Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1961-1970, Part 105

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1961-1970
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1002


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2 James Willard Card Eugenia Anne Stiff


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Gardner


2 Alan B. Peterson Linda Ruth Parolski


Wakefield


23 Charles A. Bishop III Jerry Lynn Massey


Lynnfield Lynnfield Lynnfield


15 Francis J. Yulling Judith E. Jeney


Lynnfield


West Yarmouth


Quincy


Lynnfield


7 Richard Edwin Carroll Susan Gibbs Brown


New York


Chelsea


8 John T. Hackett Donna M. Bourque


Lynnfield


14 Russell David Stone Nancy Lee Slade


Lynnfield Sandwich


17 William N. Weirr, Jr. Haekyung Kim


North Reading Lynnfield Lynnfield


29 Ronald Edward Murphy Jill Ann Harrison


Bedford


Lynnfield


20 William Francis Weeks Christine Maloof


Lynnfield


Hawaii


Lynnfield


Lawrence


Boxford


20 Wayne Alden Leighton Susan Margaret Dann


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Beverly Lynnfield Lynnfield Salem


Saugus


25 Allen B. Caproni Lois L. Graham


Lynnfield


17 Steven Allison Donna Maga


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Saugus


Lynnfield


South Boston


82


Date Groom - Bride


Residence


Date Groom - Bride


Residence


28 Gary Donald Howard


Joanne Ericson


Lynnfield


22 George H. Duffield 111 Valerie Jean Lodge


Lynnfield Methuen


July


3 Carl P. Laier Patricia Morrison


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynn


27 John Erskine Banta Elizabeth Ann Johnson


Deerfield Lynnfield


11 Raymond William Langmaid Ann Marie Robertson


Scituate


29 Robert E. Lovell Carol C. Maddison


Lynnfield


11 Michael Terrence Sweeney Eileen Theresa Valkevich


Lynnfield


29 David Vaughan Pearson Nancy May Gibbons


Reading


11 Paul Wesley Wallace Sandra Lee Dahl


Lynnfield


30 Ronald Jeffrey Priddy Linda Jean Tyacke


Lynnfield


30 Richard James Pultz Judy Gardt


New Jersey Lynnfield


18 William G. Warwick, Jr. Nancy C. Hill


Lynnfield


September


Lawrence


21 Richard Mandel Ann Bowdoin


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


24 John Vincent Bonner, Jr. Irene Marie DeStefano


Melrose


6 John C. Salvi, Jr. Ann-Marie B. Trudel


Ipswich


25 Michael C. Wrobel Ruth Ann DiBattista


Lynnfield


11 David J. Connell Susan Sherman


Lynnfield


26 Joey Edwin Smith Kathleen Huffaker


Nevada


18 John W. Stille, Jr. Cynthia Poor


Lynnfield


August


1 Richard C. Bejtlich


Saugus


Carol Ann Fronc


Lynnfield Lynnfield


1 George E. Cox Jane Willett


Swampscott


October


New Hampshire


1 Donald P. Eskin Joan Karambelas


Lynnfield


2 Charles Everett Lawrence Norma Jean Patterson


Lynnfield


1 Daniel Thomas Mccarthy Jacqueline Paula Smith


Wakefield


Lynnfield


10 Roderick E. Kesting Deborah Ann White


Lynnfield


2 Philip J. Piatti Linda S. O'Neill


Lynn


11 Frederick Bage, Jr. Jennifer Lee Bitto


Lynnfield Malden


8 Brian Duvall Staples Christine Beth Jackson


Stoneham


Malden


Marlboro


18 Paul Harold Marcil Jeannette Rose Aubert


Lynnfield


15 Thomas V. Becker Sandra Anne Quinn


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


18 James Dennis Pignato Kathleen Rose Nihan


Lynn


16 Richard A. Dupont Linda I. Wood


Lynnfield


18 Vincent Martello Patty Arsenault


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


24 Pierre Henri Stamos Donna Ann Freni


Lynnfield


