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2. Second priority: Town center sidewalks:
a. Millbrook Road from Town Building to Plain Road 9,200.00
3. Third priority: Longer distance bicycle paths:
a. Concord Road from Plain Road to Claypit Hill Road 8,800.00
b. Cochituate Road from North of Trinity Place to "Sandy Burr" 3,900.00
TOTAL $ 31,200.00
4. Future consideration pending possible road reconstruction:
a. West Plain Street from Edgewood Road to Old Connecticut Path, thence North to Pine Ridge Road.
b. Cochituate Road from Sandy Burr to Five Paths, thence South on Old Connecticut Path to Davelin Road.
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Any future reconstruction along East Plain Street - Route 30- should include adequate grade separation between the sidewalk and the traveled way.
(See map. The costs of these and other possible sidewalks, showing various types of construction, are given in Table II. )
In recent years, based on the recommendation of the 1961 Sidewalk Committee, the town has appropriated a sum of $5, 000 annually for sidewalk construction. The present committee recommends that the town increase this appropriation to $7, 500 annually to cover sidewalk construction under priorities one, two, and three above. The committee feels that earmarking of appropriations for specific sidewalk projects would act to the detriment of the sidewalk program as a whole. When unexpected construction difficulties are encountered or when legal prob- lems arise in connection with, for example, land takings, earmarked funds cannot be used to complete a specific project or to further the program in other areas. The committee therefore recommends that the $7, 500 annual appropriation be applied generally to sidewalk con- struction.
The town would thus undertake a balanced program of construction involving on the one hand the completion of necessary shorter pedes- trian sidewalks adjacent to schools and town centers, and at the same time, beginning to fill the needs of Wayland youngsters for safe bicycle transportation to and from their centers of activity. Under such a plan, both aspects of sidewalk construction as presently proposed by the com- mittee should be completed in about four years. By that time, addi- tional needs will have emerged which will form the basis for new pro- posals to the town.
In this connection, the committee recommends the continuance of a town Sidewalk Committee on a permanent basis; such a committee to have as its Chairman, a Highway Commissioner chosen by the High- way Commission, and having four additional members having staggered three-year terms appointed by the Board of Selectmen at their discretion. This committee should be directed to report to every second annual town meeting (beginning with the 1968 Town Meeting) on the progress of sidewalk construction programs voted by the town and on any new rec- ommendations concerning sidewalks and bicycle paths which it may have formulated.
The committee thanks the citizens of Wayland for their participation in its efforts and their interest in seeing its work successfully completed.
Respectfully yours, HERBERT N. ODELL, JR. (Finance Committee), Chairman THEODORE C. RHOADES (Highway Commissio: L. WILLIAM BERTELSEN (Planning Board) SAMUEL B. WHIDDEN (School Committee) SONIA ARSOVE (Member-at-large)
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TABLE 1
Analysis of Sidewalk Expenditures & Appropriations Since 1960:
1960
Available
Expended
Carryover
Appropriation
$ 2,400 (A)
1,285
1,115
Appropriation
2,400 (B)
0
2,400
4,800
1,285
3,515
1961
Carryover
3,515
7, 976 (A)
Appropriation
5,000
509 (B)
8,515
8,485
30
1962
Carryover
30
Appropriation
5,000
5,030
2,592 (A)
2,438
1963
Carryover
2,438
Appropriation
5,000
7,438
1,794 (C)
5,644
1964
Carryover
5,644
Appropriation
5,000
10, 644
10, 244 (C)
400
1965 (to October 31st)
3,300 (B)
Carryover
400
850 (C)
Appropriation
5,000
1,150 (D)
5,400
5,300
A. Old Connecticut Path from Davelin Road to Pine Ridge Road
B. Main Street to Bayfield Road
C. East Plain Street from Dunster Street to School Street
D. Pequot Road from Happy Hollow School to Rice Spring Lane
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TABLE II - APPROXIMATE SIDEWALK COSTS*
Priority
Length Lin. Ft.
