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The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were verified by comparison with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securi- ties and coupons on file.
The savings bank books representing the investments of the several trust and investment funds were examined and listed, all transactions per- taining thereto being checked and verified.
The tax titles held by the town were listed from the records of the treasurer and compared with the collector's and the accountant's books, as well as with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The records of payroll deductions on account of Federal taxes and the county retirement system were examined, listed, and proved with the ac- countant's ledger controls.
The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked. The commitments of poll, property, motor vehicle and trailer excise, and special assessments were analyzed and proved. The assessors' warrants were compared with the detail lists, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the recorded abatements were checked with the assessors' authorizations, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
An analysis was also made of the departmental and water accounts, the transactions being checked and verified with the town accountant's controlling accounts.
Verification notices were mailed to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the outstanding accounts, as listed, are correct.
The records of dog and of hunting and fishing licenses issued by the town clerk, as well as of town licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and the board of health, were examined and checked, the payments to the town treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game being verified.
The surety bonds filed by the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
An examination was made of the records of all other departments which collect money for the town, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, special assessment, tax title, depart- mental, and water accounts, as well as schedules showing the transactions and condition of the several trust and investment funds.
On behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express apprecia- tion for the cooperation received from all town officials during the progress of the audit.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, Assistant Director of Accounts
WS:JRB
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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1954,
Receipts,
Payments,
$177,204.12 618,606.45 $581,789.79
$795,810.57
Balance December 31, 1954:
In banks :
Beverly Trust Company,
Beverly,
$194,611.30
Day Trust Company, Boston 9,262.79
Merchants National Bank of Salem, 5,366.65
In office, verified,
4,780.04
214,020.78
$795,810.57
Reconciliation of Bank Accounts December 31, 1954
Balance Protested Balance per check to be per check
Statement adjusted book
Outstanding checks per list
Beverly Trust Company,
Beverly,
$219,308.79 $7.50
$194,611.30
$24,704.99
Day Trust Company, Boston, 9,262.79
9,262.79
Merchants National Bank of
Salem,
5,407.83
5,366.65
41.18
$233,979.41
$7.50
$209,240.74
$24,746.17
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
Federal Taxes
Deductions 1954,
$23,649.60
Payments to Director of Internal Revenue 1954,
$23,649.60
County Retirement System
Deductions 1954,
$3,555.15
Payments to county treasurer 1954,
$3,555.15
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES-1953
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$828.45
Payments to treasurer 1954, Abatements 1954,
$760.20
68.25
$828.45
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REAL ESTATE TAXES-1953
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$10,393.91 2.00
Refunds 1954,
$10,395.91
Payments to treasurer 1954,
Abatements 1954,
$10,127.11 268.80
$10,395.91
POLL TAXES-1954
Commitment per warrant,
$2,356.00
Refunds 1954,
4.00
Abatements rescinded 1954,
4.00
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$1,992.00
Abatements 1954,
372.00
$2,364.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES-1954
Commitment per warrant,
$26,169.36
Refunds, 1.69
$26,171.05
Payments to treasurer,
$24,673.11
Abatements, Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
1,143.04
$26,171.05
REAL ESTATE TAXES-1954
Commitment per warrant,
$310,474.08
Refunds,
471.45
Payments to treasurer,
$294,486.27
Abatements,
7,534.80
Added to tax titles,
67.20
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
8,857.26
$310,945.53
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE-1953
Outstanding January 1, 1954, Commitment 1954, per warrants,
$4,273.63
Refunds 1954,
2.00
$8,014.74
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$6,308.22
Abatements 1954,
1,706.25
$8,014.74
3,289.25 449.59
Abatements cancelled 1954,
$310,945.53
354.90
$2,364.00
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MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE-1954
Commitment per warrants,
Refunds, Abatements rescinded,
$44,514.39 830.93 2.15
$45,347.47
Payments to treasurer,
$37,991.34
Abatements,
3,708.80
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
3,647.33
$45,347.47
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1953
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$45.30
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$45.30
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1954
Commitment per warrant,
$911.30
Refunds,
7.15
Payments to treasurer,
910.25
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list
8.20
$918.45
INTEREST ON TAXES, EXCISE AND WATER SERVICES
Collections 1954 :
Taxes :
1953,
$238.48
1954,
Motor vehicle and trailer excise :
12.61
1954,
23.17
Water services,
1.29
$364.36
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$364.36
TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1954,
$548.78
Added to tax titles :
Taxes 1954,
67.20
Balance December 31, 1954,
$615.98
per list,
$615.98
$918.45
88.81
1953,
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Receipts 1954 :
Licenses and permits issued :
Automobile,
$10.00
Common victualler,
10.00
Junk,
20.00
Liquor,
1,525.00
Pinball machine,
60.00
Revolver,
29.50
Sale of firearms,
2.00
Second-hand articles,
4.00
Sunday.
