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EXPENDITURES
Agawam Electric Co., light, . $44.46
Springfield Gas Light Co., gas,
30.67
Springfield Gas Light Co., heaters, 143.70
L. S. Jenks, wood,
21.00
Sons of Veterans, chairs,
45.00
H. & J. Brewer Co., supplies,
14.84
Hewitt Rubber Co., supplies, 8.15
J. Douglas Law, supplies, 13.25
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J. P. Vincelette, supplies, $8.88
City of Springfield, repairing hose,
5.00
C. W. Hastings, supplies,
23.04
U. S. Rubber Co., supplies,
5.30
Sullivan, Barrett Co., repairs,.
2.15
Springfield Service Co., repairs,
22.90
Smile Station, supplies,
5.04
J. A. Roy, repairs,
7.35
L. H. Scott & Co., repairs, Tuohey Co., supplies,
7.88
ยท C. D. Farnsworth Co., coal,
37.30
A. J. Austin, care of house,.
36.00
James Jasmin, repairs,
3.75
Salary of firemen, .
600.00
Reo, Springfield Co., trucks,
6,000.00
$7,208.13
Appropriation, .
$7,200.00
J. A. ROY, W. H. PORTER, C. W. BROWN, Fire Commissioners.
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122.47
REPORT OF Board of Water Commissioners
The Board of Water Commissioners respectfully presents the sixteenth annual report of the department covering operations of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1919.
RECEIPTS
Received from water rents,. $7,474.24
Received for connections and material,. . 238.45
$7,712.69
EXPENDITURES
City of Springfield, water, $2,760.26
City of Springfield, supplies, 6.60
Crane Co., pipe, etc.,. 441.94
Chapman Valve Co., supplies, 264.10
M. L. Miller, repairing meters, 291.68
R. D. Wood Co., hydrant supplies, 108.20
Postage, . 25.00
Pond-Ekberg Co., printing, 6.50
N. Y., N. H. & Hartford railroad, freight,
2.24
C. W. Hastings, supplies, 4.50
West Side Express Co., .
3.43
H. C. Puffer Co., cement, .
.80
W. C. Johnson, reading meters,
44.25
G. H. Reed, clerical work, 28.19
J. L. Burke, secretary, 24.19
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D. M. Crowley, Superintendent, $653.00
D. M. Crowley, team,
267.00
John Finn, labor, . 153.00
D. F. Crowley, labor,
67.50
Joseph Crowley, labor,
63.00
John Griffin, labor,
52.50
Thomas Kirk, labor,
49.50
L. Duclo, labor,
31.50
9.00
Jerry Grady, labor, James Bresanan, labor,
6.00
Clayton Duclo, labor, 4.50
Patrick Begley, labor,.
9.00
Alphonse Bowley, labor,
6.00
Charles Miller, labor,
1.50
Interest account,
2,327.81
$7,712.69
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Agawam:
Owing to the constant and rapid increase in our school enrollment, we must present to your attention our annual plea for additional school accommodations During the year just past, nearly every room in town has been filled to overflowing, and in some cases the crowded conditions have prevented the securing of satisfactory results either by teachers or by pupils. At Agawam Center the situation is more serious than in other parts of the town. Soon after school opened in September it was found necessary to employ an extra teacher to help take care of the overflow from the various rooms. Classes have been held in the corridors of the building and also in the Library. This arrangement must not be allowed to continue into another year. The State authorities would not permit it, nor should the voters be willing to countenance such a condition of affairs. At the Mittineague School practically every room is crowded to the limit of its seating capacity. Here, as at Agawam Center, it became advisable, soon after the opening of school, to employ an additional teacher to assist the regular corps of teachers in handling the situation. The small room on the first floor, used at times as a library, has done service as a class room. This room and the one on the third floor now used for school purposes were never designed for school work, and do not afford conditions necessary for obtaining ideal results. Some action should be taken to relieve the situation in this building.
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At the Springfield Street School one room has a few vacant seats, but most of the other rooms are well filled though not overcrowded. This section of the town is growing very rapidly and it will be necessary to provide more room there at an early date. The conditions at Feeding Hills are much the same as in other parts of the town. At the Center it was necessary to place additional seats in nearly every room in order to accommodate the increased enrollment. At one time there were over fifty pupils in the primary room, and it became necessary to refuse admission to some of the youngest.
