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The department is handling an ever increasing amount of investigations, traffic violations, vacant home services and preventive procedures. Additional personnel is necessary to maintain these increased demands at an efficient level. I am recommending that two additional regular officers be appointed in 1959.
The members of the department are looking forward with anticipation to the new Police Department quarters which were voted during the past year. The procedures and efficiency of our services will be greatly enhanced with this acquisition.
I express my gratitude for the faithful and constant as- sistance exerted by the members of the department. The co- operation of all other departments in the Town Government is another valuable asset to us.
To the Board of Selectmen, I extend my sincere thanks for their continued friendly cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. YARSLEY, JR. Chief of Police
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Warning
Annual Report of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE of the
Town of Longmeadow Massachusetts
For the Year Ending December 31st 1958
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SCHOOL OFFICIALS
MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Expiration of Term
HENRY FRISBIE, Chairman
February 1961
February 1959
JANE R. PUFFER QUENTIN REYNOLDS RICHARD HOLTER
February 1959
February 1960
DORIS WHITEFIELD
February 1960
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS EDWARD G. HERRSCHAFT
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WILLIAM HENRY CONE
DOROTHY E. ARNOLD, SECRETARY
OFFICE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL-TEL. LO 7-3351
MARIAN K. MARTIN, School Nurse
OFFICE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL-TEL. LO 7-3351
HARRY L. ROBERTS, M. D., School Physician GEORGE A. YARSLEY, Attendance Officer
BUILDING CUSTODIANS
Roland Houle, Jr.
Blueberry Hill School Center School
Robert J. Burgess Jan Jesionek
Center School
Gennaro Daniele
Converse Street School
Carmine Dilapa
Converse Street School
Morris Abraham
Zygmont W. Alzak Bradley E. Baj
Norway Street School Wolf Swamp Road School Junior High School
Nicholas Chiusano
Junior High School
Charles J. Carabine
Senior High School
Frank Daniele Senior High School Walter M. Jasinski Senior High School
Frank Krupa
Senior High School
Harry O'Neil
Senior High School
Henry F. Rosner
Senior High School
Anthony J. Dziengielowski
Groundskeeper
Charles F. St. Lawrence
Superintendent of Buildings
To the Citizens of Longmeadow:
Over the years, Longmeadow residents have enjoyed the advantages of a generally good school system. This opinion has been voiced both by long time residents of the town and by newcomers who have viewed it in comparison to recent experiences in other communities. This is a situation which should certainly be maintained. It is be- coming increasingly difficult to do so, however, because of the high present day costs of education and the natural concern of the town over rising taxes.
Accelerating growth is the most generally recognized challenge facing the School Department. It presents an acute problem at the elementary school level. During the next school year classes will be considerably more over- crowded than at any time in the recent history of the town. This seems inevitable although the School Department, in trying to equalize class sizes as much as possible, anticipates more shifting of individuals from one school to another than during this past year. Even after all practical trans- fers have been made it is believed some elementary classes may have as many as 40-45 pupils. Moreover, there is no relief in sight for the overcrowded elementary classrooms prior to September 1960. The town has decided to convert the present junior high into an elementary school but this building will have to be used as a junior high school through the 1959-60 school year.
At the junior high level there will be a marked in- crease in the number of pupils next September. The pres- ent junior high building cannot accommodate the total number of seventh and eighth grade pupils, without double sessions. Fortunately, the addition to the senior high school will be completed and, as a temporary expedient for one year only, it is planned to house 90-100 seventh grade pupils in three rooms of the new high school. This will still leave the old junior high as overcrowded as it is at present. Educationally this plan has its drawbacks but it seems to be the best possible solution. Fortunately, it will
be needed for only one year as it is expected the new junior high will be available in September 1960, for all seventh and eighth grade pupils.
The senior high school picture is much brighter because the increase in pupil load there can be handled well in the new wing. This addition did not proceed as rapidly as hoped for and expected, but part of it has been usable since early last fall.