16.00
Sale of truck,
Payment to treasurer 1954,
TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Licenses issued 1954 :
Male,
219 @ $2.00,
$438.00
Female,
44 @
5.00,
220.00
Spayed female,
89
@ 2.00,
178.00
Kennel,
7 @ 10.00,
70.00
Kennel,
3 @
25.00.
75.00
Kennel.
1 @ 50.00
50.00
$1,031.00
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$958.40
Fees retained by town clerk, 363 @ $.20,
72.60
$1,031.00
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Licenses issued 1954 :
Series #1,
61 @ $3.25,
$198.25
2,
67 @ 3.25.
217.75
3,
51 @ 5.25. 267.75
4,
17 @ 1.25,
21.25
4A,
13
@ 2.25, 29.25
9, 1 @
7.75,
7.75
Duplicate,
2 @
.50,
1.00
$743.00
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game, 1954 $690.50 Fees retained by town clerk, 210 @ $.25 52.50
$743.00
$1,676.50 51.00
$1.727.50
$1,727.50
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Cash balance January 1, 1954,
$.50
Fees,
70.50
$71.00
Payments to treasurer,
70.75
Cash balance December 31, 1954,
.25
$71.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Licenses and Permits
Issued 1954 :
Licenses :
Ice cream,
$5.00
Nursery,
1.00
6.00
Permits :
Sewage disposal,
470.00
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$391.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1954, verified
85.00
$476.00
MILK INSPECTOR
Permits issued 1954 :
Dealer,
$6.00
Store,
7.50
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$13.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1954, verified,
.50
$13.50
DENTAL CLINIC
Cash balance January 1, 1954,
$66.70
Receipts,
456.75
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$523.45
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT General Relief-Accounts Receivable-State
Charges 1954,
$1,005.00
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$1,005.00
$476.00
$13.50
$523.45
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General Relief-Accounts Receivable-Cities and Towns Charges 1954,
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$255.94 $255.94
Disability Assistance-Accounts Receivable-State
Charges 1954, $1,404.75 $1,404.75
Payments to treasurer 1954,
Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable-State
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$680.43
Charges,
1,789.89
$2,470.32
Payments to treasurer,
$1,958.22
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list
512.10
$2,470.32
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable-State
Charges 1954,
$16,684.99
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$15,924.02
Transferred from old age assistance recoveries 1954,
760.97
$16,684.99
Accounts Receivable-Cities and Towns
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$362.85
Charges,
838.80
Payments to treasurer,
$1,077.16
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list
124.49
$1,201.65
VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$35.50
Charges,
682.84
Payments to treasurer,
$667.84
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
50.50
$718.34
$718.34
$1,201.65
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Charges 1954,
$1,687.50
Payments to treasurer,
$1,417.50
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
270.00
$1,687.50
Lunch Program
Receipts 1954,
$21,866.95
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$21,866.95
Athletic Program
Receipts 1954,
$290.80
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$290.80
Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts 1954 :
Manual training,
$49.82
Gymnasium rent,
30.00
Refunds,
.60
$80.42
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$80.42
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
Cash balance January 1, 1954,
$8.46
Receipts,
31.06
Payments to treasurer,
$8.46
Cash on hand December 31, 1954, verified,
31.06
$39.52
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES-1954
Commitment per warrant, $96.00
Payments to treasurer,
$47.10
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
48.90
$96.00
$39.52
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WATER DEPARTMENT Rates
Outstanding January 1, 1954, Commitments,
Refunds,
$2,669.45 29,537.97 54.20
$32.261.62
Payments to treasurer,
$29,017.73
Abatements,
239.59
Water liens added to taxes 1954,
96.00
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list.
2,908.30
$32,261.62
Services
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
$264.30
Commitments,
1,169.20
Refunds.
22.17
Payments to treasurer,
$1,281.67
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
174.00
$1,455.67
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable.
