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One major change has been made in our class schedules this year. One added hour has been assigned to English in both grades, so that pupils meet this subject every school day. There is every
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indication that this is a real benefit to pupils. So much important work is covered in this subject area that I feel the added time is essential. We might later find it wise to add further to the time allotment for this subject.
In recent years, we have expanded our guidance service to pupils of grade seven, both in group work and individual counsel- ling. I hope we may devote more teacher-time to this work and extend more of this service into grade eight.
Through staff effort we are offering more extra-curricular activities in the current school year than we have been able to offer in recent past years.
I believe our staff's greatest single problem lies in a consider- able amount of apathy, or indifference on the part of some pupils to the academic offerings of the school. In these times of emphasis on complete education through college, and of increased competi- tion for college membership, pupils must not delay in forming a serious purpose, and acquiring the necessary work habits to achieve this purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED L. WOOD, Principal
Longmeadow Junior High School
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, MR. HOWARD HERRSCHAFT :
The School Health Program during the year 1956 has pro- ceeded smoothly in its various areas of service.
Pre-school clinics were held in the elementary schools during May and June. Physical examinations were given by Dr. H. L. Roberts, school physician, and several children were vaccinated.
In the fall children in the 3rd, 7th, and 9th grades, children in kindergarten who were not seen in the pre-school clinics, and children new to the Longmeadow School System were examined by Dr. Roberts. Notices of any major defects were sent home to parents. Boys in the high school participating in football, soccer, hockey, or Basketball were given more thorough physical check- ups.
In February second Salk Vaccine inoculations were given to the children who received the first one in May 1955. Another series of inoculations was started in May and the second inoculations were given in July and September. About 100 teenagers in the 15-19 age group availed themselves of the opportunity to get the vaccine at the September clinic and they received their second inoculation in October. The clinic for the third inoculations will be held in April. This will probably be the final clinic and we are hoping for a fine response. Permission slips will be made available to all who wish them. Sincere thanks are extended to all the phy- sicians, teachers, parents and others who gave so freely of their time to help at these clinics.
According to State regulations, all children have been tested for hearing and vision. For hearing, the Maico audiometer test is given, and for vision, the Massachusetts Vision Test. Parents are notified if their child fails the vision or hearing test twice.
Dr. David Webber, school dentist, has carried on the program of examining the teeth of each child. A dental report has been mailed to parents. In the fall Dr. Webber fitted several boys at the high school with mouthpieces to be used in contact sports.
Each child has been weighed and measured in the spring and fall.
My sincere thanks are extended to you, the principals, and the teachers for the co-operation I have received in carrying out the health program.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN K. MARTIN, R. N. School Nurse
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CENSUS REPORT
October 1, 1956 (Ages 5-16 only included)
5-7
7-14
Yrs.
Yrs.
14-16 Yrs.
Boys
179
662
143
Girls
183
622
164
Total
362
1284
307
Total of all 1953
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1957
Vacations for the year are planned as follows, subject to such changes as emergencies may dictate.
Midwinter vacation, February 16 to February 24, inclusive. Spring vacation, April 13 to April 21, inclusive.
Memorial Day, May 30.
Schools will close for the summer vacation on June 14.
Schools will reopen for the fall session Wednesday, September 4th.
Thanksgiving recess-schools close Wednesday noon for the remainder of the week.
Schools will close for the Christmas vacation at the close of the session December 20, 1957 and reopen January 2, 1958.
TOTAL PUPILS FOR WHOM THE TOWN OF LONGMEADOW FURNISHES EDUCATION
Octoer 1, 1956
Boys
Girls
Total
Trade School
2
2
4
East Longmeadow
1
2
3
Total in Longmeadow Schools
1022
1006
2028
Total educated by the Town of Longmeadow
2035
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GENERAL POLICY
It will be the policy of the School Department to close school only in case of extreme weather conditions; otherwise, to hold regular sessions. When, in the judgment of the School Depart- ment, the weather is too bad for the children to attend school, the no-school signal (two blasts of the Town Fire signal with a long interval between) will be sounded at 7:45 a. m., or 12:15 p. m. The announcement will be made over the local radio and television stations whenever possible.
