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18.36
Plymouth County Mosquito Control
1,992.33
Plymouth County Hospital
9,005.91
U. S. Treasury Bills
104,388.22
Tax Anticipation Notes
130,000.00
Refunds and Miscellaneous
6,826.64
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
$1,342,577.54
TREASURER
The financial transactions of the Town for the year 1960 may be briefly summarized as follows:
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1960:
General Fund $ 80,983.82
High School Construction Fund
3.84
Elementary School Construction Fund
55.49
Water Construction Account
1,414.10
Receipts from Tax Collector
660,527.65
Receipts from Other Sources
608,861.08
Payment of Selectmen's Warrants
1,337,610.67
Tax Title Account
9,371.27
Tax Title Redemptions
6,021.47
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1960
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
Dec. 31, 1960
Evrard-Alger
Brockton Savings Bank
$ 222.39
$ 7.85
$ 7.50
$ 222.74
Alfred E. Alger
Bridgewater Savings Bank
210.22
7.41
7.50
210.13
Nathan Alger
Bridgewater Savings Bank
102.77
3.16
3.50
102.88
Sanford Alger
Bridgewater Savings Bank
51.10
1.78
1.75
51.13
William Burke
Bridgewater Savings Bank
162.31
5.73
3.50
164.54
M. A. Clapp
Brockton Savings Bank
418.37
14.76
14.00
419.13
Davis Copeland
East Bridgewater Savings Bank
201.40
7.09
8.00
200.49
Mrs. Henry Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
101.55
3.57
4.00
101.12
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
East Bridgewater Savings Bank
661.56
23.35
25.00
659.91
Samuel G. Copeland
Bridgewater Savings Bank
207.02
7.30
7.00
207.32
Samuel G. & James Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
1,133.30
40.01
37.00
1,136.31
Martha K. Crosby
Bridgewater Savings Bank
104.15
3.66
4.00
103.81
Mary A. Dwyer
Bridgewater Savings Bank
104.09
3.66
3.50
104.25
Michael Dwyer
Bridgewater Savings Bank
101.71
3.57
3.50
101.78
John E. & Desire L. Gould
Brockton Savings Bank
101.00
3.56
3.50
101.06
Hartwell Fund
Bridgewater Savings Bank
305.41
10.77
10.50
305.68
Etta L. Hartwell
Bridgewater Savings Bank
356.24
12.57
12.00
356.81
Frank P. Hatch
East Bridgewater Savings Bank
160.00
5.64
5.00
160.64
Julia M. Hooper
East Bridgewater Savings Bank
215.29
7.59
222.88
Alba Howard
Brockton Savings Bank
102.53
3.61
3.50
102.64
Isabelle Howard
Bridgewater Savings Bank
102.41
3.61
4.00
102.02
S. Nelson Howard
Bridgewater Savings Bank
102.08
3.59
3.50
102.17
Samuel Howard
Bridgewater Savings Bank
103.36
3.64
3.50
103.50
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1960
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
Dec. 31, 1960
Harriet M. Jennings
Brockton Savings Bank
101.18
3.56
3.50
101.24
Abbie B. Jones
Brockton Savings Bank
101.42
3.57
3.50
101.49
Frank H. Jones
Bridgewater Savings Bank
172.06
6.07
3.50
174.63
Smith R. Kelley
Bridgewater Savings Bank
544.72
19.22
10.50
553.44
Sumner D. Keith
Bridgewater Savings Bank
109.95
3.85
3.50
110.30
Warren C. Kinney
East Bridgewater Savings Bank
201.55
7.11
8.00
200.66
Henry J. LeLacheur
Brockton Savings Bank
103.78
3.64
3.00
104.42
Elihu Leonard
Brockton Savings Bank
315.35
11.11
10.00
316.46
Axel Lothrop
Bridgewater Savings Bank
172.06
6.07
3.50
174.63
Joshua Morse
Bridgewater Savings Bank
127.20
4.48
3.50
128.18
Emma F. Paekard
Bridgewater Savings Bank
325.47
11.48
10.50
326.45
Frcd A. Perkins
Bridgewater Savings Bank
101.90
3.57
3.50
101.97
Rosa R. Shaw
Brockton Savings Bank
363.54
12.81
10.50
365.85
Sarah F. Shipman
Bridgewater Savings Bank
102.24
3.61
3.50
102.35
Orrin A. Smith
Bridgewater Savings Bank
154.86
5.45
5.00
155.31
South St. Cemetery
