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Average Membership, all Junior High Schools . 1,552
Average Membership, all Elementary Schools. 3,562
Total Average Membership . 6,434
Total number of teachers, principals, and super-
visors . 273
School Year, 1935-36
Average Membership, Senior High School . 1,534
Average Membership, all Junior High Schools 1,775
Average Membership, all Elementary Schools 3,544
Total Average Membership 6,853
Total number of teachers, principals, and super- visors . 268
(Note :- Comparison over a longer period of years will be found at the end of this report.)
The November, 1936 figures give a clue to the trend for the year 1936-1937 but will, of course, change for the whole year.
November, 1936
Average Membership, Senior High School . 1,619
Average Membership, all Junior High Schools 1,848
Average Membership, all Elementary Schools. 3,512
Total Average Membership . 6,979 Total number of teachers, principals, and super-
visors . 261
The question naturally arises-"Since school accom-
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modations have not changed since September, 1932, are there existing or prospective, overcrowded conditions any- where?"
Junior High School Conditions
As to existing conditions the answer is "No," with a reservation regarding the junior high schools. At the present time there are seats and rooms enough for all pupils, but numerous classes are filled to the last seat. In not a few cases chairs are brought in for extra pupils. The pupil load is too heavy for the best work. Not enough opportunity can be found for individual help, and the degree of teacher exhaustion is too large. Mass instruction for pupils of junior high age who are dealing largely with new and puzzling material is pushed too far.
The limit of efficiency has probably been reached in our junior high school organization. If appreciable growth is ahead of us, additional accommodations, instructional facilities and teaching staff ought to be provided without delay.
Senior High School
The enrolment noted above in the senior high school is also worthy of comment, especially if the number of teachers is also considered. For several years charges have been made that this school is overmanned, and demands have been made repeatedly that the teaching force be reduced. These suggestions, when reasonable, have not been ignored by the School Committee, as the following figures will show.
1931-32 Nov. 1936
Average Membership .
1,167
1,619
Principals and Teachers
6012
61
Pupils per Teacher
19.2
26.5
These figures do not indicate progress and improve-
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ment, rather the reverse. The addition of four hundred fifty-two students with practically the same faculty is a heavy load, especially when one remembers that a con- siderable percentage is really not academically inclined.
Any decline in scholarship and general standards is difficult to measure outside of those students who enter higher institutions by certificate or examination. This group has not increased in the same ratio as groups taking other courses that are not objectively checked up by out- side agencies.
Financial
In previous reports, especially that of 1934, detailed accounts were given of expenditures and the factors affect- ing school costs. The last table in this report gives a sum- mary of finances for the past five years, and shows a steady and substantial decrease that necessarily has slowed up of late. It is highly probable that for the standards, service and efficiency desired by Arlington, the minimum has been reached. Salary schedules, cost of fuel, light, repairs, etc., constitute fixed charges that make up practically the entire budget. Further reduction would mean discontinu- ing educational courses and activities of long established, high value.
The unquestioned return of a substantial degree of prosperity should make the tax burden for schools less irksome.
Another situation is developing in Arlington that may soon affect our schools and their costs. I refer to the revival of home building in several parts of the town.
The immediate need for elementary class rooms can be met, but additional teachers throughout the system may be required in September, 1937, and more later.
Educational
Some changes in courses of study have been made during the past year that should be recorded.
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A study by the superintendent and principals was made of arithmetic assignments for various grades. The consensus of opinion was that some subjects were too advanced for the grades in which they were taught, especially in view of the fact that practically all pupils now complete the junior high school. A recommendation was made to the School Committee that the course be correspondingly simplified and the plan was approved. Percentage is now assigned to the seventh grade, and work in long division, fractions, decimals and measurements advanced.
A second substantial change was made in the high school curriculum. By order of the School Committee an investigation was made of the commercial and related courses. Professor Frederick G. Nichols of Harvard Uni- versity, an outstanding authority in this field, generously gave his services in a preliminary survey and recommended a number of changes tending toward greater efficiency and economy and toward modern practices.
His report was submitted to the Committe and also to the high school faculty as a body for study. As a result the commercial course was modified by changing steno- graphic and typewriting courses to two years of intensive work instead of three, work on calculating machines limited to one year, some minor changes made in book- keeping assignments, and a course in business organiza- tion and practice introduced for the sophomore year. Minor adaptations were made in other subjects. It is apparently a wholesome and desirable readjustment of the commercial field of studies.