Outstanding January 1, 1954,
148.50
Commitments,
483.00
Payments to treasurer,
$467.00
Abatements,
5.00
Outstanding December 31, 1954, per list,
159.50
$631.50
Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts 1954 :
Perpetual care bequests,
$775.00
Sale of lots and graves,
1,235.00
Care of lots and graves,
78.00
Interments,
484.00
$2,572.00
$2.572.00
Payments to treasurer 1954,
$1,455.67
$631.50
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DR. JUSTIN ALLEN LIBRARY FUND
Savings
Deposits
Total
$629.84
$629.84
$648.87
$648.87
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
1954
Income,
$19.03 Added to savings deposits, $19.03
H. AUGUSTA DODGE LIBRARY FUND
On Hand January 1, 1954,
Deposits
Total
December 31, 1954,
$1,304.22
$1,304.22
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
1954
Income,
$38.24 Added to savings deposits, $38.24
MAXWELL NORMAN FUND
On Hand
Deposits
Total
January 1, 1954,
$545.70
$545.70
December 31, 1954,
$562.17
$562.17
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
1954
Income,
$16.47 Added to savings deposits, $16.47
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Deposits
Total
On Hand January 1, 1954,
$26,520.31
$26.520.31
December 31, 1954,
$27,553.76
$27,553.76
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
1954
Withdrawn from savings deposits,
$612.00
Transferred to town, 612.00
Income,
870.45
Bequests,
775.00
Added to savings deposits, $1.645.45
$2,257.45
$2,257.45
On Hand January 1, 1954, December 31, 1954,
Savings
$1,265.98
$1,265.98
Savings
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CEMETERY SALE OF LOTS AND GRAVES FUND
Cash in
General Savings
On Hand
Treasury
Deposits
Total
January 1, 1954,
$400.00 $10,892.70
$11,292.70
December 31, 1954,
$175.00
$12,181.92
$12,356.92
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
1954
Added to savings deposits, $1,789.22
Income,
329.22
Sale of lots and graves,
1,235.00
Cash in general treasury December 31, 1954, 175.00
Cash in general treasury January 1, 1954,
400.00
$2,464.22
$2.464.22
Withdrawn from savings deposits,
$500.00
Transferred to town, 500.00
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TOWN OF HAMILTON Balance Sheet-December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash :
General,
$214,020.78
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1954,
Personal Property,
$1,143.04
Real Estate,
8,857.26
10,000.30
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise : Levy of 1954, 3,647.33
Special Assessments :
Moth - Levy of 1954,
8.20
Tax Titles,
615.98
Departmental :
Aid to Dependent Children,
$512.10
Old Age Assistance,
124.49
Veterans' Services,
50.50
School,
270.00
Cemetery,
159.50
1,116.59
Water :
Liens Added to Taxes 1954,
$48.90
Rates,
2,908.30
Services,
174.00
3,131.20
Aid to Highways : State, 500.00
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts : Underestimate 1954: County Hospital Assessment,
878.75
Emergency Overdraft, Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws: Hurricane Damage, 12,174.43
$246,093.56
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LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Trust Fund Income :
Library,
$2.18
Cemetery Perpetual Care,
763.71
$765.89
Federal Grants :
Disability Assistance :
Administration,
$171.78
Assistance,
3,442.31
Aid to Dependent Children :
432.07
Administration, Aid,
3,425.96
Old Age Assistance :
Administration,
2,902.36
Assistance,
18,212.05
Revolving Funds :
School Lunch,
$3,239.05
School Athletics,
188.65
3,427.70
Appropriation Balances :
Revenue :
General,
$7,677.09
Water-Fluoridization,
1,100.00
Non-Revenue (Loan Balances) :
45.06
8,822.15
Overestimates 1954 :
State Parks and Reservations Assessment,
$3.32
County Tax,
144.96
148.28
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
1,225.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund,
175.00
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus,
7,254.45
Overlays Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1954,
2,090.03
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise,
$3,647.33
Special Assessment,
8.20
Tax Title,
615.98
Departmental,
1,116.59
Water,
3,131.20
Aid to Highways,
500.00
9,019.30
Surplus Revenue :
General,
184,579.23
$246,093.56
School Construction 1952,
28,586.53
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt :
Inside Debt Limit :
General,
$222,000.00
Outside Debt Limit :
General,
Public Service Enterprise,
$446,000.00 105,000.00
551,000.00
$773,000.00
Serial Loans :
Inside Debt Limit :
General :
School,
$222,000.00
Outside Debt Limit :
General :
School,
$446,000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Water,
105,000.00
551,000.00
$773,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds :
Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Treasurer,
$42,250.94
$42,250.94
In Custody of Treasurer : Dr. Justin Allen Library Fund,
$648.87
H. Augusta Dodge Library Fund,
1,304.22
Maxwell Norman Fund,
562.17
