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$130,381.28
Reserved for Petty Cash
Civil Defense 101.91
Plumbing Inspections
2,500.00
Rubbish Collection
8,894.84
155
Tax Titles & Possessions:
Titles $ 2,994.61
Possessions 4,090.65
$ 7.085.26
Departmental:
Public Welfare:
Cities & Towns $ 69.00
Old Age Assistance:
Cities & Towns 538.90
Aid to Dependent Children:
State 3,798.61
$ 4,406.51
Aid to Highways:
State
$ 22,978.77
County
9,546.29
$ 32,525.06
Water:
Installations
$ 2,512.55
Rates
31,205.55
$ 33,718.10
Underestimates:
Overlay - 1956
$ 9,730.56
County T.B. Hospital
3,117.30
County Tax
612.93
State Parks
774.55
School Bldg. Committee - 1953 1,060.02 Foster School Fire Repairs 1,564.51 New School Const. - 1955 412,944.64 Shawsheen School Addition 107,920.00 School Plans & Specifications .. 33,103.73
School Problem Study 10,275.00
North Street School Repairs 3,140.00
North Street School Drainage .. 615.00
Athletics 2,252.77
Auctioneer - Andover St. Land 75.00
Land Court Costs
297.63
Gravel Pit Land Survey 210.00
Land Takings - Fire Station 1.00
Land Takings - Schools 16.00
Land Takings - Well Field
1.00
Industrial Commission
4,429.05
Wamesit Hand Pump Restoration 495.00
Water Well Survey
122.37
Water Well Loan
18,328.86
Addition to Water Building ...
17,000.00
Shawsheen Street Pipe Relocation 1,438.73
$ 14,235.34
$660,603.12
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Payments in Advance of Collections:
Cemetery Care
$
5.00
Disability Assistance - Federal:
Aid
231.55
Administration 412.26
Old Age Assistance - Federal:
Aid
805.20
Federal Grants: Old Age Assistance: Administration $ 37.59
Aid to Dependent Children:
Aid
160.89
Administration
9.76
208.24
1,454.01
Excess & Deficiency
198,244.21
$ 1,034,650.82
$ 1,034,650.82
Respectfully submitted, THOMAS J. BERUBE Town Auditor
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN COLLECTOR
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
Total
Uncollected bal. 1-1-56
21.90
103.42
272.21
483.23
976.65
1,216.51
6,542.90
12,242.29
21,859.11
1956 Commitments
7,366.79
103,169.99
110,536.78
Refunds
236.18
1,333.21
1,569.39
Cash Collected
2.00
4.00
2,737.10
10,238.36
64,586.43
77,567.89
Abatements
21.90
31.00
3.31
29.72
356.58
335.60
201.39
2,775.56
3,579.85
7,334.91
Uncollected bal. 12-31-56
72.42
266.90
449.51
620.07
880.91
3,604.41
6,831.34
36,336.92
49,062.48
POLL
Uncollected bal. 1-1-56
100.00
152.00
232.00
166.00
190.00
536.00
1,376.00
1956 Commitments
6,176.00
6,176.00
Refunds
14.00
14.00
Cash Collected
2.00
4.00
8.00
84.00
5,024.00
5,122.00
Abatements
22.00
64.00
64.00
66.00
40.00
22.00
612.00
890.00
Uncollected bal. 12-31-56
78.00
88.00
166.00
96.00
142.00
430.00
554.00
1,554.00
PERSONAL
Uncollected bal. 1-1-56
22.00
22.00
506.00
748.80
876.42
1,844.40
2,808.30
6,827.92
1956 Commitments
225,962.70
225,962.70
Refunds
22.20
22.20
Cash Collected
..
..
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15.60
76.68
298.70
1,162.50
222,122.10
223,675.58
Abatements
22.00
22.00
40.04
39.42
14.50
26.10
125.80
289.86
Uncollected bal. 12-31-56 ..
..
..