21 Peter S. Hayward Leona M. Ashley


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


25 Stephen Joseph Hegarty Paula Ann DeFreitas


Lynnfield


Peabody


Connecticut


Lynnfield


7 Geoffrey Sampson Stiff Betsy Winn Huntley


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


22 John Matthews Barbara A. Leonard


Boston


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


23 Stanley G. Zola Carole A. Parker


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Indiana


Lynnfield


Wakefield


Melrose


18 Richard C. Trow Karen Rayleganowicz


E. Bridgewater


Marblehead


New York


5 Robert M. LaBonte Ellin Hoyt


Lynnfield


Lynn


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


19 Brian L. Tremblay Jeanne Bagnulo


Marblehead


20 William Thomas Burkle Nancy Marie Meehan


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Newton


Lynnfield


10 Thomas Sheridan Ganley Cecilia Ching-Ching Wang


Waltham


15 William Richard Coy Carol Ann Rubbicco


Saugus


Melrose


16 Leslie G. Mintz Joan A. McWeeny


Lynnfield


Swampscott


Lynnfield


24 Vassell A. Koban Helen E. Lundskog


Lynnfield


Wakefield


21 Douglas Prescott Raleigh Suzanne Ellen Fleming


November


22 Michael A. Beresky Kathleen M. Plankey


New Jersey


11 Richard P. Johnson Marilyn J. Murphy


New York


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Peabody


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Lynn


France


83


Date Groom - Bride


Residence


Date Groom - Bride


Residence


Michigan Lynnfield Lynnfield


Saugus Malden


11 Ray Louis Curtis Marcia Lois Testa


14 Kevin G. Wilson Barbara J. Fletcher


17 Ernest G. Willard Grace E. Harron


Lynnfield Lynnfield


Melrose


BIRTHS


Date Name


Parents


Date


Name


Parents


JANUARY


3 Christina Allen


Frederick Allen III Irita Parsla Skulte


8 Patience Sarah Trickett


George Albert Trickett Carole Walker


10 Paul Edward Borry


Kit Andrew Borry Jane Ellen Pickren


10 Neil Anthony Burns


David George Burns Edith Mary Garofalo


12 Steven Christopher Edwards


18 David Scott DiPietro


23 Steven Todd Coletta


26 Christine Brandano


Steven James Edwards Stephanie Adkins Fuller Patrick Carl DiPietro Karen Ann Vanasse Anthony Guy Coletta Nancy Ruth Richardson Daniel Emery Brandano Barbara Louise Vartanian


FEBRUARY


2 Karen Ann Donovan


6 Amy Elizabeth Zwicker


7 Christopher Norman Goguen


13 Scott David Peterson


14 Leslie Susan Longo


19 Christopher Edward Miele


Daniel Francis Donovan Mary Frances Guiney Kenneth Joseph Zwicker Virginia Helen Camberlain Norman Paul Goguen Jean MacCracken David Bruce Peterson Charlotte Marie Dow John Frank Longo Frances Ann Augliera Vincent Paul Miele Elizabeth Frances Austin


20 Susan Lynne Mucera


28 James Allan Bird


John Allen Bird


Lenore Frances D'Angelo


MARCH


3 Kimberly Jean Learnard


7 Neil Bradley Weiss


Richard B. Learnard Nancy J. Ogden Robert Franklyn Weiss Jane Chandler


9 Coleen Anne Jensen


Paul Frederick Jensen Shirley Anne Smith


13 Andrew John MacPherson


Edwin Bruce MacPherson


14 Christopher William Carter


16 Karen Jean Saxon


25 Edward Joseph Mccarthy


30 Lisa Dorothy Colucci


Theresa Lois Burns William Harold Carter Lorna Marie Holmes John Edwin Saxon Carol Jean Donahue Francis Joseph Mccarthy Frances Elizabeth Chisholm Richard James Colucci Charles Josephine Bosco


APRIL


2 Theodore John VanHolland


5 Michael Paul Nordvall


Edward Theodore VanHolland Mary Catherine Feurcy Lauren Wallace Nordvall Helen Margaret Schmid


