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0 0 Apoplexy
5 8 Bronchopneumonia
October
5 Florence A. Vallely (Malloy) 73
9 Avis R. Brackett
3 19 Bronchopneumonia
75 0 13 Arteriosclerotic heart disease
104
22 Elizabeth Glen Rawlings
22 James Emmell Johnson
27 George E. Fennelly
81 68
Cerebral hemorrhage
3 Carcinoma of esophagus
86 2. 15 Arteriosclerosis
14 Peter John Tubek or Tubec
75
71
Skull Fracture
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1960
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
October
9 Richard Wyman MacHugh 44
11 Gertrude M. McCarty (Eldridge) 87
14 Vera Emerson Scott 78
19 Bertha Ellen Peters Conway 89
6 7 Heart disease-sudden death
5 18 Acute Myocardial Infarction
4 18 Coronary Thrombosis Arteriosclerotic heart disease
21 John Francis Murphy
87
9 2 Coronary Thrombosis
6 19 Myocardial Infarc
3 27 Coronary Thrombosis
28 Pearl R. (Clarry) Campbell 85 9 9 Arteriosclerotic heart disease
28 Dorothy S. (Marston) Carey 64
9 27 Carcinoma of Caecum
1 29 Heart disease-sudden death
November
4 Alfonso Jackson
6 Ella Mae MacFarland Jackson 75
13 Phillip Goddard Parker
14 Henry F. Johnson
17 Elfreda Thrush (Osmond) 82
18 Mary Currier (Babcock)
21 Carolyn F. Morrison
26 William Henry Fracker
28 Frank Besso
83 11 23 Arteriosclerotic heart disease
10 6 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
48
0 14 Cirrhosis of Liver
69
2. 28 Cancer of Lung Carcinoma
87 7 21 Cerebral Hemorrhage
84
6 26 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
88
3 6 Coronary Thrombosis
56
3 13 Pulmonary edema
December
3 Lena M. (Temple) Cook
4 Ethel Elizabeth (Anderson) Carlson 52
8 Agnes S. Kezer
84
5 9 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
9 George Cowles
13 Margaret Coyne Kelso
18 Martha C. Baxter (Leckey)
22 Mary Louise Lowande (Galvin) 83 7 26 Heart Disease
22 Emma S. (Hutchinson) Nelson 95
85
Arteriosclerosis
2 12 Massive Intestinal Bleeding
67 11 2 Heart Disease
90 10 13 Contusion Left Temporal Lobe of Brain
94 4 18 Uremia
6 2 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
105
25 Charles M. Cullinane
72
26 Mabe C. (Souther) Hillman
75
31 Sidney A. White 60
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1960
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
December
22 Emma Porter (Grant)
92
7 22 Generalized Arteriosclerosis
22 George Taylor Oliver
65
8 6 Ruptured of Aortic Aneurysm
26 George Stephen Lehr
53
7 6 Acute Myocardial Infarction
26 Alfred Raymond Langiell
62
5 4 Heart Disease
28 Arthur Farnham Stiles
64
5 20 Metastatic Carcinoma
30 Emma Isabella Coburn Hopkins
85 10 15 Arteriosclerosis
31 Stephen James Berry
3 0 18 Compressed Fractured Skull
DELAYED RECORD OF DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1959
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
July
23 Harry Irving Flint
86 7 25 Ch. Myocarditis
Noyember
9 Harold E. Thurlow
53 11 19 Sudden death
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NOTICE TO PARENTS, HOUSEWIVES, PHYSICIANS AND MID-WIVES
Your attention is called to the sections below taken from the revised laws. Blank forms for return of birth can be obtained from the Town Clerk.