School Property
Our buildings and grounds have been kept in excellent condition through the efficient services of the supervisor of maintenance, his assistants and the janitors. This is in accordance with the wise, established policy of the town not to allow its property to deteriorate. Much valuable assistance has been given through the Works Progress
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Administration, recognition of which is gladly given here.
The question may be raised whether, in view of exist- ing conditions, smaller appropriations might be made for repairs for a year or two. It would not be wise to do this. There are a number of leaky roofs, copper gutters to be replaced, some waterproofing still to be done, boiler repairs to be provided for, besides the usual grist of miscellaneous jobs to be done on buildings, electrical systems, plumbing, furniture, heating systems, telephones, etc.
A project that ought not to be deferred longer than is absolutely necessary is the completion of the new high school auditorium. Not alone for school purposes but as a community hall, it is increasingly in demand. Its un- finished condition and its lack of proper heating, lighting and platform equipment limit its usefulness.
The schools are running smoothly and efficiently. The devotion and services of all from top to bottom of the system deserve commendation and should be a source of pride to the town.
Personally, I wish to express my own appreciation of the countless instances of help and evidences of kindness and loyalty that have been extended to me.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) CLARENCE H. DEMPSEY, Superintendent of Schools.
January, 1937.
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1936
*HONOR PUPILS
Abboud, Ruth Cecilia
Carney, Paul M.
Agostino, Patrick F.
Casteels, Grace E.
Ahearn, Martin Edmond
Chabott, Mary Catherine
Ahern, Joseph W.
Churchill, Joseph Porter, Jr.
Alcott, Naomie Olive
Clarke, Harold N., Jr.
Alden, John Arthur
Clements, Eileen V.
Alessi, Anthony
Coffin, Helen A.
Allen, James Wendell
Collins, John P.
Anderson, Harold F.
Collins, Joseph P.
Anderson, John Paul
Collins, Rita Marie
Anderson, Phyllis Barbara
Conary, Virginia Ann
Anderson, Rachel Eleanor
Cook, Florence Claire
* Anderson, Ruth Eleanor
Cook, Francis Arthur
* Andrew, Josephine Therese Bachofner, Roger Dane Badala, Vincent Balser, Pauline Jeanette
Coppola, Emanuella Joan
Coughlin, John Joseph, Jr.
*Barber, Clarence H. Barker, Wensley, Jr.
Cowdrey, Phyllis Eleanor
Barron, Stanley Philip
Cronin, Mary Florence
Battye, Thelma E.
Crowley, Dorothy M.
Beckonert, George Bernard
Cummings, William Bernard
Benner, Sally L. Benson, Mildred Eleanora
Cunniff, Robert P.
Bertolami, Peter G.
Cutler, William Pratt
Bevins, Harriet F.
Cutter, Virginia Bartlett
Bezanson, Warren Adams
Daley, Louise A.
Biederbeck, Violet Aleece
Dallin, Ruth Murless
Bitzer, Alfred Howard
Dalrymple, Gordon Stewart
Blackstock, Marjorie Alice
Daniell, Norma Louise
Bowie, M. Louise
Boyd, Carolyn Whittemore
Brackett, Marjorie H.
Brady, Jean F. Braithwaite, Arnold DeWolfe
Browne, Beatrice Marie
Doodlesack, Hyman, Jr. Dorrington, Paul E.
Burke, Robert K.
Doyle, Warren Francis Driscoll, Thomas Francis
Burns, George Edmund
Burns, Robert Donald
Butler, William Herbert Cadario, Muriel Mary
Dunn, William R., Jr. Eastman, Dorothy May
Elliott, Dorothy Helena
Elliott, Marion Gertrude
Emus, Melvin C.
Carmody, James Francis
Engel, Mildred M.
Bolger, John J. Bond, Harold Arthur, Jr.
Davis, Ruth Elizabeth
Davison, William Steele, Jr.
Bourget, George Victor
DeCourcey, Mary Louise
*Dill, David Bruce, Jr. Does, William B. Doherty, Edith Helen Dolan, Albert J.
Donahue, Helen Louise
Burke, Richard Joseph, Jr.
Burns, Catherine Theresa
Duggan, Frederick Richard Dunn, Marie Theresa
Cammarata, Christopher Cannon, William Francis Carlson, Carl Albert
Coppola, Carlo Alfred
*Coulouris, Edith Courtney, Elizabeth Ann
Cunha, Charles Edward
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued 1936
*HONOR PUPILS
Erb, Eunice I.