Of major interest and concern to all townspeople is the large increase in School Department budget this year. This is due primarily to an increase in salaries for the professional staff. There was no increase in the teachers' salary schedule in September 1958. As a result, our salary schedule has begun to fall behind schedules in effect in some of the surrounding communities. Longmeadow has lost outstanding teachers already to other communities which have offered higher salaries. Of, perhaps, even more importance, we have been unable to hire some excellent prospective teachers to fill vacancies created by growth and termination, because our salary schedule was not fully competitive. This is serious because Longmeadow expects to have, needs to have, and should have better-than-average schools. A very high percentage of our high school grad- uates goes on to college and must meet the progressively higher entrance requirements of the colleges and univer- sities. Those high school graduates who do not go on with their formal schooling need the best possible educa- tion to enable them to become good, well-informed citizens, and to compete in the adult world with so many who have the advantage of a college education. In order to attract and keep better-than-average teachers, who are in short supply, our salary schedule must compare favorably with the schedules in other localities, both near and far, which are competing for their services.
After very careful study of all phases of the complex problem of teachers' salaries, your School Committee voted to raise the minima and maxima by $400, effective January
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,1959. The resulting proposed salary schedule is attached this report. Two points should be kept in mind. First, y action of the State Legislature this past summer, the inimum permissable salary for any teacher in the Com- onwealth has been raised to $3,600. You will note this the starting salary on the proposed new schedule for achers who have neither an academic degree nor experi- ce. The minimum for a teacher without experience, but ith a BA or BS degree, is only $400 higher than the State w requires. Secondly, it should be noted that even with is $400 increase, the resulting salaries for our teachers rtainly are not high in comparison with other opportuni- es open to college graduates of the caliber we desire.
The budget also provides for the additional teachers eeded for the increased enrollment, an assistant principal the high school, one additional custodian, and two addi- onal clerks.
Items in the budget, other than salary, reflect modest creases which are due to the growing enrollment and ze of the physical plant. For instance, this year provision ust be made for heat, light and janitorial service for the rge new wing at the high school. This addition has more assrooms than any other school in town.
It should be apparent to all that our town is con- nuing to expand very rapidly. This means the school
plant and the School Department staff must be enlarged, correspondingly, to keep pace with the growth. An addition to the Blueberry Hill school will be needed in the near future. We must also find office space for the School Department administrators-superintendent, assistant su- perintendent, and staff-who, of necessity, are now using offices in the high school that are already badly needed by the high school staff. Somewhat further in the future, there will have to be an addition to Wolf Swamp Road School, and some day, perhaps sooner than we would like to think, an elementary school will be needed in the eastern section of the town. There is a special article in the warrant to acquire land for this future school. Although it will not be needed immediately, it is only prudent to purchase the land while it is still available and can be acquired for somewhat less than building lot prices.
The School Committee is most pleased to report that the School Department staff has functioned most effectively during the past year, in spite of the many problems caused by the rapid growth. Longmeadow is fortunate indeed to have such a conscientious staff, whose combined efforts have continued to maintain our schools at their high level.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY H. FRISBIE Chairman, School Committee
PROPOSED SALARY SCHEDULE
No Degree
Bachelor
Bachelor
Master
Master
Master
Doctor
III
IV
IVA
V
VA
VI
VIA
crement
$200
$200
$200
$200
$200
$200
$200
1
3600
4000
4100
4250
4350
4500
4800
2
3800
4200
4300
4450
4550
4700
5000
3
4000
4400
4500
4650
4750
4900
5200
4
4200
4600
4700
4850
4950
5100
5400
5
4400
4800
4900
5050
5150
5300
5600
6
4600
5000
5100
5250
5350
5500
5800
7
4800
5200
5300
5450
5550
5700
6000
8
5000
5400
5500
5650
5750
5900
6200
9
5200
5600
5700
5850
5950
6100
6400
10
5400
5800
5900
6050
6150
6300
6600
11
5600
6000
6100
6250
6350
6500
6800
12
6200
6300
6450
6550
6700
7000
13
6650
6750
6900
7200
6850
6950
7100
7400
7050
7150
7300
7600
15
16
7500
7800
Family allowances (in addition to above schedule):
For dependent wife, husband, mother, father $150 per year
For each dependent minor child $75 per year
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+ 15
+ 15
+ 30
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
The 1958 budget year has been one of much activity for the School Department. We have seen this reflected in a marked increase in the numbers of School Committee meetings, the study and preparation of proposals for necessary classroom additions, selection and election of new staff members, and work with the various committees authorized by the community at Town meetings.
