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Respectfully submitted,
RACHEL PENTI, R. N.
Public Health Nurse
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1961-1962
ROBERT M. ANDREWS, SR., Lakeview St., So. Carver - Carpenter
EDWIN G. BROWN, Tremont St., So. Carver - Mailman BRADFORD H. COLE, High St., No. Carver - Reporter WILLIAM E. CLUBB, RFD W. Wareham ( Bates Pond) - Retired
AIME N. DESROCHES, Tremont St., So. Carver - Service Station Operator
CARROLL D. GRIFFITH, Lakeview St., So. Carver-Cran- berry Grower
CALVIN C. HARTMAN, Main St., Carver - Retired
EDWIN O. HELEEN, Purchase St., Carver - Cranberry Grower
JOHN W. HACKING, Main St., Carver - Painter
ROBERT W. HITCHCOCK, Wareham St., So. Carver - Electrical Field Planner
LOUIS T. FARRAH, West St., Carver -Laborer
JAMES J. GOMES, Plympton St., No. Carver - Machine Operator
ROY D. GOULD, Center St., No. Carver - Unemployed LEWIS W. JENNEY, Wareham St., So. Carver - Retired
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JOHN E. JOHNSON, JR., Tremont St., So. Carver - Mason Contractor
TERHO A. KASKI, RFD Meadow St., Middleboro - Cran- berry Grower
TOIVO J. KALLIO, Tremont St., So. Carver - Tree Warden
JACOB W. LAURILA, Cooper's Pond, No. Carver - Cran- berry Grower
DAVID A. LINDROS, RFD Fosdick Rd., Middleboro - L. P. Gas Serviceman
RALPH L. LINTON, Plymouth St., No. Carver - Electric Welder
WALTER E. MILLER, RFD Fosdick Rd., Middleboro - Carpenter
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
ADMINISTRATION
Board Members salaries
$480.00
Director, salary
5,580.00
Director, mileage
225.68
Jr. Clerk and Typist
588.00
Dues and administrative expense
72.45
Postage, box rent
216.65
Office supplies and repairs
235.38
Telephone
183.44
American Public Welfare Association,
Agency Membership
30.00
Court and registry fees
16.20
Linoleum Flooring .
135.00
$7,762.80
From appropriation
$4,285.45
From U. S. Grants
3,477.35
$7,762.80
Reimbursement from Federal for
Administration 1961 $3,732.14
Reimbursement from State for
Administration 1961 1,866.04
$5.598.18
Net cost to town $2,164.62
ASSISTANCE - Old Age Assistance
Grants $30,136.54
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Medical Burial
4,945.79
200.00
Cities and Towns with Carver Settlement
1,399.06
$36,681.39
From appropriation
$14,474.60
From U. S. Grants 22,206.79
$36,681.39
ASSISTANCE- Medical Assistance for the Aged
Grants
Medical
Burial
$495.71 15,336.58 200.00
$16,032.29
From appropriation
$8,303.92
From U. S. Grants 7,735.87
$16,039.79
ASSISTANCE- Disability Assistance
Grants
$650.00
Medical
351.50
Burial
200.00
$1,201.50
From appropriation
$218.40
From U.S. Grants 983.10
$1,201.50
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ASSISTANCE - Aid to Dependent Children
Grants
Medical
$5,234.15 57.00
$5,291.15
From appropriation
$3,093.29
From U. S. Grants 2,197.86
$5,291.15
ASSISTANCE - Public Welfare
Grants
$319.16
Maintenance
260.02
Medical
688.90
Cities and towns with Carver Settlement
373.41
$1,641.49
From appropriation $1,641.49
TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
EXPENDITURES 1961
$60,847.82
TOTAL REIMBURSEMENTS FROM ALL SOURCES
Federal
OAA U. S. Grants
$21,617.26
MAA U.S. Grants
8,643.46
ADC U. S. Grants
2,771.00
DA U.S. Grants
706.30
$33,738.02
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State
OAA
11,289.80
MAA
5,236.75
ADC
1,263.61
DA
475.57
Temporary Aid
175.62
18,441.35
Cities and towns
OAA
889.19
Public Welfare
253.22
1,142.41
All other
OASDI Refund on DA Burial
159.00
OAA Recovery on lien
462.95
621.95
$53,943.73
Net cost to town
$6,904.09
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REPORT ON PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare:
I hereby submit my report on Old Age Assistance, Medical Assistance for the Aged, Aid to Dependent Children, Disability Assistance, and Public Welfare for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1961.
