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neous expenditures, and is averaged upon those schools in which he gives instruction.
The tables also show the cost per scholar in each sep- arate school for tuition only, and for the total ordinary expenditures.
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LOCATION.
PRINCIPALS.
Average number belonging for
Amount paid for tuition only.
Cost per scholar for tuition
Maps, Stationery, &c.
Am'nt paid for Books, Charts,
Amount paid for furnishings.
Amount paid for repairs of
pairs of buildings, &c.
Amount paid for ordinary re-
Cost of fuel.
Houses.
Janitors, and care of School
Sundry and General Expenses
Total Expenses.
nary expenditures.
Cost per scholar on total ordi-
REMARKS.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
Walnut-st.,
| Ellis Peterson,
|147 |$6006.55|40.861185.76139.59|89.04|56.67|246.10|203.50|*244.62|7071.83|48.11|*138.70 of this am't was for printing.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, 1ST GRADE.
Thomas-st.,
E. I. Comins,
42.3
1695.85 40.09
11.73|
6.08| 5.50|12.61| 53.82|
24.49|
72.39| 1882.47|44.50
S. W. Hale,
154.8
1617.06 29.51
6.39
7.96 19.14. 4.77, 53.00
21.63
75.36 1875.31 34.22
H. M. Harrington,
33.5
1500.00 44.74
2.27|
3.43| 3.34|23.60: 53.64
30.12
79.30 1695.70150.62
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, 2ND GRADE.
Thomas-st.,
Miss C. Parkinson,
27.6
545.71
119.77| 22.73| 9.01| 2.50|12.61| 53.82
24.49
72.39|743.26
26.93
40.
560.34
|14.01
16.00
7.75
4.75,12.61
53.82
24.49
74.39 754.15
18.85
A. S. Dunton,
46.1
531.08
11.52
20.38
4.55 22.14 4.77
53.00
21.63
75.36 732.91
15.88
M. F. Reed,
43.6
516.34
11.39
6.93
5.06
3.34.23.60
53.64
30.12
79.30 718.33
16.47
A. E. Daniels,
33.6
509.12
15.43
4.13|11.42|13.47 21.97
57.15
24.54
75.36 717.16
21.73
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, 3RD GRADE.
Thomas-st.,
Mrs. E. M. Wheeler, Miss E. M. Aldrich,
53.5
531.08
9.93
13.48
3.35
2.50 12.61
53.82 :
24.49
72.39 716.72
13.39
Elm-st.,
Emma Brown,
M. F. Wentworth,
531.0S
10.41
10.61
8.50
8.05,
5.24
50.39
29.37
75.36,718.60
[14.09
Sycamore-st.,
66
C. A. George,
531.08
9.11!
23.74
7.30 18.14 4.77
53.00
21.63
75.36 735.02
12.61
Salem-st.,
1 M. S. Fitch,
48.9* 49. 51. 58.3 55
238.40
4 87
16.77
9.54
2.50 6.30
26.91|
12.25|
44.59 357.26*
7.31|
Six months.
531.08
10.84
17.75
3.69
1.50
3.60
72.79
45.631
75.36,751.40
15.33
Pleasant-st.,
M. A. Harrington,
|78.1 | 844.83 |10.82|
35.41 |10.60
2.50 12.61
53.83 24.49
72.39 |1056.66|13.53 |Double six months.
531.08
9.65| 18.43
8.33|12.47 21.97 57.15
24.54|
75.36 749.33 |13.62
106
Sycamore-st., Providence-st.,
V. E. Hapgood,
Sycamore-st., Providence-st., Salem-st.,
the year 1867.
only.
furniture.
Ash-st. Providence-st.,
Miss M. M. Lawton, 51.9
531.08
{10.23 11.20 6.47
1.90| 5.11 21.16
3.26|17.34 4.34 23.60 2.00 6.09|
60.77 53.64 19.00 51.80 57.50
28.61 30.12 18.80 28.91 31.07
29.62 47.78 27.00
75.36 1279.33 17.77 Double School.