All citizens are very much aware of the growth prob- lems we have had to face, but they probably are not com- pletely sensitive to the impact of these on the fundamental aspect of the department's work, which is the education of our young people. Efficient learning situations are related to the quality of staff, the size of classes, and the adequacy of facilities. The real and underlying attitudes of the community toward educational problems also have impact on pupils and staff alike. All professional re- search clearly indicates that the possible quality of a given community's educational program is definitely determined by the character and philosophy of the community itself. The best staff obtainable cannot raise the level of quality above this limit of community point of view. If, therefore, it is true that this community hopes for a high standard of achievement on the part of its teachers and pupils it must first establish throughout its citizenry such a level of aim and intention. We look for this to be expressed, not only in financial support, important as that is, but also in the subjective and indicated attitudes of the Town as a whole. The expression "education is everybody's business" cannot be lightly viewed.
From time to time I receive from the respective prin- cipals reports relating to the work of the individual schools, the staffs and pupils. Supplementing these are the results of the extensive testing programs and, on the high school level, the experience records of those who have completed their work with us. I should like to briefly refer to some of these.
The ability level testing, commonly called IQ identi- fication, has shown some leveling off in the indicated results. We recognize that this type of evaluation is at- tended by certain limitations, but we need what information is obtainable by this means in order to properly gear our program to the needs and abilities of the pupils. Generally speaking, the achievement testing continues to relate favor- ably to these IQ results.
The extension of ability grouping, previously largely confined to the senior high school, but increasingly used in the junior high school, is proving its worth. To an increasing degree, we are able to keep the pressure on the better qualified to work on challenging levels rather than being held to the slower pace of others who find the rapid and more difficult pace, at that point, beyond them. This is definitely to the advantage of all involved.
Mr. Macfarlane and the senior high school staff con- tinue with the excellent program characteristic of this school. From the graduating class of 1958, no one who wished to continue schooling beyond the high school level failed to be admitted to some such advanced school. All did not apply, nor go, to the so-called "prestige" colleges, but opportunities continue to be available in many of the good schools of the country.
Mr. Macfarlane's report to me places great stress on the difficulties of recruitment of teachers this last year.
With continuing growth, we expect the situation to be no better in the year ahead. If there is not a definite increase in the salaries we can offer, the possibilities will be definite- ly poorer. The size of this recruitment problem can be highlighted by reference to the fact that of the 102 teachers on the present staff, 60 have been with us five years or less. The addition of this "new blood" is good for its stimulation, but only as we are able to exert a high degree of selectivity. Adding only inexperienced people, too, will not be good since much strength accrues with even one year's actual service in the classroom.
Mr. Wood and the junior high school staff have been assisting in the formulation of plans for the new building. This responsibility will grow with the passing of the months just ahead. In the meantime, the scheduling and operational problems will be quite acute, particularly with the probable assignment of a large number of pupils to quarters in the new high school wing. We trust that the construction of the new building is started soon enough to insure full occupancy in the fall of 1960.
Many of the problems of the elementary schools are directly related to class sizes. On October 1, our regular reporting date, only 382 elementary pupils, 25%, were in classes in the size range, 25-30, which would allow us to work comfortably and efficiently. The remainder are in classes ranging from 31 to 39. Even this degree of eveness of distribution could be accomplished only by extensive shifting of pupils from school to school. More of this undesirable shifting, and still larger classes, are indicated for the next school year. I must firmly state to you that, as these two factors continue to increasingly impinge on our activities, they are bound to be reflected in the quality of work that can be done. The devotion and abilities of our very excellent staff cannot fully offset the detriment inherent in this situation. With no elementary school facility relief possible for more than a year, many children are bound to be affected. It will be particularly true that those who find school quite challenging and difficult will make much less progress than they might with a more satisfactory classroom situation. I know our teachers will do all in their power to compensate for these unwieldy classes, but there are definite limits to what can be done. Neither I, nor they, will complain about the increase of work load, but we all are concerned about the quality of work possible under such conditions.
In August of this last year, Mr. William Henry Cone came to us to act as Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools. He has been of invaluable assistance to me and the department in the short time he has been with us. I am coming to rely on his help and good judgment in- creasingly. His ability to quickly adjust to a new situation, and his rich educational experience and background, is serving us well. We are very fortunate to have found available a person of his abilities and warm personality.