506.00
693.16
760.32
1,531.20
1,619.70
3,737.00
8,847.38
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REAL ESTATE
1948
1949
1950
1951
1953
1954
1955
1956
Total
Uncollected bal. 1-1-56 1956 Commitments
716.12
1952 2,051.13
2,807.05
7,929.31
41,118.47
54,622.08 778,372.70 9,347.30
Refunds
Cash Collected
22.00
111.00
676.10
3,368.44
461.10 30,038.30 859.85
682,965.74
717,181.58
Abatements
42,537.05
43,396.90
Uncollected bal. 12-31-56
694.12
1,940.13
2,130.95
4,560.87
10,681.42
61,756.11
81,763.60
WATER INSTALLATION
Uncollected bal. 1-1-56
3,515.79
1956 Commitments
797.09
Refunds
Cash Collected
1,603.02
Abatements
326.33
Uncollected bal. 12-31-56
2,383.53
WATER RATES
Uncollected bal. 1-1-56
14,602.73
1956 Commitments
90,261.87
Refunds
5.00
Cash Collected
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89,338.63
Abatements
357.25
Uncollected bal. 12-31-56
15,173.72
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Respectfully submitted, LOUIS H. AMIOT Collector
778,372.70 8,886.20
- Annual Report
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town of
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also Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1956
SCHOOL CALENDAR - 1957
Open January 2, 1957
Close February 15, 1957
Vacation One Week
Open February 25, 1957
Close April 12, 1957
Vacation One Week
Open April 22, 1957
(Elementary) Close June 7, 1957
(High) Close June 21, 1957
Summer Vacation
Open September 9, 1957 Close December 23, 1957
School Holidays
February 22 Good Friday May 30
October 12
November 11
November 28 and 29
(and such other days as the School Committee may designate) The School Calendar may be subject to change.
No School Signals
When school is called off because of severe weather conditions, the following system will be used:
At 6:45 A. M.
a. 2-2-2 blast repeated on the Tewksbury Fire Station Alarm.
b. 2-2-2 blast repeated on the Tewksbury State Hospital Alarm.
Radio Stations WLLH, Lowell, and WNAC, Boston and Law- rence, will carry announcements on their regular no school broad- casts.
When school is held in inclement weather, the parent must make the decision as to whether or not his child should attend school.
School will usually be held except when the traveling is not safe for busses.
School Census
October 1, 1956
Age 5-6 824
Age 7-16 2349
Age 17-21 222
Total 3395
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
John P. Murphy, Jr., Dudley Road
1957
Mrs. Loella Dewing, James Street 1958
Francis X. Kelley, Marie Street 1959
ORGANIZATION John P. Murphy, Jr., Chairman
Francis X. Kelley, Vice-chairman Mrs. Loella Dewing, Secretary
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Everett G. Thistle Office: Foster School
Office open from 8 A. M. to 12 M. and from 1 P. M. to 4 P. M. except Saturday.
The Superintendent may be seen at his office by appointment.
Telephone ULysses 1-2431 Secretary: Mrs. Thelma Whitehouse
School Physicians Herbert M. Larrabee, M. D., 9 Central St., Lowell Telephone: GLenview 2-4321
Morris Kelman, M. D., McDonald Rd., N. Wilmington Telephone: OLiver 8-4531
School Nurses Mrs. Ora MacLaren, R. N., 1928 Main St., Tewksbury Telephone: Ulysses 1-2198
Mrs. Rachel Killeen, 778 Main St., Tewksbury Telephone: ULysses 1-7467
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AGE - GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1956
Gr/Age| 5 | 6 |
7 | 8 |9
-
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 | Total
1
146
229
27
402
2
133
225
33
1
-
-
392
3
112
193
39
3
1
-
-
-
4
95
209
33
2
1
-
-
340
5
104
125
27
4
1
261
6
-
53
107
15
7
1
-
1
-
-
182
8
55
104
25
4
1
189
9
54
70
24
4
-
1
153
10
-
-
-
-
-
.
1
23
34
2
1
61
Ung. . |
1
2
7
3
5 |
2
3
3
5
2
1
34
Total
146
363
366
328
356
219
182
177
200
131
120
100
51
5 | 2
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SCHOOL - GRADE DISTRIBUTION
Grade
-
1 | 2 | 3
4
5 6 7 8 9 10
11|
12
ug.
Total
Shawsheen
204 |168 |114|112
52
18
668
North Street
198 |172
93
110
62
635
Foster
141
118
259
Ella Flemings
59
65
16
140
Town Hall
52
52
High
88 | 118 |182|189
577
Total
402 392 348 340 261 |183 |182 |189
34
2331
High
153
104
97
61
415
Grand Total
402 | 392 | 348
340 |261 |183
182 | 189
153
104
97
61 34
2746
-
-
43
99
31
8
55
21
6
104
11
-
-
-
33
51
10
3
97
12
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2746
-
-
-
-
-
183
7
-
22
-
348
Educational and Employment Certificates
Every person from 14-16 years of age must have an employment certificate or permit, and those between 16-18 years of age must have an educational certificate before starting work. These certificates and permits may be obtained from the offices of the Superintendent of Schools, the High School Principal, and Mrs. William Dewing of the School Committee. When one makes application for a certificate (or "working card"), he must apply in person and bring birth certificate and report of last grade attended.
