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GENERAL SCHOOL FUND LAW (General Laws, Chapter 70, as amended)
"The General School Fund Law was enacted for two reasons; First, to equalize local school expenditures between larger and smaller towns. Second, to improve teachers' salaries and encourage the em- ployment of trained teachers."
"Under Part I all towns receive from $100 to $200 reimbursement on full time teachers employed, the amount varying according to their training and experience. In addition to the aforesaid amounts, towns that have low valuations receive additional aid varying from $50 to $350 according to valuation."
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"Under Part II those towns, in which the proportionate part paid by such town of every thousand dollars of State tax as established by the last preceding valuation made for the purpose of apportioning the tax is less than fifty cents, receive additional aid provided their local expenditures for schools is in excess of a five dollar tax and inversely as the proportion of State tax paid."
GENERAL LAWS-CHAPTER 71-SECTION 34
"Towns shall raise by taxation money necessary for the support of public schools as required by this chapter. For refusal or neglect so to do town shall forfeit to the county an amount equal to twice the highest sun ever before voted for the support of the schools in the town. Three fourths of any forfeiture so recovered shall be paid by the county treasurer to the school committee, if any, otherwise to the selectmen of the delinquent town, who shall spend it for the sup- port of the schools thereof as if regularly appropriated by the town therefor."
School budgets are under stress and strain, and other govern- mental agencies may well share with the schools by preserving school budgets at the expense of their own. School progress should not be hindered. No one wants the efficiency of the schools impaired. Gov- ernmen't will be better for this investment, likewise the schools. It is the one way to avoid educational collapse and hasten educational progress.
The present difficult period of economic adjustment is bound to have far-reaching social consequences. What will the depression mean in terms of the welfare of children in general, and of the effective functioning of the public schools in particular?
The financial difficulties now confronting public education are cause for careful consideration, but not for panic. The history of the American public school is a story of continuous achievement. Difficulties have not dismayed it in the past. Courage, honesty, and patience will outlive our present difficulties. The American people will not allow temporary economic conditions to work permanent harm through a crippled public school system.
The current economic depression is prominent in the considera- tion of many social, political and economic problems. The effects of the depression on employment, on marketing, on production, on consumption, on relief work, on wage scales are of universal interest and importance. These immediate and urgent problems rightly absorb much of the thought of the American people and their leaders.
But from the far-sighted viewpoint which looks ahead confidently to the years of recovery and prosperity, one problem and one problem only stands out as basic. This crucial problem is the effect of current economic conditions on the welfare of the childhood and youth of the Nation. The schools hold large responsibilities in this field.
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School people, by the very nature of their work, need especially to look to the future, The present generation will gradually be replaced by young people; the children of today must become the workers, the leaders, the citizens of tomorrow. Their health, their wisdom, their social and their cultural ideals will set the limit to which the United States can advance in the years ahead.
If this be true, it becomes pertinent to ask how the present eco- nomic situation is affecting American childhood. How is the home life of children being affected? Is their mental and physical health endangered? What is the trend as to the number of gainfully oc- cupied children? Again, since the school is the chief formal institu- tion for the training and protection of children, it is well to inquire how public education is faring in this period of strict economy in public expenditures. What additional responsibilities have been placed on the schools as a result of business depression and unemployment? What types of educational services are in demand? What resources have been given to the schools to enable them to meet these new de- mands and these increased responsibilities ? Such questions challenge thoughtful consideration by every public-spirited man and woman.
Comprehensive study of each of these problems would require large resources in time and money. Furthermore, the situation is changing so rapidly that complete information would be out of date before it could be assembled, published, and acted upon. Nevertheless, a broad and general survey compels us to face certain facts squarely and honestly. We must know where we now stand in order to plan forward movements in the future. Facts should form the basis for a program of protecting American boys and girls against the results of a condition for which they are not in the least degree responsible.