Northville,
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas-st.,
Mrs. E. H. Coe,
80.3
803.38
10.00
23.57 |
8.89
2.50 12.61
53.82
24.49
66.39 |995.65
12.39|Double six months.
Miss A. Knowles,
50.
228.04
4.56
9.76
5.14 2.25
6.30
26.91
12.25
44.63
335.28
6.71 Six months.
Summer-st., Main-st.,
K. A. Meade,
46.8
506.08
10.81
3.02
6.42 4.34 14.37
61.05
31.14
75.36
701.78 476.16*
14.99
Pleasant-st.,
C. Hewett,
61.1
506.08
8.28
5.80 10.08
8.05 5.24
50.39
29.37
75.36
690.37
11.30
L. Graham,
56.
458.51
8.19
7.38
7.70
8.05 5.24
50.39
29.37
75.36
642.00
11.46
Sycamore-st.,
J. E. Green,
58.2
506.08
8.69
15.95
4.70 20.64
4.77
53.00
21.63
75.36
702.13
12.06
Salem-st.,
R. Barnard,
62.
506.08
8.16
12.60
8.08 12.47 21.97
57.15
24.54
75.36
718.25
11.58
Ash-st.,
C. N. Follett,
52.7
506.08
9.58
10.97
5.83
4.07
4.76 17.37
60.77
28.61
82.99
717.77
13.34
Providence-st.,
M. P. Cole,
54.
506.08
9.37
14.20
4.95
3.34 23.60
30.12
79.30
715.23
13.24
L. L. Newton,
46.9
520.71
11.10
14.86
2.71
5.09
7.24
51.80
23.91
79.44 710.76
15.15
East Worcester, East Worcester,
H. Hathaway,
52.
504.74
9.71
8.21
5.31
5.09
7.24
51.80
28.91
28.91
79.44
707.89
13.36
Mason-st.,
M. E. Bothwell,
50.3
506.08
10.06
12.19 17.91 16.24 10.41
57.85
38.50
75.36
734.54
14.60
New Worcester,
E. S. R. Kendrick, 40.
485.22
12.13
1.25
4.66 3.78 28.77: 57.50
34.07
75.36
690.61
17.26
Adriatic,
E. E. Harrington,
45.
475.88
10.57
36.73
8.63
2.37
5.83
56.45
32.00
75.36
693.25
15.42
Union Hill,
A. E. Ayres,
35.5*
297.55
8.38
41.38 14.90
3.25
4.95
26.90
16.50
26.41
431.84*
12.16 2} Terms.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas-st.,
Miss L. M. Allen,
66
468.27
7.09| 10.01
.94; 7.62 19.78| 8.94;
96.70
24.49 29.22
55.50|642.12 | 9.73
Summer-st., Main-st.,
" M. A. Smith,
67
470.70
7.021
.30| 4,89| 2.34 14.37| 61.05 31.14
52.83 637.62 | 9.52
107
82.99 731.06 |14.08
79.30 741.42 15.94
37.67 407.05* 10.18 Three Terms.
Main-st.,
East Worcester,
E. Merrick,
47.9
560.14 11.69
524.90
18.29
4.15| 5.56
New Worcester,
14
"South Worcester, Quinsigamond,
S. E. Goddard,
55.6
487.53
8.77
16.53
6.52
66.09
95.14
H. S. Clarke,
72.
M. E. Maynard,
23.
I
13.54 974.95 531.08 |18.96
19.35
7.61 39.78 19.36 3.22 10.02| 9.90 16.60
68.78
76.36 742.96 23.53 .
.
T. S. Nichols,
54.