Bridgewater Savings Bank
133.02
4.69
137.71
Flora Snell
Broekton Savings Bank
101.18
3.56
3.50
101.24
Robert Tibbetts
Bridgewater Savings Bank
102.12
3.59
3.50
102.21
Charles C. Thayer
Bridgewater Savings Bank
286.00
10.09
296.09
Mary E. Wilson
Bridgewater Savings Bank
204.20
7.19
7.00
204.39
9,154.06
322.65
274.75
9,201.96
James C. Keith Cem. Trust Fund
Bridgewater Savings Bank
5,081.25
179.40
50.00
5,210.65
$14,235.31
$502.05
$324.75
$14,412.61
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SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
William J. & Anna Clifford Howard
$5,217.48
SUMMARY
12-31-59 Balance
Receipts
Payments
12-31-60 Balance
Cemetery Trust Funds
$14,235.31
$ 502.05
$ 324.75
$14,412.61
Library Trust Funds, Principal
34,741.16
34,741.16
Library Trust Funds, Interest
1,831.59
1,422.30
767.21
2,486.68
Wm. J. & Anna C. Howard Scholarship Fund
5,210.07
7.41
5,217.48
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
4,895.65
172.83
5,068.48
Stabilization Fund
11,652.73
15,411.39
27,064.12
$72,566.51
$17,515.98
$6,160.44
$83,922.05
Name of Fund Cornelia Alger Edith Dunbar Blanchard Nathan Copeland Eliza P. & M. O. Dalton
12-31-60
12-31-60
Balance
Name of Fund
Balance
$ 675.00
Francis E. Howard
$ 500.00
13,717.00
William J. & Anna Clifford Howard
2,599.66
500.00
Mary L. Perkins
1,000.00
250.00
Mary P. Whitman
15,000.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly
500.00
Total this Column
19,099.66
$15,642.00
Amount Brought Forward
15,642.00
$34,741.66
Interest Account #1
743.16
Interest Account #2
750.61
Interest Account #3
992.91
Name of Fund
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
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BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
SCHOOL LOANS
Date of
Maturity
2% Bonds Issued 1950
1.90% Bonds Issued 1952
21/2% Bonds Issued 1955
Total
1961
$ 50,000.00
$ 15,000.00
$ 20,000.00
$ 85,000.00
1962-69
400,000.00
120,000.00
160,000.00
680,000.00
1970
48,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
83,000.00
1971-72
30,000.00
40,000.00
70,000.00
1973-75
60,000.00
60,000.00
Totals
$498,000.00
$180,000.00 $300,000.00
$978,000.00
WATER LOANS
Date of
Maturity
2% Bonds Issued 1948
3.40% Bonds Issued 1958
3.50% Bonds Issued 1958
Total
1961
$ 10,000.00
$ 3,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 19,000.00
1962
10,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
17,000.00
1963
9,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
16,000.00
1964-70
14,000.00
35,000.00
49,000.00
1971-73
15,000.00
15,000.00
Totals
$29,000.00
$21,000.00
$66,000.00
$116,000.00
Total Water Bonds
$116,000.00
Total School Bonds
$978,000.00
TOTAL BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
$1,094,000.00
REPORT OF WAGE AND PERSONNEL BOARD
A Wage and Personnel Board was authorized at the 1960 Annual Town Meeting.
The Board has met weekly since early last fall. It has studied the literature on this subject which is available from the Massachu- setts Municipal Personnel Boards Association and the Bureau of Government Research, University of Massachusetts. Members of the Bridgewater Wage and Personnel Board have been very helpful in sharing their experiences with us.
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In connection with our work, all town employees were asked to furnish us with job descriptions, and we are very happy to report that we received excellent cooperation. We have also met with some department heads for the purpose of reviewing job descrip- tions and obtaining additional information, and plan to meet with all other department heads and elected officials.
