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13 Lost children (assisted in locating)
31 Stray and dead animals cared for
164 Street lights reported out
3 Auto registrations revoked
6 Driving licenses revoked
In addition to the usual calls we have received 670 complaints re- quiring police attention and investigation. All fire alarms have been answered by the department and all blackouts have been responded to by practically one hundred percent attendance. There has been more than the usual number of court appearances. In addition to the patients transported in the cruiser, the ambulance has responded to 79 requests.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Auxiliary Chief Tuck and his men for the splendid co-operation and assistance they have rendered the regular department and urge the continuance of the auxiliary force.
Respectfully submitted,
EVERETT S. WEBSTER, Chief.
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the
Citizens of Lynnfield:
Herewith I respectfully submit my annual report of the Fire De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1943.
The Department responded to 91 alarms.
, 60 were brush and woods fires
7 Auto and truck fires
2 Oil burner fires
5 Building fires
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
5 Out-of-town mutual assistance calls
5 Needless calls
5 False alarms
2 Emergency calls
We stretched 8,000 feet of 21/2-inch hose, 6,000 feet of 11/2-inch hose, 10,000 feet of 1-inch hose, 4,000 feet of booster line hose, raised 100 feet of ladders, used approximately 250 gallons soda and acid chemicals, about 3 gallons Pyrene, and used approximately 25 pump tanks.
The total insured building loss was about $4,200.00, the content loss approximately $1,500.00 partially insured.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM W. MOXHAM, Chief of Fire Department.
REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town Hall, Lynnfield Center, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the report of the Building Department for the year ending December 31, 1943.
The following list of permits covering one hundred and seven oper- ations for an approximate value of $26,671.50 were issued:
2 Dwellings $ 6,200.00
28 Remodeling and additions 10,310.00
34 Repairs 5,810.00
2 Garages 300.00
34 Poultry houses 7 Miscellaneous 890.00
3,242.50
This department recommends that the Town take immediate steps toward adopting a Plumbing Code and also toward revising the schedule of fees as set forth in Section 4 of the Building Regulations.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD C. PEARSON,
Building Inspector.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: The following articles were sealed:
Platform Scales 7
Counter Scales 1 Beam Scales 4
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Spring Scales
5
Slot Weighing Scales
1
Liquid Measures
14
Gas Pump Meters
29
Oil Measuring Pumps
.
2
Fees collected, $21.82.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. WESTOVER,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen:
The past year's work was carried along the same lines as in previous years. Woodlands were looked over for Gypsy Moth infestations and partly creosoted. There is a slight decrease in Gypsy moths over last year. There is scattering infestation in both parts of the Town. There was very little spraying done in woodlands because of the scarcity of men. There were no Browntail moth webs found during the year. The Elm Leaf Beetle is still quite heavy on private property.
All of this work is carried on under the supervision of the State Department of Conservation. The state contributed to the Town sup- plies during the year.
I hope that a much larger appropriation will be made so that these infestations may be properly handled.
Respectfully submitted, LYMAN H. TWISS, Superintendent.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
At the last annual Town Meeting an appropriation was made for the care of shade trees. This appropriation was used to take down dead trees and trim trees where there were dead and dangerous limbs, also branches were removed where they were so low as to obstruct traffic along the highway. There is still a lot of such work to be done.
There is a new disease in Maples which showed up this year. As yet there is no remedy for it.
An appropriation was made for the purchase and planting of shade trees, these trees were purchased and planted along the highways.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK
I hope that a much larger appropriation will be made at the next annual Town meeting to carry on this work, and that a similar amount will be provided for the purchase of trees to be planted along the high- ways.
Respectfully submitted, LYMAN H. TWISS, Tree Warden.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK
To the Honrable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31, 1943.
I have inspected places where milk was kept for sale and issued licenses as required.
Number of licenses issued, 13.
Fees collected, $6.50.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR W. BRYANT, Inspector of Milk.
REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
To the Honrable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Dog Officer for the year ending December 31, 1943.
I have answered 68 calls and disposed of 56 dogs.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR W. BRYANT, Dog Officer.