The immediate position of public education offers a curious paradox. On the one hand, the school's responsibilities have been abnormally increased by the depression. Enrollments have risen, new services are in demand, and the social conditions under which the schools work have been made much more difficult by widespread unemployment and related circumstances. At the same time, the financial resources of the schools have not been correspondingly ex- tended. For the most part the schools are seeking to meet their new responsibilities without increasing their budgets and, in some cases, are actually attempting to carry on their work with more or less serious reductions in funds. The situation faced by the schools may therefore be tersely expressed in these words: increasing responsi- bilities; static or decreasing resources. The simultaneous demand for increased services and for the utmost in economy has always been an issue in public education. The depression has intensified both of these demands and confronts school officials witli a double problem.
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What we do in our public schools with our children determines what our Nation shall be. In spite of temporary economic difficulties, it is no time for back-tracking in education. Men are children but once and during that period the grown-up can at least afford oppor- tunity to the child.
To increase the economic disadvantage of our teachers is to strike the schools at their most vulnerable point and to weaken the one institution which can contribute most to the recovery of prosperity.
"Every human institution," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, "is the lengthened shadow of a man."
And every school is the lengthened shadow of its teachers.
In closing, I wish to extend my sincere appreciation for their efforts in behalf of the Westford Public Schools to the members of the school committee, to the teachers and principals, and to all who have in any way helped to make our school year the success that we feel it has been.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD D. SYLVESTER, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR Westford 1931 - 1932
Weeks
Days
FALL TERM
Begins September 8th, 1931
Ends December 23rd, 1931
16
72
DAYS OMITTED-
October 12th- Columbus Day
October 31-County Convention
November 11th-Armistice Day
November 26-27-Thanksgiving Recess
December 24th to January 2nd-Christmas Recess
WINTER TERM
Begins January 4th, 1932
Ends March 25th, 1932 DAYS OMITTED-
12
54
February 22 to 27-February Recess
March 25th-Good Friday
SPRING TERM
Begins March 28th, 1932
Ends June 17th, 1932
12 54
Total DAYS OMITTED-
40 180
Spring recess-April 18 to 23
May 30th-Memorial Day
GRADUATION DATES
Elementary Schools June 17th, 1932
Academy
June 22nd, 1932
Full day session Sept. 8th. School closes at noon Nov. 25th.
Academy Teachers must be in the building by 8:00 A. M. Elementary Teachers must be in their building by 8:15 A. M. School busses to arrive at the Academy not later than 8:30 A. M. No bus to leave before 2:55 P. M.
School WM. E. FROST
TEACHERS IN SERVICE-DECEMBER 31, 1931
Teachers Where Educated
Date of Appointment
Chester V. Sweatt, B. S. (Principal)
University of Maine .Sept. 1931
Louise Lothrop, B. S. E.
Fitchburg & Bridgewater Normal Sept. 1931
Madeline E. Stone
Keene Normal Oct. 1930
Ruth P. Tuttle
Lowell Normal Sept. 1903-Sept. 1922
Florence A. Blodgett
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1931
Emma S. Goucher
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1931
SARGENT SCHOOL
James H. Fitzgibbons (Principal)
Salem Normal
Sept. 1923
Lillian G. Wright
.Lowell Normal Sept. 1914
Madeline H. Gilpatrick
Farmington State Normal Sept. 1930
Gertrude W. Provost
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1923
Lottie D. Blodgett (Mrs.)
Farmington State Normal
Sept. 1921
Mary M. Reynolds
Lowell Normal Sept. 1922
Jean E. Bell
Fitchburg Normal
.April 1930
Ann F. Harrington
Lowell Normal Sept. 1926
CAMERON SCHOOL
Peter F. Perry (Principal)
Hyannis Normal-Boston University Sept. 1921
Ruth E. Lord
Plymouth Normal Sept. 1931
Olga A. Remis
Lowell Normal Sept. 1928
Ava L. Swett
Farmington Normal Sept. 1931
Margaret M. Carney
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1925
Letitia W. O'Clair (Mrs.)