Hobbs, Margaret Mary
Evans, Lillian
Facenda, Eugene
Hoffman, Virginia Louise Holway, Edward F.
Fallon, Patricia
*Horne, Elinor Howatt, Elsie J.
Fellman, Sonya I.
Hughes, Mary Louise
Hunt, Charles Edward
Hunt, Helena Patricia
*Forest, Eleanor Rose
Huston, Isabelle Estelle
*Fowler, Barbara Lucille Francis, George Leo Fraser, Robert C. Frink, H. Everett
Igo, John Joseph Inglis, Doris Harriet
Gallagher, James Francis
Gallagher, Rosella M.
Gamester, Henry Ellsworth
Joseph, Willard S.
Gebow, Ruth Yvonne Giarrizzo, Lawrence P. Gillis, Donald Robert
Kadets, Martin
Glynn, Margaret F.
Keough, Fred A., Jr.
Golder, Dorothy E.
Kerrigan, John Joseph
Goreski, Mitchell S.
Kiely, Gladys Edna
Gott, Lester William
Kyle, Leontine L.
*Grace, Edward F. Graf, W. Raymond
LaFleur, Doris Zelire
Graham, Dorothy
Lahiff, Elizabeth Ann
Gray, Priscilla Greeley, Tom Horace
Larch, John H.
Griffin, Frances E.
Law, Muriel C.
Guange, Peter
LeGault, Henry Victor
Guarente, Arthur
Locatelli, Frances Marie
Guiney, John Ernest
Lopez, Marjorie M.
Gulezian, Kerkor G.
Loupos, Viola
Gullage, June Elizabeth
Lowder, Charles Leo
Hackett, Lois Hall, Lennard Carl
Lucas, Dorothy Cecelia
Hallisey, John J., Jr.
Lucas, Dorothy Marie
Hammond, Charles Russell
Lucas, George W.
Harrington, John Francis
Lund, Ruth Welch
Hart, Kathleen Frances
Lundquist, Richard A.
Hawke, Wilfred H.
Luther, William Woodrow
Hayes, Richard Coburn Heinrich, Frances
Macdonald, Beverly
Hendrick, Richard Charles Hewson, Elizabeth G.
Mackenzie, Harry Leon
Hickey, Ruth A.
Mackinnon, Marion E.
Higgins, Clarence B., Jr.
Macleod, Ian M.
Hill, Chester Duncan
Madden, Dorothy R.
Hill, George Aldrich, Jr.
Madden, Walter R.
Fellman, Linnea I.
*Finger, Eleanor Martha Fitch, Dorice Virginia Flaherty, Frances C.
Husband, Marie Esther
*Jackson, Elsie Christina Johnson, C. Harold Johnson, June Janet Jones, Evelyn B.
Joslin, Elizabeth Mae
Joyce, Mildred Mary
Ladd, Frances E.
Lamothe, John Henry
Lowry, Eva
Lynch, Mary Elizabeth
Macdonald, Stuart E.
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued
1936
*HONOR PUPILS
Mahoney, Eileen Mary
Mahoney, Margaret Sarah
Malatesta, Josephine Flora
Ouellette, Thomas Richard
Parr, William Arthur
Malone, Margaret A.
Payne, Esther Marion
Mann, Robert L.
Payton, Barbara E.
McArdle, Kenneth Booth
Paz, Evelyn
McCausland, Elizabeth Birchard
Pecorari, Louise M.
McCulloch, Marie Frances
Peirce, Myrtle Ruth
McEwen, Edward F.
McGrath, Donald James
Phillips, Mary Virginia
McIntyre, James A.
Pierce, James Benedict
McLean, Grace Viola
McMahon, Edward M.
Post, Dorothy Amella
McNally, John F.
Power, Robert Leonard
Mee, J. Robert
Powers, David James
Powers, Margaret Mary
Mellen, Gertrude M.
Merrill, Raymond E., Jr.
Meyer, Evelyn C.
Ratte, Marie Yvonne
Reagan, James Joseph
Reardon, Edward A. J., Jr.
Reardon, John Robert Richmond, Frances Augusta
Mitchell, Marian E.
Moranian, Helen
Morash, Lloyd E.
Robinson, Roberta Francis
Rogers, Herbert J.