7 Leonard R. Mees Pamela Jane Wood


7 Paul F. Salvi Diane Y . Martel


Lynnfield


Ipswich


Beverly


29 William A. Amerena Jeanne M. Stupelis


Lynnfield


Stoneham


December


19 Claude Arnold Walters Elizabeth M. Allison


Illinois


Lynnfield


Lynnfield


Woburn


Lynnfield


New York


25 Steven Orodon Hobbs Dorothy Elaine Campbell


28 Charles Arthur Worthen III Judith A. Barrett


Lynnfield


26 Peter Patrick Blakey Sally Ann Keady


Anthony Gerald Mucera Ann Marie Porcaro


84


Date Name


7 James Andrew McDaid


7 Nancy Lynn Myers


9 Kevin Sean Keohane


9 Damon Joseph Pignato


14 Michael Patrick Lynch


17 Kathleen Anne Waller


Anne Isabelle Roche Joseph Damon Pignato Patricia Louise Melchionda Owen Bernard Lynch Kathleen Anne Janes Robert William Waller


Carol Anne Hines


21 Jason Elwyn Moore Clarence Edward Moore, Jr. Karyl Sue McClary


26 Mark Fenton Goodwin


Elmer Wesley Goodwin


Marilyn Anne Winn


27 Teressa Marie Bailey


Ralph Edward Bailey Wilda Marie Weese


28 Richard Kevin Anderson


Matthew Owen Anderson Beverly Ann Silk


MAY


6 Tracy Elizabeth Robinson


Clifton Edward Robinson Jo-Ann Marie Carboneau Joseph James Caico


Sharon Jean Mitchell


Macey Saul Rosenthal


Joyce Donna Karp


20 Kurt Robert Krohn


Neal Robert Krohn


Theresa Marie MacIsaac Robert Joseph McGee


Claire Marie Donovan


Roy Joseph Mochi


Elizabeth Caroline Nolan


30 Karen Elaine Martakos


Theodore Martakos, Jr. Ruth Robinson


SEPTEMBER


2 Kimberly Lisa Handman


3 Renee Ruth Bicknell


3 Dereck Robert Lake


7 Brian Richard Berry


8


Andrew James Sanborn


25 Peter John Bain


Clifford William Bain


Carole Elaine Litchfield


Raymond Bertrand Sanborn


Janet Eeds Luff


Roger Warren Tallini


Verna Marie Paci


30 Barrie Stephanie Karlyn


William Matthew Karlyn Elizabeth Miriam Weinstein


George William Lundstedt Ann Marie Mclaughlin


Date


Name


Parents


JULY


9 Ann Marie Roach


15 Michael James Ryan


15 Robert Sean Wood


21 Deborah Lynn Davis Paul Gordon Davis


Barbara Ellen Limberg


25 Amy Cheryl Sneirson Larry Edward Sneirson Eileen Nancy Steinberg 27 Keith Douglas Sturgeon Guy Reginald Sturgeon JoAnne Patricia Safford Raymond George Estes 29 Shawn Raymond Estes Paulette Yvonne Poulin 31 Laurie Jane Smith Jeffery Wylie Smith Rosemary Tagney


AUGUST


8 Jennifer Helen Sampsonis


16 Karen Leslie Mclntire


19 William Patrick Dalton


Alexander Theodore Sampsonis Edith Jean Hodsdon Wendell Francis Mclntire Barbara Davis James Augustine Dalton Jeanne Claire Gallagher


21 Timothy Michael Cronin David Lea Cronin Mary Agnes Leonard 26 Joseph Wilkes Costanza Edmond Louis Costanza Carol Wilkes DiBiase 28 Stephanie Smith Holland Michael Charles Holland Ann Elaine Leneten


