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2. By maintaining a guidance service within the jun- ior and senior high schools which would aid pupils in select-
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ing courses appropriate to their abilities and interests, about two-fifths of the number of subject failures could be eliminated.
3. There now seems to be approximately five times as much change in curriculum as would seem necessary with adequate guidance facilities.
A general indication of the scope of the work of the Guidance Department is that during 1940 its two counselors held
1416 interviews with 795 pupils
540 interviews with 108 teachers
107 interviews with 95 parents
311 interviews with school administrators
These interviews signify fairly lengthy discussions about definite problems, averaging fifteen minutes with teachers and administrators and thirty minutes with parents and pupils. These figures do not include casual conversa- tions in corridors or moments between classes when teach- ers or pupils drop in to ask a single question. Although such conversations are frequently of value in the long run, they seldom become a matter of record and so cannot be included.
The major problems about which these interviews were concerned are as follows :
1. Interpretation of test results for prediction of school success.
2. Appropriate curriculum selection.
3. Methods for motivating pupils to work up to their ability.
4. Adapting subject matter in courses to the needs and abilities of pupils.
5. Analysis of failures and remedial suggestions.
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6. Reading disability and remedial treatment.
7. Analysis and treatment of behavior and discipline problems.
8. Analysis of personality difficulties.
9. Occupational information.
10. Vocational choice.
11. Advisability of trade school training.
12. £ Choice of institutions for further education.
13. Means of financing further education.
14. Vocational placement and job hunting technique.
The majority of pupils concerned have been referred from year to year by teachers and administrators for ad- vice concerning one or more of the problems outlined above. However, each year an increasing number of pupils has voluntarily sought help from the Guidance Department. During 1940, seventy-four boys and girls (including several former graduates of the high school) came of their own accord or at the suggestion of a friend or relative already known to the Guidance Department. This has occurred in spite of the fact that the Guidance Department has made no effort whatsoever to publicize its services.
This guidance program has been the outgrowth of wholehearted cooperation between the entire Arlington school system and the staff of the Guidance Department. Unfortunately, private financial support for this work will end after June, 1941. The continuation of the functions of the Guidance Department will, therefore, depend on the action which the Town of Arlington will take in order to maintain and support such a department in the school sys- tem.
Very truly yours, (Signed) BERT A. ROENS,
Director.
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
1940
*HONOR STUDENTS
Abbruzzese, Marie Louise
* Abrahamson, Robert Carl Acorn, Elva A. Adamian, Ara J.
Adamian, Arpine
Ahern, Robert William
Alt, Jean Margaret
Anderson, Fred Charles, Jr.
Anderson, George E.
Anderson, Norma Elisabeth
Anderson, Shirley Elizabeth
Armstrong, Claire Susan
Aurelia, Mary Rose
Avakian, Alice
Burke, Charles Henry
Avakian, Rose Nevart
Bagley, Ruth Leslie Bailey, Jeanne
*Baldwin, Gene Elizabeth
* Balzer, Marianna Bamberg, Charles Edward
Barbour, Russell H.
Barrett, Barbara Ann Barrett, Charles E.
Barry, Joseph J., Jr.
Barthelemy, Helen Marilyn
Bartholomew, Josephine Ora
Basmajian, A. Helen Battis, Robert Belliveau, Ruth Jeannette
Callahan, Thomas Hill, Jr. Campbell, Charles R. Cammarata, Grace M. Carbone, Camella Jennie
Benjamin, Robert E.
Bennett, Claire Rita
Benson, Ruth Helen
Berberian, Annie
Casali, Marion Casey, Rose Catherine
Bergstrom, Cleo
Cass, Anne Marie
Cassidy, Ruth Evelyn
Chapin, Barbara
Bertolami, Jacqueline Letitia Bevins, Joseph J.
Biagi, Dorothy N. Bina, James C.
Black, Allan James Reid
Black, Muriel Frances
Boghosian, Nubar
Bonardi, Lucia Adelaide
Bond, Marguerite Ellen Borgstrom, Theresa Ruth
Boswell, Roland B.