Rogers, Ruth Mary
Roycroft, William Robert
Rutherford, Janet Colburn
Ryan, Helen Joanne
Ryer, Helen I.
Sakoian, Ardash
Salter, Janet L.
Sammon, John Joseph Samuelson, Ralph H.
*Santoliquido, Rita Julia Saville, Lois Scanlon, Agnes Mary
Schroder, Stig Berger
Schroeder, Elizabeth Marie
Shay, Nancy Agnes
Shedd, Elizabeth
Siker, Anna
Smail, Helen B. Smith, Anne Donella
*Mulgrew, Rita Madeline Mullen, Walter Francis Munro, Harry Edward Murphy, Margaret Eleanor Murphy, John Ralph Norris, F. Harty Nowlin, Evelyn L.
O'Brien, Francis Paul O'Brien, John J.
O'Brien, Loretta Jane
O'Brien, Marguerite Alice
O'Brien, Thomas Michael O'Connell, Edward Lester Ofria, Joseph C. Ohs, Inga Elizabeth
Olsen, Ruth Jacquelyn O'Neill, Charlotte Anne
*Rickwood, Alice Riese, George Augustus, Jr. Robinson, Alden Niles
Morton, Sally Fisher
Moshides, Irene A. Moynihan, Robert Joseph
Ramsey, Charles Edward
Milerick, Margaret H.
Miller, Eleanor Elizabeth
*Miller, R. Lorraine Mills, Evelyn A. Mills, Mary E.
Preston, Edward John
Quinlan, Joseph John
Melin, Alvar V.
Melin, Kathryn Mary
Pearson, Howard
McCormick, Eleanor Hatch
Peppard, William S.
Porter, Barbara Louise
Malloy, Joseph
O'Reilly, Robert Philip Ottley, Jean
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Concluded
1936
HONOR PUPILS
Smith, Frank H.
Teele, Malcolm Parsons
Smith, George William
Teeven, Edward Lawrence, 2nd
Smith, Mary Grace
Terenzio, Evelyn
Smith, Minnie
Thomas, Marjorie Alvia
*Snyder, Norma E.
Topliffe, Eleanor Mae
Stanbridge, Douglas M.
Toye, Phyllis E.
Standring, Lillian
Twohig, Anna Mary
Stetson, Janice
Walker, Lila A.
Stiff, Bernard G. E.
Walker, Marguerite Elizabeth
Stone, Virginia Monroe
Walker, Thelma Cranston
Stretton, W. Alfred
Walsh, Rosamond M.
Strong, Eleanor Vera
Ward, Charles J.
Stynes, James H.
*Waterman, Lawrence Harvey Weimar, Alden Walter Weimar, Jeannette E.
Sullivan, Alice J.
Welch, Frank
Sullivan, John
Welch, Gertrude Mary
Sullivan, Kathleen Rose
Sullivan, Mary A.
Sullivan, Patricia
*Weyhe, Lillian Ardelle Wiggins, Hazel Gertrude Wood, Robert A.
*Sullivan, Virginia Mae Sutherland, Edward M.
Worcester, Madeline
Swanson, James F.
Sweeney, Martin
*Young, Margaret H. Zwicker, Homer A.
Sughrue, Henrietta S.
Suhr, Vincent D.
Werner, Marion Louise
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PART II
STATISTICS"
The following tables and information are given as matters of interest and value for permanent record.
I. GENERAL STATISTICS, SCHOOL YEAR 1935-1936
Population . 38,539
Valuation of property, January 1, 1936 . $58,889,250
Valuation of school property, January 1,1936 $2,590,400
Number of principals, January 1, 1936. 12
Number of supervisors, January 1, 1936. . . 5
Number of teachers, January 1, 1936. .... 251
Number of part time teachers, Jan. 1, 1936
4
School census, children 5 to 16 years, October, 1935. 7,126
Pupils enrolled during the year
7,044
Average daily attendance. 6,485
Average number of days school kept
Average membership. 178
Percentage of attendance. 94.6
6,853
Total cost for support, school year 1935-1936 $650,509.04
Average cost per pupil in average member- ship. $94.92
Part of this raised from local taxation. $593,286.70*
Number of senior high school graduates, 1936 348
Number of junior high school graduates, 1936 447
*This amount is for fiscal year 1935.