General Laws, Chap. 46. Sec. 3 (Tercentenary Edition) (As Amended By Chapter 326, Section One, Acts of 1939)
Every physician, or hospital medical officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, in this chapter called officer, shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge, showing date and place of birth, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, the name, age, birthplace, occupation and resi- dence (including the street number, if any, and the ward number if in a city) of each parent, the maiden name of the mother and the name of the physician or officer, if any, personally attending the birth. If the child is illegitimate, the name of and other facts relating to the father shall not be set forth except upon written request of both the father and mother; provided that if an illegitimate child shall have become legitmate by the intermarriage of his parents and the acknowledgement of his father, as provided in section seven of chapter one hundred and ninety, prior to the mailing or delivery of any report herein required, such report shall read in all respects, as if such child had been born to such parents in lawful wedlock. Said physician or officer shall, within 15 days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town where such birth occurred, a report stating the facts herein above required to be shown on said record and also the said written request, if any; provided that if said report is not so made within forty-eight hours after such birth, said physician, or officer shall, within said forty- eight hours mail or deliver to said clerk or registrar a notice stating the date and place of the birth, the street number, if any, the ward number, if in a city, and the family name. Upon presentation to him of a cer- tificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treasurer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty-five cents for each birth so reported. Any physician or any such officer violating any provision of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars. The said town clerk or registrar shall file daily with the local board of health a list of all births reported to him, showing, as to each, the date of birth, sex, color, family name, residence; ward and physician or officer in charge.
Within sixty days after the date of the birth of any child born in the commonwealth with visible congenital deformities, or any condition apparently acquired at birth which may lead to crippling, the physician in attendance upon said births shall prepare upon a form provided by the state department of public health and file with the clerk of the town where such birth occurred a report setting forth such visible congenital deformity, or any condition apparently acquired at birth which may lead to crippling.
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Said clerk shall transmit forthwith to said department such supple- mentary report of such birth. The contents of such report shall be solely for the use of said department in connection with its functions relative to crippled children, and such report shall not be open to public inspection or constitute a public record.
General Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 6
Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his home, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born.
General Laws, Chapter 111
Sections 110 and 111, require physicians, registered hospital medical officers, nurses or other attendants to report at once to the local board of health, every child one or both of whose eyes become inflamed, swollen and red and show an unnatural discharge within two weeks after birth.
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ANNUAL REPORT of THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE of
The Town of Reading, Massachusetts
for the year ending December 31, 1960
RETIRED
MISS ELIZABETH A. BATCHELDER, B.S.Ed. Teacher of Commercial Education
Appointed 1916 Retired 1959
MR. FREDERICK J. POPE B.S., Ed.M. Head of Science Department
Appointed 1922
Retired 1959
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Mr. Edward W. Palmer, 45 Pratt Street
Term Expires 1963
Mr. Stanley I. Robinson, 273 Pearl Street
"
1963
Mr. Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn Street
1962
Dr. Henry M. Paynter, 132 West Street
1962
Mr. Paul R. Bergholtz, 20 Puritan Road, Chairman Mrs. Barbara E. Winkler, 52 Pearl Street
1961
1961
School Committee Office
High School Building
62 Oakland Road
Telephones 944-0180 and 944-5220
Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During summer vacation 8:00 to 4:00
Superintendent of Schools
Robert F. Perry
22 Dudley Street
Secretary to the Superintendent
Mae A. Tanner
24 Federal Street
Clerks in School Committee Office
Anna G. Freeman, Bookkeeper
Norma C. Walsh, Payroll Clerk
48 Grove Street 10 Temple Street
School Physician
Dr. Robert W. Wakeling
60 Lowell Street
Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools Supervisor of Maintenance Mr. Roderick E. Macdonald
11 John Carver Road
Supervisor of Cafeterias
Mrs. Lois C. Piper
268 Franklin Street
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Reading:
The School Committee herewith submits its annual report.
This report will only touch on some of the highlights of the School Department operations in 1960. More detailed school information will be found in the individual reports of the Superintendent, Principals and Directors.