28 Tammy Lee Procurot Jon Allan Procurot Jean Marie LeBlanc


27 Jason Mochi


JUNE


3 Rosanna Marilyn Gonis


John Peter Gonis


Barbara Searle Attridge


Stephen Paul Camuso


Linda Jean O'Connor


10 Jane Lauren Vernalia


John Lawrence Vernalia


Joy Ann Jannino


17 Amy Robin MacCaughey


Walter Martin MacCaughey


Vera Ruth Putnam


10 Matthew Joseph Henken


15 Matthew Russell Fullerton


17 Jason Robert Waldo


22 Ellen Marie Roy


Stanley Leonard Handman Clare Debra Melnick


Robert Adelbert Bicknell Gayle Marion Essery Robert William Lake Paula Veronica Sidetnick Richard Alson Berry Donna Louise Owens Dwight Levi Sanborn Patricia Ann Nevers Earl William Henken Esther Ann Jackson


Russell Edwin Fullerton Paula Jean Domenichello


Barry Alan Waldo Martha Ellen Hutchins Paul Norman Roy Mary Elizabeth Duggan


26 Tyler Eeds Sanborn


29 Pamela Jean Tallini


30 Katrina Amy Lundstedt


Parents


John Edward McDaid Patricia Ann Wilson Kenneth David Myers Cheryl M.J. Ralph Daniel Francis Keohane


John Arthur Roach Susan Ann Morris


John Edward Ryan, Sr. Louise Ann Cooper John Charles Wood Patricia Virginia Velmure


11 Lisa Marie Caico


19 Daniel Lee Rosenthal


27 Patricia Claire McGee


7 Jill Marie Camuso


85


Date Name


27 Gretchen Jane Long


OCTOBER


2 Todd Andrew Pierce


10 Douglas Locke Cheever


10 James Stephen Pierro, Jr.


15 Edmund Charles Burr, II


15 Patrice-Marc Nathaniel-Christophe Macar


16 Matthew Earle Teague


19 Denise Ellen Galvin


19 Valerie Melissa Yodlin


21 Louis John O'Keefe


28 Robert Joseph Diotte, Jr.


Pierre Julien Macar Marie-Claude Jeanne Boulle Charles Forbes Teague Sarah Ellen Philbrook Jude William Galvin Dorothy Janet Wollerscheid Israel Yodlin Natalie Sandra Prince Louis Francis O'Keefe Patricia Ann Curtin Robert Joseph Diotte Mary Patricia Tierney


NOVEMBER


6 Donald Roy Rawley


7 Charles Joseph Moore


13 Mark Gregory Duggan


Thomas Francis Duggan, Jr. Sandra Frances Studley


16 Philip Richard Appleton, Jr. Philip Richard Appleton Marcia Ellen Bennett 20 Keith Michael Murphy Norman William Murphy Carmelina Ann Nemi


20 Mary Anne Pesa


Peter Pesa Joanne M. Leary


DECEMBER


5 John William Tanner, Jr.


7 Carol Marie Robinson


18 Carol Lynn Kiely


28 Christopher Anthony LaConti


29 Timothy Jon Hurton


29 Sharon Elizabeth Adrien


John William Tanner Catherine Helen Klebasko John Charles Robinson June Marie Galvin John Francis Kiely Georgina Mary Bennett Anthony Basil LaConti Brenda Lorraine Prive John Kevin Hurton Frances Hope DiPietro Daniel Omer Adrien Valerie Ann McCarthy


DEATHS


DATE


Yrs. Mos. Days


DATE


Yrs.


Mos. Days


January


1 Henry Milton Towers


54


4


15


24 Wendell L. Goldthwaite


85


4


20


24 Grace Lee


72


4


28


March


8 Brenda Marie Brandano


4


6


11 Fred H. Dodge


79


7


13


13 Duncan Henry Dewar


90


9


3


14 Yvonne S. Edkins


50


11


18


19 Wilbrod J. LeBoeuf


76


1


16


29 Estelle M. Oliver


66


8


25


13


Bruce Douglas Mitchell


32


5


24


April


2 Maude B. North


80


9


13


18


Georgiana H. Connelly


83


11


26


3 Charles E. Tracey


65


7


15


18 Pauline Smith


80


4 Annie Pauline Nickerson


84


7


21


5


21


2 Edwin Robey


61


7 23


8 Marion Brown


71


20


22 Malcolm Shaw


79


3


1


26


Paul Morris Cuenin, Jr.


