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Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns 865.00
Transportation (Chapter 71, G. L., as amended) 29,500.00
Vocational Education
Tuition
$2,851.90
Transportation 3,236.00
6,087.90
Special Education, Chapter 71, Section
46, as amended by Chapter 514, Acts of 1954 3,500.00
Other Anticipated Income:
NDEA Funds - Science Instruction, 1962 project 524.28
Division of Child Guardianship:
Tuition
4,500.00
Transportation
1,000.00
5,500.00
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Transportation, Voc'l., Wareham, Plymouth and Middleboro 300.00
$61,964.09
Reimbursement on Account of Schoolhouse Construction
(Chapter 645, Acts of 1948) 13th payment $5,127.32
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1963
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee, Salaries $400.00
School Committee, Expenses
100.00
Superintendent, Salary
2,797.00
Superintendent, Travel
200.00
Superintendent, Travel, Out-of-State
25.00
Union Office, incl. Clerical
Assistance and Admin. Expense
1,300.00
School Census 30.00
Attendance Officer 25.00
$4,877.00
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EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Teachers and Principal
93,185.00
Substitute Teaching 900.00
:
Expenses - Supervisors, Principal, Clerk Textbooks
1,900.00
2,506.00
Supplies
3,090.00
$101,581.00
OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
6,806.00
Janitors' Fees, Non-School Activities
150.00
Janitors' Supplies
1,300.00
Fuel
2,700.00
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,800.00
$12,756.00
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs and Miscellaneous
$2,500.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation - High School
8,680.00
Transportation - Elementary School
25,598.00
Insurance
565.00
Library
500.00
Health
35.00
Tuition - High School
34,777.00
Miscellaneous Auxiliary Agencies
365.00
$70,520.00
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition - Day School Tuition - Evening School Transportation Practical Arts
8,218.00
75.00
6,210.00
100.00
$14,603.00
OUTLAYS
New Construction
500.00
New Equipment
2,700.00
$3,200.00
Grand Total
$210,037.00
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Members of the Carver School Committee:
The report of the superintendent and others, as submit- ted, constitute the report of the School Committee for the calendar year 1962.
The enrollment in the schools is up over the figure for last year. There are approximately twenty-five more children in the elementary grades and the high school figure has in- creased by twenty-one. The primary grades have been started for the last two years on the basis of having two sections of the grade as the enrollment in the first and second grades has been fifty or more for each group. There is evidence this trend will continue; because of this it is easy to see that there will have to eventually be provision for two sections of each grade in the school. This will lead to the need for facilities which will provide a minimum of seventeen regular
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classrooms, plus the usual auxiliary rooms. In order to meet this need and provide for the immediate problem, the School Committee authorized the expenditure of surplus funds for the preparation of the basement of the Benjamin Ellis School for two classrooms, to be opened in September, 1963. This will meet the problem for the moment and will enable the town to have a period of time to consider how the problem can best be met over the years ahead. The state office of the Department of Public Safety has given its approval to the use of the basement for two classrooms on a temporary basis, pending the future decision of the town on the final solution. The rooms as prepared will be very satisfactory for use for a short period of time.
The high school pupils, attending out of town, had to be placed in two different situations due to space problems. Middleboro notified the Carver department it would be unable to offer high school instruction to pupils in grades nine and ten. These pupils could be accommodated for one year at the Apponequet Regional High School. Grades eleven and twelve remained at Middleboro. The opening of the Plymouth-Carver Regional High School in September, 1963 will put an end to the problem of secondary school accommodations for all time. Those who will be seniors the next school year will have the privilege of completing their high school work at Middleboro if they choose to do so.
The practice was established for the first time this year of having a summer session for those pupils needing extra help in their subjects. It was set up so that attendance was voluntary in nature. The results were very satisfactory. Approxi- mately forty-five pupils took part. Courses were arranged for aid in Reading and Mathematics. Because of the excellent results and the many fine comments received from parents about it, the plan will be continued for the next summer vacation in 1963.
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There have been a number of staff changes to report for the record and these are set forth in detail in the principal's report. We note, particularly, the retirement of Mrs. Alice R. Shurtleff who served the children of the town in various grades over a number of years. Mrs. Shurtleff always approached her work with humility and consider- ation and her attitude toward her responsibilities was an example to all. It is unfortunate that schools have to lose the services of devoted teachers. We take this opportunity to express our best wishes to Mrs. Shurtleff for a long and pleasant retirement.