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1935-1936
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
For Year
Membership Average
Average
Daily
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
HIGH SCHOOL
XIII (Post Graduates)
58
39.3 262.1
35.5 249.7
95.3
XI
543
513.8
485.6
94.5
X
721
687.6
649.1
94.4
Industrial Arts
37
30.8
27.0
87.7
1,628
1,533.6
1,446.9
94.3
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CENTER .
IX
135
129.8
124.6
95.9
VIII
145
144.9
139.6
96.3
VII
126
126.3
121.8
96.4
406
401.0
386.0
96.3
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, EAST.
IX
191
181.8
173.9
95.7
VIII
206
204.2
198.8
97.4
VII .
208
205.5
195.4
95.1
60
591.5
568.1
96.0
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WEST
IX
223
218.3
210.2
96.3
VIII
225
222.5
214.4
96.4
VII
278
275.9
265.9
96.4
726
716.7
690.5
96.3
OLD PARMENTER SCHOOL.
Junior High Industrial Arts
70
66.1
61.7
93.3
BRACKETT SCHOOL:
Helen E. Porter
VI
31
30.0
29.2
97.3
Hilda W. Kurvinen
VI
32
30.0
29.2
97.3
Idolize Roderick
V.
33
34.1
32.7
95.9
Ruth E. Madden
V.
33
32.9
31.4
95.4
Esther Boyce
IV
33
32.2
30.7
95.3
Isabell W. Eaton
IV
34
34.5
32.9
95.4
Dorothy Sodnowsky.
III
29
27.6
26.4
95.7
Mildred Johnson .
III
21
20.6
19.5
94.7
Edith Caswell
III
30
29.0
27.9
96.2
Cecelia C. Morytko
II
34
32.3
30.4
94.1
Avis L. Lane
II
34
32.9
30.9
93.9
Catherine Hamilton
23
22.6
21.2
93.8
Matilda Weddleton .
I.
25
22.9
21.1
92.1
392
381.6
363.5
95.3
90.3
XII
269
I
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1935-1936
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
For Year
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
CROSBY SCHOOL:
Bessie Ryder
VI
29
27.9
27.1
97.1
Mary Elsie Polk.
VI
28
29.3
28.0
95.6
Helen I. Knowles
VI
26
27.1
25.9
95.6
Rilla M. Hamlin.
V
36
35.4
33.9
95.8
Bernice E. Walkinshaw
V
28
26.4
24.8
93.9
Dorothy W. Byrne.
V.
25
25.3
24.2
95.7
Hulda E. Magnuson.
IV
34
34.7
33.3
95.9
M. Esther Bullock .
IV
30
31.4
29.9
95.2
Winifred Trask.
III and IV
25
26.9
25.3
94.1
Sara M. Henderson
III
36
36.1
34.4
95.3
Mildred J. Austin.
III
36
32.9
31.0
94.2
Gertrude L. Toomey
II
26
27.5
25.2
91.6
Marion B. Johnson ..
II
30
30.1
27.9
92.7
Edith F. Grant. .
I and
II.
27
25.8
23.7
91.9
Caroline W. Pratt .
I
32
31.8
28.6
89.9
Nina M. Edmunds.
I.
34
31.6
28.7
90.8
Elizabeth A. Roach . .
Special Class.
8
7.9
7.4
93.7
490
488.1
459.3
94.1
CUTTER SCHOOL:
Alice G. W. Daniels. . .
VI
30
29.5
28.2
95.6
Francese S. Curtis.
VI
30
29.9
28.7
95.9
Louise M. Barber. . . .
VI
29
29.6
28.5
96.3
Barbara S. Donelson .
V
35
32.6
30.9
94.8
Elsie F. Greenwood ..
V
34
33.2
31.4
94.6
Bessie M. Mack .
V
36
35.1
33.4
95.2
Susie M. Baggs. .
IV
28
26.7
25.6
95.9
Catherine M. Smith. .
IV
27
25.1
24.1
96.0
Elsie L. McCarthy ....
IV
25
25.2
24.1
95.6
Gladys M. Patterson. .
III
24
36.3
34.1
93.9
Elizabeth G. Stratton ..
28
36.2
34.1
94.2
Barbara S. Donelson .
25
23.7
23.3
98.3
Arline Avery . .
II
28
28.5
27.2
95.4
M. Frances York
II
30
29.9
28.2
94.3
Ida C. Hunt .
38
35.5
32.4
91.3
Mary G. Lane.