Description
Gravel
Bituminous Concrete
Concrete
Bituminous Berm
la
1600
Loker St. from Commonwealth Rd. to Loker School
$3100
$4700
$6700
$1800
1b
700
Maiden Lane from Old Conn. Path to Happy Hollow School
1300
2000
2900
800
2a
2300
Millbrook Rd. from Town Building to Plain Road
4400
6700
9600
2500
3a
2200
Concord Rd. from Plain Rd. to Claypit Hill Road
4200
6400
9200
2400
3b
2250
Cochituate Rd. from North of Trinity Place to "Sandy Burr"
1000 **
3300 **
6100 **
600 **
4a
750
W. Plain Street from Edgewood to Old Conn. Path
1400
2200
3100
800
227
4a
3300
Old Conn. Path from W. Plain St. to Pine Ridge Road
11,300
14,600
18,700
3600
4b
2000
Cochituate Rd. from "Five Paths" to "Sandy Burr"
3800
5800
8300
2200
4b
2000
Old Conn. Path from Davelin Rd. to "Five Paths"
3800
5800
8300
2200
2200
Plain Rd. from Millbrook Rd. to Claypit Hill Rd.
4200
6400
9200
2400
- -
1400
Pequot Rd. from Rice Spring Lane to Happy Hollow Rd.
4700
6100
7800
1600
2200
Concord Rd. from Claypit Hill Rd. to Glezen Lane
4200
6400
9200
2400
* Costs are based on a 5 ft. wide walk with seeded shoulder installed by Town Highway forces. Land taking & engineering costs, if any, are excluded.
** Base course & berm included in reconstruction now underway.
TRINITY
PL.
CLAYPIT
WILL RD.
1000 FT
DR.
3 a
ROAD
" SANDY BURR "
COCHITUATE
ILCORD
PLAIN
ROAD
4b
CON
BROOK RD
FIVE PATHS"
2 a
7
RT. 20
OLD CONN. PATH
46
COCH. RD
SCHOOL
-
RD
PEQUOT
SCHOOL
ROAD
PINE RIDGE
ST
40
PROPOSED WAYLAND
SIDEWALK PROGRAM
OLD
EXISTING PROPOSED
COMMONWEALTH RD
ST.
WEST!/ PLAIN
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LOKER
la
CONNECTICUT
MAIDEN LN
RD.
DAVELIN
PATH
MILL
NORTH
ROAD
36
40 ACRES
REPORT OF THE BYPASS COMMITTEE
A release by the Department of Public Works to the Boston Evening Globe, during the first week in January 1966, reflected that once again, the now famous Route 20, Wayland Bypass, would not be assigned funds for its construction.
Demands now being made to the Department of Public Works by almost every city and town in the Commonwealth, is placing Way- land's Highway needs far down on the Department of Public Works' list.
Wayland has joined Sudbury, Weston, Waltham and Watertown in a combined effort to have the Department of Public Works consider allocating funds for traffic relief, on the Route 20 that runs through these communities.
This committee is known as the Route 20 Transportation Co-ordi- nating Committee. This Committee has held many meetings and they were held in Sudbury, Wayland, Waltham, Watertown, and in the Department of Public Works' office at 40 School Street, Boston, Mass.
Of the three towns, (Sudbury, Wayland and Weston) west of Route 128, Wayland has the greatest traffic problems, not only on Route 20, but also on Routes 27, 126 and 30.
The Wayland Bypass Committee will begin an extensive study of their own, and submit an alternate proposal to the Department of Public Works, and to the Town, before the next Town Meeting (Speci- al, or Annual).
Respectfully submitted, FRANK S. TARR, Chairman FREDERICK G. PERRY, JR., ROBERT M. MORGAN, CHIEF ERNEST H. DAMON, LEWIS RUSSELL, JR., ANGELO CAVAGNARO, CHARLES OWEN, JR.
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REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
The observance of Memorial Day on May 30th, 1965, consisted of a parade from the Junior High School Annex to the South Cemetery at 8:30 A. M., thence to the North Cemetery, and from the Ball Field at Cochituate to St. Zepherin's Cemetery at 10:15 A. M., thence to Lake- view Cemetery. Services were held at all four cemeteries and at the WWII Memorial in Cochituate, by veterans' organizations. Veterans' graves had been previously decorated with flags and flowers.
The following organizations participated in the parade:
Charles H. Alward Post 133, American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6260 Police Department escort Fire Department Detail Auxiliary Police Detail Wayland High School Band Wayland Flight, C. A. P. Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Cub Scouts
Girl Scouts, Brownies Camp Fire Girls Ladies Auxiliary, Charles H. Alward Post 133, American Legion
Prayers were given at the four cemeteries by the Reverend Fathers William P. Castles and Frederick J. Hobbs, and the Reverend Messrs. Peter J. Wuebbens and Robert K. Jones, Jr.
Lincoln's immortal Gettysburg Address was delivered at the four cemeteries by Timothy Kingsbury, Christine Jandl, Lynn Kennedy and Margaret Clark.