47


1


21


February


3


Peter H. Flood


70


2


29


7 Frank Leroy Delamater


68


9


21


9 Henry D. Caverly


64


10


9


14


Florida E. LeBrun


93


25


Parents


Joseph William Long Alice Gertrude Wolsey


Robert John Pierce Kathleen Mary Donovan Carl Irwin Cheever, Jr. Margaret Marie Erker James Stephen Pierro Joanne Marie Flanagan Robert Edmund Burr Linda Ann Wigent


Date


Name


Parents


19 Arthur B. Nichols


93


Richard Edward Rawley Karen Snyder Daniel Douglas Moore Helen Varfis


86


DATE


Yrs. Mos. Days


DATE


Yrs. Mos. Days


15 Hazel F. Sperry


79


8


18


13 Raoul Paradise


70


1


18


16 Charles Edward Campbell


89


3


5


22


Georgia Marie Lewis


96


2


12


19 Annie H. Schaffner


84


7


27 Marie Anne Theriault


86


1


4


23 Donald W. Bookmiller


20


9


1


29 Morgan Jones


94


5 2


28


Albert Joseph Smith


71


6


17


31 Herbert Raymond Pickering, Jr.


55


23


May


September


7 Aylmer E. Bennett


84


9


16


1 Walter H. Kuestenmacher


67


5


17


7


John Herman Smith


83


4


18


13 Lulu H. Stone


90


9


24


18


Wallace H. Story


63


7


16


22 Laurence C. Bleiler


58


23 Edmund P. Hamlin


90


3


15


2 Anna Julia Foster


81


6


16


24 George Sellars


60


13


Bertha Pears Ayles


78


6


5


October


3 Sophie H. Costello


71


5 Hazel June Hayden


57


4


3


19 Theodore Frizzie


57


7


21


7 Carl A. Costanza


76


2 26


21


Mary Dulong


57


4


27


8 Gretchen J. Long


11


29 Pauline G. Freedman


64


6


4


13 Dona Lallier


78


6


22


29


Charles W. Kessler


54


5


17


16 Mina P. Adams


82


11


13


19


Pasquale Bruno


63


8


4


30 Lillian Walcott


52


10


12


7


Edward Stupelis


80


9


2


31 Minnie C. Manning


80


November


8 Lawrence Longmore Percy


94


8


20 Alice G. McNall


82


2


1


13 Francis Patrick Dolan


57


7


29


21 Dorothy A. Olsen


69


8


20


14 Anna Rose Moulton


89


3


29


30


Arthur E. Hardy


59


4 18


December


30 James S. Kane


78


4


8


6 J. Gerard Roy


53


16


Raymond G. Sault


77


1


4


2 Grenville Kimball


79


25 Harry A. Chaffin


62


7


13


5 Abraham Finkle


61


27 John D. Malcolm


67


6 27


7 Priscilla Brown


49


1


12


31 Mary Adams


80


12 Roger E. Rand


41


2


21


1969 DEATHS REPORTED IN 1970


DATE July 25 Elizabeth Ann Bourque


Yrs.


Mos. Days


49


9 8


8 Charles Elmer Morrill


91


2


2


18


Grace E. Gilson


95


13 Mildred Byrne


59


13 Patrick F. Molloy


88


July


4 Donald Campbell


40


14 Alice Eckert


82


19 Mary Stacishin


81


August


June


87


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


School Committee: Barbara Tufts, William J. Schultz, Chairman, Robert F. Weiss, Thomas E. Devaney, Bernard


In the succeeding pages of this portion of the Annual Report are presented the individual reports of the Superin- tendent of Schools, Director of Curriculum, Principals and Specialists of our Lynnfield Schools. We believe their reports are worthy of your careful attention for they reflect the goals, aims, aspirations and accomplishments of the professional staff as well as presenting many of the problems confronting our educational system. It is the intent of this School Committee Report to touch only on the highlights of the past year.