Administration Staff Changes
The School Committee was pleased that there were qualified edu- cators within our own system to fill some of the vacancies that appeared in our administration staff this year. Mr. Ara A. Karakashian was ap- pointed Principal and Mr. Ernest G. Spence was appointed Assistant Principal of the Senior High School. Mr. John R. Copithorne was ap- pointed Principal of the new Arthur W. Coolidge Junior High School. Mr. Dennis F. Murphy was appointed Principal of the Birch Meadow Elementary School, and Dr. Helen R. Zimmerman was appointed Head of the Science Department, Senior High School.
Buildings and Grounds
The Committee is impatiently looking forward to the completion of the new Arthur W. Coolidge Junior High School and hope their day of acceptance will be early in 1961. The division of the town into two parts and the assignment of teachers and pupils to both junior high schools was completed early this fall.
Completion of outside painting and a new electrical system was the first step of a three-year plan to renovate the Walter S. Parker Junior High School.
The grading of a section of Birch Meadow and the seeding of an in- field area was also the first step of a three-year plan to provide a new baseball field for Reading.
Salaries
The action of the State Legislature in raising minimum salary for a BA degree to $4000.00 necessitated the adoption of a new salary schedule that went into effect September 1, 1960.
The Committee authorized a special study committee to work with Mr. John Harker to explore new ideas in relation to the structure of salary schedules for members of the professional staff of the School De- partment.
A new salary schedule was adopted for all cafeteria managers and workers.
Other Highlights
A new report card was developed for elementary schools.
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'The evaluation of Reading Memorial High School was completed by a special committee appointed by the Executive Secretary of the Na- tional Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges.
A summer school was conducted for the third consecutive year pro- viding greater participation by secondary school pupils in programs of enrichment and courses set up to give students advanced placement.
The Reading Teachers Club brought the New England Opera Com- pany to Reading and received a citation for special outstanding achieve- ment in public relations for this project. Reading was host to the Fall Music Festival of the Massachusetts Northeastern District, representing over 40 schools.
Accomplishments like those listed above are possible only through the cooperation of school personnel, committees, groups and townspeople working together toward the best possible education for the students of Reading. In this respect we warmly welcome the formation of the Reading Council for Better Schools and look forward to many co-opera- tive studies and projects for the future.
A glance to the future, based on recent long-range studies for our town, indicates increases in homes, families and children. To a school committee this means only one thing - GROWTH in students, teaching staff and school buildings. We suggest a permanent or continuing town school building committee with responsibility for long-range studies, site locations and additional school building facilities.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL R. BERGHOLTZ, Chairman
NEWELL H. MORTON
EDWARD W. PALMER
DR. HENRY M. PAYNTER
STANLEY I. ROBINSON
BARBARA E. WINKLER
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET - 1960
Appropriations, Transfers & Refunds 1960
Expended 1960
SALARIES:
$
56,771.12
Supt., Clerks & Enf. of Law
$ 55,605.71
55,716,.64
Directors
55,120.36
3,000.00
Misc. Salaries of Instruction
2,740.03
51,983.31
Principals
52,838.76
794,021.46
Teachers
791,631.85
96,615.00
Custodians & Matrons
96,442.64
12,556.65
Health
12,250.70
$1,070,664.18
Total Salaries
$1,066,630.05
MAINTENANCE:
$ 1,000.00
Supt. Office Expense
$ 861.34
400.00
Research & Prof. Study
400.00
975.00
Printing
714.00
500.00
Travel Expense
117.09
800.00
Prin. Office Expense
1,053.28
3,450.00
Telephone
3,554.77
765.00
Evaluation - Senior High
538.54
$ 7,890.00
Total General Control $ 7,239.02
INSTRUCTION:
$ 1,200.00
Travel Exp. Directors & Prin.
$
933.03
15,560.00
Textbooks & Supplementary Books
15,592.15
15,150.00
Supplies - School
13,239.83
2,500.00
Supplies - Shop
2,575.94
1,000.00
Supplies - Dom. Science
1,110.55
2,474.95
Audio-Visual
1,851.73
965.00
Educational T. V.