During the year, thirty-five applications were processed and disposed of as follows:
Approved 28
Referred to other agencies 4
Withdrew 2
Denied 1
Seven notices were received from other cities or towns; two were denied and seven were acknowledged as Carver settled cases.
During the year, thirty-three cases were closed for the following reasons:
Transferred to other categories 8
Transferred to other towns 3
Transferred to an institution 1
Employment found 5
Non-compliance with agency regulations 1
Resources available 5
Medical - no further need 1
Ineligible - moved to another town 2
Deaths 7
In the Old Age Assistance category of Public Assis- tance, the year opened with thirty-seven cases. Six new cases were added and eleven cases closed, four of which were transferred to the Medical Assistance for the Aged program.
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The year closed with thirty-two cases being granted assis- tance. Expenditures decreased from $44,839.11 to $36,681.39, primarily as a result of cases with high medical costs now being aided under MAA. When an Old Age Assistance recipient is admitted to a nursing home, he is automatically transferred to the Medical Assistance for the Aged program providing he owns only real property used as a home. It is no longer necessary to be a citizen or to have a twenty year residence in the United States to be eligible for Old Age Assistance.
Disability Assistance expenditures decreased from $1,462.95 to $1,201.50 with only one case throughout the year and one other case aided for only a short time. One case remains at the end of the year. When a Disability Assistance recipient reaches the age of 65, he must be transferred to the Old Age Assistance program if he qualifies; otherwise Public Welfare is given.
Aid to Dependent Children cases totalled one on Janu- ary 1, 1961. Six new cases were added during the year and five cases closed, two cases being aided at the close of the year. Expenditures increased from $3,872.57 to $5,291.15. Several changes in eligibility requirements were made during the year in this program. A total of seventeen children were aided.
On a cost-per-case basis, the category of Medical Assis- tance for the Aged is the most expensive. On January 1, 1961, six cases were being aided. Four cases were transferred from Old Age Assistance when nursing home care was re- quired. Three new applications were approved. Four cases were closed by death, and one recipient was transferred to an institution. Remaining on January 1, 1962, are eight cases. $16,032.29 was expended with the Federal Govern- ment reimbursing fifty percent on medical only.
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The scope of public welfare administration is constantly broadening. It has already changed from the concept of poor relief to a positive program of planning to meet the needs of human beings on a sound basis. It has developed from exclusive local responsibility to an acceptance of the. joint and interrelated obligation of all levels of government: local, state and federal.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Board mem- ers for their cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
VIOLA S. GRIFFITH
Director of Public Welfare
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CARVER OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
TREASURER'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1 Balance on Hand $562.20
Mar. 4 Town of Carver Appropriation 200.00
July 29 332 Adult Dinner Tickets @ 2.95 979.40
24 Children's Dinner Tickets @ 1.75 42.00
Remnants from Bake 24.10
Refreshment Stand 138.45
Aug. 2 From Constance Shaw (Record Hop) 25.75
Total Receipts $1971.90
EXPENDITURES
Jan. 31 Edwin L. Morse Co. (Lumber band stand) 21.75
Feb. 16 Stevens Florist (Don McFarlin) 6.50
Carver Sportsmen's Club (Tables ) 25.00
July 15 Florence Sand (Cards ) 4.50
29 Farrar's Inc. (Ice Cream) 33.25
Francis Merritt (Wood for Bake) 15.00
31 Pete Reed (Horse Pull) 100.00
Aug. 2 Commonwealth of Mass. (Meal Tax) 51.07
Constance Shaw (Record Hop Expense ) 6.30
Holmes & Young, Inc. ( Bake Supplies ) 488.31
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3 Walter Carmichael (Supplies ) 11.91 The Chilton Press
(Postal Cards - Envelopes - Programs - Tickets - Flyers ) 54.50
16 Coca Cola Bottling Co. (Tonic) 36.00
28 Weston Bros., Inc. (Trucking & Labor) 36.28
Homer Weston (Labor - Supplies ) 21.75
Bake Expenses (Labor - Waitresses ) 224.15
Oct. 5 Shaws, Inc. (Use of Amph.) 10.00
Virgil Fiori (Band)
230.50
20 Carver Supply Co. (Supplies ) 7.51
Total Expenditures
$1384.28
TOTAL RECEIPTS $1971.90
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1384.28
Balance on Hand, December 31, 1961 $587.62
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT
Treasurer
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STATE AUDIT
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Frank R. Mazzilli, Chairman Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Carver for the period from June 5, 1958 to August 13, 1960, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN B. DINE Director of Accounts
HBD:MM
Mr. Herman B. Dine Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir:
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Carver for the period from June 5, 1958, the date of the previous examination, to August 13, 1960, and report thereon as follows:
The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or sending out bills for collection were examined, checked, and verified.