A special town meeting was held in December, at Mit- tineague, to consider the matter of providing additional school accommodations for all parts of the town. A com- mittee was appointed to investigate existing conditions, with instructions to prepare plans and estimates for presenta- tion at the annual town meeting. This committee favor the adding of two rooms to the Springfield Street School. Then all grades would be accommodated in that building, and pupils from that section now attending the upper grades at Mittineague and Feeding Hills would be enrolled at the Plains School. This plan would probably relieve the situa- tion at these two villages for several years to come. At Agawam the situation is more acute and the committee have not as yet agreed upon a feasible solution of the problem. Several suggestions have been considered. The erection of portable schoolhouses has been urged for economical reasons, but at best these would only provide for our school needs tempora- rily, and would not, in the long run, we believe, be more economical than permanent quarters. Since the closing of the River Road School about twenty-five years ago, there has been a call, growing more insistent in later years, for a building that would provide school facilities for that section of the town, including the Meadow Street district. This territory, on account of its nearness to the southern part of Springfield, seems to be developing very rapidly. However, it is doubtful whether it would be expedient for the town to erect a schoolhouse there at present, though there are nearly
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sixty children in that locality divided among nine grades. Something should be done to improve conditions at the South School. If a new building is not to be erected there in the near future, the present structure should be moved away from that dangerous point. No schoolhouse should be located on an automobile speedway. We urge that im- mediate action be taken in this matter.
During the past year or two we have not had adequate supervision in our schools. Our present School Superintend- ency District has become the largest union district in the state, with nearly sixty schools in the two towns. Neither Agawam nor Ludlow felt able to support a superintendent of its own with the prevailing financial conditions, but both committees were agreed that some action should be taken. After several meetings the joint committee decided, after consultation with the State Board of Education, to employ an assistant superintendent of schools, to begin work about January 1, 1920. This, you may be surprised to learn, is the first position of the kind to be created in any union district in our state. The joint committee agreed that the assistant's time should be divided equally between the two towns, and that his salary should be paid in the same propor- tion. By this arrangement the town of Agawam secures much more thorough supervision of its schools, and that means an even greater increase in their efficiency, at a net saving of from $500 to $1,000 in comparison with the salary a first class superintendent would demand. Furthermore, it is generally understood by the two committees that this marks the first step toward the dissolution of our present union, and that, if he makes good, the assistant superintend- ent will be in line for the superintendency in one of the two towns. After considering about a dozen candidates for the position, the joint committee elected Ralph H. Waterhouse, principal of the Amherst Junior High School. Mr. Water- house has had about twelve years of varied experience, including grade teaching and work in manual training, as well as high school work. He has established headquarters
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at the Mittineague School building and he expects to live in our town. We invite all who are interested in our schools to call on him and make his acquaintance. We venture to predict that you will like him and that you will be willing to co-operate with him in the bringing of a greater efficiency to our school system.
We would like to bring to the attention of the voters the matter of providing for a high school of our own. Our high school enrollment has increased rapidly in the past few years, and this coming year we expect to have the largest class entering high school that the town has ever had. The first appropriation Agawam made for high school outlay was $600; for the year 1920, owing to the increased charges for tuition and transportation, together with the probable increase of the high school enrollment, the committee have figured that, at the least, $15,000 will be needed to meet these items. It seems to us that it is time for the voters to consider this matter very carefully. Of course this will probably be a criti- cal year for us financially and the building of a high school now would place too heavy a burden upon our taxpayers, but we should have this problem in mind so that at the first favor- able opportunity we may take some definite action looking toward a modern, up-to-date high school building for our town.
We feel that we ought to speak a word of commendation for Miss Dowd and her work in our schools. She has will- ingly and cheerfully given her services wherever they have been needed. By the capable and tactful performance of her duties she has done much to assist us, working not only among the children in the schools, but also with them and their parents in the homes. She has indeed served faithfully and well in our time of need.