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REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1943. Whooping Cough 27
Mumps
3
Measles
12
German Measles
76
Chicken Pox
6
Dog Bite
7
Syphilis
0
Gonorrhea
0
Diphtheria
1
Scarlet Fever
5
Impetigo
0
Lobar Pneumonia 1
The diphtheria inoculation of children was continued for all chil- dren of pre-school age and proved very satisfactory.
With the co-operation of the State Board of Health the Well-Baby Conference was invited here, at which time babies were examined and the parents given suggestions along nutrition and health lines. There was comparatively few corrections made except in nutrition.
With the co-operation of the School Authorities and the School Nurse (Mrs. Lucy Lindquist), we were able to make an unusually good showing, particularly in the prevention of scarlet fever, in spite of its prevalence throughout the year in this district.
All pupils out of school due to illness were required to have certifi- cates of health before returning. This has helped greatly in avoiding the spread of communicable diseases.
Summary of Report
Number of Complaints 35
School Permits .212
Verbal Notices 40
Inspections Made
60
Letters Written
35
Telephone Calls
250
Wells Examined and Water Tested 3
Surgical Cases 3
Ambulance Calls 79
Number of Professional Calls
Office Calls 290
House Calls 180
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. ROBINSON, M. D. D. O.,
Health Officer.
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REPORT OF SUPT. OF STREETS
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the winter the usual sanding and plowing of snow was done. In the spring, cleaning of streets and catch basins was completed.
A new cement sidewalk and curb was installed in front of the Center Post Office.
Just a few streets were tarred and sanded the past year on account of Governmental Restrictions. This year this restriction has been lifted on tar and asphalt and I hope to do considerable work on our streets this spring.
Respectfully submitted, MINOT H. CARTER, Superintendent of Streets.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE and SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1943
Edward Averell, Chairman Mrs. Joseph Smith James Houghton
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS John D. Whittier, Wenham, Massachusetts Residence Telephone - Hamilton 174-W Office Telephone - Topsfield 171 Office Hours - Monday and Thursday South School -10 to 12 M. Center School -2 to 4 P. M.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield, Greetings:
Supervised playground :
The total registration for the year was: Center 91, South 136, making a total of 227 different children registered.
Largest attendance for one day: Center 42, South 55
Average attendance for one day: Center 30, South 36
New equipment was bought, several new types of games were taught, cookouts held and the usual playground activities carried on. The season closed with a pet show and field day, prizes being awarded to the winners and ice cream and candy being served to all. The popularity of the pet show spread to the front page of a Boston daily paper, said paper showing ,a group of prize winners and their pets.
Hot Lunches:
The hot lunches have continued to be served and have won the commendation of the State authorities. During the year, this program has changed from a WPA project to one of Federal aid and then to State aid. It has been a task to keep up with the various changes. Methods of records for payments have changed and surplus commodities have ceased to be given out to these programs. As milk is served with each meal, the State allows the town 9c per meal. The individual pays · 12c per meal, but in spite of this the program shows to be lacking by $2,003.50 in paying for itself. However, out of this should be taken $1,300, the value of 5,500 cans of food which was put up by the lunch canning project this summer.
This project put up 6,928 No. 21/2 cans at a cost of $1,629.59 or 23.5c per can and has saved several thousand ration points.
Finances for the year:
Expenses
Income
Labor
$3,441.73
Lunches
$2,834.83
Food
2,503.37
Government aid
504.30
Supplies
223.71
State aid
525.15
Equipment
127.72
Due for December
427.05
$6,294.83 ,
$4,291.33
Deficit
$2,003.50
Value of canned goods on hand
1,300.00
Net cost to town
$ 703.50
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The Center P .- T. A. donated $150 toward the purchase of a large restaurant gas range, which has been installed. The use of this has lightened the work considerably.
During the year, the Selectmen appointed the School Committee to act as a food conservation committee. Acting under this authority a community canning project was maintained at the Center School. Those having food to be processed prepared it at home and then took it to the school to be canned. A total of 7,529 cans and 66 glass jars were put up. A charge of 8c per can and 5c per jar was made. It was thought that the Government or State would give financial aid to this project but such was not the case. Total cost was $1,046.25, receipts were $605.62, the cost to the town being $440.83. The cost per can figures to be 14c. Commodities canned were: Beans, 4,570 cans; beets, 450; carrots, 660; tomatoes, 1,780; spinach, 29; squash, 10; apple- sauce, 30.