As a result of Mr. Cone's availability, we have been able to begin to give attention to certain aspects of the administrative responsibility which have been slighted increasingly as the work load has increased. The steady building program, the large staffing problem, the marked increase in committee responsibilities, and the attendant preparation of informal materials had contributed to make close attention to the day by day operation of the various schools difficult, if not impossible. We have reached a point in size as a department where such assist- ance, as Mr. Cone is now providing, has become a neces- sary provision.
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The new high school wing is nearing completion. he accomplishment of this, and the completion of the ecessary reports to the School Building Assistance Com- ission, lie just ahead. The work of assisting the junior igh school building committee will take much time and ffort in the months ahead. Work with the committee ppointed to study the conversion of the present junior igh school building will, undoubtedly, be heavy and ossibly difficult. We trust that we may play our role these responsibilities to the full satisfaction of all oncerned. We are anticipating a busy and profitable year head.
Respectfully submitted, HOWARD G. HERRSCHAFT Superintendent of Schools
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Howard Herrschaft:
Another year has passed and has been a busy one in e school health department.
The children were weighed and measured in the spring d fall.
The pre-school clinics were held in May at the five ementary schools for children entering kindergarten in e fall. Dr. Harry L. Roberts, school physician, examined e students in the 3rd, 7th, and 9th grades in the fall, also udents new to the system, and children not examined at e pre-school clinics. Boys in the Senior High School, gaging in competitive sports, were given special examina- ons.
The Massachusetts Vision Test and Maico Audiometer est were given to the pupils. Those pupils who failed the st twice were given notices requesting that they see a hysician. Seventy one notices were sent home for visual efects and sixty seven of those children received treat- ent. Some children have minor hearing defects which ad been taken care of previously, so there were few tices for hearing loss.
Our school dentist, Dr. David Webber, examined the eth of all the children and notices of the conditions und were mailed to all parents. It is gratifying to see e number of cavities in the teeth of the children being duced each year. It is so important to take care of hildren's teeth. Boys at the Senior High School, who anted them, were fitted to mouthpieces for protection hile playing football and hockey.
In the fall, cards were sent to all parents to be gned if they wanted their children to have the Mantoux est for Tuberculosis. The response to this was excellent d over 1900 pupils will be given the test in January.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN K. MARTIN, R. N. School Nurse
CENSUS REPORT October 1, 1958 (Ages 5-16 only included)
5-7 Yrs.
7-14
Yrs.
14-16 Yrs.
Boys Girls
200
772
201
209
778
171
Total
409
1,550
372
Grand Total
2,331
School Calendar for 1959
Vacations for the year are planned as follows, subject to such changes as emergencies may dictate.
Midwinter vacation, February 23 to February 27, inclu- sive
Spring vacation, April 20 to April 24, inclusive
Schools will close for the summer vacation on June 12. Schools will reopen for the fall session Wednesday, September 9th.
Thanksgiving recess-schools close Wednesday noon the remainder of the week.
Schools will close for the Christmas vacation at the close of the session on December 23, 1959 and reopen January 4, 1960.
Total Pupils for Whom the Town of Longmeadow Furnishes Education
October 1, 1958
Boys
Girls
Total
Trade School
10
1
11
Total in Longmeadow Schools
1,173
1,158
2,331
Town of Agawam
1
1
Total educated by the Town of Longmeadow
2343
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 Department, 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 September 1st may be admitted to first grade. Hav- ing once entered they are at any time subject to reclas- sification 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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SCHOOL YEAR 1958-1959 BLUEBERRY HILL SCHOOL
Name
Position Elected
Education
Ronald G. Billings
Principal 1938
University of Maine Springfield College
Emily R. Grubb Grade 1 1958 Converse College
Florence N. Clarke
Kindergarten 1956 Wheelock School
Edith P. Dressel Grade 5 1956 Rutgers University Columbia College
Ingeborg M. Drewry Special Class 1956 Springfield College
Helen P. Jeffery
Grade 1 1956 American Internat'l. Col.