The severe weather of the past few weeks has forced some of our heating systems to the limit. At Agawam Center, in spite of the constant and faithful services of an efficient janitor, it has been impossible at times to heat the principal's room. The steamfitters are agreed that the entire system should be overhauled and more radiating surface be provided
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if the building is to be properly heated. At the Mittineague School and the Springfield Street building it has been neces- sary to dismiss school several times on account of the low temperature in the rooms. This condition of affairs must not be tolerated and the committee are applying the proper remedy. The janitor at the Feeding Hills School has had very little trouble in keeping the rooms at the required tem- perature though running but one of the boilers.
During the past year we adopted a new salary schedule, providing for a substantial increase in pay for our teachers. However, the rising cost of living makes it imperative that a further advance be made if we are to retain our present teaching force. Already, at this early date, some of our teachers have received offers from other towns several hun- dred dollars in excess of what our present schedule offers them. If we are to keep our best teachers or expect to replace those who leave our schools with competent and ex- perienced successors we must be willing and able to make our salaries equal at least with those paid in other towns. The present scarcity of teachers has made it impossible for us at times to find capable substitutes to place in our schools when regular teachers have been ill. Another thing that makes it difficult, oftentimes, for us to retain old teachers, or to induce new ones to come to our schools, is the scarcity of suitable board- ing places. Some of our present staff are very pleasantly located in our town, but others are obliged to travel back and forth daily from adjoining towns. We wish more of our good housewives could be induced to open their homes to our teachers at reasonable rates. We believe that our present teaching force is securing excellent results, and we ask for your friendly co-operation with them. Let us all lay aside the spirit of unjust and unfriendly criticism in order that, working together in harmony, we may bring our school system to the highest plane of efficiency.
Respectfully submitted, J. A. ROY, C. M. GRANGER, P. V. HASTINGS.
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Financial Statement of Schools
GENERAL EXPENSE
J. A. Roy, salary, .
$85.00
C. M. Granger, salary,
95.00
H. P. Hinkley, salary, .
20.00
P. V. Hastings, salary,
118.00
C. M. Granger, telephone, postage, ...
14.57
P. V. Hastings, telephone, postage, ...
2.77
H. W. Cowles, express, .
6.66
The Carter Ink Co., supplies,
1.25
Walter E. Gushee, salary,
879.96
Frankie Campbell, Attendance Officer,
19.50
Joseph DeForge, Attendance Officer, ..
20.00
Mr. Safford, Attendance Officer,
14.00
Karl Birk, Attendance Officer,
20.00
Katherine G. Danahy, clerical work, ..
154.00
A. H. Bartlett, supplies,
4.00
Walter E. Gushee, telephone, postage, .
23.62
Kate Adams, telephone,
.30
Town of Ludlow, .
11.94
General expense, Total,
$1,490.57
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Helen L. Arnold,
$317.52
Phoebe Hooper,
656.92
Lulu E. S. Treichler
223.00
Ruth Cook,
200.00
Kate Adams,
1,085.37
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Mary Kerr,
$784.66
Teresa B. Lee,
604.66
Sarah Wheaton,
784.66
Lena Collis,
784.66
Mary Begley,
296.15
Martha Bowdish,
63.80
Lillian Hayhurst, .
702.92
Edith R. Barr, .
696.92
Katherine G. Danahy,
1,135.04
Ella R. Taylor,
229.36
Jennie M. Lucas,
784.66
Olive A. Fox,
784.66
Julia F. Keenan, .
424.66
Catherine T. Powers, .
740.90
Nellie Granfield,
764.66
Favlin M. Peirce, .
1,035.64
Mary A. Danaher,
424.66
Hazel M. Sullivan,
784.66
Elsie M. Isherwood,
424.66
Madrine L. Wood, .
1,055.64
Catherine H. Janes,
28.06
Mabel D. Allen,
717.71
Cora E. Halladay,
784.66
Hattie R. Bolton,
696.92
Olive C. Duguid,
759.40
Edna D. Harmon,
696.92
Theresa L. Custer, .
6.00
Mary E. Worthington,
390.60
Sarah E. Rowley,
102.18
Harriet Peirce,
413.98
Mrs. Lothrop, .
122.61
Mrs. E. E. Ventres,
134.00
Anna H. Hayward,
3.00
Helen Ewald,
300.00
Myrtle J. Moore,
300.00
Miss Rushby,
30.00
Mrs. Z. Barcomb,
277.36
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Hope Williams,
$280.00
Mae Lynch,.