Boudreau, Helen Elizabeth Ann
Brazas, Alice Ruth Brillante, Alphonso Philip
Brogi, Lincoln A. Brooks, Marilyn Lora Brown, Dorothy Ann
*Brown, Marion Brown, Ralph Warren Brown, Robert Kingston, Jr.
Brown, Virginia Gertrude Brown, Vivian Louise
*Browne, James Daniel Buckley, Jean Marie Bullock, Mary L. Bunton, William Henry Burgess, Charles E.
Burke, Joseph Richard Burns, Edward P.
*Burns, Martha Elsie Burr, Barbara Frances Busfield, Gibson Lewis Busfield, John A. Butler, Barbara Muir Buxton, Helene Marie Byrne, James Edward Cain, Madeleine M.
Carey, Rosalyn Virginia Carlson, Jean Louise Carter, Alice Ruth
Churchill, Norman K. Cioffi, Mary A. Claflin, Doris H.
Clark, Helen Christine
Clifford, Edith-Anne
Coes, Vivian Arlene Coffin, Barbara Ann Cohen, Melvin Colameca, Olga Judith
Coleman, Phyllis Elaine
Collier, Mary Amy
Conant, Dorothy Mary Conley, D. Joseph
Bergstrom, Elsa Josephine
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued
1940
*HONOR STUDENTS
Connolly, Thomas Patrick Connor, Catherine
Connor, Roy Edward
Cooper, Arthur Edward, Jr.
Cooper, Joseph Francis
Corbett, Kevin
Corner, Thelma Dorothy
Coscia, Josephine V.
Coughlin, William Edward
Cowan, Virginia Audrey
Coyne, Pauline A. Crimmins, Albert John, Jr. Critchell, Caroline L.
Crocker, Lloyd R. Cronan, Mary B. Cronin, Joseph F.
Cronin, Philip Arthur
Crosby, Elizabeth Claire Crowell, Norma B. Cue, Harold James, Jr.
Cummings, Russell Joseph
Curran, Mary Margaret Cutter, A. Dana, Jr. Dailey, Marie Elise *Dale, Warren Joseph *Dalrymple, Carl M. Daniels, Alma M. Danskin, Barbara E. Davis, Chester P., Jr.
Davis, Laura Bartlett
Davis, Laurence Elden Davis, Richard A. Dean, Marjory Ann Delaney, John Joseph *Delaney, Mary C. Dematteis, Joseph M. Dempster, Gladys D. DeRosa, Dorothie Pearl DeSantis, Mildred Antoinette DesMarais, Jacqueline Frances Dibble, Thelma Alvene Dockham, John Edgar Doherty, Ruth Winifred Dolham, Robert Sinclair Donelan, Eleanor Louise
Donovan, Eleanor Marie Donovan, Mary Ellen Downing, Mary Esther
Duffey, Roger Edward D'Unger, Robert Delaney
Durgin, Dorothy June Ellis, Mabel Lucy Ellis, Norman Dwight Enright, Eleanor Mary Erickson, John Andes Ermonian, Krikor
*Eslin, Nancy Powell Evans, Herbert Spencer Falla, George McInnis Farnham, Mary Rose Farrell, John Joseph, Jr.
*Farrow, William Harmon, Jr. Fawcett, Dorothy Edna Femia, Florence Rose Femia, Francis Joseph Fereshetian, Charles Malcolm Fereshetian, Richard Malcolm Ferreira, Elaine Loretta Ferry, Frederick Anthony Finn, Robert Francis Fiske, Raynore Lucille
*Fitzpatrick, Ruth Margaret Fitzpatrick, William Andrew Flack, Henry Boyock Flaherty, Janet Rita Flaherty, Teresa Elinor Flores, Gertrude L. Forristall, Eleanor
*Forsythe, Mary E. Foster, Leighton Stevens Fowler, Joan Franco, Margaret P. Frasell, Mary Catherine Fredo, Florence Estelle Freeman, William C., Jr. Gaddis, Margaret Esther Gallagher, Joseph Michael Gariepy, Ernest Edward Gavin, Malcolm Root Gavin, Virginia Eleanor Geddes, Helen Marjorie George, Helen Margaret Glennon, Charles Thomas Goduti, Donald M.