We continue to have more change in teaching assign- ments than is good for a school system but there seems to be nothing which can be done to prevent it. The younger people are the ones who are seeking the teaching positions in greatest numbers but they are equally the ones who are most likely to have reason to leave within a short time.
Considerable attention has been put on the maintenance of the property this year. The auditorium of the Governor John Carver School was painted and other minor areas were also repainted. Fixed seating was refastened and the pumping equipment replaced at the same school. The con- stant problem of maintenance requires considerable time and numerous decisions but is unavoidable if the property is to be kept up.
The transportation contracts were due for review and rebidding during the year 1962. The specifications were pre- pared so that the bids might be sought for the several varieties of services required. Where the high school popu- lation would be attending in different places, on different schedules and for varying duration, the specifications had to reflect this. Bids were awarded which permitted service to Apponequet for one year, to Middleboro High School for two years and the local schools for three years.
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Bids were awarded to the following and in the amounts set after their names:
Sarah Holmes -
High School: Apponequet, 1 year $6,045.00
High School: Middleboro, 2 years 990.00 per year
Elementary: (3 years ) 12,910.00 per year
Aime Desroches -
High School: Apponequet, 1 year 4,500.00
Elementary: (3 years ) 6,190.00 per year
On a later date bids were called for furnishing trans- portation to the Vocational School at New Bedford and the award was made to the low bidder, Aime Desroches, for $5,100.00 This contract was for a three year period.
The problem of Civilian Defense plans for the schools has been in our minds this year. The Cuban crisis which developed in the fall pointed the need for us to take some definite measures and to develop plans for what might be done in case of a situation where actual hostilities were imminent. After considering the possibilities and the degree of shelter our school buildings offered, it was the decision of the school committee and administration that if time would permit, children should be taken to their homes. A trial evacuation was conducted which worked very satisfactorily. Judging by our experience with this, we believe we could get all elementary children to their homes within one-half to three-quarters of an hour after receiving a warning. It may be possible to do slightly better than this after having had the experience of a trial run. Although world tensions seem to have modified somewhat as relate to the American shores in the last month, we expect to continue to keep a useable plan in mind for emergenry purposes.
One of the continuing and pressing problems which the School Committee has to meet is the matter of adequate salaries for teachers. There is no question about the fact
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there is a change taking place in the rate of pay teachers are receiving and Carver must compete in this respect if it is to get the staff it needs to carry on the work of the schools. The 1962 legislature revised the law respecting minimum salaries for teachers upward by $500.00 so that the new minimum, effective January 1, 1963, will be $4,500.00. This action caused the need for a general adjustment in the whole scale of pay for Carver teachers. The budget prepared by the committee for 1963 will reflect this change.
Also, in the same connection with salaries and the future, the Committee contemplates changing its member- ship from the present combination with Union No. 34, Lakeville and Freetown, and forming a Union with Plymouth. Where the town will be joined with Plymouth both in a Union and in the Regional School District, it is imperative that effort be made to pay salaries comparable to the practice of a member of the same Union. Even without this consideration, the need is there for there is firm com- petition in the present times for elementary teachers.
During the spring and early summer months the super- intendent was obliged to have a leave of absence for health reasons. During his absence from the position, the Principal, Mr. Eldridge, was appointed by the committee to be acting superintendent. Mr. Eldridge carried out his added duties in a highly commendable way.
As it is anticipated the Union alignment will have been changed by the middle of the next year, this is probably the last annual report this superintendent will write for the Town of Carver. By the next June 30th we shall have had twenty-two and one-half years together in which we have been trying to meet the problems of education as they have arisen. I am personally grateful for the opportunity to have served the town and happy in the knowledge the schools, both for the elementary and secondary pupils, are in a far
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more highly developed state than found in 1941. This, however, is not the work of any one person. Rather, it. represents the fact the Carver people, through their elected representatives on the school committee and special com- mittees, have met their problems as they have been shown the need. It is only in this way that communities can make progress. It is my earnest hope you will continue to meet your problems in the same way in the years ahead.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE R. AUSTIN
Superintendent of Schools
Union No. 34
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE CARVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I herby submit my report as principal of The Governor John Carver School and The Benjamin Ellis School for the calendar year 1962.