Marjorie A. Radcliffe
Grade 5 1957
Boston College
Robert E. Mumford
Grade 6 1955 Holy Cross
June D. Smith
Grade 4 1957
Springfield College
Walter C. White
Grade 6
1955
American Internatl. Col.
CENTER SCHOOL
Name
Position Elected
Education
Name
Position Elected
Education
Florence J. Hicks
Principal 1917
Boston University
Alfred L. Wood
Principal 1936
Bridgewater Teach. Col.
Barbara C. Coote
Grade 1 1953
Mount Holyoke College
James W. Blackburn Soc. Studies
1950
Univ. of Massachusetts
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
Lois M. Chism
Social Studies 1938
Fitchburg Teach. Col. Boston University
Dorothy W. Leigh
Grade 5
1951 Wheelock College
Alice G. Craft
Engish
1957
American Internat'l. Col.
Anna R. McNiven
Grade 1
1953 Bridgewater Nor. School
Rose C. O'Connor
Kindergarten 1946 New Britain Normal
Ethel M. Smith Grade 4 1934
Boston University
Everett J. Eastman
Science
1948
Grace Southworth
Grade 3
1943 Boston University
Helen B. Stacy
Grade 5 1927 Boston University
George A. Elsner
Social Studies
1954
American Internat'l. Col.
George J. Funaro
English
1956
American Internat'l. Col.
Elwood B. Hovey
Indus. Arts
1929
Fitchburg Teach. Col. Springfield College
Marion E. Howlett
Home. Econ.
1919
Framingham Norm. Sch.
William N. Jacobsen
Math.
1955
American Internat'l. Col.
CONVERSE STREET SCHOOL
Name
Position Elected
Education
Morton Milesky
Principal 1954
University of Miami
Boston University
Rose K. Coffey
Grade 6 1947 Westfield Normal School
Springfield College
Mary M. Donovan
Grade 3 1947 Westfield Normal School American Internatl. Col.
Kathryn B. Flood
Grade 1 1943
Castleton Normal School Springfield College
Marguerite C. Jones
Grade 2 1946
Westfield Tchrs' College
Helen T. Kelley
Grade 1 1947
Spfld. Normal Kindergar- ten Training School
Joan E. Adams
English
1958
Westfield St. Teach. Col.
George E. Aldrich
Math.
1955
Univ. of Massachusetts Springfield College
Darlene N. Alonzo
French
1956
Middlebury College
Margery D. Baird
Librarian
1955
Simmons College
Marion DeC. Osgood Kindergarten
1944 Wheelock College
Mary T. Paier
Grade 3 1946 Westfield Tchrs' College
Bernice L. Rasanan
Grade 4 1957 New Haven State Tchrs' College
Karagin J. Setian
Grade 6
1957 American Internatl. Col.
Helen C. Walsh
Grade 4
1955
Worcester Nor. School
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
Lucy S. Jeffrey
Grade 1 1948 Westfield Normal School
Marcia M. Guildner
English
1958
University of Colorado
Eleanor M. MacDowell
Grade 5 1958 Middlebury College
Roslyn S. Harrison
Social Studies
1957
Bryn Mawr College
Hazel M. Powers
Grade 3 1920
Westfield Normal School
John M. Haskell
Social Studies
1955
Bates College
Marion M. Smith
Grade 4 1947 Middlebury College
Edmond J. Houle
French
1958
Univ. of New Hampshire
Name
Position Elected
Education
Hugh O. Macfarlane
Principal 1954
Springfield College
Boston University Harvard University
Rose M. Levin
Grade 2 1957
American Internatl. Col.
Margaret M. Mannix
Grade 5 1957 Lowell Teachers' College
Doris M. Nesbitt
Grade 5 1946 Bridgewater Nor. School
Gertrude C. Blakeborough H. Ec.
Wilfred Burkle
Music
1958 Syracuse University Boston University Springfield College Columbia University
James Climo
Science
Guidance
1956
Carolyn E. Czaja
Math.
1958
Mount Holyoke College
Robert M. D'Agostina
Phy. Educ.
1955
William A. Dexter
Director of
Guidance
Nancy J. Eaton
English
1958
Smith College
Lillian R. Erickson
Arts & Crafts
1955
R. I. School of Design Springfield College University of Florida
Edwin L. Finklehoffe
Science
1957
1955 American Internat'l. Col.
Roger J. Wendell
Math.