Age of Admission to School
All children born as of October 1, 1951 are eligible to attend school in coming fall term. No entrance tests for children under the age requirement will be given.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The following quote from page 17 of The Old Farmer's 1956 Almanac by Robert B. Thomas is very appropo - "Town meeting will be about the same as usual. But say what you will, it does perk a man up to hear old John rant and spiel out all the figures he's been working on since last March to show that education costs more'n it used to and don't give half as much as it used to.
"General feeling will be the town is gone to H - - - and there's nothing to be done about it. This is the best tonic a man can have in March, and Ma and I will drive home sweet as doves."
Our student population has increased greatly as has the teaching staff and the cost of living. Despite all this our students are receiv- ing half the number of hours of instruction that they should have or at least they are on double or half sessions. People are throwing up their hands over the cost of education as though it were happening only in Tewksbury. The quote which opened this report is from a book having extremely wide coverage and the problem is national.
The election of Dr. Everett G. Thistle as Superintendent opened the year with Tewksbury entering its first year as a separate entity in the education field. But rough sailing was encountered when the local Committee along with two neighboring communities was challenged for putting the safety of the children ahead of the choice of the lowest bidder in the bus contracts. The legislation started to curtail the powers of the school committee in this regard was de- feated through the efforts of the local board.
In an effort to keep the townspeople well informed on school
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matters the School Committee formally voted to have the press attend all meetings. The press had never been excluded but now they have been extended a formal invitation to be present.
'In May of this year an official in a neighboring city offered our community education facilities of his community. None of the School Committee attended the affair where this public offer was made. After the offer was brought to the attention of the Committee, a thorough study of the situation was made. Much embarrassment was caused to all concerned by the number of versions of the actions being taken by individual members and the school board collectively. Despite the embarrassment and the misunderstandings that arose the Committee, realizing its obligation to study the situation thor- oughly, did everything even to asking the Commissioner of Educa- tion to make a determination and suggest remedies for our school system. The Commissioner's letter has come back after his survey team studied the matter and his suggestion is that the high school remain in Tewksbury and the responsibility be left to the taxpayers to raise the money to build adequate facilities. The Committee therefore accepted the report with no further action. The answer is now up to the townspeople and the School Building Committee.
This Committee has voted to cut the costs of school buildings in our community and by a formal vote sent a proposal to the School Building Assistance Commission. The Committee was overruled by the School Building Committee in that the latter committee turned down a recommendation that sinks be eliminated from the class- rooms and that classrooms be substituted for all-purpose rooms.
The School Committee expressed its concern over many things in the new Shawsheen Street School and a majority of the Committee has expressed dissatisfaction with the activities at this site to date. The School Committee has objected to the many delays which have deprived the Town of the use of a portion of the building in the fall of 1956 as scheduled and is on record as protesting the use of the secondhand steel and the improper construction of the brick walls which have since been corrected.
During the year it was necessary for the Committee to take out a special insurance covering many things including destruction to school property. It was necessary also to ask the Selectmen to deputize our custodians in order to cut down the expenses due to destruction. It is hoped that the deputizing action will take place in the near future.
Clerical personnel were hired to relieve the principals of much of the routine paper work thereby allowing them to devote more time to the educational phases of our system.
A special "Well Done" was voted to our custodians who have served so faithfully and saved the community so much money by
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their unselfish devotion to duty. Repairs to the Ella Flemings School roof plus a complete paint job for that building were accom- plished. Landscaping of a portion of the North Street School yard was accomplished as well as numerous other repairs in our school system. Some of our male teachers also contributed their efforts during the summer months to accomplish these expensive repairs. Among the most prominent of these repairs was the creation of temporary class facilities in the all-purpose rooms and other spaces in our school buildings and the lower Town Hall. The Committee felt that this was necessary in view of the fact that the children occupying these spaces on a full day basis are 1075 children who lost their fundamentals or had them curtailed due to over-crowded classrooms or double sessions. Despite some unwarranted criticism many of these children have improved in their academic standings. The Committee realizes that this is not an ideal situation, but the Committee also knows that it must make the most of what the community has given it to work with during the year.
In order to increase the efficiency of the system and the teachers in general a study was conducted by the Superintendent and ad- ministrative officers to determine the best means of helping our teachers attain maximum efficiency. This was a further step to the thoughts proposed last year for outside training of teachers. This new step will coordinate activities and create a Teacher's Curricu- lum Guide Book for new teachers as well as veterans of the system. The Curriculum Guide will help to standardize methods and materials throughout the system and will provide a common core of learnings for the children. The Guide Book will assist teachers in their day to day planning as well as in the longer range program at each grade level. Measures of teacher evaluation were discussed and will in all likelihood find their culmination in future acts of the Committee. These policies of evaluation may well be used for teacher promotion or election.