37
35.3
32.8
92.9
Catherine Howard .
Special Class.
11
11.9
11.3
94.9
495
504.2
478.3
94.9
III
III
I
I.
Daily
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1935-1936
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
For Year
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
HARDY SCHOOL:
Helen M. Fogg
VI
32
32.5
31.2
96.0
Georgie A. Melia
VI
36
34.9
33.3
95.4
Ann M. Holland.
VI
32
32.7
31.2
95.4
Jean Roberts .
38
37.9
36.1
95.3
Alice W. King.
V.
35
32.5
30.4
93.5
Beryl K. Sullivan
V.
33
29.9
28.5
95.3
Alice C. Hearn
IV
34
28.9
26.8
92.7
Anna G. Scannell
IV
31
32.5
30.8
94.8
Alice M. Wilson .
IV
33
29.3
28.2
96.2
Lorane C. Yarter
III
31
29.7
27.9
93.9
Caroline Casella
III
31
31.1
28.0
90.0
Esther Thomas
III
36
34.6
32.4
93.6
Elizabeth L. Holton. .
II
37
34.6
31.7
91.6
Rachael J. Cosby
II
36
36.9
33.7
91.3
Margaret H. Headley.
II
34
33.6
31.0
92.3
Dorothy G. Edmunds .
I
36
36.4
32.7
89.8
Ellen E. Sweeney . .
37
35.5
31.0
87.3
Dorothy E. Thompson.
38
35.6
31.6
88.8
Beth A. Easter
Special Class. .
8
7.9
7.6
96.2
628
607.0
564.1
92.9
LOCKE SCHOOL:
Jessie E. Smith
VI
28
29.3
27.8
94.9
Helen Roberts .
VI
29
28.3
27.2
96.1
Gertrude B. Bradstreet
VI
31
28.6
27.5
96.2
Florence W. Cromwell
28
27.5
25.9
94.2
Agnes V. Hurley
V
26
25.8
24.6
95.3
Miriam Braley .
V.
26
27.1
26.2
96.7
Juliette H. Howard .
IV
33
34.8
32.5
93.4
Edna MacArthur .
IV
36
35.3
33.1
93.8
Clara L. Buxton.
III
38
35.9
33.9
94.4
Carrie L. Horr .
III
34
29.8
27.1
90.9
Dorothy L. Mitchell ..
II and III
25
23.3
21.7
93.1
Amy D. Young
II
32
31.2
28.5
91.3
Elaine Dustin .
II
34
31.2
28.9
92.6
Myrtle M. Davis
31
30.7
28.2
91.9
Agnes C. Delay
28
25.9
22.9
88.4
Dorothea Johnson
I.
28
27.5
23.5
85.5
487
472.2
439.5
93.1
...
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I.
I.
I.
573
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1935-1936
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
For Year
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
PARMENTER SCHOOL:
Mildred A. Evans .. .
VI
40
37.6
35.4
94.1
Wyllian E. Barrett.
41
40.6
38.1
93.8
Shirley A. Walker.
IV
28
26.2
24.9
95.0
June E. Simmons
III
40
39.5
37.2
94.2
Mary Griffin .
II
43
41.5
38.6
93.0
Helen M. Dow
I
18
18.3
16.9
92.3
210
203.7
191.1
93.8
PEIRCE SCHOOL:
Agnes M. McCabe
VI
40
39.2
37.4
95.4
Agnes V. Eaton
VI
35
32.9
31.3
95.1
Frances P. Moran.
V
38
37.8
36.2
95.8
Bernice M. Main
40
38.5
36.6
95.1
Marie A. Sheehan.
IV
26
26.5
25.6
96.6
Helen O'Neil .
29
27.1
25.8
95.2
Alyce R. Charter
29
27.9
27.1
97.1
Antoinette L. Sullivan
III
41
40.6
37.9
93.3
Grace L. Snow
III
41
40.7
38.4
94.3
Helen P. Leary
II
34
32.9
30.9
93.9
Mary Lawler.
II
31
29.9
27.7
92.6
Nellie Anderson
II
32
30.4
28.4
93.4
Katherine E. Phelan.
42
41.3
37.9
91.8
Una G. Beebe
I
37
35.9
33.2
92.5
495
481.6
454.4
94.4
RUSSELL SCHOOL:
Daisy K. Kelsey.