965.00
1,420.00
Physical Ed. Equipment
1,524.73
2,055.00
Tests
2,334.18
5,529.16
Instructional Apparatus
7,810.58
100.00
Express Charges
28.89
$ 47,954.11
Total Instruction
$ 47,966.61
OPERATION OF PLANT:
$ 25,500.00
Fuel
$ 22,717.49
2,500.00
Water & Sewer
2,435.47
20,500.00
Electricity
20,225.18
500.00
Gas
435.37
150.00
Laundry & Summer Cleaning
76.97
113
220.50
936.23
Travel & Operation of Vehicles Janitors Supplies
7,353.09
$ 57,150.00
Total Operation of Plant
$ 54,400.30
MAINTENANCE OF PLANT
$
2,895.00
Grounds
$ 2,945.47
9,445.00
Buildings
12,546.29
645.00
Service System
664.90
6,395.00
Plumbing & Heating
6,137.44
476.40
Furniture Repair & Replacement
463.01
$ 19,856.40
Total Maintenance of Plant $ 22,757.11
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
$
3,400.00
Library
$ 3,022.09
650.00
Health Expense
572.19
450.00
Commencement
519.46
$
4,500.00
Total Auxiliary Agencies
$ 4,113.74
CAPITAL OUTLAY:
New Equipment & Furniture
$ 1,011.78
$ 139,209.91
Total General Maintenance
$ 137,488.56
$1,070,664.18
Total Salaries
$1,066,630.05
$1,209,874.09
Grand Total
$1,204,118.61
34,230.00
Transportation
33,445.70
5,000.00
Vocational Tuition
3,342.77
15,224.00
Athletic Account
15,224.00
4,470.00
Adult Education
3,166.75
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$
1,859.40
Ash Removal
300.00 700.00 7,000.00
READING SCHOOL COMMITTEE - 1960 Receipts not from Tax Levy - Showing Net Cost to Town January 9, 1960 GENERAL ACCOUNT
Estimate 1961
1960
Appropriation
Credits $1,392,031.34
Total Expenditures (less transportation) (less Vocational Tuition)
$1,204,118.61
Receipts:
$ 158,897.00
State Reimbursement
$ 147,521.71
4,000.00
Tuition - State Wards
3,981.01
5,000.00
Mentally Retarded
6,390.83
4,500.00
173,397.00
1,000.00
Sundry
1,849.84
164,243.39
$1,273,133.54
Net Cost to Town
$1,039,875.22
VOCATIONAL TUITION
$
5,000.00
Total Expenditures
$ 3,342.77
Receipts:
State Reimbursement
1,591.91
Net Cost to Town
$ 1,750.86
TRANSPORTATION
Total Expenditures
$ 33,445.70
Receipts:
1,250.00
State Reimbursement
1,292.88
$ 33,290.00
Net Cost to Town
$ 32,152.82
Reim. on Salary of Youth Counselor
4,500.00
$
1,600.00
$ 34,540.00
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and Citizens of Reading:
I herewith submit the report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year ending December 31, 1960, it being the sixty-eighth in a series of such annual reports.
Enrollment
l'he enrollment of the public schools as of October 1, 1960, was 4022, an increase of 162, or 4.2%, over the total enrollment in 1959. There were 582 pupils enrolled in St. Agnes' Parochial School in grades one through eight. The pupils of the public schools were distributed to the various buildings as follows:
School
Grades
Enrollment
Lowell
1- 4
106
Prospect
1- 4
118
Pearl
1- 6
477
Highland
1- 6
399
Joshua Eaton
1- 6
572
Birch Meadow
1- 6
474
Junior High
7- 8
718
Senior High
942
1142
Special Education
16
Staff
Two hundred and thirty-seven persons serve in various capacities in the total operation of the School Department including 156 classroom teachers: 18 administrators, supervisors and directors; 13 secretaries; 23 custodians; 23 cafeteria workers; 2 nurses and 2 physicians.