506.08
9.37
25.90 11.53 17.78 8.94
52.50
29.22
79.36
731.31
13.54
A. Perry,
38 .*
309.13
8.11
50.63 14.93
3.34 14.37
30.52
15.57
37.67
75.36
685.02
12.83
C. Clements,
53.4
506.08
9.29
2.30
3.74 18.14 4.77
53.00
61.50
28.61
82.99
716.61
13.60
L. A. Perry,
49.3
506.08
10.27
12.34
4.39
3.34 23.60
53.64 53.61
30.12
79.30
712.81
79.44 690.74
13.28
A. Brown,
53.
506.08
9.55
21.19
8.14 5.09
7.24
51.80
J. E. Prentice,
53.8
506.08
9.22
13.12
8.55 50.29 19.38 10.16 5.66
.90 7.24! 3.78.23.77 | 2.31 |12.50
7.11|14.96| 5.35|12.61 | 53.83|
" E. G. Chenery,
92
920.70
--
520.71
46.5
J. F. Smith,
A. B. Souther,
40 .*
259.01
79.44 749.44 |15.65 75.36 734.09 |25.58
" E. E. Crane,
[28.7
75.36 696.46 12.53
56.83 1140.73 12.40 Double School.
14.46
12.53 Three Terms.
21.63
3.26 17.37
1
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Average number belonging for
Amount paid for tuition only.
Cost per scholar for tuition
Maps, Stationery, &c.
Am'nt paid for Books, Charts,
Amount paid for furnishings.
Amount paid for repairs of
pairs of buildings, &c.
Amount paid for ordinary re-
Cost of fuel.
Houses.
Janitors, and care of School
Sundry and General Expenses.
Total Expenses.
nary expenditures.
'Cost per scholar on total ordi
REMARKS.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS CONTINUED.
Pleasant-st.,
Miss L. M. Wilmath, S. W. Clements,
78 83
[$605.70 470.71
7.76| 1.90| 7.23:13.39 5.24|
9.94 Double 1 Term.
Sycamore-st., Ash-st., Front-st., 66
M. J. Mack,
118
871.53
7.39 16.27 12.25 37.84 17.37
9.65 Double School.
M. Hobbs,
58
470.71
8.12 4.00|
3.82
4.77
K. Hobbs,
55
470.71
8.56| 5.29
5.02
4.77
59.81 22.82 52.83 618.76 59.81 22.82 52.83 621.25 53.66 30.12 56.77 654.59
11.30
Providence-st., East Worcester,
L. C. Goodwin,
66
469.86
7.12:10.43
6.81
3.34 23.60
4.92
6.09 7.24
51.80 28.91,56.91
638.13
8.86
68.3
435.35
6.37 10.46
5.09, 7.24| 2.70| 5.88 28.77
51.80 28.91 56.91
603.78
9.06
New Worcester, South Worcester, Quinsigamond, Northville,
"6 L. E. Perry,
62
458.51
7.39 5.12
12.40
9.72
66
M. Parker,
65.8
470.71
7.15
1.50
5.38
2.37
5.83
56.45 32.00 53.83 623.07 20.20 7.22 26.41 340.09*
9.54
M. M. Geary,
48 .*
262.18
5.46
2.45| 5.88 14.25
1.50
7.09|2} Terms.
INTERMEDIATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Summer-st., Main-st.,
Miss M. A. Slater,
68
470.71 470.71
6.92| 2.35 8.09|11.64
.83 2.34 14.37 3.30 18.14 4.77 4.06, 5.26 17.37 4.09 3.34 23.60
1.94|18.78 | 8.94 | 64.47|29.22 56.83 |653.24
9.61
Sycamore-st.,
.6
E. F. Marsh,
58.2 73.9
469.98
6.36
5.58 3.07
Ash-st.,
Providence-st.,
66 S. J. Newton,
111. 66.2
470.71
7.11|
6.14
94.15 28.61 60.46 1113.56 10.03 Double School. 53.64 30.12 56.77 648.41 | 9.49
108
72 67.2
441.43
6.57 16.58
.82
Miss M. P. Valentine, 66 A. E. Hall,
51.