A most successful Second Annual Science Fair was held at the Gov. John Carver School on Saturday, February 17, under the direction of co-chairmen Mr. William A. Levesque and Mrs. Hazel F. Carmichael, at which a great variety of exhibits were displayed. These exhibits were judged by teachers representing various areas of science, who came from neighboring communities. Judging was done on the basis of application of science principles, originality and ingenuity, and knowledge of science principles involved in the exhibit. Fine prizes were awarded to the following students on the basis of the judges' scorings: Linda Wash- burn received the Grand Award for the second consecutive year for her exhibit on "Protozoan Life"; the second prize was awarded to Susan Dunham who demonstrated a project on weather; Lorna Washburn received third prize for her project " A Volcano in Action." Pins were also awarded to the students with the best homeroom exhibits.
The spring music program, anticipated in last year's report, became a reality in May. Mr. Donald Morrison, our music supervisor, conducted our first Spring Music Festival on May 3. This program featured a presentation of "Hansel and Gretel" by pupils of Grades 4-6, followed by a number of musical selections by The Junior High School Glee Club. Parental reactions were so gratifying that we hope to con- tinue this as an annual affair.
On May 31 and June 1 all entering first grade pupils and their parents were invited to an informal Open House
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and Registration Day at The Benjamin Ellis School. This afforded an opportunity to all concerned to acquaint them- selves with the bus routes, the school building and personnel, and the school lunch program.
Graduation exercises were conducted on Thursday, June 12. "Careers" was the theme of this year's program and three awards were presented to those who had written the best essays on this theme. Jose Antonio Guilbe was presented the American Legion Essay Award by Commander Leslie Telless. The Community Service Group Essay Award was presented to Linda Ann Perry by President Constance Shaw. Selectmen Frank Mazzilli presented the Selectmen's Essay Award to Linda Lou Washburn. A trophy for the 8th grade girl who was outstanding in Home Economics was presented to Marcia Lopes by our Home Economics teacher, Mrs. Hilda Buck.
School Committee Chairman, Erwin K. Washburn, presented diplomas to the following graduates:
Diane Marie Alves a
Ruth Francine Andrews a
Frieda Elizabeth Barnett C
Cynthia Anne Bernadette Barrows a
Gayle Kathleen Bisbee b
Robert Henry Brown
a
Linda Louise Day a
Wayne Ernest Dunham
a
Ann Estella Erickson a
Glenya Ruthe Erickson a
Heikki Johnnas Fager a
Leonard James Fernandes a
Barbara Ann Franz b
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Richard John Julio Gomes a
Jose Antonio Guilbe Alers a
Theodore Walter Halunen a
Wayne Allen Hannula a
Elaine Lempi Harju
a
Dana Edward Harriman
a
Richard Allen Hitchcock a
Alan Paul Hoffer b
Diane Marie Houston
a
Crystal Dianne Kennedy C
Daphne Elizabeth Lopes a
Marcia Alicia Lopes
d
Linda Anne Maki a
Erwin Joel Monteiro
a
Charles Francis Murphy b
Lindsey Herbert Nye
a
Linda Cheryl Parent
a
Linda Ann Perry
a
Beverly Joyce Rowell a
Joseph Anthony Paul Sarnelli, Jr. a
Charlotte Ann Short a
Deborah Jane Shurtleff a
Francine Carol Silva a
Dana Jon Thomas a
Ann Elizabeth Wainio a
Linda Lou Washburn a
Allan William Young
a
Linda Jean Young a
(a) Apponequet, (b) New Bedford Vocational,
(c) Transfers, (d) Mass. Institute of Hair and Beauty Culture
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This year, for the first time in our history, we conducted summer classes at The Gov. John Carver School for a period of six weeks. The school was organized for the benefit of those who wanted to maintain a serious effort to correct any deficiencies or to lay stronger foundations for work previousy done. Emphasis was placed on Reading and Arithmetic. Regular attendance was required and pupils furnished their own transportation. It is difficult to make a complete evaluation of this type of program. However, we do feel that the achievement test results, as well as the class work this fall of the forty-eight children who availed themselves of this opportunity, warrant the continuation of this program as well as, possibly, broadening the curriculum.