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The ledger accounts, kept by the town treasurer, as accounting officer, were analyzed for the period covered by the audit. The recorded receipts were checked with the available departmental records and with the treasurer's cash book, while the payments were compared with the warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.
The appropriations as recorded on the ledgers were checked with the amounts voted by the town as shown by the town clerk's record of town meetings, the transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the amounts authorized by the finance committee, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on August 13, 1960.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and verified by comparison with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the disbursements were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the payments. The cash balance on August 13, 1960 was proved by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The payments of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and checked with the cancelled securities on file.
The records of tax titles held by the town were examined and checked. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the tax collector's records, the tax titles redeemed were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treasurer's cash book, and the tax titles on hand were listed and compared with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
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The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees were examined and listed. The income was proved, and all other balances were verified.
The records of payroll deductions on account of Fed- eral and State taxes, and the county retirement system were examined and compared with the ledger accounts, the pay- ments to the proper agencies being proved.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked. The tax and excise accounts out- standing according to the previous examination, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and compared with the warrants issued for their collection. The payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's cash book, the, recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the transfers to the tax title account were checked with the treasurer's records of tax titles held by the town, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the respective ledger accounts.
The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked. The recorded collections were proved with the payments to the treasurer, and the out- standing accounts were listed and reconciled with the ledger accounts.
Verification of the outstanding tax, excise, and depart- , mental accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The financial accounts of the town clerk were examined. The records of receipts pertaining to dog and sporting
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licenses issued, as well as receipts of a miscellaneous nature, were checked, and the payments to the town treasurer were checked with the treasurer's cash book.
The surety bonds furnished by the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of departmental cash collections of the selectmen and the sealer of weights and measures, as well as of all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were examined and checked. The recorded col- lections were compared with the payments to the town treas- urer as shown by the treasurer's books, and the cash on hand in the several departments was proved by actual count.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, and de- partmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the con- dition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
During the progress of the audit cooperation was re- ceived from all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
Assistant Director of Accounts
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ERWIN K. WASHBURN, Chairman Term Expires 1964
VIRGINIA K. SHAW, Secretary Term Expires 1963
ALAN I. DUNHAM Term Expires 1962
George R. Austin Superintendent of Schools
Office: Apponequet Regional High School, Howland Rd., Lakeville, Mass. Office Telephone: Middleboro 2663
Mr. Richard J. Eldridge Principal (2 schools )
BENJAMIN ELLIS SCHOOL STAFF
Mrs. Suzanne F. Burbank
Grade 1
Mrs. Mabel J. Eayrs
Grade 1
THE GOVERNOR JOHN CARVER SCHOOL STAFF
Mrs. H. Winifred Nickerson
Special Education
Mrs. Alice R. Shurtleff
Grade 2
Mrs. Florence K. Sand
Grades 2 and 3
Mrs. Gladys E. Burgess Grade 3
Mrs. June W. Mendell
Grade 4
Miss F. Elizabeth Standley
Grade 4
Mrs. Anna E. Wright
Grade 5
Mr. Alvin E. Boyer
Grade 5
Mrs. Hazel Carmichael
Grade 6
Mrs. Vienna P. Cole
Grade 7
Mr. Henry M. Shaw
Grades 6 and 8
Mr. William A. Levesque
Grade 8
Physical Education Boys, Grades 6, 7, and 8
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Mrs. Constance Shaw Physical Education, Grades 1-6 and Girls' Physical Education Grades 7-8 Mr. Donald F. Morrison Director of Music Education Mr. William T. Johnstone General Shop Instructor Mrs. Hilda Buck Home Economics Mrs. Faith A. Young School Secretary Mrs. Rachel Penti, R. N. School Nurse W. Vernon Mayo, M. D. School Physician
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PRACTICAL ARTS
Mrs. Henry M. Shaw, Chairman
Mrs. Toivo Erickson
Mrs. Donald Penti
North Carver South Carver
Main St., Carver
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Mr. Erwin K. Washburn
Mr. Franklin Wilbur
South Carver North Carver
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1962 Winter Term Begins Tuesday, January 2; closes Friday, April 13 Vacations: February 19-23; April 16-20 1962 Spring Term Begins Monday, April 23; closes Friday, June 15 Holiday: May 30
1962 Fall Term Begins Wednesday, September 5; closes Friday, December 21 Holidays: October 12; October 26, Teachers' Convention; November 12 (Veterans Day, Nov. 11); No- vember 22-23
1963 Winter Term Begins Wednesday, January 2
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO FIRST GRADE 1. A child who will reach his sixth birthday on or before December 31st may be admitted to the first grade in Sep- tember, 1962 without examination.