470.71
9.23| 3.22
5.13| 2.31 12.50 9.90 16.60 3.56 10.00 | 6.45 9.25
57.50 34.07 52.83 627.56 66.09|29.62 52.83 642.41 55.00 24.39 52.83 615.86 68.78 27.00 53.83 643.83
9.19
12.60
9.93
S. M. Brigham,
36.2
448.75
17.78
Adriatic, Temple-st.,
A. H. Barnes,
61.05 31.14 52.83 644.91 53.00 21.63 52.83 629.23
1.11
8.51
H. M. Shattuck,
900.58
8.11
furniture.
59.39|29.37 52.83 775.10 53.00 21.63 52.83 621.96 94.15 28.61 60.46 1138.48
7.49
10.67
9.92
Mrs. T. S. Darling, " E. G. Wheeler,
470.71
6.52 11.55
.88 18.14 4.77
5.67
the year 1867.
only.
SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas-st., Summer-st.,
Miss S. L. Phillips,
72.5
473.15
6.53| 4.46
3.50 5.35 12.61 |
53.82 24.49 55.50 632.83 , 8.73
I. C. Upton,
70.7
454.86
6.43
6.40
7.83 21.07 8.94
64.47 29.22 56.83 649.62
9.19|
Main-st.,
S. G. Gale,
84.4
893.12
10.58
1.02
3.00 3.34 14.37
91.57 31.14 52.83 1090.39 12.92 Double School.
Pleasant-st.,
H. N. Perry,
55.5
470.71
8.48
2.82
1.93 8.05. 5.24
50.39 29.37 52.83 621.34 11.19
Mason-st.,
M. E. Pease,
67.
470.71
7.03
.95
7.75 20.39
4.77 | 53.00 21.63 52.83 650.44
9.84
Sycamore-st.,
N. C. Thomas,
66.1
473.15
469.62
7.57
3.66
.83 12.47 21.97
57.15 24.54 52.83 643.07 10.37
Ash-st.,
E. L. Brooks, A. Pratt,
67
470.71
7.03
.96
1.70 4.60
4.77
59.81 22.82 52.83 614.54 : 9.45
East Worcester,
C. E. Putnam,
130
920.71
7.08 13.68
8.40j
2.80
1.62 12.32
86.60 34.82 62.63 1125.28
9.02 Double School.
Providence-st.,
M. T. Magennis,
73.
470.71
6.45|
.82
1.29 3.34 23.60
53.64 30.12 56.77 640.29
8.77
Temple-st.,
-
M. J. Morse,
71.8
225.82
3.14 2.45 |
5.88 14.15
1.50
20.20 7.22,26.41 303.73
4.23 Two Terms.
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
Orange-st.,
Thomas Wheelock,
141
|Miss P. E. King,
46.8
1411.25 34.42|27.39|11.75| 1.00|10.58! 72.11|25.37!70.10!1629.55 37.04! 404.28 | 8.64|57.29 10.40 1 00 10.58 61 50 25.37 70.10 640.52 |13.68
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Washington-st.,
Mr. A. L. Smith,
68
190.00
2.80; 2.50|
7.73
20.00| 5.00
225.23
3.31
Elm-st.,
Miss L. Lawrence,
30
179.25
5.97
8.45
36.39 17.75
241.84
8.06
East Worcester,
" E. Merrick,
37
228.00
6.17
110.76
35.00 43.04
316.80
8.56
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Tatnuck,
Miss C. M. Hyde,
54
607.35
|11.25 |29.58 |12.91 |15.25|28.05 | 119.69 | 22.50 |52.83 |888.16
|16.45 Double Two Terms.
Valley Falls,
M. E. D. King,
36
400.00
11.11
4.61
5.85
11.55
77.68 28.97 52.83 581.49
16.15
Leesville,
A. P. Dean,
29.2
365.34
12.17
5.69
2.90
.33
5.70
66.82 25.00 52.83 524.61
17.97
Blithewood,
66
J. A. Rockwood,
14.7
373.36
25.33
4.39
5.01:11.50
66.50 | 28.87 52.83 542.46 68.79 32.40 52.83
600.70
18.48
Adams Square,
F. J. Beane,
39.