Hyannis Normal .Sept. 1908
Ruth A. Walker
.Lowell Normal
Sept. 1922
Louise E. Thompson Lowell Normal Sept. 1922
NABNASSETT Lawrence C. Woodbury (Principal) Castine Normal Sept. 1931
Gertrude F. Donahoe Lowell Normal
Sept. 1927
ACADEMY
William C. Roudenbush, A. B. (Principal) .. Williams College
.Sept. 1912
Alfred F. Gay, B. S. (Acting Principal) .... Mass Agricultural College .Sept. 1930
Merrill L. Jenkins, A. M. Middlebury-University of California Sept. 1931
Mary L. Robinson (Mrs.) Ph. B. . University of Chicago Sept. 1927
Ethel N. Caldwell, A. B. Boston University Sept. 1930
Bessie E. Temple, B. S. Ed.
Boston University Sept. 1930
Florence M. Misner, B. S. S.
Boston University Sept. 1931
Evelyn H. Pickard
Burdett College
Sept. 1931
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Pamelia Perry (Mrs.) .N. E. Conservatory of Music-Lowell Normal Sept. 1922
SCHOOL NURSE C. Veronica Meagher (Mrs.)
St. John's Hospital Sept. 1927
SUPT. OF SCHOOLS . Harold D. Sylvester, M. E. E., Ed. M. .... Boston University-Union College .Sept. 1927 Yale-Oswego State Normal
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES June 1931
William E. Frost School
Marjorie Brown
Virginia Zanchi
Rena Brown
Arthur Bettencourt
Dora Barretto
Roger Bosworth
Virginia Barretto
Vincent Carvalho
Christine Christianson
Robert Hildreth
Rita Edwards
Everett Miller
Dorothy Fecteau
Hilmer Peterson
Priscilla Greig
William Prescott
Mildred Lavigne
Asa Robey
Bessie Mathes
Harold Vose
Doris Perkins
Gordon Whitney
Myrtle Whitney
Kenneth Wilson
Sargent School
Esther Bechard
Regina Belida
Florence Borodowka
Cecile Canton
Frances Hughes
Edwina McCarthy
Kathleen McCarthy
Absenia Pupchick Edith Riney Gertrude Tuttle
Julia Wilk Benjamin Benoit
Stephen Britko
Joseph Charlton Frank Gagnon Victor Levasseur
Nicholas Minko
Nicholas Sudak Thomas Sugden
Lawrence Talantzy
Anna Boucher Alice Connell
Nellie Daranchuc
Lillian Marcoullier Frieda Marshall
Orea Milot Florette Milot Vera O'Hara
Antanina Savocik
Annie Sosnowski Esther Sedach Marjorie Spinner Chrystabelle Weaver
Cameron School
John Bohenko Earl Connell Claude Cavanaugh Kenneth De La Haye
Samuel Dugdale George Gibbons
Stanley Kazeniac Henry Kostechko David Lord Vital Szylvian Wasil Telanecy Tony Wollasevitch
WESTFORD ACADEMY PROGRAM 1931-1932
6th
1st Period 8.48-9.38
2nd Period 9.40-10.30
3rd Period 10.35-11.25
4th Period 11.27-12.17
5th Period 1.08-1.58
Period 2.00-2.50
Mr. Jenkins
Latin
Caesar
Study
Latin III-IV
U. S. Hist.
Civics
5
room 8
2
Hall
2
8
X
Mrs. Robinson
Eng. III
Special Class
Eng. II
Study
Eng. II
Eng. IV
College
3 Hall
3
3
Examination
3
3
Miss Misner
Office Practice
Stenography II
Stenography I
Typewriting II
Typewriting I
Study
8
X
9
9
Hall
Mr. Gay
Geometry
Study
Physics
Algebra
Rev. Math.
Algebra
X Hall
8
8
X
8
Miss Caldwell
Trig. Solid
Chemistry
General
General Science
Biology
Biology
Geom.
Lab.
Lab.
Lab.
Lab.
Lab.
Lab.
Lab.