2. A child whose sixth birthday occurs in the two months after December 31st may be admitted the preceding Sep- tember 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 15 preceding the opening of school in September. A special form will be furnished for this purpose upon writ- ten request from the parent.
The School Committee reserves the right to withhold the examination privilege whenever the number of children eligible to enter without examination is equal to the capacity of the available classrooms.
CLOSING OF SCHOOLS
It is the policy of the School Committee to close school only under the severest weather conditions or on such oc- casions when it is dangerous to operate school busses. At other times, parents are expected to use their own judgment in sending children to school. When a decision to close schools has been made, this information will be broadcast through the courtesy of radio stations WBZ and WNBH and WPLM. The no-school signal will also be given on the local fire warning apparatus. This signal is two short blasts sounded three times.
It should also be remembered there are occasions when under the stress of storm conditions the telephone service cannot keep up with the demands and it is impossible to to reach radio stations in order to have an announcement made.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1961
Bal. Bal .. Expended Appropriation Fund
Appropriation $170,536.00 $171,635.74 .26
........
Appropriation, School Comm.
Meeting 11-25-61 1,000.00
By transfer
100.00
Total Appropriation 171,636.00
E. Tillson Pratt Fund 359.65 359.65
.. ..
$171,995.65 $171,995.39
.26
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EXPENDITURES
School Committee, Salaries
$291.25
School Committee, Expenses
65.05
Superintendent, Salary
2,699.96
Superintendent, Travel
200.00
Union Office, incl. Clerical
Assistance and Admin. Expenses
1,216.83
School Census
30.00
Attendance Officer
5.00
$4,508.09
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Teachers and Principal
66,925.77
Substitute Teaching
422.50
Expenses - Supervisors and Principal
1,682.09
Textbooks
1,447.65
Supplies 1,947.12
72,425.13
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OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
5,601.71
Janitors' Fees, Non-school Activities
54.50
Janitors' Supplies
828.45
Fuel
2,097.55
Lights, Telepohone, Misc.
1,856.21
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs and Miscellaneous 3,808.53 3,808.53
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation - High School
7,22.30
Transportation - Elementary School
17,975.18
Insurance
821.33
Library
486.64
Health
30.96
Tuition - High School
37,214.64
Misc. Auxiliary Agencies
136.28
64,387.27
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION :
Tuition - Day School
. 6,068.15
Tuition - Evening School
59.45
Transportation
6,283.00
Practical: Arts
88.50
12,499.10
OUTLAYS
New Construction
185.64
New Equipment
3,383.56
3,569.20
Total Expenditures $171,635.74
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TABLE OF REIMBURSEMENTS
and other income earned on account of Schools during the fiscal year 1961, as certified to the Superintendent of Schools by the Department of Education, or billed by the local Department to other agencies:
School Aid (Chapter 70, G.L., as amended)
$11,628.29
Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns 872.13
Transportation (Chapter 71, G.L., as amended) 21,581.08
Vocational Education:
Tuition
$2,796.86
Transportation
3,175.00
5,971.86
Special Education (Chapter 71, Section
46, as amended by Chapter 514,
Acts of 1954) 2,912.23
NDEA Funds - Testing 13.74
Other Income:
Wards, Division Child Guardianship Tuition
3,688.00
Transportation
819.87
4,507.87
Town of Middleboro, Tuition
900.00
Other Tuition
40.00
Vocational Transportation
Town of Plymouth
179.00
Town of Wareham
275.00
Middleboro resident
47.00
501.00
$48,928.20
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Additional Aid:
Reimbursement, Schoolhouse Construction
. (Chapter 645, Acts of 1948) Payment No. 11 5,127.32
NET COST OF SCHOOLS, YEAR 1961
Total expense, all types of schools $171,635.74
Total reimbursements and earnings, NOT including items under Additional Aid 48,928.20
$122,707.54
ESTIMATES of School Aid and other reimbursements to be received in 1962, these estimates being furnished as required under Section 10, Acts of 1948.