Bills totalling $770. 98 for flowers, flags, wreaths, tonic and sand- wiches for parade participants were submitted. Upon notification by the Town Accountant that the appropriation of $600. 00 was overdrawn, we requested the Finance Committee for permission to transfer $170. 98 to this Committee's appropriation, and the request was granted. From 1958 to 1963 the annual appropriation was $800.00. In 1964 and 1965 it was reduced to $600. 00, presumably because there was an unexpended balance when the High School Band replaced the out-of-town bands. We asked the Finance Committee to restore the appropriation to at least $900. 00 in 1966. In 1965 there was a bill for $125. 00 for buses for the band, and the cost of flowers and printing was higher than formerly.
The disbanding of the parade at the corner of Old Sudbury Road and Glezen Lane, to shorten the route so that all four cemeteries could be visited by the parade, caused traffic congestion which should not be repeated.
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The Committee expresses its gratitude to the participating organ- izations, the clergy, the schools and the High School Band for their services.
In view of the current juvenile protests against this country's mili- tary policy, including the burning of draft cards, it is important that organizations which foster a spirit of loyalty and responsibility to our government, be given an opportunity to demonstrate, and their par- ticipation in the Memorial Day exercises affords this opportunity, in addition to its primary memorial purpose.
Respectfully yours, GEORGE G. BOGREN, Chairman
JAMES E. AMERO
CHRIS CHALA
WARD W. KELLER JOSEPH P. O'DAY
STANLEY L. JOHNSON
DONALD WILLIAMS
REPORT OF THE PLUMBING AND GAS INSPECTOR
I hereby submit my annual report.
This office issued during the year 1965, one hundred eighty-five (185) Plumbing Permits, totaling $1, 241. 00; one hundred sixty- eight (168)Gas Permits, totaling $1, 307. 00 -- all moneys being turned over to the Town Collector.
All violations of the Plumbing and Gas Codes have been rectified.
Respectfully submitted, DONALD K. IDE.
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REPORT OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- 1965
A brief review of several projects, some dating from 1958, is suggested to the Town in the hope that funds may now be forthcom- ing for their completion.
Renovation of the Beach House to provide at least twenty dress- ing cubicles and more adequate toilet facilities along with additional equipment storage area, has reached the critical stage, and should be done. An "H" steel dock, with twenty-five yard crib, for instruc- tional purposes and recreational use would clearly be in order.
Acquisition of lands in the Millbrook area to round out exist- ing Town parcels, would insure a central park for Wayland. Addi- tional acquisitions in the Pinebrook, Sherman Bridge, Riverview Circle, and Snakebrook areas, would assist protection of watershed, wildlife, and conservation in addition to providing long range recre- ational lands.
Further development of the hill adjacent to the High School for ski instructional purposes in basic techniques, seems a natural with the growth of skiing groups within the Town.
Abutters continue to enjoy the playground aspects of the North Wayland Elementary School Site, and the Cochituate Junior High School Site, but the Town as a whole has yet to fully recognize and utilize these spacious additional recreational areas.
Finally, with the success of the High School Tennis Courts, the time is fast approaching when additional courts should be con- sidered for the Junior High School.
Respectfully submitted, RICHARD E. BICKNELL, SALLY WIGHTMAN, THEODORE R. MAGOUN, Chairman
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SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, 1965 - 1966
School Committee
JOHN B., GREGORY.
. Term expires 1967
BRUCE F. KINGSBURY, Chairman.
.Term expires 1966
LYLE B. MARTIN, Vice-Chairman
.Term expires 1967
SAMUEL B. WHIDDEN
Term expires 1968
JOHN B. WILSON Term expires 1966
Superintendent of Schools
R. BRUCE MCGILL
Acting Assistant Superintendent of Schools
and
Secretary of the School Committee
ROBERT A. ANDREOTTI
6 Principals
2 Assistant Principals
6 Guidance
2 Librarians
1 Audio Visual
190
Teachers
16
Secretaries
6 Library Aides
3
Teacher Aides
3 Interns
21 Custodians
32 Cafeteria Workers
1
Director of Cafeteria
289 TOTAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS OCTOBER 1, 1965
ELEMENTARY
2017
JUNIOR HIGH
540
HIGH SCHOOL
834
TOTAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
3391
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1965 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
It is with pleasure that the School Committee makes this its annual report to the town. However, we do have certain misgivings because so large and active an enterprise as our school system cannot adequately be covered in a few pages. The report is further complicated by the need to report current happenings to you and by the need to include material which might be of some benefit to future school committees or his- torians.