The Committee has continued its policy of making the school buildings available outside school hours wherever possible. This is particularly true of church Sunday schools and local youth and fraternal gatherings. It is with regret that the Committee has had to confine these activities to weekends but the Committee feels that the education of the child comes first and the constant rearranging of equipment is not good for the system.
The disciplinary code at the High School was reviewed. The Committee is indebted to our administrative, teaching and student personnel for their cooperation in this work. The students at the High School were most oustanding in the constructive criticism and the concrete suggestions they offered for improving the situation. The Committee feels that a definite step forward is evidenced in discipline throughout the system.
At the last Town Meeting the School Committee asked for side-
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walks on Shawsheen Street and the general area of the Shawsheen Street School as well as funds for closing the ditch at the North Street School .. The latter is sucessfully completed but the prior is causing concern. At least three accidents involving the children have been reported from this area. It is indicative of what the Committee foresees when the number of students will be increased and concentrated in this area.
The Committee authorized the opening of the third floor of the Foster School for administrative offices. This move released more space for educational activities and at the same time centralized the administrative functions of the system. The Superintendent and all supervisors will have offices on this floor. Work on the project will not be finally complete until late January or early February.
A policy of age entrance has been established for the system. Effective in September, 1957 a child must be six (6) as of October 1 to enter the school system.
Repair bills particularly to the new schools have caused con- cern. The teachers toilet and piping in the new schools had to be replaced because they were improperly installed and froze in the concrete block wall of the air shaft. New fuel lines had to be established at the Shawsheen School. Roof repairs were made at both new schools. A carry beam at the North Street School showed signs of giving way and had to be reinforced. As a result of this emergency the Committee hired an engineer to make a survey of the two new buildings to determine corrective measures necessary. This survey was conducted and the necessary repairs have been made to care for the safety of the occupants.
The Committee extends its heartfelt thanks to the School Com- mittee and the Town of Billerica for allowing our basketball teams to use the Billerica gymnasium for practice and games during the overcrowding of our system.
Although the Committee was not able to procure the services of a full time remedial reading teacher, the program has been con- ducted on a part time basis by special teachers who devote time only to this program. Good results have been obtained but the need is great. Even if a full time person were available it is the opinion of the Superintendent that these people would be necessary also.
Adequate fire protection in the form of standpipes and town water in the Foster and Old Shawsheen Schools has been completed. The garden hose which for so many years afforded fire protection is something of a memory now.
As a result of much effort and surveying of the Town, Federal reimbursement was received on account of those children whose parents are employed on Federal installations. The award of $72,080 under Public Law 815 has been earmarked to assist in the construc-
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tion of the addition to the Shawsheen School. The $6,632.45 re- ceived under P.L. 874 is to be used as a revolving fund expended by the School Committee to assist the community for current expenses where they are inconvenienced by the increase of Federal personnel in the area.
The School Committee by formal vote has set the sum of $707,614.72 as the amount required for the support of the Tewksbury Public Schools for the year 1957. This sum is based on the following estimated requirements:
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries:
Supervisors
$ 36,846.62
Principal, High
5,666.66
Principals, Elementary
20,366.64
Teachers, High
75,422.36
Teachers, Elementary
305,713.24
Substitutes, High
2,000.00
Substitutes, Elementary
6,500.00
Home Tutoring
3,000.00
Textbooks, High
3,500.00
Textbooks, Elementary
10,000.00
Stationery, Supplies, High
5,500.00
Stationery, Supplies, Elementary
15,000.00
Operating Expenses
Salaries:
Custodians, High
8,930.32
Custodians, Elementary
27,919.28
Fuel, High
4,000.00
Fuel, Elementary
15,000.00
Miscellaneous, High
7,200.00
Miscellaneous, Elementary
15,200.00
Capital Outlay
New Equipment
8,500.00
Permanent Improvement
3,500.00
Maintenance of Plant
Repairs, High
1,500.00
Repairs, Elementary
4,500.00
Auxiliary Agencies
School Physicians
1,000.00
School Nurses
6,400.00
Health, Other Expenses
1,300.00
Athletics and Band
5,000.00
Library
600.00
Elementary Physical Education
2,500.00
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Transportation
High
29,323.84
Elementary
43,985.76
School Lunch
5,000.00
General Control
School Committee Expense
500.00
Superintendent's Salary
8,500.00
Superintendent's Expense
500.00
Clerical Services
15,540.00
Office Expenses
500.00
Attendance Officer
600.00
Census Enumerator
600.00
Out of State Travel
$707,614.72 $ 500.00
ESTIMATED REIMBURSEMENT 1957 January - December 1957
Vocational Household Arts
$ 1,200.00
Ungraded Classes
9,407.50
Transportation
38,506.00
Schools
137,710.27
State Wards
5,500.00
Deaf
240.00
Blind
320.00
$192,883.77
School Budget Request 1957
$707,614.72
Anticipated Reimbursements 1957
192,883.77
Net School Budget 1957
$514,730.95
The net school budget divided by the enrollment January 2 yields a per pupil cost of $187.85. Use of the expected September enrollment yields $170.16 or a probable average per pupil cost for 1957 of $179.01.