School Aid (Chapter 70, G.L., as amended)ยช $13,130.79
Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns 870.00
Transportation (Chapter 71, G.L., as amended )
26,000.00
Vocational Education
Tition
2,737.98
Transportation
3,059.25
5,797.23
Special Education, Chapter 71, Section 46, as amended by Chapter 514, Acts of 1954 2,950.00
Other Anticipated Income:
NDEA Funds -Science Instruction
411.96
Division of Child Guardianship: Tuition 3,500.00
Transportation
800.00
4,300.00
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Town of Middleboro - Tuition 900.00
Transportation, Voc'l., Wareham, Plymouth and Middleboro 200.00
$54,559.98
Reimbursement on Account of Schoolhouse Construction (Chapter 645, Acts of 1948) 12th payment $5,127.32
* This figure subject to change if the Legislature revises the equalized valuations for the towns. Present table set by Acts of 1945.
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1962
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee, Salaries
$450.00
School Committee, Expenses
75.00
Superentendent, Salary
2,750.00
Superintendent, Travel
200.00
Superintendent, Out-of-state Travel
25.00
Union Office, incl. Clerical Assistance and Administrative Expenses
1,300.00
School Census
30.00
Attendance Officer
25.00
$4,885.00
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EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Teachers and Principal Substitute Teaching
82,497.00
750.00
Expenses - Supervisors and Principal Textbooks Supplies
1,800.00
2,227.00
2,488.00
$89,762.00
OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
6,600.00
Janitors' Fees, Non-School Activities
150.00
Janitors' Supplies
900.00
Fuel
2,500.00
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,800.00
$11,950.00
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs and Miscellaneous
$2,575.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation - High School
11,399.00
Transportation - Elementary School
22,949.00
Insurance
1,365.00
Library
500.00
Health
35.00
Tuition - High School
41,000.00
Miscellaneous Auxiliary Agencies
200.00
$77,448.00
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition - Day School
9,626.00
Tuition - Evening School Transportation Practical Arts
50.00
6,500.00
210.00
$16,386.00
OUTLAYS
New Construction
800.00
New Equipment
1,364.00
$2,164.00
Total
$205,140.00
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Members of the Carver School Committee:
The annual report of the Superintendent and others of the school system is herewith presented for the record of the year 1961.
There have been a number of important developments, educational speaking, which are worthy of attention of the town. The high school problem, thought settled last year, was delayed in Plymouth through the referendum procedure until affirmative action was taken later. Although the matter was cleared up satisfactorily and the bond issue sold, it became impossible for the District Committee to have the new building completed for the previously anticipated date of 1962. Consequently, the date for the opening of the new regional high school has been advanced to September, 1963. This change of plans, unavoidable on the part of Carver, has presented a big problem to the Committee in that high school accommodations must be worked out for these pupils.
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Middleboro had previously given notice it could care for only the twelfth grade pupils in the year 1962-63 (seniors ), so the matter was immediately opened with that community for reconsideration. The previous decision was modified so that now grades eleven and twelve, and any Home Eco- nomics pupils from grade ten will be admitted for the year 1962-63. Meanwhile, the Committe was obliged to look in any direction to see what might be done for the grades nine and ten in the fall of 1962. Only a few possibilities were available. At the close of the year covered by this report consideration was being given to making application to the high school of the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Dis- trict for admission there on a one-year basis.
It was also apparent at the end of the year that there would have to be some complete revision of the transporta- tion service, as the routes required for high school service, wherever pupils were enrolled, would be in different direc- tions. Contracts as originally bid expired during the year because the 3-year period had ended. Bids were called for on a one-year basis because it was thought at the time this would be sufficient to carry on until the system could be reorganized on the basis of both Plymouth and local Carver service. As it turned out this was not the case and plans are being made to ask bids on a variety of services so as to cover all the various routes.
The Benjamin Ellis School was opened in September for the exclusive use of the two sections of the first grade. Reference to the enrollment table will show more than fifty pupils in this grade. Opening this school permitted the first grade children to have a school of their own and also per- mitted them to be brought to school on a bus run where there are no older pupils. This has been an improvement. With the Benjamin Ellis School open, it has been possible to expand the course offerings at the Governor John Carver School for the benefit of the Junior High age pupils. It has
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