Parents and pupils are requested not to call the fire house or police station for no-school information.
ENTRANCE AGE (Present School Committee Regulations)
1, Kindergarten eligibility: Any child four years and nine months of age on September 1st is eligible for entrance. All children once admitted are subject to all the regulations and directions of the school system.
2. No child will be admitted to the kindergarten after October 1st unless by transfer from kindergarten of another school system.
3. Any child five years and nine months of age or over on Sep- tember 1st may be admitted to first grade. Having once enter- ed they are at any time subject to reclassification and may be placed in the kindergarten on agreement of teacher, principal and Superintendent.
4. No child under seven years of age shall be admitted to the first grade after October 1st in any year except with the consent of the Superintendent or by transfer from another school system.
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TEACHERS
SCHOOL YEAR 1956-1957
CENTER SCHOOL
Name
Position
Elected
Education
Florence J. Hicks
Principal
1917
Boston University
Barbara C. Coote
Grade 1
1953
Mount Holyoke College
Catherine F. Gibbons
Grade 2
1956
Westfield Normal School
Mary M. Helliwell
Grade 4
1951
Columbia University
Stella R. Hernberg
Grade 6
1953
Lock Haven, Pa., State Teachers' College
Dorothy W. Leigh
Grade 5
1951
Wheelock College
Anna R. McNiven
Grade 1
1953
Bridgewater Normal School
Morton Milesky
Grade 6
1954
University of Miami Boston University
Rose C. O'Connor
Kindergarten
1946
New Britain Normal
Ethel M. Smith
Grade 4
1934
Boston University
Grace Southworth
Grade 3
1943
Boston University
Helen Stacy
Grade 5
1927
Boston University
Marion H. Thompson
Grade 3
1955
Worcester Normal
Marjorie B. Wright
Grade 2
1950
Twitchell Primary Training School
CONVERSE STREET SCHOOL
Ronald G. Billings
Principal
1938 University of Maine Springfield College
Rose K. Coffey
Grade 6
1947 Westfield Normal School Springfield College
Mary M. Donovan
Grade 3
1947
Westfield Normal School American International College
Kathryn B. Flood
Grade 1
1943 Castleton Normal School Springfield College
Marguerite C. Jones
Grade 2
1946 Westfield Teachers' College
Helen L. Kelley
Grade 1
1947 Springfield Normal Kinder- garten Training School
Donna Mae Nelson
Grade 5
1954
Superior State College
Doris M. Nesbitt
Grade 5
1946 Bridgewater Normal School
Marion DeC. Osgood
Kindergarten
1944
Wheelock College
Mary T. Paier
Grade 3
1946 Westfield Teachers' College
Mary K. Priest
Grade 2
1948
Schauffler College, Ohio Springfield College
Lois Ann Stetson
Grade 4
1955 University of Connecticut
Helen C. Walsh
Grade 4
1955 Worcester Normal School
Walter C. White, Jr.
Grade 6
1955 American International College
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NORWAY STREET SCHOOL
Name
Position
Elected
Education
Marjorie Skiff
Principal
1922
Westfield Normal School
Florence N. Clarke
Kindergarten
1953
Wheelock School
Grace M. Cowles
Grade 2
1954 Westfield Normal School
Cora E. Halladay
Grade 6
1928 Westfield Normal School
Janet E. Huskins
Grade 5
1956
Bridgewater Teachers' College
Lucy S. Jeffrey
Grade 1
1948 Westfield Normal School
Hazel M. Powers
Grade 3
1920 Westfield Normal School
Marion M. Smith
Grade 4
1947
Middlebury College
WOLF SWAMP ROAD SCHOOL
Dorothy F. Gilman
Principal
1943 Westfield Teachers' College Columbia University
D. Jean Campbell
Grade 2
1956 American International College
Florence N. Clarke
Kindergarten
1956
Wheelock School
Edith P. Dressel
Grade 4
1956
Rutgers University Columbia University
Ingeborg M. Drewry
Special Class
1956
Springfield College
Helen P. Jeffery
Grade 1
1956
American International College
Robert E. Mumford
Grade 5
1955
Holy Cross Yale University
Margaret M. Riordan
Grade 3
1955 Our Lady of Elms College
Mary Anne Stearns
Grade 6
1956
Our Lady of Elms College
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Position
Elected
Education
Alfred L. Wood
Principal
1936 Bridgewater Teachers' College
James W. Blackburn
Soc. St., Guidance
1950 University of Massachusetts
Jane E. Campbell
English
1928 Normal School, Johnson, Vermont
Lois M. Chism
Social Studies
1938
Fitchburg Teachers' College Boston University
Everett J. Eastman
Science
1948 Fitchburg Teachers' College Springfield College
George A. Elsner
Soc. St., English
1954
American International College
Norma J. Erickson
Math., Science
1955
Our Lady of Elms College
George J. Funaro
English, Soc. St., Math.