Goodwin, Arline Louise Gott, Doris M.
Graham, Paul G ..
Grant, Richard James Grant, Ruth C.
Gray, Dorothy E.
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued 1
1940
*HONOR STUDENTS
Greek, Helen E.
Greene, Pearl Viola
Greim, Barbara Mary
Kazanjian, Herach Nelson
Guarente, Marie R.
Keating, Joseph J.
Gunning, Patricia Jane
Keefe, Stephen T., Jr.
*Gustafson, Doris H.
Keljikian, Alice
Gustin, Lois M.
Kelleher, John Joseph
Gutteridge, Douglas Hamilton
Kelley, Arthur
Kelley, Pauline N.
Kelley, Ruth Agnes
Kelly, Constance L.
Kelly, Jean Doris
Kelly, Virginia Ruth
Kennard, Ruth Natalie
Kenney, Pauline Ann
Kent, Winifred M.
Keshian, Berg
King, Nelson James
King, Phyllis
Knight, Arthur J.
Kraff, Lucille D.
Ladd, Marjorie Elizabeth
Lally, Christopher Daniel E.
Lane, Paul Vincent
Langley, Robert F.
Latsey, Dorothy R.
Lavezzo, Louise B.
Law, Herbert Lincoln
Lawrie, Lillian Frances
Lawson, Betty Stark
Lear, Mildred Helena
Leary, Barbara Roberta
Leavitt, Jean Catherine
*LeGault, Jeanne Anne Leighton, Rodney B. Leslie, Jean Ethel Lewis, Ava Maria
Linekin, Everett Freeman
Ling, Dorothy Frances Lionetta, William George Loupos, Pauline
Lowell, Clara E.
Lowery, Ann Marie Lowery, Charles A. Lund, Helen Rose Lunney, Virginia Ruth
Lutz, Freda Carrol Lyons, Cornelius Thomas Macarthy, Loretta Margaret *Maccallum, Donald J.
*Harris, Mildred Charlotte *Hart, Paul Harvender, George Paine, Jr. Hatch, Alice Emily Hatch, Leonard Marcus *Hayward, Dorothy Louise Heald, Richard Adams Healy, John Francis Hederman, Paul Robert * Hellmann, Doris M. *Hession, Jacquelyn M. *Hicks, Ethel Adelaide Higgin, Marion Ruth Higgins, Anna Agnes Higgins, Barbara Hogan, Kathleen H. Holway, Frank A.
Hughins, George Thomas
Huston, Alice Pauline Hyde, Ethel M. *Iaconis, Catherine Rita Isner, Constance DeRue Isner, Russell D., Jr. Johnson, Doris Esther
*Johnson, Dorothy Eleanor Johnson, Edward James Johnson, Eleanor *Johnson, Marion C. Jones, Marjorie E. Jones, Warren Stanley *Jorda, Robert M.
Joseph, Kenneth Walter
Joy, Mary Lillian
Hackett, Elizabeth A.
Hagan, Jeanne Elizabeth
Halling, Judith Elizabeth
*Hamilton, Helen
Hamilton, Marjorie Isabel Hampton, William A., Jr. Hanlon, Ruth
Hansis, Louis
Hanson, Mary M.
Hanson, Richard L.
Harrar, Evelyn Adele
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued 1940
*HONOR STUDENTS
MacGillivray, George Charles MacGregor, Jeanette
Macleod, Joan Murray
MacLeod, John Kenneth MacNally, Constance Lurana
MacNaughton, Edith Marion
Madden, Doris Ruth
Maher, Edward Anthony Colvin Mann, Donald
Manning, Richard Francis
Manoli, Anthony Eugene
Mansfield, Frank
Nelson, Helen May
Newman, Mary Louise
Nicoloro, Margaret Anne
Normile, John J., Jr.
Northrup, Winifred
Nowlin, Phyllis C.
Nugent, John I.