Miss Pickard
Junior
Bookkeeping I
Comm. Law
Bookkeeping II
Study Hall
Business
Training
4
4
4
2
4
4
Miss Temple
Study
French II
Eng. I.
World Hist.
Eng. I
French I
2 Hall
3
4
3
4
2
Junior
Comm. Geog.
Business Training
Science
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CONSTITUTION OF THE PRO MERITO SOCIETY
OBJECT
The object of this Society shall be the encouragement of superior scholastic achievement by recognition comparable to that now given for athletic achievement.
SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP
Any "Class A" Secondary School in the State of Massachusetts maintaining a four year curriculum is empowered to establish a chap- ter of this Society upon written notice to the Secretary of the Society.
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
Members of this Society shall be selected by the Headmaster of each school for that school from members of the Junior and Senior Classes. The first selection from a class shall be made at any time after completion of the Junior year, and shall include all students of good character who have finished three-fourths of the work required for graduation, and who have an average at least of 85 percent. in all work recorded. A second selection shall be made at any convenient time after the first semester of the Senior year, and shall include all students of good character who have finished seven-eighths of the work required for graduation and have an average of at least 85 per- cent. in all work recorded.
MEETINGS
Meetings of the various chapters of the Society may be held at the individual schools at such times as may seem best to the Headmaster thereof. An annual meeting of all the chapters, or of delegates there- from, may be arranged for by the Society or any section thereof.
EMBLEM
The emblem of the Society shall be a pin specially manufactured for the society by The D. L. Auld Co., Columbus, Ohio, and the use of such emblem shall be restricted to duly elected members of the Society.
RECORD OF MEMBERSHIP
Each chapter shall keep a permanent list of its members, and shall send to the Secretary the names of pupils selected each time, as soon as possible after such selection is made.
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AMENDMENT I JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY
The name of the Junior membership society shall be "Nu Sigma Epsilon." Members of this society shall be selected by the Head- master of each school for that school from members of the Sophomore class. The first selection from a class shall be made after the first semester of the Sophomore year, and shall include all students of good character who have finished three-eighths of the work required for graduation, and who have an average of at least 85 percent. in all work recorded. A second selection shall be made at any convenient time after the second semester of Sophomore year, and shall include all students of good character who have finished one-half of the work required for graduation and have an average of at least 85 percent. in all work recorded. Continued membership in the "Nu Sigma Epsilon" society and eligibility for membership in the "Pro Merito" society shall depend upon continuance of the standard set for admission into the "Nu Sigma Epsilon" society.
EXPANSION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM, 1850-1930
1850
1875
1930
1. English
1. English
1. English
Business Practice 37.
2. Logic
2 .. Logic
2. Greek
38. Bookkeeping
3. Greek
3. Greek
3. Latin
39. Penmanship
4. Latin
4. Latin
4. French
40. Office Practice
5. French
5. German
5.
German
41. Commercial Arithmetic
6. Botany
6.
French
6.
Spanish
42. Commercial Geography
7. Zoology
7.
Botany
7. General Science
43. Commercial Law
8. Physiology
8. Physiology
8. Biology
44. Typewriting
9. Chemistry
9. Zoology
9.