There have been many staff changes due to resignations. The first of these occurred in March when Mrs. June Mendell resigned and Mrs. Margaret Schindler replaced her until June when she in turn resigned. Miss F. Elizabeth Standley, who had married during the year to become Mrs. Farnham, also resigned in June. It was with deep regret that we saw Mrs. Alice R. Shurtleff, an exceptional teacher of much experience and one who was well loved by all, retire. Mr. William Johnstone, our shop instructor, resigned during the summer. Unfortunately, part-time shop instructors are not easily obtained and we were forced to discontinue Shop for boys for this year. Also Mrs. Hilda Buck, our Home Eco- nomics teacher, resigned her position during the summer, and Mrs. Ralph Gates of Middleboro accepted the position and has a well-organized program in operation this year. This fall Mrs. Constance Shaw, who had directed the Phy- sical Education program for Grades 1-6 and for girls of Grades 7 and 8, resigned. This position has not been filled as of the end of 1962.
We have been fortunate in acquiring the following three teachers to fill vacancies on the staff: Miss Barbara Eayrs,
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a graduate of Colby College, to teach Grade 2; Miss Janet Parker, a graduate of The University of Massachusetts, to teach Grade 3; and Mrs. Eleanor DeCourcy, a graduate of Colby College, to teach Grade 4.
During the past few years numerous changes have taken place in the field of Mathematics due to (a) research in mathematics, (b) automation, and (c) automatic digital computing machines. Mathematics itself has changed little. However, the methods of teaching Mathematics are in the process of a drastic change. In order to keep ourselves in- formed on these trends the teachers of the Carver Public Schools are enrolled in a Mathematics Workshop which is being conducted at Apponequet Regional High School for a period of twenty weeks. This program should help us to compare the New Mathematics with our Traditional Math- ematics and to determine the need for such a change in our school system.
American Education Week (Nov. 11-17) was a busy week in The Carver Public Schools. Approximately 100 parents accepted the invitation to view the hot lunch pro- gram and dine with their children. This has been so suc- cessful it has become an annual affair.
On Wednesday of American Education Week a program geared to providing parents with information about the dif- ferent aspects of the curriculum was held at The Gov. John Carver School. Parents had the opportunity to hear speakers and to question them on the following topics: "Our New Reading Program," "Our Music Program," and the new science equipment purchased under N.D.E.A., Title III.
The first Christmas Music Festival was held at the Gov. John Carver School on Wednesday evening, December 19. An operetta, based on the familiar Christmas tune, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," was presented by the children of grades 2-6. Following the operetta, it was my pleasure to present to Mr. Morrison, as faculty sponsor, the charter of
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Chapter No. 683 of The Modern Music Masters Society of the Gov. John Carver School. Thus we are now affiliated with The Modern Music Master National Honor Society. The purpose of this society is to inculcate within the student a greater interest in music and its related areas. The evening's program then ended with selections of both familiar and new Christmas Choral Music offered by the Junior High School Glee Club.
The annual magazine drive this year netted the school $509.79 and a profit of $92.35 was realized from the sale of photographs. Funds collected for insurance and charitable organizations were as follows:
Insurance
$328.50
Junior Red Cross
63.74
Plymouth County Health Assoc. 13.80
Total
$406.04
Our lunch program continues to be self-supporting in spite of the rise in costs. We are perhaps the only school in the state which has been able to continue to charge $.20 for a school lunch. The capable management of Mrs. Irene Williams accounts for this. We are fortunate to have a cafeteria manager who has such a sincere interest in the program. The financial statement of our lunch program is as follows:
Receipts:
Balance on Hand Jan. 1, 1962 $644.92
Sale of pupil's lunches 10,295.78
Sale of teacher's lunches 951.96
Reimbursements from State 4,425.08
Other Income
188.67
$16,506.41
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Expenditures:
Food
$8,867.77
Wages
5,902.77
Services
705.74
·Supplies
392.30
Equipment
530.84
$16,399.42
Balance with Town Treasurer $106.99
An effective school system is dependent upon the co- operative efforts of all those connected with the program. Here, in Carver, we have enjoyed this type of harmony and the Staff and I wish to convey our thanks to the parents, Mr. Austin, and the School Committee, for the fine support they have given us during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD J. ELDRIDGE
Principal of the Carver Public Schools
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SCHOOL CENSUS Age-Grade Distribution, October 1, 1962
Benjamin Ellis School and Governor John Carver School
Ages 5-7 Ages 7-14 Ages 14-16 Ages 16-21 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Totals
Elementary:
Grade 1
20
27
3
0
0
0
0
0
50
Grade 2
9
6
19
18
0
0
0
0
52
Grade 3
0
0
20
15
0
0
0
0
35
Grade 4
0
0
27
18
0
.0
0
0
45
Grade 5
0
0
25
29
0
0
0
0
54
Grade 6
0
0
25
22
1
0
0
0
48
Grade 7
0
0
12
15
3
2
0
0
32
Grade 8
0
0
10
16
3
1
0
0
30
Special Class
0
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
7
Bristol County Agricultural School:
Grade 10
....