During the year it was necessary for the administrative staff to re- cruit a total of 21 teachers to replace 17 teachers who resigned plus 4 new teachers to take care of the increased enrollment. The following table compares the turnover in personnel in 1960 with changes in our staff in 1958-1959:
1858
1959
1960
Additional teachers
2
5
4
Left system
20
15
17
Turnover
13.5% : 10.1%
12.5%
Reasons for leaving:
1. To accept positions in other school systems
13
7
6
2. To accept positions in industry
1
3. Retirement
2
4. Family reasons
3
4
5. Leave of absence
1
1
6. Not reappointed
3
Two highly respected members of our teaching staff retired at the end of the school year, after long and faithful service to the students of the Reading Memorial High School.
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1. Mr. Frederick J. Pope, 1922 to 1960 - Head of the Science Depart- ment, Reading Memorial High School - 38 years.
2. Miss Elizabeth Batchelder, 1916 to 1960 - Teacher in the Com- mercial Department, Reading Memorial High School - 44 years.
During the past three years it has been necessary for the adminis- trative staff to recruit each year twenty to twenty-five new teachers for the teaching staff at various grade levels. This problem requires the combined effort of the principals and the Superintendent of Schools over a period of several months. As far as Reading is concerned there is no shortage of applications for vacancies which occur on our teach- ing staff; our problem is to locate those capable, qualified and well- trained people who do apply for teaching positions on our staff. The quality of education cannot rise above the character and competence of those who teach. Teachers of mathematics, science and industrial arts are still in short supply.
There continues to be no stability in the whole salary structure for teachers here in New England or other parts of the Nation. The School Committee found it necessary to revise the salary schedule effective on September 1, 1960, as the result of the action of the General Court in establishing a minimum salary of $4,000.00 for all teachers in the Com- monwealth.
Salary Schedule For Teachers Effective September 1, 1960
I. Raise minimum of $3900 to $4300, BA; $4500, MA; $4700, MA+30.
II. Establish maxima at $6000, $6200, $6400 for 3 classifications of training.
III. Establish Career-Maximum Schedule of $6600; $7400; $7600.
Salary Schedule
Step
BA
MA
MA+30
1
$4300
$4500
$4700
2
4400
4600
4800
3
4500
4700
4900
4
4650
4850
5050
5
4800
5000
5200
6
4950
5150
5350
7
5100
5300
5500
8
5250
5450
5650
9
5400
5600
5800
10
5550
5750
5950
11
5700
5900
6100
12
5850
6050
6250
13
6000
6200
6400
Career
Maxima
6600
7400
7600
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1. Effective in September 1960, all teachers to receive salary on next higher step. Salary increase amounts to $400 plus established an- nual increment, except those teachers now on Step #11 of the 1959-60 schedule, who will receive an increase of $600 and move to Step #13 of the new schedule.
2. Career-Maximum Schedule. Career maxima are established with no definite annual increments. These maximum salaries will be paid on the basis of additional responsibilities and duties assumed by those teachers who are willing to be employed on a 12-month basis. These teachers will be employed at the discretion of the School Commit- tee and will take over whatever duties the administration of the schools may direct; such duties as working singly or on committees dealing with research and development of the school curriculum; assuming lead- ership in workshops designed to improve instruction in the Reading Schools; special professional study related directly to problems of the local school system; service as instructors in special summer school programs, etc.
In connection with the preparation of the 1961 School Budget the School Committee decided that it was necessary to again revise the sal- ary schedule if we are to retain on our staff those strong, capable teach- ers who have accumulated a number of years of experience either here in Reading or in other communities, and at the same time be attractive enough for our young teachers to want to stay in Reading to work toward maxima that are realistic and competitive with maxima in surrounding communities.
SALARY SCHEDULE September 1, 1961
Step
Inc.