1958 Amherst College
Marjorie B. Wright
Grade 2 1950
Twitchell Primary Train- ing School
WOLF SWAMP ROAD SCHOOL
Name
Position Elected
Education
Dorothy F. Gilman
Principal 1943 Westfield Tchrs' College
Columbia University
D. Jean Campbell
Grade 2 1956 American Internat'l. Col,
Geraldine G. Herrick
Grade 3 1957 Salem Tchrs' College
Charlotte B. Miller Kindergarten 1957 Tchrs' College of Conn.
Mary K. Priest Grade 2
1948 Schauffler College, Ohio
Springfield College
Bridgewater State Col.
Yale University
Grade 4 1958 Springfield College
Hazel R. Patten Margaret M. Riordan
Grade 3 1955 Our Lady of Elms Col.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Jane E. Campbell
English
1928 Norm. Sch., Johnson, Vt.
K. Rita Dreyer
Mathematics
Social Studies
1958 Westfield St. Teach. Col. Fitchburg Teach. Col. Springfield College
Marion H. Thompson
Grade 3 1955 Worcester Normal
Carl N. Tripp
Grade 6 1958 Westfield St. Tchrs' Col.
Angelo S. Teixeira Math.
Science
Science
1958 Fitchburg Normal School
Springfield College Clark University University of Michigan
Driver Training
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
English
Guidance
School Enrollment and Distribution OCTOBER 1, 1958
School and Teacher Blueberry Hill
Spc
Kdg
1 st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Total
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
T
TOTAL
13 13
16 16
14
17
10
24
16
14
18
19
16
16
21
15
108
121
229
C. Miller
13
16
29
E. Grubb
14
17
10
24
16
14
18
19
16
16
21
15
21
15
36
Center TOTAL
28 28
32 32
31
23
22
40
29
33
36
31
33
28
38
40
217
227
444
R. O'Connor
28
32
60
B. Coote
17
10
27
A. McNiven
14
13
27
C. Gibbons
12 10
19 21
16 17
16 15
15 13
19 19
20 20
19
20
39
Converse Street
TOTAL
36 36
28 28
27
26
35
35
39
27
29
32
35
35
37
30
238
213
451
M. Cagood
36
28
64
K. Flood
13
13
26
H. Kelley
14
13
27
M. Jones
18
17
35
R. Levin
17
18
35
M. Donovan
19
14
33
M. Paier
20
13
33
B. Rasanen
16
16
32
H. Walsh
13
16
29
M. Mannix
19
16
35
D. Nesbitt
16
19
35
R. Coffey
19 18
15
19
15
34
K. Setian
15
18
15
33
Norway Street
TOTAL
14 14
15 15
13
16
18
18
17
12
11
16
16
15
14
20
103
112
215
F. Clarke
14
15
29
L. Jeffrey
13
16
29
G. Cowles
18
18
17
12
11
16
15
14
20
14
20
34
Wolf Swamp Road
TOTAL
2 2
3 3
12
17
17
16
14
11
10
15
14
14
13
13
11
12
93
101
194
I. Drewry
12
17
17
16
14
11
10
15
H. Patten
14
14
28
E. Dressel
13
13
26
R. Mumford
11
12
11
12
23
Junior High
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
Total
113 113
89 89
95 95
84
208
381
Grade 7
113 95
173 89 84
179
Senior High TOTAL
78 78
73 73
79
89
69
64
52
65
278
291
569
Grade 9
78
73
151
Grade 10
79
89
168
Grade 11
69
64
69
64
133
Grade 12
52
65
52
65
117
GRAND TOTAL
1245
1238
2483
2
3
5
F. Clarke
12
17
29
J. Jeffery
$ 17
16
33
D. Campbell
14
11
25
M. Riordan
10
15
25
14
14
13
13
18
18
36
H. Powers
17
12
29
M. Smith
11
16
27
E. MacDowell
16
15
31
C. Halladay
13 14
13 13
18 17
17 18
19 20
14 13
16 13
16 16
16 19
18
16
34
E. Smith
18
15
33
D. Leigh
15
15
30
H. Stacy
18
13
31
S. Hernberg
19
20
39
C. Tripp
17 14
10 13
12
19
31
M. Wright
10
21
31
G. Southworth
15
16
31
M. Thompson
14
17
31
M. Helliwell
18 18
J. Smith
18
19
37
16
16
32
M. Radcliffe W. White
16
14
30
M. Priest G. Herrick
10
24
34
14
17
31
79
89
84
Grade 8
13
16
15 14
15 18
19 16
16
202
69
Sarah A. Howe
Gladys C. Jensen
Orsen P. Joly
Louis S. Josselyn, Jr. Soc. Studies
Dancy D. Kelsey
Phy. Education 1958
Gladys B. Leab
Latin 1953
Olivio A. Lopes
English
1955
Mount Holyoke College Bridgewater Teach. Col. Middlebury College Wheaton College Middlebury College Middlebury College
Robert C. Ness
Math.