O'Brien, Laurence W. O'Brien, Mary Margaret
*O'Brien, Robert Leonard O'Connell, Arthur J. O'Connell, Francis Joseph Ofria, James Michael
O'Keefe, Evelyn Catharine Olson, Eleanor I. O'Neill, Margaret Mary
*Ortel, Ethel Anna Ouellette, Jacqueline Mary
*Paige, Milton C., Jr. Panetta, Rose Marie Paradis, Marcelle Rita Parker, Creighton L. Parragona, Frank Anthony Patriquin, Warren Edward Phipps, John Lincoln Pike, Myrtle Winsor Pitko, Pauline Victoria Place, Kenneth V. Pope, Donald Eldon
Porter, Robert K. Pothier, Doris May Pottey, Armand H.
*Powers, Catherine Anastasia Puffer, Harold Otis, Jr. Purdy, Muriel Helen Quigley, Elizabeth A. Quinlan, Martin Joseph, Jr. Quinn, Barbara Jane Quinzani, Mary Josephine
*Martin, Alice Vera Martin, Mary Gloria Martin, Robert Edward Massucco, Arthur U. McCarthy, Eleanor Marie McCarthy, Joseph Francis McCormack, Margaret Ann McCormack, Natalie Frances *McCormick, Mary McCrone, Margaret M. McCue, Margaret Ann McFadden, John Neil McGrath, John Gilman McGurl, Daniel P. McGurl, Marion Claire McGurl, James R. Mckeown, Leonard H.
Mclaughlin, Frank N. McLaughlin, William H. McLean, Helene Mary McLean, Robert V. McMann, Magnhild Thelma McManus, Victoria Patricia McMath, Mary Phyllis McMenimen, Margaret Mary McNamee, Barbara Ann McNeill, Phyllis Margaret Meikle, Janet Melin, Elizabeth Anne Mellin, Carl E. Melly, Mary Bernadette Miller, Ruth Gertrude Millican, Andrew Macleod Minot, Olive
Mitchell, Dorothy Ann Mitchell, Kathryn Irene Molloy, Thomas Douglas Monk, Benjamin Ellis Mooney, Gladys Marie Moore, Donald Milton Moore, Mary Patricia Moraes, Lillian Judith
Morgan, Harold, Jr.
Mullins, Helen L.
Murphy, Eleanore E.
Mark, Helen Mary
Mark, Jean Montgomery *Marshall, Elizabeth Martel, Dorothy Ann
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued
1940
*HONOR STUDENTS
Ratto, Frank Paul Reagan, Robert Ignatius Rice, Mary Bernice
*Richards, Edward Arthur, Jr.
*Richardson, Betty Dorothy Richardson, Roberta Arlene
* Richardson, Ruth Marion Rico, Arthur Robert
Sullivan, Donald R.
Sullivan, Edna Rose
Sullivan, Eugene F.
Sullivan, Henry Patrick
Sutton, Kathryn Gean
Swanson, Robert Wendell
Sweeney, Mary Elizabeth Swett, Priscilla L.
*Tait, Marion Sutherland Taylor, Elizabeth Fay
Ryan, James A.
Ryberg, Elsa Linea
Taylor, William E.
Taylor, William E.
Sackos, Ellen E.
Tedesco, Samuel, Jr.
Teevan, Cathryn Virginia
** Safgren, Greta Louise Sanders, Robert Santos, Manuel Paul Saville, Betty Saville, Jane
Schlaich, Marie Catherine
Schober, Richard Frederick
Semonian, Marjorie Jean
Sennott, Thomas
Sewall, Virginia Marsh
Shedd, Jeannette
Trenchard, William A.
Twitchell, M. Elaine
Viveiros, Dorothy Ann
Waddell, William Warren
Walker, Margaret Irma
Wallace, Gerard Vincent
Walsh, Laurena F.
Walsh, Leon Thomas
Watterson, Paul Weiss, Nathan
Welch, Catherine Pauline
Wells, Richard Winslow
Weslowski, Frances Eleanor
Weyn, Rita Marie White, M. Doris
* White, Mary Gertrude
*White, Thomas Robert Whitman, Lois Garnar Whitney, Lyman Stone Wiggins, Gladys Eleanor
*Spina, Elvira Caroline Spinner, John Edward Spooner, Kenneth Orin Staaf, Winnifred Virginia Stanley, Anna Eileen Staples, Ruth Eleanor
Starkey, Florence B.