....
....
....
2
0
1
0
3
Grade 11
....
....
....
....
....
....
2
0
2
Silver Lake Vocational High School:
Grade 10
....
....
....
1
0
0
0
1
New Bedford Vocational High School:
Grade 9
....
....
....
....
2
2
1
0
5
Grade 10
....
....
....
....
1
0
2
0
3
Grade 11
....
....
....
....
....
....
3
0
3
Grade 12
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
0
1
Apponequet Regional High School:
Grade 9
....
....
2
6
13
13
5
1 40
Grade 10
....
....
0
0
11
17
2
3
33
Memorial High School:
Grade 11
....
....
....
....
1
3
11
8 23
Grade 12
....
....
....
....
....
....
8
8
16
Sacred Heart Parochial:
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
6
6
Grand Total
489
Total number of children, age 7-16, resident in the town Pre-school to enter, 1963
367
48
Left school
....
....
....
....
1
0
33
24
58
Other schools
....
....
....
....
....
5
12
17
Military Service
....
....
....
....
....
....
6
0
6
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE K. SAND,
Census Enumerator
353
5
1
12
73
39
....
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REPORT OF PLYMOUTH-CARVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Plymouth-Carver Regional School District Com- mittee has concerned itself during the past year with the construction of the new school on the site on Obery Street. Our intention is to have the construction completed for oc- cupancy in September of 1963. At the time of this report, there appears to be no reason for our not having classes in the new school on that date.
Construction has been in two phases: the first contract was let to Eastern Tree & Landscape Corp., of Dedham, Mass. Their contract of approximately $91,500 involved the clearing of the site, land compaction in the area of the actual building; general landscaping of most of the school site; and the development of the athletic playing fields. At this time, the playing fields have been laid out and will be ready for seeding this spring. It was our hope to have the football field scoded in the fall of 1962, so that interscholastic football could be played on the Obery Street site in 1963. Unfortunately this was not accomplished by the contractor, in spite of repeated pressures by the Committee. We will have to utilize the John Seaver Memorial Field on Standish Avenue next fall through the courtesy of the Plymouth Park Department.
The building construction is being done by J. L. Marshall & Sons of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. We have em- ployed Mr. Marshall Jackson of Marion. Mass., as Clerk of the Works. As of this date, construction is proceeding rapidly; fortunately, we have not had any major delays either by material shortages, labor difficulties, or weather. The Com- mittee has maintained a close watch on construction, and receives monthly progress reports from Mr. Jackson. Mr. F. Edward Nicolas, Superintendent of the Plymouth-Carver Regional School District, makes visitations to the site approx-
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imately three times a week. In addition, the architects visit the site twice a week. With this amount of supervision, we believe that the towns of Plymouth and Carver can be re- assured that the contruction complies closely to the specifiations.
Work is progressing in acquiring the necessary equip- ment, both fixed and movable, which will furnish the school. We believe that we are providing adequate equipment and have attempted to stress quality as a means of long range economy. We have been utilizing the services of Mr. Samuel Crabtree of Belmont, a professional school equipment con- sultant, for this purpose. Numerous conferences with the faculty and department heads have been held by the super- intendent to ensure procurement of the needed equipment. Unfortunately, the amount of equipment that we will be able to move from the present Plymouth High School is limited in view of its age, and because much of it will be necessary for the Plymouth students who will continue to occupy the buildings on Lincoln Street. This amount of money is reflected in our construction budget for equipment.
As the result of the delays in construction caused by the failure of the first bond issue, new plans and specifi- cations had to be prepared by the arhitects. We believe that because of this "second look," we have achieved overall a better school, however, we had to eliminate three class rooms. The architects' fees for the second plans (drawings and revisions) plus the cost of blue prints, amounted to approximately $71,000. Because of this, and the necessity for equipment as already outlined, we have submitted articles to the two towns requesting appropriations of $120,000 to complete construction. Whether this money is raised by bond issue or other means will be determined by the Finance and Advisory Committees of the two towns prior to Town
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