We have not progressed far enough with our work to make a final report and recommendations to the Town.
We reviewed the situation with the Town Finance Committee and after discussion with them it was decided not to recommend any wage increases for the following reasons:
1. Because our work had not progressed far enough, we were not in a position to make a recommendation.
2. Since only a few increases had been requested, very few employees were involved. We had first thought that if there were only a few requests to consider, we might be able to make individual recommendations. However, we decided that it would be im- possible for us to consider any job by itself because of its relation- ship to other jobs.
3. We felt that no hardship would be suffered if no increases were granted this year. This opinion is based on a 1960 Salary Survey of certain town jobs made by the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Boards Association which shows that the rates paid in West Bridgewater compare favorably with the rates paid by other towns of our size.
The Board appreciates the difficult nature of its work. To do a good job, the Board will need the cooperation of all town em- ployees, and from the response so far we are sure we will get it.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN H. ANDERSON, Chairman STANLEY O. CARLSON EDWARD J. GRANT, Secretary HARRY J. POMEROY, SR. FRED WRIGHT, JR.
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EXTENSION SERVICE
By Robert B. Ewing, County Agent-Manager
The Plymouth County Extension Service (legal name - County Aid to Agriculture) is located in the Court House, Brock- ton. Since 1915, when it was first established, the Extension Serv- ice, in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts and the United States Department of Agriculture, has been furnishing information in three categories - Agriculture, Home Economics and 4-H, to the citizens of Plymouth County.
The Extension Service is known as the educational arm of the United States Department of Agriculture. In other words, its job is to supply information to people who request it and who reside in Plymouth County. A staff of agents conduct programs (in Agriculture, Home Economics, and 4-H Club Work) by fur- nishing educational information through farm and home visits, letters, newspaper articles, radio talks, meetings, and office visits. Basically the job of the Extension Service has been the same since 1915, namely to supply information. The programs may vary from time to time and be of a tentative nature to meet an emergency. The basic objective of the Extension Service remains the same but people and times do change.
When the Extension Service was first organized, its job in Agriculture was to supply information to commercial farmers. However, with an increased population estimated at 30% for the past 10 years in this county the Extension Service is faced with the task of supplying information, not only to commercial farmers, but to part-time farmers, and the new home owners. The Exten- sion Service furnishes the information, but it is up to the individual to make the decision as to how this information can be used to the best advantage.
This year, along with the normal requests for information, we had an exceedingly large number of requests pertaining to lawns and the care of lawns. This includes seeding, fertilizing and control of insects, diseases and weeds. We also had more than the usual number of requests for information on Japanese beetles, squirrels,
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pigeons, ants, mosquitoes, etc. It is gratifying to know that many who followed the information obtained satisfactory results.
In general, it is quite difficult to find out how much money an individual farmer saves as a result of educational information that he obtains through the Extension Service. However, this past year we were able to do this in one particular instance. Poultrymen and dairymen in Plymouth County had asked for information pertaining to the home-mixing of grain. As a result of a series of meetings set up by the Extension agents, at which information on this particular subject was discussed, members of one cooperative in Plymouth County are now saving in the vicinity of $5 per ton of grain. At this rate it means that the dairymen and poultrymen in this cooperative are saving over $20,000 a year in their grain costs.
A new Home Department Advisory Board was established this year to assist the agents with some phases of the Home De- partment programs.
The young people in Plymouth County who are in 4-H Club Work participate in one of the finest "fair programs" that is con- ducted in Massachusetts. Plymouth County 4-H Fair, local com- munity fairs, and other major fairs in southeastern Massachusetts provide an excellent opportunity for 4-H club members to exhibit the products they have grown, produced and made as a result of their project work. When five hundred or more 4-H club members participate in a program, it gives the public an excellent oppor- tunity to see the results of their activities. We are particularly proud of the achievements of our Plymouth County 4-H club members.
Every citizen in Plymouth County should be aware of the fact that the Extension Service is supported by the county, state and federal governments, and that a large number of Plymouth County citizens avail themselves of the opportunity to secure free help and information pertaining to the Home, Home Grounds, 4-H Club Work and Agriculture. Requests for such information should be directed to the Plymouth County Extension Service, Court House, Brockton, Mass.