Botany
45. Stenography
10. Natural Philosphy
10. Chemistry
10. Zoology
11. Geology 11.
Natural Philosophy
11. Physiology and Hygiene
47. Salesmanship
12. Astronomy 12. Astronomy
12. Chemistry
13. Natural History
13. Physical Geography
13. Physics
49. Sewing
14. Arithmetic
14. Geology
14. General Math.
50. Dressmaking
15. Algebra
15. Mineralogy
15. Algebra
51. Millinery
16. Geometry
16. Arithmetic
16. Geometry, Plane
17. Trigonometry
17. Algebra
17. Geometry, Solid
53. Freehand Drawing
18. Surveying
18. Geometry
18. Trigonometry
19. General History
19. Trigonometry
19. Community Civics
55. Woodworking
20. History of U. S.
20. Surveying
20. World History
56. Sheet Metal Work
21. Constitution of U. S.
21. Ancient History
21. Ancient History
57. Metal Working
22. Constitution of Mass.
23. Political Economy
23. Government of U. S.
23. History to 1700
59. Machine Shop
24. Geography
24. Government of Mass.
24. History, European since 1700
60. Automobile Repairing
61. Shop Mathematics
25. Bookkeeping
25. History of England
25. English History
58. Foundry
22. History of U. S.
22. Mediaeval, Modern History
46. Secretarial Practice
48. Cooking
52. Household Management
54. Mechanical Drawing
26. Penmanship
27. Moral Science
28. Intellectual Philosophy
26. General History
27. Political Economy
28. Geography
29. Physical Training
30. Military Drill 29. Physical Education
31. Bookkeeping
30. Military Drill
31. Choral Music
32. Glee Clubs
33. Moral Science
34. Intellectual Phil.
35. Drawing
34. Band
35. Harmony
36. Music
26. U. S. History and Government 62. Printing
and Constitution of U. S.
27. Problems of Democracy
28. Economics
32. Penmanship
33. Orchestra
36. History and Appreciation
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EXPANSION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM 1775-1930
1775
1850
1875
1900
1925-30
Duties of Citizenship Manual Training Physical Education Homemaking Physiology and Hygiene
Grammar Geography
Grammar
English, Grammar, Language
English, Grammar, Language Geography
Spelling
Spelling
Spelling
Spelling
Speiling Reading
Reading
Reading
Reading
Reading
Writing
Writing
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
History of U. S.
Good Behavior
Music
Elements of Science Agriculture
Good Behavior
Music
Manual Training
Physiology and Hygiene Drawing
Sewing
Physiology and Hygiene
Art and Handwork
Geography
Geography
Writing
Writing
Arithmetic Arithmetic
Writing Arithmetic History Agriculture Good Behavior Music
History and Constitution of U. S. Nature Study Literature Civics
REGISTRATION WESTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS DECEMBER 31, 1931
SCHOOLS
Grades
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Totals
24
21
65
36
21
29
196
Academy
26
26
40
29
32
40
25
17
Cameron
23
37
24
32
28
24
25
24
Sargent
14
18
19
29
15
22
Wm. E. Frost
11
11
11
15
4
7
-
-
-
-
-
REPORT OF SCHOOL CENSUS OCTOBER 1, 1931
Ages
4 1/2-5
5-7
7-14
14-16
Total
Girls
18
83
293
59
453
Boys
13
86
295
34
428
881
OVER 16-(Still in School)
16
Boys
17
CRIPPLES
Girls
3
6
Boys
3
LEFT SCHOOL-(Between 14-16)
Girls
26
Boys
18
44
964
..
..
59
Nabnassett
74
92
94
105
79
93
74 62
65
36
21
29
824
Girls
33
235
217
117
24
SCHOOL BANKING Lowell Five Cent Savings
1928
$2,046.82
1929
1,393.66
1930
1,636.14
1931
988.94
Total
$6,065.56
RESULTS OF AN ARITHMETIC TEST GIVEN MAY 22, 1931
Grade VIII
-Percent 100
97
90
87
80
70
60
50
30
Avg.
School
Cameron
16
6
2
1
1
97%
Wm. E. Frost
9
5
1
5
2
1
86%
Sargent
4
1
8
3
2
1
1
88%
-
-
Totals
29
1
19
4
9
3
2
1
1
Average for all schools 90%
This test was a New York State regents examination given to eighth grades for promotion from the elementary school to the high school.
When this same test was given in New York City 4,300 out of 6,500 failed and the passing mark there is 60%.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION - TEN YEARS
Elementary Grades
High School
Total
Year
Special
1
?
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
P.G.