VI
37
37.2
35.9
96.5
Blanche M. Dow
VI
40
37.0
35.7
96.5
Helen McKenney
V
41
37.9
35.7
94.2
Lisle M. Collins
V
38
39.0
36.9
94.6
Effie M. Pottle
33
35.7
34.1
95.5
Mabel C. Pond.
37
35.9
33.6
93.6
Ruth C. MacCarlie
III
28
28.2
26.7
94.7
Mary V. Donnelly
III
26
26.8
25.6
95.5
Helena Sullivan.
II
34
33.7
30.9
91.7
May P. Browne.
II
35
33.3
30.8
92.5
Grace E. Fettretch.
28
28.1
25.6
91.1
Mary A. Chater
I
35
32.7
29.9
91.4
412
405.5
381.4
94.1
GRAND TOTALS
7,044
6,852.8
6,484.8
94.6
V.
IV
IV
I
IV
IV
I
III COMPARATIVE TABLE OF AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP (Year Ending June)
YEAR
High School
Junior High School
Junior High School
Junior High School
Old Parmenter School
(Jr. H. Industrial Arts)
Brackett School
Crosby School
Cutter School
Hardy School
Locke School
Parmenter School
Peirce School
Russell School
Totals
1932
1167.
281.
492.9
671.1
74.9
262.6
518.5
556.5
599.5
486.9
244.
549.6
339.8
6244.3
1933
1320.4
363.6
494 .
619.9
74.7
372.4
488.9
521.8
613.7
452.1
218.6
521.4
372.9
6434.4
1934
1447.4
432.9
527.7
608.9
80.1
374.7
479.2
506.
605.2
476.6
209.
518.8
394.
6660.5
1935
1466.4
434.9
563.
627.2
68.4
395.1
487.7
486.1
622.7
489.5
214.5
526.4
405.6
6787.5
1936
1533.6
401.
591.5
716.7
66.1
381.6
488.1
504.2
607.0
472.2
203.7
481.6
405.5
6852.8
*1936
1617.3
421.8
606.8
744.4
72.2
387.7
489.6
477.2
583
470.5
216.6
501.
369.1
6957.2
*Fall term.
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
574
Center
East
West
IV COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR CALENDAR YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Total average membership . .
Total number of supervisors, principals and teachers. Total current expenses.
Cost per pupil .
6,302 273 $699,650.00 111.02
6,548 266 $683,045.00 104.31
6,710 268 $663,073.00 98.82
6,799 268 $659,038.00 96.93
6,867 262 $652,623.00 95.04
Receipts from State and elsewhere (not including con- tributions)
Net cost from local taxation for school support ..
Net cost per pupil from local taxation . .
63,873.00 635,777.00 100.88
62,757.00 620,288.00 94.73
62,504.00 600,569.00 89.50
59,695.00 599,343.00 88.15
57,991.00 594,632.00 86.59
Total expenses for instruction (salaries, books and supplies)
545,609.00
534,806.00
521,832.00
521,581.00
512,465.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
575
576
V. FINANCES
(NOTE: These figures are given for the school year as reported to the State Department of Education.)
ITEMS
1931-1932
1932-1933
1933-1934
1934-1935
1935-1936
General Control .
$20,190.71
$18,510.64
$18,279.59
$17,108.59
$17,054.17
Salaries of Supervisors, Principals, and Teachers.
502,523.26
494,619.82
486,971.90
488,647.30
487,726.70
Text Books .
16,938.41
10,073.83
9,699.22
4,964.47
6,242.96
Other Expenses of Instruction .
47,466.05
32,559.99
29,071.14
21,997.52
24,412.20
Janitors, Fuel, etc . .
74,331.04
70,879.12
73,693.38
73,124.94
71,199.24
Repairs and Maintenance
30,356.22
29,081.64
28,765.08
31,386.01
29,074.96
Libraries
3,129.68
3,105.00
2,131.37
1,230.54
1,258.99
Health
9,558.92
10,073.89
9,516.93
7,180.91
7,106.40
Tuition .
104.00
21.14
18.85
36.07
20.48
Miscellaneous .
9,176.19
7,726.40
6,954.45
6,118.77
6,412.94
Total for Support .
$713,774.48
$676,651.47*
$665,101.91*
$651,795.12
$650,509.04
Per Pupil Cost for Support.
114.31
105.16
99.85
96.02
94.92
New Buildings, Grounds, Equipment ..
462,809.57
69,735.83
5,514.40
1,528.44
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