Starratt, Roscoe Parker Steeves, Jean Murray
Stefaney, George Paul
Stockellburg, Norman Wayne
Stratton, Helen Rosamond
*Ridlon, Jean W. Robbins, Paul Edward Robinson, Hazel Elizabeth Robinson, Sally Jean Rohde, Karl L., Jr. Rooney, Gertrude Margaret
*Rossetti, Mary Ann Rubner, Paul
Taylor, Julia J.
Teevan, Richard Dunstan Teisciero, William Louis Thomas, Mary Virginia Thurston, Barbara Hazel Tierney, Katherine Agnes Tierney, Ruth Virginia Titus, Natalie E.
Tremblay, Eleanor Marie
Tremblay, Helen Margaret
Sheehan, Beatrice Hilton
Sheldon, Mary Elizabeth
Shepherd, Holley Matthew Simonds, Dorothy Alice
*Sloan, Gardner Hill Smith, Faith W. Smith, Gwendolyn M.
*Smith, Jane Phyllis
*Smith, Norma Ernestine Smith, Reuel I. Snell, Edward Sonia, Marie Sorensen, Eunice Thelma
Sacco, Marie C.
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES-Continued 1940
*HONOR STUDENTS
Wilson, Leo Francis
Wilson, Marjorie S.
Wing, Evelyn M.
Winn, Marion Frances
Wood, Catherine Elisabeth
Woods, Roy F.
Woodward, Alfred Clark, Jr.
*Woodward, Duncan Friend
*Worden, Violet Mary Jane Wunderly, Charlotte
Young, Christina Chaplin
Young, Warren Irving
Yunitz, Dorothy Marie
*Zartarian, Eugene B.
*Zartarian, Garbis E.
CERTIFICATES IN INDUSTRIAL ARTS
Hartnett, John Francis Johnson, Harold Winslow
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PART II
STATISTICS
The following tables and information are given as mat- ters of interest and value for permanent record.
I
GENERAL STATISTICS, SCHOOL YEAR 1939-1940
Population
Valuation of property, January 1, 1940
39,939 $59,274,700
Valuation of School property, January 1, 1940
2,587,900
Number of principals, January 1, 1940
12
Number of supervisors, January 1, 1940
3
Number of teachers, January 1, 1940 242
Number of part time teachers, Jan. 1, 1940
3
School census, children 5 to 16 years, October, 1939 7,135
Pupils enrolled during the year
6,983
Average daily attendance
6,459
Average number of days school kept
178
Average membership
6,819
Percentage of attendance 94.7
$645,673.02
Total cost for support, school year 1939-1940 Average cost per pupil in average membership Part of this raised from local taxation
$94.68
$591,547.52*
513
Number of senior high school graduates, 1940 Number of junior high school pupils who re- ceived certificates, 1940 568
*This amount is for fiscal year 1939.
713
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II
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1939-1940
Schools and Teachers
Grades
Enrolled
For Year
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
High School
XIII (Post Graduates)
48
37.7
33.2
88.1
XII
429
422.5
401.0
94.9
XI
594
580.0
550.0
94.8
X
777
754.8
714.4
94.6
Industrial Arts
28
23.7
21.1
89.0
1876
1818.7
1719.7
94.6
Jr. High School Center
IX
169
164.2
158.4
96.5
VIII
139
138.9
134.2
96.6
VII
137
133.3
128.5
96.4
445
436.4
421.1
96.5
Jr. High School East
IX
207
202.5
192.8
95.2
VIII
184
183.0
173.5
94.8
VII
193
190.0
181.9
95.7
584
575.5
548.2
95.3
Jr. High School West
IX
262
265.4
248.9
93.8
VIII
245
246.4
237.7
96.4
VII
256
259.5
248.6
95.8
763
771.3
735.2
95.3
Jr. High Industrial Arts School
76
69.8
64.9
92.9
Brackett School:
Mary T. Keefe
VI
34
34.1
32.5
95.3
Hilda W. Kurvinen.
VI
34
34.7
33.2
95.7
Marguerite Holland.