The cost of High School tuition has been increased from $147.45 to $163.11 per pupil per year. This increase will add a little less than $2,000 to the budget for next year.
In February, the committee was faced with a fuel oil shortage and ordered by Government officials to convert to coal at the Center School. On expert advice, it was found to be impossible to heat the building by firing the boiler by hand. R. T. Pender, Inc., of Lynn, was hired to install a Winkler stoker. Much red tape was necessary in obtaining the required priorities and transportation difficulties delayed the immediate installation of the stoker. It was necessary to close school for a week in order to conserve the small amount of oil on hand and yet keep enough heat in the building to keep the pipes from freezing, no more oil being allowed the Town by the petroleum co-ordinator.
With the proper grade of stoker coal, this installation heats the building better than did the oil but more work is added to the janitor's duties. It is not always possible to obtain the right coal, but the com- mittee feels that it is unwise to revert to oil at this time, and will con- tinue to use the best coal available, closing the school when the situa- tion becomes too serious.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD S. AVERELL, Chairman MRS. DELLA SMITH DR. JAMES HOUGHTON · School Committee.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Members of School Committee,
Madam and Sirs:
My twenty-first annual report is herewith submitted for your con- sideration.
Enrollment, January 1, 1944
Elementary Schools
Center Schools
South School
Total
Grade 1
35
24
59
Grade 2
23
21
44
Grade 3
34
11
45
Grade 4
20
20
40
Grade 5
27
21
48
Grade 6
27
11
38
Grade
38
38
Grade 8
42
42
Lynn Sight Saving Class
3
Total Elementary School
Enrollment
357
High School
Wakefield
Freshmen
41
Sophomores
24
Juniors
21
Seniors
16
Lynn Vocational
1
Boston Latin
2
Essex Co. Agricultural School, Home Making Department
1
Total Secondary School Enrollment
106
Grand Total School Enrollment 463
Comparing the above totals with those of last year shows there has been an increase of nine in the South School and fourteen in the Center School.
There is an increase of six in the number attending school of a secondary school level.
The enrollment at the Center School is such that five of the seven classrooms are now practically filled to capacity.
It does not seem advisable to consider using a second basement room for a classroom because of the inadequacy of the present heating plant and the poor quality of obtainable fuel.
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As the enrollment at the Center School goes beyond the number that can be properly accommodated, it seems our only solutions will be to transfer the pupils from the Center to the South School until school accommodations can be improved.
Teachers
Resignations were received from Miss Bernice Stanwood, Miss Babette Horn, Miss Anna Austin, Miss Dorothy Waterman, and Principal Roger Woodbury.
These teachers accepted positions in Melrose, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, and Haverhill at very satisfactory increases in salary. Vacan- cies were filled by the election of the following: Miss Genevieve Clark, Miss Daisy White, Miss Arlene Sprague, Miss Glenna Woodbury and Principal Harvey Kelley, who taught one, sixteen, nine, seven, and six years respectively before assuming their present positions in Lynnfield.
Salaries
All teachers in service January 1, 1943, were given a 10% increase. Later another increase of 5% was given teachers whose salary was $1500 or less while a 2% increase was given those whose salary was over $1500. These increases were deserved and greatly appreciated by the teachers as the increases helped to partially offset the increased cost of living. We must again allow for increases of teachers' salaries in our school budget to offset the rising living costs over which they have no control. Satisfactory salaries tend to keep well qualified teachers in our schools, to improve their morale, and to enlist the interest of young people in teaching as a profession. A recent report from the National Education Association states that:
"1. 200,000 have left the profession since Pearl Harbor.
2. Teacher College enrollments have dropped 60% below 1940-1941.
3. Living costs have risen 26% since August, 1929."
At a meeting of the National Council of Chief State School Officers held in Milwaukee in December, 1943, it was stated in the resolutions of the Council "From careful studies, it is conservatively estimated that at least 70,000 public-school teaching positions in the United States are either vacant or in charge of teachers with substandard qualifications.
"The teacher shortage is made more acute by the fact that enroll- ments in teacher-training institutions have fallen to approximately 40% of normal enrollments."