Funds for the Plymouth County Extension Service are derived principally from the County. Some federal funds are also made
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available through the University of Massachusetts. Most towns in Plymouth County make an appropriation at the town meeting which is used for the general expenditures of the Plymouth County Extension Service. Town Directors are appointed in those towns where an appropriation is made. These Town Directors are unpaid volunteer leaders who serve as the Extension Service rep- resentatives in their respective towns.
A Board of Trustees, appointed by the Plymouth County Commissioners, administer the Extension Service program, and is composed of the following members:
Gilbert Blackledge, Whitman, Chairman Mrs. Harold D. Bent, Brockton Lewis Billings, Plympton Mrs. Mabel Chandler, Duxbury Robert Hammond, Wareham John A. Howe, West Bridgewater
John W. Little, Marshfield
John Prentice, Plymouth
Mrs. Herbert Wydom, Brockton
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1960
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MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1960 - 1961
Thomas Kemp, Chairman, East Street JU 3-7461 Term expires 1961
Erland Thayer, 16 Union Street
JU 3-1402 Term expires 1961
Scovel Carlson, East Street JU 7-0312
Term expires 1962
George Noonan, Crescent Street JU 6-1971
Term expires 1962
Norman Churchill, East Street
JU 6-0610
Term expires 1963
Leon Beaulieu, East Street
JU 7-2038
Term expires 1963
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Second Monday evening of each month at 7:45 P.M. at the High School.
SUPERINTENDENT Bert L. Merrill
Office: High School JU 6-5094
Residence: 277 Spring Street, West Bridgewater JU 6-4428
Conference by appointment
SECRETARY
Mae E. Mather, 272 No. Elm St., West Bridgewater JU 7-1310 Office hours: Monday through Friday 8:15 A.M. - 4:15 P.M.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. Joseph Calitri, 17 Central Square, West Bridgewater JU 7-0678
SCHOOL NURSE
E. Myrtle Howard, 272 River St., West Bridgewater JU 3-4302
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ATTENDANCE OFFICER Douglas Eaton, Prospect Street, West Bridgewater JU 6-9191
WEST BRIDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School Calendar 1960 - 1961
School open Wednesday
September 7, 1960
Thanksgiving recess: Schools close Wednesday noon Schools reopen Monday
November 23, 1960
November 28, 1960
Christmas vacation: Schools close Thursday
December 22, 1960
Schools reopen Tuesday
January 3, 1961
Winter vacation:
Schools close Friday Schools reopen Monday
February 17, 1961
February 27, 1961
Spring vacation: Schools close Friday Schools reopen Monday
April 14, 1961
April 24, 1961
Schools close Friday
June 23, 1961
Holidays
Columbus Day, Wednesday
October 12, 1960
Plymouth County Teachers' Convention, Friday
October 21, 1960
Veterans' Day, Friday Good Friday
November 11, 1960
March 31, 1961
Memorial Day, Tuesday Monday
May 30, 1961
May 29, 1961
No School Information
The policy of the school department is to hold school on stormy days. The decision as to whether or not a child should attend school will be left to the discretion of the parent. In ex- tremely bad weather when it is deemed wise to have no school, such notice will be broadcast over radio station WBET, Brockton
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and televised over station WBZ, Boston. Fire alarm signals will be as follows:
1 long - 2 short blasts of the fire alarm at 7 A.M., no school grades 7 - 12 inclusive all day.
1 long - 2 short blasts of the fire alarm at 7:15 A.M., no school for grades 1 - 6 inclusive all day.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1. Administration
1960 BUDGET 11,460.00
1960 SPENT 11,384.66
2. Instruction
Salaries
272,106.00
270,439.41
Supplies
13,492.50
11,760.75
Textbooks
4,000.00
3,630.93
21" Classroom T.V.