V
34
32.6
30.5
93.6
Rita McCarthy
V
31
31.4
29.8
94.9
Agnes C. Delay.
IV
33
33.6
32.1
95.5
Isabell W. Eaton
IV
36
35.3
33.6
95.2
Mildred Johnson
III
35
33.1
31.5
95.2
Ruth A. Scallan
III
33
32.5
30.8
94.8
Margaret M. Moran
II
33
34.3
31.9
93.0
Cecilia C. Morytko ..
II
38
34.3
31.9
93.0
Catherine A. Hamilton
I
30
31.0
28.7
92.6
Ruth E. Wallace
I
33
30.7
28.8
93.8
404
397.6
375.3
94.4
..
..
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1939-1940
Schools and Teachers
Grades
For Year Enrolled
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
Crosby School:
Helen I. Knowles
VI
40
39.5
37.9
95.9
Bessie Ryder
VI
40
38.5
36.7
95.3
Mary A. Doyle
V
20
20.0
19.1
95.5
Rilla M. Hamlin
V
29
27.9
26.6
95.3
Bernice E. Walkinshaw
V
28
28.3
26.5
93.6
M. Esther Bullock
IV
33
34.9
33.4
95.7
Hulda E. Magnuson ..
IV
36
35.6
33.6
94.3
Sara M. Henderson ..
III
33
33.2
31.1
93.7
Helen M. Warren
III
35
34.7
33.2
95.7
Grace E. Fettretch. ...
II
29
26.9
25.5
94.7
Gertrude L. Toomey ..
II
32
29.8
28.1
94.3
Nina M. Edmunds
I
26
27.7
25.8
93.1
Edith F. Grant
I
30
28.2
26.2
92.9
Beth A. Easter
Special Class ..
9
8.8
8.2
93.2
420
414.0
391.9
94.7
Cutter School:
Francese S. Curtis
VI
34
32.7
31.3
95.7
Alice G. W. Daniels ....
VI
34
33.1
31.5
95.2
Elsie F. Greenwood.
V
33
32.1
30.4
94.7
Bessie M. Mack
V
36
34.9
33.8
96.8
Elsie L. McCarthy
IV
31
32.1
30.5
95.0
Florence I. Pacetti
IV
34
32.9
31.1
94.5
Gladys M. Patterson ..
III
37
35.5
33.8
95.2
Elizabeth G. Stratton ..
III
34
32.9
30.8
93.6
Arline Avery
II
32
29.8
28.2
94.6
M. Frances York
II
32
30.1
28.6
95.0
Ida C. Hunt
I
33
29.9
27.9
93.3
Mary G. Lane
I
29
27.5
25.7
93.5
Esther L. Boyce
Special Class
11
9.9
9.1
91.9
410
393.4
372.7
94.7
Daily
715
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1939-1940
Schools and Teachers
Grades
Enrolled
For Year
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
Hardy School:
Helen M. Fogg
VI
37
35.3
33.7
95.5
Ann M. Holland
VI
36
34.8
32.6
93.7
Georgie A. Melia
VI
36
32.9
31.5
95.7
Jean Roberts
V
30
27.9
26.5
94.9
Alice W. King
V
35
33.9
32.2
94.9
Anna G. Scannell
V
31
30.6
29.1
95.1
Margaret C. Ahern
IV
30
27.7
26.0
93.9
Dorothy W. Byrne
IV
31
28.9
27.2
94.1
Alice C. Hearn
IV
28
25.9
24.4
94.2
Margaret E. Brennan
III
34
32.4
30.2
93.2
Caroline M. Casella ....
III
32
32.5
30.1
92.6
Barbara S. Donelson ..
III
38
36.9
34.3
92.9
Margaret H. Headley ..
II
30
27.2
25.3
93.0
Elizabeth L. Holton ....
II
30
29.2
26.7
91.4
Helen E. Marco
II
27
26.5
24.7
93.2
Dorothy G. Edmunds ..