JOHN P. MURPHY
Chairman
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
The tremendous growth in population of recent years continues to be a controlling factor in our schools. The rapid influx of pupils in the 1952-1955 period literally swamped the available facilities. Over-crowded classrooms, half-day sessions, and temporary class- rooms have resulted. None of these conditions are conducive to a favorable teaching-learning situation.
The actions of the Town in restricting new construction will have a very definite effect on the pupil population. Evidence of this is found in the fact that for the first time in recent years the October First enrollment has fallen below the figure predicted. The estimate made in this report a year ago, before any steps to curtail building had been taken, called for a probable enrollment of 2824. The actual enrollment October 1, 1956 was 2746. The actual enrollment in- creased by 466 pupils over the previous October 1. This is a 20.4 percent increase. The average increase for the previous four years was 22 percent. The enrollment of 1956 is nearly double that of 1953.
We must recognize, however, that stopping new construction has not stopped the flow of children. The pre-school census is not com- plete, but the preliminary estimates indicate that there are nearly as many children below school age as there are enrolled in school. As the children now in school move along, there will be continuing growth at succeeding grade levels. Consider the fact that the class to enter the high school is nearly three times as large as the gradu- ating class and that the present first grade is just about the same size as the entire four-year high school.
The increase in pupil population is reflected in the expenditures required for schools. Books, supplies, teachers, fuel all have in- creased in quantity and cost. The need for additional school housing is most evident. Future needs will be discussed in the report of the Building Committee. Until more school housing is available we must overload the facilities which we now have.
In order that as many children as possible might have a regular school day, temporary classrooms are being used in the schools and in the lower Town Hall. Of necessity these temporary classrooms are not ideal and must be eliminated as soon as possible. The use of these rooms has meant suspending the hot lunch program and cur- tailing the physical education program.
The Shawsheen Street School and the six-room addition to the Shawsheen School will add 26 regular classrooms to those now available. This will make it possible for more of our children to attend on a full-day session in a standard classroom. The use of this additional space will mean creating new school districts. This will
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probably mean that many children will be attending a different school from the one at present. Redistricting is a big undertaking and will pose many problems. Two governing factors will be to have children attend a school near home and to reduce the amount of bus transportation. The Town will be called upon to provide sidewalks and other safeguards for those who will walk to school.
The staff is continuing its work in many areas toward up-grading the methods and materials used in instruction. The entire group is engaged in developing a program of studies at each grade level. This program is growing out of an analysis and evaluation of current practices together with a consideration of the best practices of other communities and recommendations in educational literature. The guiding principle is to provide by all available means the best edu- cation possible for the children of Tewksbury.
As a phase of the activities of curriculum revision, the faculty participated in the tri-town educational conference held in Billerica on December 11. "The Evaluation of the Curriculum and the Im- provement of Teaching" was the central thought of the conference, which featured large group meetings and small discussion groups on mutual problems.
There were many new names on our roster at the opening of school in September, some as replacements and others as additional personnel. Most of those who resigned did so to accept positions elsewhere.
Resigned: Daniel Kelly, Joseph Camara, Stanley Suchodolski, Ruth O'Connor, Jeannette Brattin, Virginia Gauthier, Donald Currier, Frederick Peterson, Martha Downey, Richard Gesner, Suzanne Moynahan, Marjorie Messina, Mary Connors, Alice Lurvey, Marion Hickey, Constance Croushorn, Kathleen Mangan, Mary Coughlin, Mary Locicero, Catherine O'Brien, Irene Harrington, Norma McCabe, Max Leiter.
At the close of the calendar year the central administrative offices were moved from North Street School to the third floor of Foster School in Pickering Hall. This move should prove helpful in providing additional space for the expanded activities necessitated by the growth of the schools. Space has also been provided in this area for the staff specialists who have previously been without office facilities.
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