Each year there is one salient aspect of our school operations that overshadows all others. This year, it is again the need for increased school plant due to continued growth of the Town. This need was recognized by vote of the 1970 March Town Meeting, and a committee estab- lished to prepare preliminary plans and estimates for an addition to the Senior High School. To assist this commit- tee in its work, the School Committee engaged the firm of Hill, Miller, Friedlaender, Hollander, Incorporated, archi- tects and educational planners, to prepare the educational specifications and design criteria for the proposed addition. The results of this work are contained in the report "Planning for Change," available at the Town Library.


This report would not be complete without recognizing the long and invaluable service rendered by the late Walter Kuestenmacher whose leadership and perseverance have resulted in many well planned and constructed school buildings.


The Town continues to have just cause to be proud of the interest, support and effort of its citizens in educational matters. This is manifested not only by the Town's outstanding monetary support, but also by the countless parents and other citizens who devote many hours to bettering our schools. The Committee is grateful for these efforts.


A. Huntley, Superintendent of Schools, Arthur E. Foulds


As a measure of the success of our school system, Lynnfield students continue to achieve distinction when in competition with other students, or when compared with other standards. This is true in science fairs, athletic contests or achievement testing. In this year's graduating class, approximately twice the national average planned to continue their education, with 45% going on to four year degree granting colleges. In addition, thirty three members of the senior class were elected to the National Honor Society and ten were commended by the National Merit Scholarship Board.


The School Committee's most difficult task is to establish a budget which provides adequately for continuing the excellent school system demanded by the townspeople and yet keep costs within bounds. Many hours are spent negotiating with representatives of the Lynnfield Teachers' Association and the State Council for State, County and Municipal Employees to establish wages and working conditions. Careful consideration is given to all budget requests so that the budget will reflect a proper balance of salaries, expenses and capital investment. The cooperation and assistance of the Finance Committee and the Personnel Board are most appreciated.


School Committee meetings are held regularly on the first and third Mondays of each month and townspeople are cordially invited to attend.


William J. Schultz, Chairman Thomas E. Devaney, D.D.S. Arthur E. Foulds Mrs. Barbara B. Tufts Robert F. Weiss, Ph.D.


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


Dr. Bernard A. Huntley Superintendent of Schools


As your Superintendent of Schools, it is my pleasure once again to provide this report on the progress of your Lynnfield schools during the past year. I shall, in this portion of our report, try to comment on several matters of interest and importance to the citizens and taxpayers of our community, leaving the elaborative detail on specific programs and school activities to be covered in the individual reports which follow. It is hoped that through a review of the total school report the reader will gain a greater understanding of the many complex factors which contribute to our overall goal of providing optimum educational opportunity for each pupil in our charge.


School Costs: In these days of continued inflation accompanied by a major slow-down in the economy, I would like to discuss the cost of education as a first consideration in this report for, as is appreciated by all, the support of our schools represents the major public expendi- ture within every community. Specifically, I would like to address myself to the question of what the school admini- stration is doing to keep school expenditures at a minimum consistent with the kind of quality educational program expected by the citizens of Lynnfield.