Accreditation
One of the first things to be recorded should be re- evaluation of our entire high school by a team of teachers and administrators representing the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. This is a very close examina- tion of everything that is the high school: course offerings, specific curricula, teachers' abilities and educational quali- fications, administrators, school committee, extra curricular activities, and buildings, including fixed and movable equip- ment. We were pleased to have received an extremely favorable report from the evaluators and in December to have been finally granted full accreditation by the Association. Many recom- mendations were made to improve our system which will be in- stituted when and where appropriate. It should be pointed out that this review is carried out every ten years and that this was our first full-scale review.
Not the least of the values of this accreditation was the elaborate and time-consuming self-evaluation which was re- quired before the visiting team would come here. The principal, department heads, supervisors and teachers worked many, many long and hard hours to prepare all of the necessary material. The entire staff performed exceptionally during this demanding period.
School Building
Because of the increasing number of students we seem constantly to be faced with new buildings. It is comforting therefore to record that the eight-room addition to the Happy Hollow School was completed during the summer and occupied in September .
Modifications were completed on the high school build- ing in time for September; the cafeteria expansion is es- sentially complete and the 400 student addition is proceeding very well and will be ready for occupancy by March, although will not go into full-scale use until September.
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For the future the older schools must be updated. Ex- tensive work has been done at the Cochituate School and similar work must be done at the Junior High School. The latter will be an expensive project but major modifications are essential in order to give us a building in which to conduct the best Junior High program. The School Building Committee and the Finance Committee are aware of this impending major expense and reason- able financing looks possible.
Educational
As you are all aware, our schools have been faced with many problems. Much hard work has gone into providing class- rooms and teachers just to keep up with the number of students. This might be thought enough. However, two other factors have made the task even more difficult. One is the need for ex- pansion while at the same time continuing to improve the quality of education. The other is the need for modifications in class organization and in course curricula. In a dynamic search for the best, strengths appear and weaknesses are bound to show up. It is necessary to keep a very close check on the whole activity so that errors can be detected and corrected and so that strengths will be found and advantage taken of them. Great credit is due our superintendent for the outstanding manner in which he has been able to keep his finger on all phases and to recommend or take remedial action so as constantly to strengthen the whole system.
Particularly noteworthy have been his teacher evaluation and selection, and his coordination of subject matter and basic- skills teaching throughout all the grades.
Teachers and Administrators
Interested as we are in improving the quality of our education, teachers rank high in our considerations. We want better and better teachers when replacements or additions are necessary. However, we are not alone in this desire. This means there is increasing competition among towns and cities to obtain the better teachers. How does a town compete? The most obvious way is by better salary conditions. We have felt that our salary system should be among the best, and it has been for several years. The results are what we hoped, for we are attracting more and more outstanding teachers. It is an economic fact of life that if you want the best you must pay for it. This can, surely, be overdone if your goal is beyond what you can afford. However, the salaries we pay, we feel, reflect the town's wishes for the finest education within its ability to pay.
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We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all of the members of the school system; those who keep the building in order, those who serve the food and those who keep the offices running smoothly. We wish also to thank the many town boards and offices without whose cooperation our task would be more difficult.
Respectfully submitted,
Bruce R. Kingsbury, Chairman
John B. Gregory Lyle B. Martin Samuel B. Whidden John B. Wilson
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
In this, the sixty-ninth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Wayland Public Schools, the Superintendent wishes to inform you of some programs influencing the education of our children.
The Town Meeting of 1965 authorized the establishment of a Pre-School Summer Program for any child scheduled to enter school in September 1965. It was not intended or believed that the experience would be the equivalent of a full-year of kinder- garten training, but it was a start toward making classes avail- able which would help pupils prepare for first grade.
Out of 375 pupils entering grade one in September 1965, 120 were enrolled in the July-August program. 24 pupils entering last September had no formal kindergarten training either in a regular program or the summer program. Of the 120 pupils in the summer program, 57 had attended a regular kindergarten and 63 had no prior school experience.
Length of daily sessions : 8:30-11:30
Faculty
5 teachers
teacher aides
1 Reading consultant
The actual costs of the 1965 summer pre-first grade program were as follows:
Staff $3,150.00
Teacher aides 1,350.00
Transportation 1,900.00
Supplies & 684.52
Equipment
$7,084.52
The teachers were unanimous in endorsing the values de- rived by pupils from the experience. The judgment of the staff, bolstered by testing results, indicates a significant growth in the student's ability to live and work in school. A questionnaire mailed to parents yielded the same results.