H. S.
Total 654
$78.92
1923
111
93
86
92
74
72
54
37
24
15
14
9
1
63
682
78.31
1924
36
88
114
96
93
89
79
56
43
36
22
11
15
1
85
779
77.58
1925
19
102
95
88
94
91
74
70
42
34
31
13
10
2
90
764
82.90
1926
113
84
92
80
92
82
61
56
26
28
15
12
2
83
743
81.31
1927
1
97
91
76
84
73
86
57
45
33
21
24
13
2
92
717
84.56
1928
11
112
96
85
80
79
80
87
48
33
29
18
24
1
105
783
71.78
1929
10
128
88
88
86
77
80
75
67
43
27
22
20
112
811
75.40
1930
111
106
79
94
95
57
82
72
57
35
20
18
113
829
79.18
1931
74
92
94
105
79
93
76
62
65
36
21
29
151
824
71.60
Ten Years Increase in Registration 170- 26%
Ten Years Increase in Registration High School 85-129%
Ten Years Decrease in Cost-$7.32 per pupil. A saving of $6031.68 per year.
Average cost last four years $ 74.49
Average cost six years previous .. 80.59
Saving per pupil for four years
6.10 Total saving $19,821.80 in four years.
Cost Per Pupil
1922
120
84
83
80
74
67
55
25
22
16
9
19
66
WESTFORD SCHOOL COST FOR PAST TEN YEARS.
Year
Appropriation
Unpaid Bills
Total Expenditure
State Aid
Actual Expenditure
No. Pup. 654
Cost per Pupil
1922
$ 55,720.00
$ 11.15
$ 55,731.15
$ 4,114.39
$ 51,616.76
$ 78.92
1923
57,600.00
58.58
57,658.58
4,251.29
53,407.29
682
78.31
1924
62,700.00
2,679.79
65,379.79
4,955.80
60,423.99
779
77.58
1925
68,000.00
561.79
68,561.79
5,223.76
63,338.03
764
82.90
1926
65,000.00
746.89
65,746.89
5,333.08
60,413.81
743
81.31
1927
66,250.00
170.86
66,420.86
5,757.68
60,663.18
717
84.56
1928
62,552.00
333.99
62,885.99
6,700.00
56,185.99
783
71.78
1929
67,350.00
1,005.45
68,355.45
7,202.08
61,152.37
811
75.40
1930
73,200.00
73,200.00
7,554.40
65,645.50
829
79.18
1931
71,500.00
71,500.00
11,499.31
59,000.69
824
71.60
STATE AID VOCATIONAL TUITION NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE STATE MONEY
1925-1926
$ 262.20
1928-1929
$1,697.58
1926-1927
1,003.62
1929-1930
729.16
1927-1928
1,627.80
1930-1931
Not yet received
COMPARISON OF SCHOOL EXPENDITURES COST PER PUPIL 19 29-1930 Figures Taken from State Annual Report
Town
School Registration Valuation of Town
Cost per Transportation Pupil No. Tea. Supt. Salary
Cost per Expenditure Pupil 1930-31
Lowell
13,787
$130,242,880.00
$4,256.91
$ 98.18
493
$7,000.00
School $1,236,421.06
$ 98.80
Littleton
236
2,405,830.00
3,477.50
110.97
12
3,300.00
25,745.56
112.30
Concord
1,273
8,279,161.00
8,786.80
129.02
52
4,000.00
146,313.36
127.61
Oxford
815
3,058,041.00
7,131.14
79.64
28
4,500.00
61,085.50
80.93
Williamstown
808
7,112,180.00
66,763.50
114.98
33
3,300.00
83,705.50
109.90
Rockport
679
5,547,290.00
82.36
25
3,000.00
52,298.86
80.68
Ayer
590
3,592,725.00
730.00
72.31
20
3,750.00
39,554.13
73.61
Chelmsford
1,496
7,591,870.00
9,230.10
73.35
47
3,800.00
101,364.01
71.30
Groton
442
4,077,303.00
8,625.00
116.66
17
4,000.00
48,529.05
115.10
Cohasset
621
10,578,505.00
6,330.20
152.60
26
5,000.00
88,661.05
132.23
Barre
880
3,143,421.00
9,412.28
77.68
28
3,500.00
65,485.24
82.50
Lexington
2,276
19,221,130.00
7,900.00
101.20
84
4,500.00
205,540.09
101.46
Carlisle
98
824,127.00
3,517.50
140.52
4
3,300.00
17,424.81
140.36
Bedford
343
2,779,823.00
3,950.00
102.92
12
4,500.00
41,272.56
105.25
Acton
446
3,601,066.00
3,450.00
108.58
20
3,100.00
44,843.92
109.92
Westford.