436.57
11.19
6.96
9.70
3.43
71.59 25.00 52.83
624.56
16.01
Burncoat,
C. L. Goodale,
20.9
356.07
17.03
2.86
2.56
61.60 25.62 52.83 530.54
25.39
North Pond,
M. E. Carr,
47.
462.18
9.83
3.03
2.50
61.76 24.00 52.83 606.30
12.90
Chamberlin,
E. G. Cutler,
19
375.59 |19.76
1.03
.79
46.00 |29.50 52.83 505.74 |26.62
-
H. A. Harrington,
62.
100.6
827.40
8.22
6.97
7.77
6.26 17.37
59.81 22.82 52.83 613.60
9.15
Front-st.,
1
--- 1
C. M. Draper,
65
470.71
7.24
1.62 12.32 | 86.60 34.82 62.63 1140.78 8.78 Double School.
66
E. L. McFarland, 124.8
920.71
7.30
3.78
4.85
5.71
Pond,
M. O. Whitmore,
32.5
414.62
12.76
21.50 18.48 29.90
*In calculating the average cost per scholar by grades, those schools that have not been in session the whole year are omitted.
109
3.90 15.74 10.41 57.85 33.50 52.83 650.89
9.71
7.16 10.92
Salem-st.,
4.77
94.15 28.61,60.46 1048.99 10.43 Double School.
36.90
110
RECAPITULATION.
Tuition ..
For
Expenses.
Ordinary Total
Average cost per scholar in High School,
$40.86
48.11
Grammar Schools, 1st Grade, 36.85
41.76
66
66
2d Grade, 13.95 19.20
66
66
3d Grade, 11.31
15.40
Secondary Schools,
9.37
13.63
יו
Primary Schools,
7.61
10.18
66
Intermediate Primary Schools, 7.38
7.49
9.82
66
66
Ungraded Schools,
20.68
25.85
Evening Schools,
4.42
5.81
Suburban Schools,
12.63
18.49
66
66
Sub-Primary Schools,
8.98
66
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TABLE
Showing the Public Schools of the City, their Grade, the Teachers employed Jan. 1, 1868, and their respective Salaries.
The full salary of the position is given below. Teachers who have not been one year in the ser vice of the City, for the first year receive fifty dollars less than the full salary.
School.
Grade.
Teacher.
Salary.
Classical
Ellis Peterson,
$2,500
Walnut St.,
and English High School.
Emma J. Sherman,
800
Emily G. Leonard,
700
Florence V. Beane,
700
66
Ann C. Stewart,
700
M. A. Liscomb,
700
66
M. A. Parkhurst,
600
Thomas St.,
1st Grade Grammar, E. I. Comins,
1,700
Sycamore St.,
66
66
66
S. W. Hale,
1,500
Providence St.,
H. N. Harrington,
1,500
Thomas
2d
Caroline, Parkinson,
575
66
66
66
66
V. E. Hapgood,
575
Sycamore St.,
A. S. Dunton,
575
Providence St.,
66
Mary F. Reed,
575
Salem
A. E. Daniels, 575
Thomas
66
3rd
66
66
E. M. Wheeler,
575
66
66
66
E. M. Aldrich,
575
66
66
66
66
Emma Brown,
575
Pleasant
66
66
M. F. Wentworth,
575
Sycamore
66
66
66
C. A. George,
575
Salem
66
66
66
M. S. Fitch,
575
Ash
66
66
60
M. M. Lawton,
575
Providence
66
66
66
66
J. F. Smith,
575
Main
66
66
66
A. B. Souther,
575
East Worcester,
66
E. Merrick,
575
New Worcester,
66
E. E. Crane,
575
South Worcester,
66
66
E. Osgood,
575
Quinsigamond,
66
M. E. Carr,
575
Northville,
66
M. E. Maynard,
575
66
66
66
M. A. Harrington,
575
Elm
66
112
School.