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
27,553.76
Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund,
12,181.92
$42,250.94
REPORT of the
HAMILTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1954
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REPORTS OF :
School Committee Letter of Transmittal 3
Superintendent 4
Principal of the High School 10
Principal of the Elementary School 13
School Physician
15
School Nurse
16
APPENDICES :
1. Hamilton Public Schools' Financial Statement of 1954 and Budget of 1955 18
2. Local and State Reimbursements for 1954 18
3. Special Financial Reports :
a. Athletics 19
b. Cafeteria 19
4. School Census 20
5. Membership Chart 20
6. Hamilton Public Schools' Directory 21
7. Commencement Exercises 23
8. School Calendar
25
9. Miscellaneous Regulations :
a. Age of Admittance 25
b. Vaccination
25
c. No-school Signal 25
REPORT OF THE HAMILTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Hamilton:
The School Committee herewith accepts the report of the Superin- tendent of Schools and respectfully refers the townspeople to it for a complete account of School Department activities during 1954.
The committee feels that the department has taken significant steps during the year just past in terms of curriculum improvement and pro- viding additional school housing.
In the latter category, a very serious problem due to continued growth in Hamilton, we have embarked upon a novel program in school building whereby the town uses on a trial basis a two-room addition to the Manasseh Cutler School before deciding whether or not to purchase it.
By the time this report reaches general circulation, it is hoped that full-scale work on this project will be underway and that in another month, we will be occupying the two classroom unit.
The committee has every reason to believe that this experimentation will prove in every way successful and in this event the committee will ask the town at a special town meeting this summer to approve the pur- chase of this two-room unit at a cost of $45,000 and to authorize the con- struction of one other two-room unit, making a total of four rooms which the department needs by September, 1955 in order to meet our housing requirements.
The problem of school housing will be with us for some time to come. By 1960, it is estimated the department will need 12 more rooms, probably, and following this, the junior and senior high school facilities will become pressed. The School Building Needs Committee has been kept in existence for this purpose - to study future needs of the town and to report to the voters when action is required.
The committee wishes to express its appreciation to the various or- ganizations, town officers and departments, and private citizens who have given us assistance during the past year. In particular, we should like to thank the Parent-Teacher Association, the Community Garden Club and the Hamilton Park Department.
We also wish to congratulate the Superintendent of Schools, the prin- cipals, our faculty and others on the staff for the conscientious and thought- ful manner in which our school program has been carried out.
Respectfully submitted, MORLEY L. PIPER, Chairman GRACE B. LAMSON ALLAN MACCURRACH
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Hamilton:
I am pleased to submit my third annual report, the fifty-third in a series of superintendents' annual reports to the School Committee of the Town of Hamilton.
The year has been characterized by growth, progress and problems in the several areas which make up our public schools. Each area is reviewed in the material which follows.
SCHOOL PLANT
During the year the facilities of the High School and the Manasseh Cutler School were used to capacity. On September 8, 1954 the doors were opened to the largest number of pupils, 765. in the history of the town.
In order to accommodate this large enrollment in our existing plant it became necessary to house the sixth grade as well as the kindergarten in the high school building. The School Committee had foreseen the record enrollment and had requested that the voters at the March 1, 1954 meeting authorize +the Moderator to appoint a Building Needs Committee. This Committee was directed to study the immediate and future school building needs and make its recommendations to the Town.
Following an intensive period of investigation and study. The Build- ing Needs Committee requested that a special town meeting be held on December 15, 1954, for the purpose of acting upon the recommendations contained in its Preliminary Report. Favorable action at the Special Town Meeting implemented the acceptance by the Town of the offer of the New England Development Corporation which proposed to erect for trial use by the School Committee, a two room addition to the Manasseh Cutler School, without present cost to the town. (The details of the plan may be found elsewhere in the report of the Building Needs Committee).