829
4,174,876.00
8,741.45
79.18
33
3,500.00
65.645.50
71.60
28
WESTFORD PER PUPIL COST-1931 Budget State Aid Not Considered
General
$ 4.63
Janitors
$ 6.30
Salaries
50.12
Fuel
4.82
Books and Supplies
3.62
Lights
.72
Transportation (Cost per
Maintenance
2.86
pupil) transported
36.59
Furniture
.41
Other Expenses
........ .80
COST OF BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Year
1922
Westford $2.11
Average St. of Mass. $3.84
Year 1927
Westford $3.26
Average St. of Mass. $4.51
1923
2.01
4.01
1928
2.62
4.61
1924
2.32
4.09
1929
1.14
4.86
1925
4.13
4.49
1930
4.56
4.93
1926
5.81
4.30
1931
3.62
29
COST OF TRANSPORTATION
Total
Expended
Academy
Registration
Total No.
Pupils
Transported
Cost Per
Pupil
Transported
Paid by State
Transportation
State Wards
Actual Cost of
Transportation
to Westford
Actual Westford Cost per Pupil
1921
$8,473.40
59
149
$56.87
$8,473.40
$56.87
1922
7,935.75
66
160
49.60
7,935.75
49.60
1923
6,033.75
63
158
38.19
6,033.75
38.19
1924
6,843.50
85
171
40.02
6,843.50
40.02
1925
7,211.96
90
182
39.63
7,211.96
39.63
1926
7,708.91
83
179
43.07
7,708.91
43.07
1927
8,061.75
92
186
43.34
$347.31
7,361.60
39.58
1928
7,786.08
105
190
40.98
351.00
7,435.08
39.13
1929
8,279.50
112
198
41.81
151.00
8,128.50
41.05
1930
9,067.00
113
204
44.44
201.00
8,866.00
43.46
1931
9,624.95
151
263
36.59
824.50
8,800.45
33.46
No.
RECORDED
Figures taken from State reports on Westford School Registration and Expenditures.
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MASSACHUSETTS AVERAGE SALARIES OF PRINCIPALS AND FULL-TIME TEACHERS
January 1, 1920, January 1, 1921, January 1, 1926, and January 1, 1931, with absolute and percentile increases.
Average Salaries of Principals and Full-Time Teachers
Jan. 1, 1920
Jan. 1, 1921
Jan. 1, 1926
Jan. 1, 1931
Increase, 1931 over 1920 Abso- lute
Per Cent
Elementary Schools
State
$1,238
$1,390
$1,562*
$1,725
$487
39.3
Group I
1,398
1,527
1,602 **
1,926
528
37.7
Group II
1,023
1,247
1,393
1,486
463
45.2
Group III
826
977
1,130
1,203
377
45.6
Westford
795
1,024
1,158
1,189
394
49.5
Group IV
769
933
983
1,162
393
51.1
High Schools
State
1,695
1,890
2,008*
2,262
567
33.4
Group I
1,936
2,101
2,171 **
2,460
524
27.0
Group II
1,373
1,627
1,898
2,000
627
45.6
Group III
1,153
1,390
1,599
1,678
525
45.5
Westford
1,163
1,451
1,693
1,581
418
35.9
Group IV
*Excluding four cities (Boston, Fall River, Lawrence, and Revere) and seven towns (Hudson, Needham, Mansfield, Harwich, Chat- ham, Orleans, and Eastham).
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