Grade.
Teacher.
Salary.
Thomas St.,
Secondary,
E. H. Coe, 550
66
A. F. Knowles, 550
Summer "
66
T. S. Nichols,
550
Main
66
K. A. Meade,
550
Adeliza Perry, 550
Pleasant "
66
Caroline Hewett,
550
Lizzie Graham,
550
Sycamore St.,
C. R. Clements,
550
66
66
J. A. Green, 550
Salem
R. Barnard,
550
Ash
66
C. N. Follett,
550
66
J. E. Prentice,
550
Providence St.
66
P. M. Cole,
550
East Worcester,
66
L. L. Newton, 550
H. Hathaway,
550
Mason St.,
66
M. E. Bothwell, 550
New Worcester,
66
E. S. R. Kendrick, 550
Adriatic, 66
E. E. Harrington, 550
Union Hill,
A. E. Ayres. 550
Thomas St.,
Primary,
L. M. Allen,
500
Summer "
66
E. G. Chenery, 500
C. McFarland, 450
Main
M. A. Smith,
500
Pleasant "
66
L. M. Wilmarth, 500
E. M. Childs, 450
Sycamore St.,
S. W. Clements, 500
Ash
..
M. J. Mack,
500
66
66
L. E. Pratt,
450
Front
Martha Hobbs,
500
Kate Hobbs, 500
Providence St.,
L. C. Goodwin, 500
East Worcester, 66
T. S. Darling, 500
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66
E. G. Wheeler, 500
M. P. Valentine, 500
A. E. Hall, 500
Quinsigamond,
66
L. E. Perry, 500
Northville,
S. M. Brigham, 500
Adriatic,
66
M. Parker, 500
Temple St., 66
M. M. Geary, 500
66
66
L. A. Perry,
550
66
Annie Brown, 550
66
New Worcester,
South Worcester,
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School.
Grade.
Teacher.
Salary.
Summer "
Int. Primary,
M. A. Slater,
500
Main
A. H. Barnes,
500
Sycamore St.,
66
E. F. Marsh,
500
Ash
66
H. M. Shattuck, 500
66
L. J. Smith,
450
Providence "
66
S. J. Newton,
500
Thomas 66
Sub Primary,
S. L. Phillips, 500
Summer
I. C. Upton,
500
Main
66
S. G. Gale,
500
66
A. A. Swallow,
450
Pleasant
H. N. Perry,
500
Mason
66
M. E. Pease,
500
Sycamore 66
N. C. Thomas,
500
Salem
66
66
H. A. Harrington,
500
Ash
E. L. Brooks, 500
66
66
N. S. Moore, 450
Front
66
A. Pratt,
500
C. M. Draper, 500
C. E. Putnam, 500
66
66
A. E. McCambridge, 450
66
66
E. L. McFarland, 500
H. A. Smith, 450
Providence St.,
66
M. T. Magennis, 500
M. J. Morse, 500
Thomas Wheelock, 1,400
P. E. King, 575
M. S. Leonard, 450
E. M. Rice, 450
Valley Falls,
M. E. D. King, 400
Leesville,
A. P. Dean, 400
Blithewood,
S. E. Goddard, 400
Pond, 66
M. G. Whitmore, 500
Adams Square,
F. J. Beane, 500
Burncoat,
66
C. L. Goodale, 400
North Pond,
H. S. Clarke, 500
Chamberlain,
66
E. G. Cutler,
400
Temple
66
Orange 66
Ungraded, 66 Suburban,
Tatnuck,
66
66
66
East Worcester,
Special Appropriations
FOR THE
FURNISHING OF NEW SCHOOL HOUSES AND EXTRA REPAIRS.