1949
Ann A. Pelczarski
Latin
1956
Mount Holyoke College Harvard University
Edward Pratt
Biology
1952
American Internat'l. Col. Springfield College Conn. Teachers' College
John S. Rossiter
Industrial
Arts
1955
Springfield College
Maurice Suher
Math.
1958
Univ. of Massachusetts Springfield College
Ralph L. Shindler
Commercial Subjects
1955 American Internat'l. Col.
Norma E. Toro
English
1958
Westfield St. Teach. Col.
Stanley F. Ursprung Social Studies
1955
University of Vermont
Adeline J. Wilk
Math.
1958 Penna. State Teach. Col.
Charles Zapsallis
Physics
Springfield College
Chemistry
1956
Univ. of Massachusetts
SUPERVISORS
Name
Position Elected
Education
Marjorie Dickinson
Art 1937
R. I. School of Design
Gertrude F. Keating
Phy. Educ. 1942
University of Cincinnati Harvard University
Wolf Swamp Road School
4,317.03
Ruth A. Perry
Music 1946
Boston University
Emily D. Scott
Music
1956
Lowell St. Teach Col.
Payments to Date:
Senior High School
$64,229.44
Wolf Swamp Road School
12,917.43
Kenneth G. Sullivan
Physical
Education
1946 Syracuse University Springfield College
Financial Statement for 1958
Appropriations for support
$815,955.00
Total expenditures
$800,874.36
Unexpended balance
$ 15,080.64
COST OF SCHOOL TO TOWN
Total expenditures
$800,874.36
Onaita E. Macintyre
French 1955
Credits:
Gen. School Fund Law Part I $43,426.99
Trade School Tuition 623.68
Trade School Transportation 69.61
Special Class 3,391.68
Tuition collected 4,084.00
Receipts from Manual Training 492.99
Rental of School halls 369.75
Miscellaneous Receipts
1,009.25
$53,467.95
Amount spent for schools from local taxation
$747,406.41
School Building Assistance Com- mission :
Senior High School $16,057.36
Blueberry Hill School 4,006.11
Columbia University
Helen L. Spelman Remedial teacher for elem. grades
1952
Boston University
Blueberry Hill School
8,311.94
70
Commercial Subjects 1958 English 1955 Univ. of Massachusetts Middlebury College Columbia University English 1958 University of Vermont Univ. of Rhode Island Guidance 1955 University of Wisconsin Springfield College
Connecticut Business College
INDEX
Appropriations Committee
4
Auditor
24
Departmental Appropriations and Expenditures
26
Public Officials
3
Town Meetings held during the year
35
Town Office-hours-telephone
2
Town Officers elected
15
Town Officers appointed
15
Town Warrant for Annual Meeting, February 16, 1959
10
Report of
Assessors
30
Board of Health
61
Board of Public Welfare
55
Building Department
31
Civil Defense
59
Fire Department
59
Future Planning Committee
57
Inspector of Animals
59
Inspector of Milk
58
Inspector of Weights and Measures
59
List of Jurors
32
Park Commissioners
55
Planning Board
56
Police Department
61
School Committee
63
School Committee, Financial
70
Sealer of Weights and Measures
59
Selectmen
17
Storrs Library
55
Superintendent of Streets
60
Tax Collector
28
Town Clerk, Financial
30
Town Clerk and Vital Statistics
51
Treasurer
18
Tree Warden
61
Trustees of William Goldthwait Fund
57
Water and Sewer Commissioners
58
71
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