I
39
33.2
29.6
89.1
Helen A. O'Brien
I
1
10.9
10.1
92.7
Ellen E. Sweeney
42
33.6
29.7
88.4
Dorothy E. Thompson
I
41
32.1
28.9
90.0
608
572.4
532.8
93.1
Locke School:
Gertrude B. Bradstreet
VI
39
39.7
38.2
96.2
Jessie E. Smith
VI
41
40.3
39.1
97.0
Miriam Braley
V
39
39.4
37.4
94.9
Agnes V. Hurley
V
36
39.5
37.6
95.2
Florence W. Cromwell
IV
23
22.5
21.6
96.0
Juliette H. Howard
IV
2,5
24.1
23.2
96.3
Edna MacArthur
IV
26
22.4
21.4
95.5
Clara L. Buxton
III
28
30.7
29.1
94.8
Carrie L. Horr
III
30
30.7
28.8
93.8
Ethel P. Dunn
II
35
33.7
32.1
95.3
Amy D. Young
II
33
33.0
31.1
94.2
Dorothea Johnson
I
32
32.9
30.4
92.4
Mary Lawler
I
33
33.8
30.7
90.8
420
422.7
400.7
94.8
I
.....
Daily
716
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 1939-1940
Schools and Teachers
Grades
Enrolled
For Year
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
Parmenter School:
Mildred A. Evans
VI
39
38.4
36.1
94.0
Wyllian E. Barrett
V
38
37.4
35.1
93.9
Shirley A. Walker
IV
33
30.4
28.7
94.4
June E. Simmons
III
31
29.8
27.8
93.3
Mary Griffin
II
31
29.3
27.4
93.5
Virginia J. Hart
I
19
15.8
14.6
92.4
191
181.1
169.7
93.7
Peirce School:
Agnes V. Eaton
VI
25
26.5
25.2
95.1
Agnes M. McCabe
VI
34
34.2
33.1
96.8
Frances P. Moran
VI
34
33.6
32.1
95.5
Ruth E. Madden
V
30
27.1
25.8
95.2
Bernice M. Main
V
32
28.7
27.6
96.2
Helen F. O'Neil
V
26
26.8
25.9
96.6
Natalie E. Burke
IV
39
37.5
36.0
96.0
Alice R. Charter
IV
39
38.3
35.9
93.7
Nellie A. Anderson
III
36
36.3
34.6
95.3
Grace L. Snow
III
32
31.1
29.9
96.1
Lillian G. Glugeth
II
29
27.9
26.5
94.9
Helen P. Leary
II
28
25.8
24.6
95.3
M. Elizabeth Shannon
II
22
24.2
22.8
94.2
Una G. Beebe
36
33.6
30.5
90.8
Katherine E. Phelan ..
I
34
32.9
30.5
92.7
476
464.5
441.0
94.9
Russell School:
Blanche M. Dow
VI
36
32.9
31.5
95.7
Beryl K. Sullivan
VI
35
33.9
32.6
96.2
Lisle M. Collins
V
27
27.7
26.8
96.8
Helen F. McKenney
28
28.0
26.9
96.1
Mabel C. Pond
IV
27
28.7
27.4
95.5
Effie M. Pottle
IV
27
25.2
23.7
94.0
Mary V. Donnelly
III
26
24.9
23.4
93.9
Ruth C. MacCarlie
III
25
25.1
23.6
94.0
May P. Browne
II
22
20.7
19.5
94.2
Helena A. Sullivan
II
21
21.6
20.3
93.9
Mary A. Chater
I
36
32.6
30.5
93.6
310
301.3
286.2
95.1
I
GRAND TOTALS
| 6983 | 6818.7 | 6459.4 | 94.7
Daily
III
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP (Year ending June)
Year
High
Junior High School
Junior High School
Junior High School
Junior High Indus-
trial Arts
Brackett
Crosby
Cutter
Hardy
Locke
Parmenter
Peirce
Russell
Totals
1936
1533.6
401.0
591.5
716.7 |66.1
381.6
488.1 | 504.2 | 607.0 | 472.2
203.7
481.6
405.5
6852.8
1937
1581.4
419.9
605.5
742.6 |
71.9
390.4
483.4
476.1
581.1
470.2
219.4
501.6
365.1
6908.6
1938
1628.3
426.1
593.1
793.7 .