320.00
Mary Kelly,
340.00
Lucy Carver,
300.00
Mrs. Dumas,
17.50
Supplies,
7.80
Expense of Instruction, Total, . - $22,819.14
TEXT-BOOKS
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
$613.95
Rand, McNally & Co.,
10.42
American Book Co.,
10.80
C. C. Birchard & Co.,
11.58
D. C. Heath & Co.,.
2.49
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
33.16
A. S. Barnes,
1.28
Silver, Burdette & Co.,
10.59
Ginn & Co.,.
45.42
Iroquois Publishing Co., Inc.,
51.36
Blodgett Music Store, .
1.80
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc.,
4.62
Text-Books, Total,.
$797.47
SUPPLIES
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
$209.90
W. J. Letellier, express,
20.51
J. L. Hammett Co.,
463.39
Milton Bradley Co.,
119.64
C. C. Birchard & Co.,
11.78
J. H. Thompson, express,
3.25
H. W. Cowles, express,
12.56
A. H. Bartlett, .
85.43
C. M. Granger, express,
11.81
Kate Adams, express,
1.47
G. Schirmer, Inc.,
3.58
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Blodgett Music Store, . $5.75
Boston & Springfield Despatch, 22.34
Ernest Bouley, . 2.13
Johnson's Bookstore,
12.95
A. F. Letellier, express
16.44
Supplies, Total,
$1,002.93
EXPENSE OF OPERATING
D. J. Bloom,
$757.50
C. H. Wood,
540.00
E. Letellier,
90.00
Karl Birk, .
910.00
Frankie H. Campbell,
27.00
W. A. Fairbanks, building fires,
46.00
C. H. Wyman, building fires,
37.00
Mary E. Worthington, care of room, ..
12.00
Edith R. Barr, care of room, .
12.00
Edna B. Harmon, carc of room,
27.00
Myrtle J. Moore, care of room,
15.00
Helen L. Ewald, care of room,
15.00
Wm. Bagley, building fires and clean- ing, . 40.60
Geo. Larretor,
7.88
American Window Cleaning Co.,
41.50
Charles D. Farnsworth, Inc., coal,
3,078.14
Springfield Gas Light Co.,
27.10
West Box Co., kindlings,
18.50
W. H. Granger,.
12.00
The Republican Co., advertising,
.70
The Daily News Publishing Co.,
.75
Agawam Electric Co.
18.97
Amede Jasmain, .
6.00
Lee Jenks, .
28.00
Forbes & Wallace, .
9.31
Chas. W. Hastings,
18.77
A. H. Bartlett, .
.70
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Reformatory for Women,
$45.85
Oliver & Howland Co., . .
.75
Meekins, Packard & Wheat,
35.47
West Disinfecting Co.,
43.75
C. P. Chase & Co.
8.47
Metropolitan Furniture Co.
1.40
D. E. F. Radasch, .
90.84
W. J. Letellier, .
3.37
Agawam Electric Co.,
10.40
J. Douglas Law Co., 1.75
The Tuohey Co.,
10.79
O. E. Hovis and C. F. Hunt,
5.00
Carlisle Hardware Co.,
7.50
E. A. Kellogg & Sons,
2.08
Geo. H. McClean Co.,
2.75
John H. Plunkett, Chief,
16.00
C. M. Granger,
6.74
Haskell Electric Co.,
15.97
W. A. Fairbanks,
5.00
J. L. Burke,
12.95
O. C. Alderman, .
4.80
C. H. Wood,
20.56
Expense of Operating, Total,
$6,149.61
MAINTENANCE
The Tuohey Co.,
$13.73
J. J. Cotter Co.,
5.25
Ed. J. Deman,
59.80
E. F. Burns, .
5.00
Edward M. White,
36.93
J. A. Roy,
37.21
C. H. Wood, .
1.50
Johnson's Bookstore, .
6.40
W. J. Hyland Mfg. Co.,
3.70
G. W. Clampit,
18.05
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T. M. Walker Co.,
$43.17
Leroy H. Sykes, .
10.00
Oliver & Howland Co.