In light of the above facts, from national organizations, it behooves every citizen and every community to do its utmost to advance salaries thereby keeping a trained teacher in every classroom and to encourage young people completing high school to train for the teaching profes- sion.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Transportation of Pupils
As required by the Office of Defense Transportation, your superin- tendent made a survey of transportation of high and elementary school pupils as of 1943. This survey was given the State Department of Edu- cation which, in turn, forwarded it to the office of the State branch O. D. T.
This survey showed the number of buses, the several routes traveled, the seating capacity of the bus, the number of pupils of high or ele- mentary grade transported, the number transported less than two miles as well as those over two miles, the time enroute and the total daily round-trip mileage.
It was found that a total of 217 pupils were transported, 127 of whom lived less than two miles from school. The total mileage per day was 133 miles.
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It was requested by the O. D. T. that two trips on which 76 ele- mentary pupils were transported less than two miles, be discontinued. Your Superintendent protested to this request on grounds that the transportation is necessary for the very young children who would be required to travel on hazardous highways as no sidewalks were available for much of the way.
Up to the present time no order has come through demanding that the two above trips be discontinued and therefore school transportation is continued as in past years for those children who should be trans- ported.
We must not lose sight of the fact that with the shortage of mechanics, drivers, and spare parts, we may at any time find ourselves without suitable transportation accommodations for the school children, as happened during the week of January 10. If buses cannot be pro- vided at all times, it is urged that parents co-operate by transporting as many pupils as possible to and from school.
In case of an extreme emergency the use of trains could be resorted to' by high school pupils attending Wakefield High School and living within walking distance of the Center.
Summer Playground
The two playgrounds served their purpose most satisfactorily while trained instructors could be employed at salaries sufficiently large to attract those desirous of seasonal employment. Because of the difficulty in securing trained instructors and because many of the older children are finding employment during the summer, it does not seem advisable to request funds for the maintenance of the playgrounds in 1944.
It is anticipated that following the duration, the playgrounds will again be maintained for a longer period and offer a more extended program.
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Post War Planning
Mention was made in my last annual report that the State no longer reimburses the Town of Lynnfield for any share of its cost of transportation of high school pupils. In 1940 the reimbursement was $5,220.00 and in 1941 it was $5,230.36.
Due to the increased cost of maintaining the Wakefield High School during these war years, the tuition rate had advanced to about $163.00 per pupil.
The total cost for providing secondary school education to our pupils is estimated to be about $23,000 in 1944.
Your Lynnfield Planning Board will find a golden opportunity to serve the Town in its Post War Planning if it makes a thorough study of the needs of the town for the necessary school facilities to alleviate the present over-crowded school conditions in the grades and to provide for the education'of Lynnfield pupils on the secondary school level.
The selection of a suitable school site has been well cared for in advance .. The type of educational opportunities to be offered and the type of building necessary for putting into effect this educational pro- gram must receive considerable thought before the school architect is chosen.
A building should be planned to care for our needs for a period of at least ten years in advance. It should be so constructed that addi- tions can be made without the necessity of making alterations to the main building or any services in the building.
Conclusion
In conclusion may I express my appreciation to all who have shared with me in providing educational advantages to the children of the Town.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN D. WHITTIER, Superintendent of Schools.
January 27, 1944.
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
John D. Whittier,
Superintendent of Schools,
Lynnfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the annual report as School Nurse in the Town of Lynnfield.
Total enrollment 350
Physical examinations completed by Ralph N. Brown, M.D.,
School Physician 348
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Defects Found
Moderate
Marked 5
Posture
30
Nervous System
6
Enlarged Glands
124
Defective Teeth
44
5
Overweight
3
1
Underweight
2
2
Speech
1
1
Pronated Feet
10
Cardiac
3
Enlarged Tonsils
3
Eye and Ear Examinations completed
355
Defective Vision
8
Pupils wearing glasses
54
Defective hearing
1
Correction of defects:
Correction by glasses
4
Tonsils removed
2
Attendance at, Adjustment Clinic
1
Others under supervision of family physician
6
Number of home visits
114
Number of First Aid Dressings
141
Number of consultations with individual pupils
120
Number of consultations with parents by telephone
74
Number of consultations with teachers, doctors, health agent and others
720
Classroom visits
410
Number of pupils immunized against diphtheria by School Physician 51
Reported Communicable Diseases:
Scarlet Fever
3
Mumps
4
Chicken Pox
18
Whooping Cough
12
German Measles and Measles
52
Miscellaneous Illnesses :
Dogwood
4
Tinea Circinata
8
Alopecia Areta
2
Conjunctivitis Infectious
1
Pediculosis capitis
8
Scabies
4
Impetigo
7
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Dermatitis
6
Asthma 1
The general health of the pupils is favorable. Though there would seem to be an increase in communicable disease, I feel that this may in part, be attributed to the rigid enforcement of the health certificate rule, with the correct diagnosis thereon.