1956
Elwood B. Hovey
Industrial Arts
1929
American International College Fitchburg Teachers' College Springfield College
Marion E. Howlett
Home Economics
1919
Framingham Normal School
William N. Jacobson
Science, Math.
1955 American International College
Angelo S. Teixeira
Math., Science
1955
American International College
Margaret L. True
Home Economics,
1956
Nasson College
Alice E. Williams
Typing English
1927
Boston University
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Position
Elected Education
Hugh O. Macfarlane
Principal
1954 Springfield College Boston University Harvard University
George E. Aldrich
Mathematics
1955 University of Massachusetts Springfield College
Ann M. Austin
Latin
1956 Mount Holyoke College Harvard University
Margery D. Baird
Librarian
1955
Simmons College
James Climo
General Science
1956
Springfield College Columbia University
Robert M. D'Agostino Phy. Education
1955
Springfield College
William A. Dexter
Dir. of Guidance
1955
Clark University University of Michigan
Lillian R. Erickson
Arts and Crafts
1955
Rhode Island School of Design Springfield College
Mary W. Gaines
English
1956 Middlebury College
John M. Haskell
Social Studies
1955
Bates College
Hazel S. Hoxie
Mathematics
1956
Middlebury College
Gladys C. Jensen
English
1955
University of Massachusetts Middlebury College Columbia University
Louis S. Josselyn, Jr. Social Studies
1955 University of Rhode Island University of Wisconsin
Gladys B. Leab
Latin
1953 Mount Holyoke College
Olivio A. Lopes
English
1955 Bridgewater Teachers' College
Middlebury College
Carlton F. McCauley
English
1956
Bridgewater Teachers' College
Onaita E. MacIntyre
French
1955
Wheaton College Middlebury College
Darlene G. Nelson
French
1956 Middlebury College
Robert C. Ness
Mathematics
1949
Middlebury College
Edward Pratt
Biology
1952 American International College Springfield College
.John S. Rossiter
Industrial Arts
1955
Connecticut Teachers' College Springfield College
Ralph L. Shindler
Com. Subjects
1955 American International College
Lois C. Stearns
Home Economics
1956 University of Massachusetts
Stanley F. Ursprung
Social Studies
1955
University of Vermont
Theresa M. Vedany
Com. Subjects
1956
American International College New York University
Janice Wolcott
Phy. Education 1955
Sargent College
Charles Zapsalis
Physics, Chemistry, 1956
General Science
Springfield College University of Massachusetts
SUPERVISORS
Marjorie Dickinson
Art
1937
Rhode Island School of Design
Gertrude F. Keating
Phy. Education
1942 University of Cincinnati Harvard University
George E. Membrino
Instrumental
1955
Lowell State Teachers' College
Ruth A. Perry
Music
1946
Boston University
Emily D. Scott
Music
1956
Columbia University
Helen L. Spelman
Remedial Teacher for
Lowell State Teachers' College
elementary grades 1952
Boston University
Kenneth G. Sullivan
Phy. Education
1946
Syracuse University Springfield College
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Music
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1956
School and Teacher
Kdg
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Total
Center
BIG
B
G
BIG
BG
BG
B
IG
BIG
B
G
T
TOTAL
R. O'Connor
20
35
55
B. Coote
19
17
19
17
36
A. McNiven
18
18
18
18
36
M. Wright
12 22
12
22
34
C. Gibbons
16|19
16
19
35
M. Thompson
10/15 13 13
13
13
26
E. Smith
16
23
39
M. Helliwell
15
25
40
D. Leigh
17
13
30
H. Stacy
21
10
31
S. Hernberg
17 10
17
10
27
M. Milesky
15 12
15
12
27
Converse
TOTAL
29 35 35 29 35
27 33 36 34 36 37 29 40 30 33 27