BA
MA
MA+30
1
$4600
$4800
2
100
$4300 4400
4700
4900
3
100
4500
4800
5000
4
150
4650
4950
5150
5
150
4800
5100
5300
6
150
4950
5250
5450
7
150
5100
5400
5600
8
150
5250
5550
5750
9
150
5400
5700
5900
10
150
5550
5850
6050
11
250
5800
6100
6300
12
250
6050
6350
6500
1.3
250
6300
6600
6800 Max.
Career Maxima
6900
7800
8000
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Reading Career-Leadership Program
1. Teachers who desire to participate in the Reading career teach- ing and leadership program are eligible to do so one year after reach- ing the maximum salary established for any one of the three-degree classifications of the regular salary schedule for teachers.
2. This program makes it possible for teachers to reach a salary which is $600 above the normal maximum for those teachers with a BA degree and $1200 above the normal maximum for teachers with an MA or MA+30 hours degree.
3. No definite salary increments are established for this super- maximum schedule. Salaries beyond the normal maxima will be deter- mined by the School Committee on the basis of the amount and degree of extra responsibility and duties assumed by those teachers who are willing to be employed in the program on a 12-month basis.
4. Teachers who desire to participate in the career-leadership pro- gram will be employed at the discretion of the School Committee for the purpose of taking over whatever duties and responsibilities the admin- istration of the schools may suggest, direct, or approve; such duties as (a) working singly or on committees dealing with research and develop- ment of the school curriculum; (b) assuming leadership in workshops or programs to assist other teachers at this grade or departmental level to become more effective teachers; (c) special professional study re- lated directly to the improvement of the instructional program of the Reading schools; (d) active leadership and superior teaching effective- ness in the interpretation of the Reading school programs to the parents and citizens of this community; (e) service as instructors in special extended school programs for pupils at either the elementaary or sec- ondary level.
5. The procedure used in making recommendations to the School Committee for the employment of a teacher under this program will be as follows:
A. The teacher will file a form "Request to participate in the Career-Leadership Program" with the Superin- tendent of Schools. This form should be filed with the Superintendent of Schools on or before October 30th of each year.
8. In relation to this request, the principal and/or depart- ment head, administrative or supervisory personnel will make recommendations to the Superintendent of Schools concerning those areas to which they are as- signed and are familiar.
C. Based on a joint conference with those administrative or supervisory personnel concerned with the teacher par- ticipating in this program, a recommendation will be made by the Superintendent of Schools to the School Committee.
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6. All forms used in connection with the career-leadership program will be approved by the School Committee. It shall be the annual re- sponsibility of the Superintendent and his staff to review the procedures and forms in this program, and to recommend to the School Committee such changes as they deem desirable.
The Budget of the School Department continues to increase annual- ly at a rate that is of serious concern to many of our citizens. Salaries of School Deparment personnel account for 84% of the total estimated budget for 1961.
In the various reports of the Supervising Principals reference is made to the following significant items relating to the instructional pro- gram and operation of the schools during the past year:
1. The formal evaluation and report of the operation of the Read- ing Memorial High School by the visiting committee representing the new England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
2. Preparation for the reorganization of the secondary schools on the 6-3-3 plan as the result of the opening of the Arthur W. Coolidge Junior High School.
3. Additional guidance personnel added to our staff to meet those standards recommended under the National Defense Education Act and by Dr. Conant in his report The American High School Today.
4. Expanded programs of instruction utilizing Educational Televi- sion, including French for all pupils in grades 4 and 5.
5. Revision of the elementary school report card.
6. Extensive study of arithmetic curriculum and adoption of the Winston series as basal books for the arithmetic program in the elemen- tary schools.
7 Expanded program of the summer school sponsored by the P.T.A. Council for the third consecutive year.
School Plant
As the result of hard work and the conscientious devotion to duty of Mr. Macdonald and our custodial staff, our school buildings are in excel- lent condition. During the year all of the items planned for in the budget and the special articles of the Town Warrant were completed, as well as many items in connection with the program of preventive maintenance. Items of major importance are as follows:
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