4.00
A. H. Rowley,
6.15
Jas. Jasamin,
10.00
Otto Babb,
3.00
J. C. Wright,
8.66
Fred C. McClean,
56.98
Vining & Borrner,
68.29
Thomas Speight,
3.00
D. J. Bloom, . .
.48
W. A. Fairbanks,
8.14
Forbes & Wallace,
3.00
Stone-Underhill Heating & Vent. Co., ..
4.00
J. L. Burke,
11.16
Karl Birk, .
4.00
Alice D. Cooley, .
5.00
Chas. H. Wyman,
2.00
Maintenance, Total,
$438.60
HEALTH
Dr. J. W. Hastings, $125.00
TRANSPORTATION
Springfield Street Railway Co.,
$2,714.00
Jas. Cleary, .
192.50
Wm. Halladay,
178.75
A. Mercadante,
96.25
D. DiDonato,
114.00
Wm. Bailey,
55.00
Lee Jenks, .
96.25
James Cesan,
233.75
Andrew Grasso,.
318.00
Chas. Calabreese,
145.75
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Edgar Statkum,
$162.00
Dwight Bailey,
162.00
P. V. Hastings, . .
9.04
Katherine G. Danahy,
36.21
Transportation, Total,
$4,513.50
TUITION
City of Springfield,.
$2,784.62
Town of West Springfield,
6,637.25
$9,421.87
Sundries, A. H. Bartlett,
8.15
$9,430.02
OUTLAY
Meekins, Packard & Wheat,
$874.88
Milton Bradley Co.,.
132.00
$1,006.88
SUMMARY
General expense,
$1,490.57
Expense of instruction,
22,819.14
Text-books, .
797.47
Supplies,
1,002.93
Expense of operating,
6,149.61
Maintenance,
438.60
Health,
125.00
Transportation,
4,513.50
Tuition,
9,430.02
Outlay,
1,006.88
$47,773.72
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AVAILABLE
Appropriation,
$46,000.00
Vocational school,
149.50
Refund Springfield St. Ry. Co.,
597.49
Refund City of Springfield,
37.50
Sale of car tickets,
17.00
$46,801.49
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Superintendent's Report
School Committee of Agawam:
Gentlemen: I hereby submit my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1919.
TEACHERS
The following changes have been made in the teaching force since the writing of my last annual report:
Resignations
Julia T. Keenan, Mittineague, Grades III, IV.
Theresa B. Lee, Agawam Center, Grades III, IV.
Mary Begley, Agawam Center, Grade II.
Elsie Isherwood, Springfield Street, Grade II.
Mary A. Danaher, Springfield Street, Grades IV, V.
Mary E. Worthington, South School.
Transfers
Nellie T. Granfield from Mittineague, Grade VII, to Mittineague, Grades III, IV.
Edith Barr from Suffield Street School to Agawam Center, Grade II.
Appointments
Ruth H. Cook, Supervisor of Drawing.
Mae P. Lynch, Mittineague, Grade VII. Mary J. Kelly, Mittineague, Grades II, III. Hope Williams, Mittineague, Grade I.
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Elinor Gibney, Agawam Center, Grade IV. Mrs. Zifford Barcomb, Agawam Center, Grade I. Helen Ewald, Suffield Street.
Myrtle I. Moore, South Street.
Lucy E. Carver, Springfield Street School, Grades IV, V. Harriet D. Peirce, Springfield Street, Grade I Sub.
Deceased
Miss Ella R. Taylor, teacher of Grade III in the Mittineague School, died after a very brief illness during the Easter vacation. She was born in Hawley, Massachusetts, and began teaching at the age of seventeen. Her early experience was in the western towns in this state. She taught two years in Hampton Institute, Virginia; in Spencer, Mass., twenty years. During fifteen years of this time she was principal of a grammar school. Miss Taylor taught five years in the Mittineague School, teaching intermediate grades. She was planning on retiring at the close of the spring term, at which time she would have complete fifty- three years of continuous teaching. The above data was supplied by Miss Danahy, Principal of the Mittineague School.
In the death of Miss Taylor the town of Agawam loses a faithful, energetic, and capable teacher; and the children and associate teachers lose a sincere friend and esteemed co- worker.