325.00
Contingencies
200.00
129.80
Field Trips
700.00
558.30
3. Operation
Salaries
23,700.00
23,547.03
Rubbish Removal
500.00
500.00
Fuel
8,200.00
7,485.65
Electricity
7,000.00
6,467.91
Water
400.00
342.42
Gas
800.00
749.51
Supplies
4,000.00
3,852.35
4. Maintenance
7,714.50
6,390.48
5. Auxiliary Agencies
Health
5,907.00
5,949.91
O.C.A.M.H.
600.00
584.50
Transportation
17,100.00
18,724.89
Tuition
2,700.00
4,684.20
Insurance
200.00
199.21
Miscellaneous
100.00
6. Capital Outlay
6,986.00
6,240.36
TOTALS
388,191.00
383,622.27
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REIMBURSEMENTS 1960:
Chapter 70
65,611.59
Superintendent Salary
2,488.89
Transportation
11,817.89
Household Arts
2,734.87
Tuition Vocational
1,305.75
Transportation Vocational
258.75
Tuition & Transp. State Wards
1,206.86
Education Physically & Mentally Handicapped
3,779.60
National Defense Education Act (Federal)
2,704.69
Public Law 874 (Federal)
4,366.00
Tuition, Raynham and Bridgewater Educational Therapy Pupils
762.50
Total Reimbursement
97,037.39
Net Operation Cost for 1960
286,584.88
SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP - OCTOBER 1, 1960
ELEMENTARY
1
2
3
4
5
6 TOTAL
Sunset Avenue
35
29
22
36
122
Spring Street
95
83
73
74
93
418
Junior High
80
80
Special Class
14 14
HIGH
7
8
9
10
11
12
High School
109
102
109
74
76
55
525
Total enrollment elementary and high school
1159
CENSUS REPORT
5 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER AND UNDER 7
7 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER AND UNDER 16
Boys
124
454
Girls
115
446
Totals
239
900
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of West Bridgewater:
The organizational meeting of the School Committee held after the Town Meeting in March, re-elected Mr. Thomas Kemp, Chairman, and Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Bert L. Merrill, as secretary. Also elected to serve on the Raynham-West Bridgewater School Union Committee were Mr. Erland Thayer, Mr. Norman Churchill and Mr. Thomas Kemp. Present at this meeting was a newly elected member, Mr. Leon Beaulieu, who replaced Mr. Walter Olson. Mr. Olson did not seek re-election.
In September it became necessary to transfer part of the first grade pupils from the Sunset Avenue School to the Spring Street School due to the large enrolment of first grade pupils in that section. Third and fourth grade pupils residing on Copeland and Matfield Streets were transferred from the Spring Street School to the Sunset Avenue School for the same reason.
Since the Board had no further use for the front and rear Center Schools, they were turned back to the Town through the Board of Selectmen.
During October, the Committee formally accepted the newly erected enclosure of the passageway between A and C blocks at the Spring Street School. The Committee was appreciative of the efforts of Mrs. Doris Calitri for bringing this project to a success- ful conclusion.
A new salary policy was voted to become effective in Septem- ber of 1961. This is adopted in line with State Law, minimum and maximum salaries of towns of our relative size and wealth and is designed to at least hold us in a median position in this respect. We hope it will be adequate to attract and retain well qualified teachers who are the heart of and the most important part of any well adjusted school system.
As of the writing of this report, it is still early to tell when the addition to the high school will be completed. However, the Com- mittee feels that upon completion its first function will be to
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rclieve the enrolment in the upper elementary grades. Adjustment would then follow in high school grades and some of the other grades.
Through the efforts of the Town Counsel, Willis Downs, Rich Brothers Construction Company, who built the Junior- Senior High School are attempting to make repairs to the roof and prevent further leaks. Also to stop the dripping of mastic material throughout sections of the building.
Provisions have been made in the budget to construct an en- closure on the roof over the stage in the auditorium. This should prevent further leakage in that area.
The Committee appreciates the contributions by all of its school personnel to the education of our Town's young people.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS KEMP, Chairman ERLAND THAYER NORMAN CHURCHILL SCOVEL CARLSON GEORGE NOONAN LEON BEAULIEU
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the West Bridgewater School Committee:
I submit herewith, my 11th annual report as Superintendent of Schools of West Bridgewater.
