17,346.24
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition Transportation
$193.90 25.60
Vocational Education
Tuition 342.00
219.50
Transportation
135.15
OUTLAYS
Equipment $201.83
201.83
AMERICANIZATION CLASSES
Americanization Classes
0.00
0.00
Total Expenditures
$39,990.97
Total reim-
bursements $9,164.62
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Members of the School Committee :
Following is my annual report as the Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Carver which is a part of the Superintendency Union No. 44.
The year just closed has been one of the most diffi- cult years I have known since I have been associated with the town. The general shortage of teachers, which we have known about but not felt to any appreciable degree, finally struck our town. While we have been subject to shifting teacher population in certain of the positions for the past few years, at no time have we been to the extreme point where we were unable to obtain a teacher. Such has been the case this last year. Two weeks prior to the opening of schools, two posi- tions remained to be filled but a candidate appeared for the upper-grade position so that the remaining vacancy was that of the fifth grade. In this position we were unable to secure a teacher; no desirable can- didate appeared. We did have two applications from persons who had neither training nor experience as a teacher which we obviously could not accept. In order to fill the fifth grade position we were required to adopt the method of restricting our program at the school to the extent of giving up certain portions of the regular classroom work which were devoted to a small section of pupils as well as the work in Domestic Arts, and thus release teacher time from those teachers re- maining, to care for the fifth grade. The weight of this change fell primarily upon two of our regular teachers, Mr. Shaw, Principal of the Center school,
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who had to give up most of his time alloted to super- vision and take on additional teaching periods, and to Mrs. Hattie Griffith who gave up her work in Domestic Arts and other subject teaching to take regular fifth grade work. We are indebted to these teachers in co- operating so fully with the School Committee in these trying times and hope, by means of this public record, to make proper acknowledgement. To a less degree, the remaining teachers at the school, Mrs. Marion Grif- fith, Mrs. Stella Morrison and Mr. John Murphy, have found the lack of the teacher trying but have cooper- ated fully in making the best of the situation. It is only fitting to add here that it appears at the turn of the year that our problems in this respect are going to be solved in the first days of 1947 as there is the prospect of obtaining the fifth teacher for the school.
For the purposes of the record, changes in staff should be recorded. At the Center School, Miss Ann Singleton withdrew from further teaching there and by the end of the summer recess Mr. John F. Murphy, Jr., was appointed to the vacancy. Mr. Murphy was graduated from Holy Cross College in 1944, following which he entered military service and was honorably discharged in 1946. He is beginning his teaching career with us. In September, Mrs. Florence K. Sand, teacher for grades one and two at the E. Tillson Pratt school, at her request and by your vote, was granted a leave of absence until June, 1947. In filling this temporary vacancy, we were extremely fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. Betsy A. Burkhead, who was willing to return to teaching. Mrs. Burkhead is an experienced teacher, having taught a number of years in Plym- outh, Middleboro and Lakeville; Mrs. Burkhead lives in Middleboro. At the Benjamin Ellis school Miss Phyl- lis Powell submitted her resignation and later con-
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tracted to teach one of the first grades in Middleboro. This vacancy was filled by your election of Mrs. Mabel Macomber to the first and second grades at South Carver. Mrs. Macombers' home is in Brewster, Mass., and she comes to us with more than twenty-two years' teaching experience in several of the towns of central and southeastern Massachusetts. On the whole, we have been fortunate; the teachers who have remained with the system over a period of years have given it a stability which could not have been achieved in these times in any other manner. It should be our earnest wish that we do not have to experience as much change for the coming year as was necessary for the year closed.
The matter of teachers' salaries has received your attention this year, and rightfully so, in view of the rapidly-advancing rates as paid in towns other than this Union which surround us on all sides. The fact that we are having to hire teachers now in competition with other towns is an important factor to be consid- ered, but an even more important consideration is that of comparable remuneration for those who have re- mained loyal to this town over a period of years. A teacher is worth a wage which compares favorably with others in the profession, regardless of any circum- stances which might lead to other conclusions. The major steps which the Committee has taken during the past year to improve the salary situation are one of the most significent developments in Carver's educational program and I congratulate you on your foresight and willingness to take what appear to be the only ap- proaches open to the problem. If we can intelligently go on from this point, I predict the whole matter of comparable salary will be settled for a long time to come.
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There is no single outstanding feature of the local schools' program which ought to be singled out for specific mention in the annual report. We have largely spent the year in emphasizing thorough and effective teaching; such an emphasis is not one which is readily observed by the layman in viewing the schools. Edu- cational literature such as appears from time to time in the professional books and magazines stresses the return to thorough and effective teaching as contrasted with ideas popularized earlier that learning should be made easier, even if it were at the expense of achieve- ment. The teachers in the Carver schools are empha- sizing thoroughness and trying to constantly stress the importance of good learning. Mention was made in last years' report about increasing the emphasis in the primary school on the field of reading, and learning to read; this stress is still being made and will con- tinue so.
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