No special appropriation was made for the furnishing of the new Adriatic Mills, or Orange St. School houses, nor has an appropriation as yet, been made for the fur- nishing of the Dix St. and Lamartine St. houses. The former have been furnished in full, and the furniture for the last two is in process of manufacture, and the ex- pense has been paid out of the regular appropriation for the support of schools.
The expense, also, of the alteration and re-furnishing of the Thomas St. School house was incorporated in the appropriation for the last year. In no other city, to my knowledge is this done. The furnishing of new School Houses and all alterations of old houses, and also all gen- eral repairs of school buildings are provided for in a sep- arate appropriation, called the appropriation for School Houses or Public Buildings. The returns of school ex- penditures to the State Board of Education are limited to "Wages, Board, Fuel for the Schools and care of fires and school rooms." In the care of school rooms is inclu- ded the ordinary repairs necessary from time to time, viz. setting of glass, repairs of furniture, heating appar- atus, &c.
The furnishing of new School Houses should be provid- ed for, by a separate appropriation, as much as is the purchase of the land and the builder's contract.
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Six School Houses have been put in thorough repair during the past year; the items of expenditure will ap- pear elsewhere. These houses are among the oldest in the city and very little has been done to them in way of repairs for many years. Patching up for the time, had been the settled policy, until it was difficult to tell where the original paint or plastering still remained. Most of them leaked badly, in short they were in a state of di- lapidation disgraceful to the city, and certainly not calcu- lated to educate our children in habits of neatness and carefulness. Such a condition of houses and furniture in- vites further defacing and destruction, and children learn rapidly in that direction. Let any person go into our new houses, or into those that have been put in thorough re- pair and examine their condition; the walls neat and clean, the furniture without a scratch and everything hav- ing a cheerful appearance, although some of these houses have been in use from three to five years. Go from them into our older houses that have not been re- paired, and you will find the plastering knocked off, nails and nail holes disfiguring the walls, dingy paint, seats cut, and the school houses generally have a worn-out and uncomfortable appearance. It will not take a very criti- cal eye, to discover, also, that the personal appearance of the children differs very materially in the two classes of rooms. Although the expenditures for the past year, for repairs have been large, yet nothing has been done but what a prudent economy demanded, and a proper ac- commodation of our schools required.
It appears from the financial statement that a consid- erable sum of money has been required to furnish rooms for new schools. This is an expenditure that cannot be foreseen, but must be met.
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ALTERATIONS IN THE THOMAS ST. HOUSE.
The alteration of the Thomas Street School House has been a matter contemplated for a number of years. When this building was first erected the middle and upper stories contained but one large school room each ; in each of these rooms was a principal and two assistants. The confusion resulting from this arrangement soon proved it to be a failure, and the Board divided the rooms in the centre making two in each story with recitation rooms connected. This was but a half way measure, but half remedying the difficulty. It still left double schools, with a teacher in the large room to take charge of and govern a hundred pupils and conduct the recitations at the same time. Educators everywhere, have, for a number of years, decided against double schools, they are much less effective and cost more per scholar than single schools.
The Board the last year unanimously adopted a plan for the alteration of these rooms, and ordered the work to be done. The alterations consisted in taking away all of the petitions in the upper stories, taking down the large chimney in the centre, put there when the furnaces were put in, taking out the furnaces, also the brick wall dividing the lower entry, removing the dark stair-ways in the rear of the building, and constructing new ones in the centre where they are light and convenient. The two stories were then divided into commodious rooms for eight single schools, which with the two school rooms in the lower story, make accommodations for ten schools in the building. The lower story contains, besides the two school rooms, two large dressing rooms for the girls of all the schools above, a room for girls between the dressing rooms, and an ample hall way twenty feet wide.
Before the alteration, the house seated 528 scholars, it now seats 588, making a gain of sixty sittings. The
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number of teachers employed is the same as before the alterations.
The cost of the alterations was $2,731.81.