ENROLLMENT
Pupils attending public high schools:
West Springfield, 69
Springfield Technical High, 13
Springfield High School of Commerce, 2
Springfield Central High, 3
State Street Junior High, 2
Total in public high schools, 89
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Attending public grade schools of town, 932 Attending Springfield Vocational School, 2
Total in all public schools, 934
Attending St. William's Parochial School, 147
Attending Cathedral High (Springfield), 10
Total in private schools, 157
Total attending all schools, 1,180
Increase during year in public grade schools,. 64
Decrease during year in public high school enrollment,. 15
High School Enrollment by Precincts and by Classes:
.I II III IV Total
Feeding Hills, .
26
Agawam Center,
14
9
10
5
38
Mittineague, .
4
8
4
9
25
Total,
89
The falling off in high school enrollment for this year is due mainly to the small number graduating from our gram- mar schools last June. There were only 19 in all. There are now 56 in our ninth grades who are expected to graduate next June. This indicates that beginning next September we will have a large increase in high school enrollment.
GRADUATION
The fourth annual graduation of Ninth Grade pupils was held at Feeding Hills June 19. The program consisted of recitations and singing by the school children under the direction of Mrs. Treichler, Teacher of Elocution, and Miss Hooper, Supervisor of Music. Miss Wood, Principal of the Feeding Hills School, was in charge of arrangements.
A talk was given by Mr. Clifford Granger, local member
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of the School Committee; after which Mr. J. A. Roy, Chair- man of the Committee, presented diplomas to the following grammar school graduates:
Agawam Precinct
Avis Blaisdell
*George H. Huntington
James Burke
*Cecil MacDonald
*Elthea E. F. Campbell
*Verna B. Perry
*Frederick W. Skinner
*Lucy A. Slight
*Irene E. Tougas
Feeding Hills
Frank H. Jenks
Anna L. Kane
Mittineague
Helen R. Gaboury
*Stella G. Parent
*Isabel G. Rivers *Rose M. Loncrini
*Eunice M. Stevens
*These pupils entered high school last September.
RECENT SCHOOL LEGISLATION
EDUCATIONAL STANDARD FOR EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE. Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1919 raises the educational stand- ard in reading and writing for those between the ages of 14 and 16 who are seeking employment, from fourth to sixth grade. That is, no person under 16 years old can be given an Employment Certificate unless he can read and write as well as is required for promotion from the sixth grade in the schools of the town where he resides.
This act will result in keeping some children in school for a longer time, and will increase the school enrollment.
REIMBURSEMENT BY COMMONWEALTH FOR CERTAIN TEACHERS, ETC. Chapter 363, General Acts of 1919, pro- vides that for each person employed for full time service for the entire school year as teacher, supervisor, principal, assistant
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*Carl J. Gottsche
*Emily J. Hull
*Edith C. Hull
superintendent, or superintendent of schools, the city or town shall be reimbursed from $100 to $200 depending upon train- ing, experience, and amount of salary received.
In order for any town to receive the greatest benefit from this legislation the minimum amount paid any teacher should be, at least, $850 per year, which is the maximum amount for which a city or town receives an increase in rate of reimburse- ment.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
In my last annual report the salary question was dis- cussed at considerable length. All that was said then holds true now. The increase in last year's salary budget made it possible to raise teachers' salaries about $200 each. This was appreciated and yet, present conditions, and action taken by other communities, would justify a similar increase at the present time, especially so in consideration of the fact that the reimbursement provision mentioned above renders it possible to make the increase without a large increase in expense to the town.
The amount expended for teachers' salaries last year was $22,819. An increase of $200 for each teacher would require a budget of $29,000. Deducting from this $3,300 the approx- imate amount of reimbursement to which the town would be entitled the following year, providing increases are granted, would bring the actual amount of expense to the town to $25,600, which is $2,681 more than the salary expense of last year.
If the schools are to benefit by the reimbursement, it is to be borne in mind, that this amount should be included in the appropriation for teachers' salaries voted at the town meet- ing.
HEALTH INSPECTION
The work of our school physician during the last year has been very satisfactorily supplemented by a school nurse. This co-operation on the part of the local board of health
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in making available the services of the district nurse is grat- ifying. The follow-up work done by Miss Dowd has supple- mented and made more effective the work of our school physician. Miss Dowd has also co-operated with our attendance officers in a very helpful and satisfactory manner.
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