68.5
382.5
459.2
441.3
574.4
461.0
208.6
494.2
331.7
6862.6
1939
1743.8
439.5
582.1
765.2
71.5
389.9
426.6 |
404.1
559.6
432.0 |
225.7
488.0
313.4
6841.4
1940
1818.7
436.4
575.5
771.3
69.8
397.6
414.0
393.4
572.4
422.7 | 181.1
464.5
301.3
6818.7
*1940
1878.1
398.6
572.2
746.5
55.9
416.3
410.7
379.2
530.4
424.7
169.7
416.8
282.3
6681.4
*Fall Term
717
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Center
East
West
IV
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR CALENDAR YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
Total average membership
6,867
6,887
6,839
6,830
6,732
Total number of full time supervisors, principals and teachers
262
257
259
256
257
Total current expenses
$648,048.00
$645,426.00
$647,951.00
$652,107.00
$654,056.00
Cost per pupil
94.37
93.72
94.74
95.48
97.15
Receipts from State and elsewhere ..
56,114.00
55,983.00
56,116.00
55,996.00
55,243.00
Net cost from local taxation for school support
591,934.00
589,443.00
591,835.00
596,111.00
598,813.00
Net cost per pupil from local taxation ....
86.20
85.59
86.54
87.27
88.95
Total expenses for instruction (salaries, books and supplies)
512,433.00
510,109.00
510,839.00
511,189.00
509,869.00
Vocational School Tuition
4,479.00
7,349.00
9,061.00
9,161.00
Vocational School Tuition Receipts
1. 877.00
6,010.00 2,327.00
2,167.00
3,606.00
4,164.00
718
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
V. FINANCES
(Note: These figures are given for the school year as reported to the State Department of Education)
1935-1936
1936-1937
1937-1938
1938-1939
1939-1940
General Control
$17,054.17
$16,004.63
$17,064.07
$17,427.33
$17,792.05
Salaries of Supervisors, Teachers
Principals,
and
487,726.70
476,727.51
471,636.70
478,902.76
474,071.10
Textbooks
6,242.96
7,088.61
7,945.40
8,937.89
7,287.63
Other Expenses of Instruction
24,412.20
23,566.88
27,314.57
26,373.67
25,646.29
Janitors, Fuel, etc.
71,199.24
75,475.17
72,420.41
77,090.00
77,964.29
Repairs and Maintenance.
29,074.96
31,956.44
28,071.91
29,362.75*
26,956.79
Libraries
1,258.99
1,332.88
1,320.91
1,428.26
1,524.40
Health
7,106.40
7,338.66
6,927.59
6,633.78
7,094.50
Tuition
20.48
40.61
43.83
59.50
72.81
Miscellaneous
6,412.94
6,978.82
6,701.74
6,592.44
7,263.16
Total for Support
$650,509.04
$646,510.21
$639,447.13
$652,808.38
$645,673.02
Per Pupil Cost for Support ..
94.92
93.57
93.19
95.42
94.68
New buildings, grounds, equipment ...
5,294.48
2,689.35
7,072.76
12,403.59
11,101.67
*Including $2,249.45 for hurricane damage.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
719
720
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
I herewith submit my report as Tree Warden for year ending December 31, 1940.
The office of Tree Warden means much when taken into consideration. Upon him devolves the custody of all public shade trees within the limits of the Town. I have endeav- ored to do my duty in a fair and impartial manner. I may have failed to satisfy some, but they must realize that I must take a broad, yet conservative view of all cases com- ing under my consideration, and act on them reasonably for the general good of all concerned.
During the year there were planted on our streets 25 Eu. Lindens; 40 Rock Maples ; 225 Nor. Maples and 4 Red Oaks.
There were 14 dead or dangerous trees removed. The probable causes were lack of moisture, root girdling and in- terference to driveways. Five trees were killed by gas poisoning and the same were removed and replaced by the Gas Co.
Four Tree hearings were held and as there were no objectors, permission was granted for their removal. On account of the extreme heavy foliage, much trimming had to be done in order to allow pedestrians and vehicles to travel in safety.
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