Plans now in effect call for the completion and occupancy of the two room addition by March 31. 1955. By agreement, the School Committee. if satisfied with the addition, will request that the town purchase it and that a second two room unit be immediately built to be ready for use by September 1, 1955. With four rooms added to the Manasseh Cutler School we will be able to house all sections of grades one through six for the school year 1955-1956. The kindergarten will remain at the high school, the sixth grade will be returned to the elementary school building.
May I emphasize that the need for additional classrooms is acute and continuous for the years immediately ahead. If the two room unit plan meets expectations, it can become important in our future planning be- cause it provides a means of "building as we grow". The speed of erec- tion, the relatively low cost and the flexibility inherent in the plan seem to offer long sought advantages in school building construction.
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A look to the future would indicate that another complete elementary school of eight to ten classrooms will be necessary by the time plans for it can be effected. As our present large lower grade population moves up to the secondary level it will be necessary to consider the need for expanded junior or senior high school facilities. All school administra- tors and staff personnel are making every effort to keep abreast of our future requirements, to keep the town adequately informed of probable needs in ample time so that the voters may provide for all the children in our town.
The Staff
Our predicted growth in the size of our staff materialized with the need for extra sections at certain grade levels. In September, 1954, Mr. John Valois assumed responsibility for a second division of Grade VII. Mrs. Janet Klem took over a new section of Grade II and Mrs. Glory Hussey, a new division of Grade III.
In September we also welcomed other new members to the staff who succeeded those who had resigned in order to accept employment elsewhere. Mrs. Mary Bergman was assigned to the high school in the field of business education. Mrs. Glendora Ward and Mrs. Louise Leach joined the staff of the Manasseh Cutler School as teachers of sections of grades one and three respectively.
Our ability to attract well qualified teachers during these years of critical shortage in the availability of trained personnel is a tribute to the fine reputation which our school system enjoys. -
As you know, we enjoy the services of part-time supervisors in three curriculum areas, handwriting, art, and music. Each supervisor works closely with the classroom teacher in planning, executing and evaluating the work in his respective field. The supervisor uses his special skills, training and experience to teach the teacher as well as the pupils. It is obvious that as our rollment increases the demands upon the supervisors become greater; the need for additional supervisory time or personnel is the inevitable result of this school population growth.
In September, 1954, The Rinehart Handwriting System management supplied us with the services of an extra supervisor in order to make it possible to achieve minimum coverage of our many class sections. I strong- ly urge that careful consideration be given at once to the need for extra supervisory time in the areas of art and music.
The addition of a fourth member, Mr. Everett Welch, to the janitorial staff has made possible more adequate care of our school plant.
A look to the future clearly indicates a need for additional staff per- sonnel in the year ahead. Additional sections of grades two and four along with extra sections of several high school classes will require at least three new teachers in September, 1955.
The Curriculum
Curriculum study and revision is a constant process in our schools. Our staff is dedicated to the principle that the curriculum must meet the
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needs of the boys and girls of our community. Since the needs are dy- namic, so must we expect that the curriculum will change from time to time.
Members of the staff of the elementary school have been concerned for some time with the required entrance age for admission to our public schools. Their own experience and study, substantiating the great bulk of other research on the same point, would indicate that our entrance age should be increased to 4 years and 8 months from 4 years and 6 months on September first of any school year for entrance to our kindergarten. By the same token, all agree that the entrance age for Grade I should be increased to 5 years and 8 months from 5 years and 6 months as of Sep- tember first of any school year. After careful consideration of the results of our own and others study of this vital issue I am convinced that the increase in age requirement is highly desirable and I recommend its adop- tion for the school year beginning September, 1955.
During the past year new legislation has become effective in our Com- monwealth which increases the responsibility of the public schools for the so-called retarded child. Without attempting in this report to spell out the specifics of the new law, may I emphasize that our staff is taking the necessary steps to insure that our schools conform to the spirit as well as the letter of the provisions of the regulations governing the handicapped.
Within the year ahead we will coordinate our educational and physical diagnostic services so that accurate reporting of pupils needing further attention can be made. Once discovered, every effort and facility must be applied toward providing real help for the child.
The services of our remedial reading clinic have been so valuable that I am recommending that they be made available on a full-time basis as of September 1955. Classroom teachers are unanimous in their apprecia- tion of and praise for the work of the clinic in helping children with read- ing problems.
At the secondary level we continue to make progress in the collective study of our curriculum. The high school principal has made specific recommendations concerning certain subject areas and your attention is called to her report attached hereto.
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