I wish to acknowledge the very splendid supervision and co-opera- tion of all the teaching staff, the excellent assistance and co-operation afforded me by the school physician, health officer, superintendent of schools, parents and town officials, without which we could not hope to attain such a fine standard of health in the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
LUCY G. LINDQUIST, R. N.,
School Nurse.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GRADUATION EXERCISES CLASS OF 1943 LYNNFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL
TOWN HALL
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1943
PROGRAM
March Invocation Land of Our Hearts
Class Rev. L. D. MacDonald Chadwick
Chorus
Welcome Piano Solos Shepherdess Garden in Evening Women in the Armed Services The Home Road
Mark Hamilton Shirley Young Palsi Eckstein
Ruth Smith Carpenter
Chorus
Men in the Armed Services Piano Solo
Prelude in D Minor A Glimpse Into the Post War World Land of Hope and Glory
Chorus
Richard Wilkinson Margaret McInnes F. Addison Porter Mary Coughlan Elgar
Class Poem Presentation of Diplomas Star Spangled Banner Benediction March
Richard Wilkinson, Janet Daly Prof. James Houghton
Rev. L. D. MacDonald Class
Accompanist, Beverly Beckman
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GRADUATES
Mark Hull Hamilton, President
Cary Francis Simpson, Vice-President Mary Agnes Coughlan, Secretary Margaret Joan McInnes, Treasurer
Howard Maxwell Ash
Margaret Mary Ann McGee
Harriet Lorraine Beherrell
Donald Richard Mclaughlin Joan Marcia Nute
Sylvia Bluestein
Phillippe Norman Currier
Priscilla Mabel Putnam
Avis Corrine Clark
Richard Dutton Pope
Janet Audrey Daly
Winifred Margaret Preston
Elizabeth Ann Eklund
Blanche Esther Elderbaum
Edith Beatrice Ryans
Earl Dalton Hamilton
Frances Edith Hamilton
·Barbara Anne Haynes
Barbara Jean Hazard
Jane Perry Thayer Joyce Marion Thwing
Charles Burleigh Horton
Clyde Wilson Walsh
Earl Wellington Harpel
Edwin Calvin Weeks
Richard Walter Wilkinson
Shirley Belle Young
CLASS FLOWER Rose
CLASS COLORS Maroon and Gold
CLASS POEM "Ever Onward, Never Backward" With our eyes fixed straight ahead To the field our fathers conquered, In their footsteps, we will tread.
We shall strive to do our duty, To keep our country proud and free, And we've chosen this our motto For the Class of '43.
So we have this goal before us, Let's go on, we know we can, "Ever Onward, Never Backward" As we go from boy to man.
Richard Wilkinson
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Janet Foster
Allen Leroy Sanford
Ruth Eleanor Smith
Frances Catherine Sullivan
Audrey Teresa deLangle Julia Lillian Lichtenberg
Earl William Quinn
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FACULTY
Mr. J. D. Whittier, Superintendent
Mr. R. M. Woodbury, Principal
Mrs. Ona Ridley, English
Miss Dorothy Waterman, Home Economics
Miss Dora Jean Coffin, Mathematics
Mrs. Abbie Eaton, Art
Mrs. Maude Thomas, Music
CLASS MOTTO
"Ever Onward, Never Backward"
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
In case of no school for the day in grades or high school, announce- ment will be made by Station WNAC between seven and eight o'clock.
AGE OF ADMISSION
No child will be admitted to the first grade at the opening of school in September, who was not five years of age on or before the first day of April preceding his entrance.
Pupils are admitted to this grade only during the first two weeks of school in September, unless they have attended school in some other town.
VACCINATION
Children who have not yet been vaccinated will not be admitted to school in September unless they present a certificate from a regular physician stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation as exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle the children to admission.
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