241
220
461
M. Osgood
29
35
64
K. Flood
18
13
18
13
31
H. Kelley
17
14
17
14
31
M. Jones
17 18
17
18
35
M. Priest
16 18
16
18
34
M. Donovan
17 18 17 18
17
18
35
H. Walsh
18
15
33
L. Stetson
19
14
33
D. Nesbitt
19
16
35
D. Nelson
21
14
35
W. White
17 13
17
13
30
R. Coffey
16 14
16
14
30
Norway
TOTAL
16 12 11 16|12
9 14 12 17 11
19 16
14 12
12
100
84
184
F. Clarke
16
12
28
L. Jeffrey
11
9
11
9
20
G. Cowles
14|12
14
12
26
H. Powers
17|11
17
11
28
M. Smith
19
16
35
J. Huskins
14 12
14
12
26
C. Halladay
9|12 9
12
21
Wolf Swamp
TOTAL
16 12 21 16 12
4 15 12 17 10 10 14 13 13 11 10
16
12
28
H. Jeffery
21
14
21
14
35
D. Campbell
15 12
15
12
27
M. Riordan
17 10
17
10
27
E. Dressel
10 14
10
14
24
M. Stearns
13 13
13
13
26
R. Mumford
11|10
11
10
21
Junior High TOTAL
7th 8th
9th 10th 11th 12th
183
160
343
78 73|105|87 78 73
78
73
151
105 87
105
87
192
Senior High TOTAL
61 72 66 64 31 55 28 34
186
225
411
61 72
61
72
133
66 64
66
64
130
31|55
31
55
86
28|34
28
34
62
GRAND TOTAL
1022
1006 2028
209
232
441
20 35 37 20 35
35 28 41 23 28 31 48 38
23 32 22
103
85
188
F. Clarke
19 16 21|14
17
18
35
M. Paier
18 15 19|14
10
15
25
G. Southworth
16|23 15|25
17|13 21 10
19|16
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1956
Appropriations for support
$627,254.00 7.28
Tuition Refunds
$627,261.28
Total expenditures
$599,484.23
Unexpended balance
$27,777.05
COST OF SCHOOL TO TOWN
Total expenditures
$599,484.23
Tuition refunds
7.28
Net expenditures
$599,476.95
Credits :
General School Fund Law Part I
$32,506.99
Trade School Tuition
1,498.94
Trade School Transportation
170.88
Public School Transportation (1955)
835.27
Tuition collected
2,687.26
Receipts from Manual Training
305.66
Rental of School halls
103.00
Miscellaneous Receipts
464.66
$38,572.66
Amount spent for schools from local taxation
$560,904.29
School Building Assistance Commission :
Converse Street School addition
$2,170.18
Senior High School
$16,424.00
Wolf Swamp Road School
$4,345.20
Payments to Date :
Converse Street School $19,531.62
Senior High School
$32,424.00
Wolf Swamp Road School
$4,345.20
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT Balance Sheet - December 15, 1956
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
$598,831.07
Federal Taxes
$3,983.40
Non-Revenue
91,553.18
County Retirement System
629.82
Purchase of Savings Bonds
87.00
Accounts Receivable :
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
649.50
Taxes :
Levy of 1954 :
Board of Survey Deposits
42.40
Personal Property
4.10
Dog Licenses-Due County
895.60
Levy of 1955 :
Tailings
76.37
Poll
$20.00
Personal Property
86.00
Real Estate
271.76
Levy of 1956 :
Poll
$36.00
Personal Property
137.20
Real Estate
47,995.11
Federal Grants : Disability Aid : Administration Aid
$234.65
Levy of 1955
$588.02
Levy of 1956
12,798.42
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration
37.85
Aid
722.45
Special Assesments :
Apportioned Added to Taxes 1956
$245.43
Committed Interest Added to Taxes 1956
59.74
305.17
Tax Titles
$492.66
School Lunch Program
Tax Possessions
2,463.93
2,956.59
Appropriation Balance : Revenue
$339,575.27
591.50
Accrued Interest on Loans :
Wolf Swamp Road Elementary School Construction
777.77
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
916.19
13,386.44
Old Age Assistance :
$1,217.81
Administration Assistance
7,265.63
10,394.58 7,332.21
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Revenue
$690,384.25
$5,349.72