While the first year of the pre-school program was successful, and should be continued next year, we should not allow it to extend the time before a regular kindergarten is begun.
A self-supporting Summer School is planned for the High School in 1966. The courses offered will be in English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Driver Education (classroom), and Typing. Reading for both elementary and secondary school pupils will
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also be taught. While the nature of the program at its inception will be largely corrective, it is planned to have it enlarged and furnish course work of an enriching nature later.
The school libraries continue to show desirable growth in volumes accessioned, and regular reports from all schools indicate a steadily increased use of facilities by pupils. Full-time library aides will be found in each elementary school next year for the first time. The Junior High School library poses a serious problem because of its use as a cafeteria for one and one-half hours each day, thereby ex- cluding its use for library purposes for approximately one- quarter of the school day.
Small group teaching in Reading, English, and Mathematics at the Junior High School is now in its second year and ob- jective evidence points toward greater proficiency of pupils in these areas. Next year all students will have three periods of instruction in reading at the seventh and eighth grade levels. This course will be in addition to the regular English classes and will be designed to develop skills appropriate for various levels of achievement.
The ninth grade total program has been redesigned to build on that of grades 7-8 and prepare students for the transi- tion from a Junior High School type of schedule to that of the upper years, grades 10, 11, and 12, with its program of variable sized groupings, periods of instruction per week, and number of teachers with whom a student studies.
Refinement of track programs in the academic discipline continues. The emphasis is on flexibility, in order to allow for movement from one track to another at the highest grade levels for which it is practical. For example, the modern language program is under study in grades 7-12 and will be undergoing substantial revision.
While courses of study have been completed for all subjects, the various departments set new goals each year with work toward an updating of materials and ideas used as a means of maintaining a dynamic curriculum.
Anything worthwhile that goes on in a school system can, in the final analysis, be traced to the teaching staff in the classroom, because it is here that the actual work with boys and girls takes place. The fact that 82 percent of the school budget is due to professional salaries is an indication
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of the importance placed on the contribution made by the teachers. Our rate of turnover has been decreasing and we should hope to see it continue.
Respectfully submitted,
R. BRUCE MCGILL Superintendent of Schools
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REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
It is with pleasure that I submit my first annual report and the sixth annual report of the Assistant Superintendent of Schools.
A most important function of this office is the collection, preparation and presentation of data to the School Committee to aid in the formulation of the annual School Budget. A brief survey of the forthcoming budget indicates that rising costs are primarily related to a continued increase in student enroll- ment, a necessarily corresponding expansion of professional staff and academic or program offerings, and consequent ex- pansion of the auxiliary services which support the educational program.
In Massachusetts, the brunt of school operating costs are borne by the various communities. However, it is important to note that State reimbursements for education somewhat reduce the total cost of school operations for communities. For ex- ample, in 1965, Wayland was reimbursed in the following amounts :
Chapter 70 (General Fund) $145,906.71
School Transportation 35,539.60
Classes for Retarded Children 11,307.34
Vocational Education 4,400.16 Tuition and Transportation of
742.24
State Wards
Miscellaneous Receipts 1,327.02
Total $199,223.07
In addition, the School Department itself returns un- expended budget funds to the Town. In 1965, these returns to the Excess and Deficiency Fund will total $28,947.96.
It should further be noted that the Town receives a 50% State reimbursement for the construction of new school buildings or additions to existing school buildings.
The preparation of a Budget Document represents four months of concentrated effort by the School Committee and administra- tive personnel. However, since the school budget is a financial reflection of the educational program desired by the community, it is important to constantly evaluate and analyze the budget so as to insure that it produces its desired educational effects.
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During the past year, school building projects resulted in the September opening of the Happy Hollow School Addition and continuation of the plant modernization program in the Cochituate School. In the very near future, emphasis will need to be placed on improving the physical facilities of the Junior High School so that increasing enrollments in grades 7 and 8 can be accommodated, and so that refinements and/or ex- pansion of program can better be accomplished.
The plan to centralize purchasing for the school system will continue to be refined and expanded during the coming year by virtue of the availability of a Head Custodian. A primary function of this position will be to conduct an initial audit of the custodial and general teaching supplies in each school followed by the development of a permanent inventory system designed to provide more economical purchasing procedures con- ducted through the central administrative office. In addition, the head custodian will establish better defined preventive maintenance and annual maintenance schedules.
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