"America is committed to freedom of the individual, freedom from tyranny, ignorance, fear, superstition. America is committed to the belief that each person can choose his own way of living and, at the same time, live within a framework of basic national committments. In carrying out this ideal America stands foremost in the world. The state and all its institutions, especially the schools, exist to serve this purpose. Even the problem of the
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national need for skilled manpower is solved by assuring the nation's children the opportunity to develop a galaxy of diverse interests and great range of specific individual capacities."
The above is an excerpt from a joint statement, made by five prominent educational groups. It best expresses our desire to install in each pupil self confidence, the ability to think creatively, and to recognize his potentialities.
PERSONNEL CHANGES
Fewer new teachers were employed than in the previous year and those were mostly in the Junior-Senior High School. Two re- placements were made in the elementary grades.
New Teachers Appointed Junior-Senior High School
Frederic French, Jr.
Robert W. Orr
Mrs. Barbara Litzen
Mrs. Helen Socarides
Mrs. Marylou MacBride
Charles Loverin
Charles McDowell
Elementary Mrs. Marion MacDonald
Resignations Junior-Senior High School
Charles Bunker Henry Moss
Mrs. Janet Colford
Mrs. Doris Pailes
Frederick Keylor Miss Nancy Washburn
Elementary Mrs. Priscilla Olson
Expansion of our construction in the elementary grades and the enrichment of the art program in the high school, by the intro- duction of an Art major course, greatly increased the duties of the art supervisor. In order to reduce his teaching load Mrs. Doris Prince was elected to teach art in the primary grades two days a week.
Mrs. Katherine Pope, third grade teacher in the Spring Street School, is on leave of absence for the rest of the school year. Mrs.
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Alma Rohdin has been appointed to fill the position until Mrs. Pope's return.
CURRICULUM
We are aware that constant curriculum revisions have to be planned to meet the increasing educational needs of our pupils. The elementary children under the guidance of the teachers, are being carefully and adequately prepared for entrance into high school. The high school teachers are mindful of college require- ments and the demands of business stimulate and encourage high standards of learning.
ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
The vote of the Town to appropriate money for the purpose of adding classrooms and needed facilities to the high school dem- onstrates the interest and pride citizens of West Bridgewater take in the education of our youth. This addition will relieve the over crowded conditions mentioned in previous reports.
The Survey and Building Committee have held meetings with the architects. Working plans and specifications were care- fully prepared previous to final approval by the School Board Assistance Commission. The Committee should be commended for the service it has rendered the Town. The addition will help to expand and improve our educational program.
NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT
The National Defense Education Act, passed by the Federal Government, provides matched funds to the school committee, enabling them to purchase additional needed equipment and materials for the teaching of mathematics, science and foreign languages. Sound projectors, microscopes, film strips, tape re- corders, reference materials and science demonstration tables have already been bought. Additional purchases may be made from available money under the jurisdiction of the School Com- mittee.
PUBLIC LAW 874
The Federal Law provides that if three per cent or more of the parents of school pupils are employed on classified federal properties, the School Committee is eligible to receive an allot-
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ment of money which may be used for the maintenance of schools. Surveys have previously been made to ascertain if the school com- mittee could make application for a grant. This is the first year we have qualified. Our allotment totaled $5822, of which $4366 has been received. The balance of $1456 will be due soon.
SCHOOL MAINTENANCE
Maintenance of all schools is done on a rotation basis over a five year period with certain specified amounts of work being done each year.
I want to commend the school custodians, who, under the able direction and supervision of Arvid Hagglund, Head Custodian, take pride in maintaining the schools and keeping them in first class condition.
Special projects, obviously, have to be done by outside contractors.
All rooms on the second floor in the high school were re- painted.
Boys and girls locker rooms, dressing rooms and shower rooms, were all refinished. Classroom seats and desks were sanded and varnished. The gymnasium floor was scraped, cleaned and refinished.
Several water leaks still occur, especially after heavy storms and the melting of snow, in spite of the fact that constant roof repairs are made. The mastic material continues to drop from the ceiling in sections of the building. These conditions have been previously reported many times since the high school was con- structed eight years ago.
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