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Premiums on Loans : Wolf Swamp Road Elementary School Construction
377.76
48,168.31
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Departmental :
Sewer Connections
$464.83
Sewer Extensions
27.50
Highways
23.00
Public Welfare
232.87
Schools
281.25
Water:
Rates
$9,724.38
Connections
1,854.43
Extensions
189.14
Meters
589.44
Hydrants
112.54
12,469.93
Overestimates 1956: County Tuberculosis Hospital
585.51 1,484.76
State
$6,889.35
County
11,750.00
18,639.35
Levy of 1954 $4.10
Levy of 1955
377.76 30,278.51
30,660.37
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
13,386.44
Special Assessment ·
305.17
Tax Title and Possessions
2,956.59
Departmental
1,029.45
State Recreation Areas
$1,291.22
Water
12,469.93
Aid to Highways
18,639.35
2,985.55
48,786.93
Surplus Revenue : Current Year Prior Years
$69,600.40
177,750.61
247,351.01
$1,803,706.90
$1,803,706.90
.
Non-Revenue : High School Construction 34,903.91
Wolf Swamp Elementary School Construction
24,554.77 Blueberry Hill Elementary School Construction 2,094.50 Sewage Treatment Plant and
System
30,000.00
Loans Authorized and unissued
431,128.45 965,000.00
Aid to Highways:
Surplus War Bonus Fund
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
53,249.72
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Revenue 1947 :
Appropriation Voted in 1956
48,000.00
Levy of 1956
Loans Authorized :
Blueberry Hill Elementary School Construction
$365,000.00
Sewage Treatment Plant & System
600,000.00
965,000.00
Underestimates 1956:
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County Tax
1,694.33
1,029.45
Apportioned Assessment not Due .... $34,878.58
Apportioned Assessments :
Due in 1957
$5,768.61
Due in 1958
5,578.22
Due in 1959
5,466.35
Due in 1960
4,867.07
Due in 1961
3,792.95
Due in
1962
2,729.62
Due in 1963
2,394.00
Due in
1964
1,315.30
Due in
1965
·
....
...
230.74
Due in
1967
230.72
Due in
1968
230.72
Due in 1969
230.71
Due in 1970
220.69
Due in 1971
220.67
Due in 1972
211.58
Due in 1973
211.58
Due in 1974
206.56
Due in 1975
115.57
$34,878.58
$34,878.58
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit
$727,000.00
Outside Debt Limit
845,000.00
Converse Street School Loan $7,000.00
High School Construction Loan ... 720,000.00
$727,000.00
Outside Debt Limit : High School Construction Loan- Acts of 1948 $515,000.00
Wolf Swamp Road Elementary School Loan-Acts of 1948 330,000.00
845,000.00
$1,572,000.00
$1,572,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities, In Custody of Trustees
$9,306.33
In Custody of Trustees : William Goldthwait Charity Fund ..
$9,306.33
$9,306.33
$9,306.33
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..
...
..
.
.
856.92
Due in 1966
·
Serial Loans : Inside Debt Limit :
$1,572,000.00
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNT
INDEX
Appropriations Committee
Auditor
Departmental Appropriations and Expenditures
Public Officials
Town Office-hours-telephone
Town Officers elected
Town Officers appointed
Report of
Assessors
Board of Health
Board of Public Welfare
Building Department
Fish and Game Warden Inspector of Animals
Park Commissioners
Police Department School Committee School Committee, Financial
Sealer of Weights and Measures Selectmen
Small Town Praised
State Audit, Balance Sheet
Superintendent of Streets Tax Collector
Town Clerk, Financial
Town Clerk and Vital Statistics
Tree Warden Treasurer
Trustees of Wolliam Goldthwait Fund
Water and Sewer Commissioners
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