The furniture of the old house was worn out and the Board voted to refurnish it with single, in place of double desks, using the castings of the old desks as far as they would go. This new furniture together with new heat- ing apparatus in place of the old furnaces, and wood stoves that were run to do what the furnaces failed to do, made a further expenditure of ($2,050.66,) This build- ing is now the most convenient and the best furnished of any School House now occupied in the city. The saving in the expense of tuition and fuel, to say nothing of the better results to be obtained in the schools, will, in a few years pay the whole expense of these alterations. The building has been strengthened by the alterations, and furthermore, if the house had not been altered it would have required a considerable sum of money to have put it in repair in its old arrangement. In connection with the alterations in this house, the lower story was painted throughout, the furniture varnished, the walls stained, a brick floor laid in the cellar for the coal and other bins, the cellar walls pointed up with cement, the roof repair- ed, &c., at an expense of ($441.25.)
REPAIRS OF ASH STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
The Ash Street School House has been painted through- out, the walls stained, the furniture varnished, an entry in the lower story thrown into one of the school rooms, this room thus enlarged furnished for a secondary school. The brick hot air flues, that once connected with the furnace long since taken out, were removed, and the roof and chimneys repaired at an expense of ($772,34.) This house now contains three double and three single schools with seats for 504 scholars, altogether too many for the house.
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REPAIRS OF FRONT STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
As this house is likely to remain in its present location, it was thought necessary to repair it and make it appear inore respectable both inside and outside. The roof leak- ed badly, and it was found necessary to re shingle it. The house was painted outside and inside, the furniture painted and varnished, the walls stained, a door cut through to the out buildings, a partition put up across the entry, &c., at an expense of ($654,42.)
This house has four school rooms and accommodates about two hundred and fifty scholars.
REPAIRS OF EAST WORCESTER (OLD ) SCHOOL HOUSE.
When the new School House at East Worcester was built, it was expected that the old building would be dis- pensed with, but it still lives as a school house and is like- ly to for years to come. This house was painted inside, the furniture painted and varnished, the walls repaired and stained, the roof repaired and the outside entrance to the cellar closed up, at an expense ($80,86.) This house contains two school rooms for double schools, and into it has been crowded, at times, during the last year two hundred and sixty children.
REPAIRS OF SUMMER STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
This old building that has withstood the changes from a church to a hotel and from a hotel to a school house, and had not been shingled since it was a hotel, finally refused to protect its inmates longer from the storms without a new covering. It was found necessary to new- ly shingle it last summer at an expense of ($355,77.) This house will probably need more repairs during the coming summer.
REPAIRS OF THE LEESVILLE AND VALLEY FALLS SCHOOL HOUSES.
These houses were built about the same time and with equal shamminess. The Leesville house had settled part-
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ly into the cellar, in consequence of the cellar wall giv. ing way. The building had to be raised and the wall rebuilt, the inside and desks were painted and the walls stained at an expense of ($78,72.)
The Valley Falls House was painted inside and outside, the walls repaired and stained and the desks painted at an expense of ($66,98.)
NEW ROOM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
A room has been provided in the attic of the High School building for the accommodation of the Latin Gram- mar class organized during the year. A temporary chimney was built, supported by one of the cross beams of the roof, the room furnished with desks and heating apparatus at an expense of ($122,82.)
OUTSIDE SCHOOL ROOMS.
The third story of Holbrook's block No. 307 Main St., was hired, a partition put across it, water closets put in and the front room furnished for a Grammar School at an expense of ($362,93.)
The upper story of the Catholic Institute was also hired, and furnished with old furniture, for two primary schools, at an expense of ($46,27.)
COAL versus WOOD.
I called the attention of the Board, in my last report, to the difference in the expense of heating school rooms by coal and wood, and the poor economy of using the latter for fuel. That opinion has been still further strengthened by another year's experience.
The cost of heating fifty-eight school rooms with coal the past year has averaged ($52,28.) per room. The cost of heating thirty-eight school rooms with wood has averaged ($64,73.) per room.
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