As an initial response to this question I would state that there is much that the school administration can do and is doing to keep school costs from galloping ahead and, further, that there is concrete evidence that these efforts are bearing results. It may come as a surprise to some, but in actuality only 20% of the total school budget is subject to administrative economies, for a full 80% of the total school costs are reflected in the salary decisions made by the town citizens elected to serve on the School Commit- tee. They must annually attempt to make salary decisions of a most complex sort, reflecting a concern for impact on the tax dollar, fairness to individuals facing continued increases in the cost of living, and, also, they must ensure that Lynnfield maintain its ability to attract and maintain qualified professional personnel in competition with other communities in the area. The process by which this is accomplished is greatly affected, of course, by the provis- ions of State statutes which authorize and govern collective bargaining by public employees. The negotiations between the School Committee and the Lynnfield Teachers Associa- tion alone, for example, extended from October 1969 through September 1970 before an agreement was reached and, due to a stalemate, required the services of both a fact finder and, subsequently, a State appointed mediator in resolving the salary dispute. In addition to the teachers, the School Committee must establish salaries for a great many other personnel including school administrators, nurses, clerical help, custodians, cafeteria employees, school aides, coaches of athletics and other extra-curricular activities, supervisors, department heads, etc., all of which collectively equal over 80% of our operational budget. Increases granted in these salary areas, plus the addition of new personnel, accounted for a cost increase of $264,128 or 11.4% over the previous year. When one considers that the total 1970 budget increase amounted to 16.6% over 1969, it can be seen that most of the added expenses of school operation are attributable to personnel costs.


The remaining 20% of the budget which covers all non-salary areas represents those items most amenable to careful economies in preparation and review by the school administration and subsequent decision by the School Committee. In this respect I believe that it is somewhat of an achievement to report that in those segments of the budget which we might term as instructional costs (school supplies and materials, library services, curriculum develop- ment, acquisition of equipment, athletics, custodial supplies) our budget increased only 2.2%, despite a contin- ued pupil enrollment increase and higher costs of materials.


When one adds to this, other increases represented by higher utilities costs, increased transportation charges, a replace- ment bus, and more money for a labor consultant for collective bargaining, and new costs associated with the first full year of operation for additions to both the Huckleberry Hill and Summer Street Schools, the total increase for this non-salary area of the school budget was 5.2% over the costs of the previous years. It is submitted that an increase of 5.2% does represent careful economy by your school system, particularly so when our costs for instructional materials continue to rise and, most importantly, more pupils (4.5% in 1969) continue to be added to our system each succeeding year. Further efforts at prudent reduction of operational costs have similarly permeated our prepara- tion of the coming 1971 school budget.


Before leaving the subject of school costs, I would like to mention that in April 1970 the Lynnfield schools participated in the special task force study on school expenditures authorized by the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education. Mr. Albert J. McNulty, Comptroller of the Boston Edison Company, and Mr. Charles Bogart of the Prudential Life Insurance Company represented the Task Force in visiting Lynnfield and reviewed in detail such aspects of school operation as accounting practices, pur- chasing, data processing, general administrative procedures, school transportation, insurance, lunch program, building operation and maintenance, space utilization, facilities planning, and attendance services. While many helpful suggestions were shared during the visit, we were pleased to see that our overall management practices were reflective of the approaches being advocated by the Task Force. The summary report of this study group, Report of the Massachusetts Business Task Force for School Management, was published in September, 1970.


School Enrollment: Our September opening enrollment was 2975 pupils, which represented a gain of approximately 2% over the previous year. If this increase could have been distributed evenly over the entire twelve grades it would have had far less impact on our operation as well as instructional costs, but such was not the case. Our Senior High School, for example, experienced a sharp increase of 6.5% over the year before, while the Junior High School increased approximately 2%. For the first time in many years there was no increase on the elementary level. In applying this data to a consideration of school space, we find that both of our secondary schools are close to the maximum design capacity of their buildings, while eleven of the twelve new elementary classrooms added in 1969 are presently being fully utilized.


School Facilities Planning: This report will not attempt to provide a full review of the background information leading up to the present proposal for an addition to the Senior High School, for this has been outlined in detail in earlier publications. Reference is made briefly, however, to the 1969 Study on Organization of the Lynnfield Schools which concluded that, from both an educational as well as an economic point of view, it made the most sense to add sufficient space to the High School to permit it to accommodate its increased enrollment while at the same time changing to a full four year high school. Linked in with this planning was the conversion of the present Junior High School to a middle school composed of pupils in grades 6, 7 and 8, without major changes to the present building, thereby also freeing sufficient space in our present elementary schools to provide for the addition of kindergartens by 1973 as required by State mandate. Copies of this study are available from the Town Library for those who may wish to review the rationale for this planning in greater detail.




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