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12 50
15. 52 John Dimmick, transportation 15 00
15. 55 Mrs. Alex. Houston, janitor work
15 00
15. 56 Geo. Palmerine, janitor work
15 00
16. 57 Lucien Bailey, trucking 1 00
18. 58 Mrs. Mary Cooley, janitor work 10 95
19. 59 Alexander Bean, transportation
37 50
28
Date No.
Amount
Mar. 18. 60
Mike Fitzpatrick, transportation $22 50
18. 61 James Halpin, fixing water 11 82
18.
62 Rich Dow, janitor work 5 00
19.
62 E. N. Chaffee, transportation
22 00
19.
64
E. G. Hunt, for tuition of state children to town Hubbardton 10 00
19.
65 Ginn & Co., books
31 13
20.
66
Charlotte Hale, teaching 6 days 12 00
20. 67
Sam Kendall, wood, 5 cords
20 00
23. 68 Ansel Jackson, drawing coal
1 81
23. 69
Ed. Reed, sawing wood at Mills
7 50
23.
70
Richard Fox, janitor work
7 00
25. 71 Edwin LaBrake, janitor work
4 00
25.
72 Daisy Raleigh, teaching 1 week
7 50
29 73 Anna F. Bell, teaching
30 00
29. 74 Edna Phalen, teaching
· 18 00
Apr. 2.
75 Silver Burdett & Co., books
7 50
1. 76 Ginn & Co., books
1 50
3. 77 E. C. Giddings, wood
65 00
6. 79 Chas. J. Fenton, janitor work
12 48
6.
80 Nelson Manley, transportation
6 25
10. 82
J. M. Hincley, cleaning stove
50
10. 83 Ginn & Co., books
3 00
10. 84
American Book Co., books
2 20
10.
85
Ansel Jackson, drawing coal
6 40
12. 86
J. M. Dimmick, transportation
15 00
13. 87 Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
·15. 88 Edward Babb & Co., books
2 70
17. 89 Mrs. Squires, janitor work
4 25
24.
90 American Book Co., books
3 12
24. 91 H. A. Sawyer, paper
2 00
24. 92 J. W. Stears, chairs
4 50
24. 93 Geo. Chalmers, supplies
5 90
24. 94 Aqueduct C., water rent to July '07 10 00
24. 95 Albert Pratt, cutting wood 14 25
26. 96 Anna Bell, teaching
60 00
8. 81 N. C. Smith & Co., supplies 3 00
29
Date No.
April 26. .97 Edna Phalen, teaching
Amount $36 00
26. 98 Bert Breed, teaching
37 50
26. 99 Jennie Cline, teaching
36 00
26. 100 Laura Parsons, teaching
36 00
26. 101 Sedonia Tennien, teaching
36 00
26. 102 Elizabeth Thornton, teaching
30 00
26. 103 Rose McLaughlin, teaching
32 00
26. 104
Rachel Jackson, teaching
30 00
26. 105
Corinne Randall, teaching
26 00
26. 106 Edith Jackson, teaching
32 00
26. 107
Estelle McCarthy, teaching
36 00
26. 108
Mary McCormick, teaching
36 00
26. 109
Daisy Raleigh, teaching
30 00
26. 110
Nellie Turner, teaching
24 00
26. 111
Elizabeth Kelley, teaching
36 00
26. 113
Matilda McCormick, teaching
36 00
27. 114
Tessie Cline, teaching
30 00
27. 115
Chas. Fenton, janitor work
16 67
27 116
Jennie Cline, teaching
20 00
27. 117
Jennie Cline, to correct order No. 99
4 00
27. 118
John Dimmick, transportation
15 00
27. 119
N. E. Cole, Chicago, books
47 80
27. 120
H. M. Chatterton, coal
16 33
29. 121 Nelson Manley, transportation
25 00
29. 122 Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
May
6. 123
City of Rutland
6 90
6. 124 Ray & McCormick, merchandise
2 07
6. 125 Rena Leonard, teaching, 1 week
8 00
11.
126
Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
11.
127
J. H. Dimmick, transportation
15 00
11 128 Nelson Manley, transportation
6 25
21. 129 W. S. Humphrey, labor
2 60
23. 130 Rich Dow, janitor work
5 00
25. 131 J. H. Dimmick, transportation 15 00
25. 132 Mike Fitzpatrick, transportation 25 00
27. 133 Anna F. Bell, teaching
60 00
26. 112
Margaret Quinlan, teaching 32 00
30
Date No.
Amount
May 27.
134 Edna Phalen, teaching
$36 00
27. 135 Bert Breed, teaching 30 00
27. 136 Jennie Cline, teaching 40.00
27. 137 Laura Parsons, teaching
36 00
27. 138
Sedonia Tennien, teaching 36 00
27. 139 Elizabeth Thornton, teaching
22 50
27. 140
Rose McLaughlin, teaching 32 00
27.
141
Rachel Jackson, teaching
30 00
27. 142
Corinne Randall, teaching
26 00
27. 143
Edith Jackson, teaching
32 00
27. 144
Estelle McCarthy, teaching
36 00
27. 145
Mary McCormick, teaching 36 00
27. 146
Daisy Raleigh, teaching 30 00
24 00
27. 148
Elizabeth Kelley, teaching
36 00
27.
149
Margaret Quinlan, teaching 32 00
27. 150 Matilda McCormick, teaching
36 00
27.
151 Tessie Cline, teaching
30 00
27.
152 Tom Keith, repairing school wagon 5 50
31. 153 Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
31. 154 Justin N .. Mills, wood 6 00
June 3.
124} A. D. Tiffany, services and in- cidentals 16 78
4.
156
J. E. Tennien, truant officer 6 50
4. 157
C. J. Fenton, janitor work
16 67
4. 158
Nelson Manley, transportation
- 10 00
8. 159 Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
11. 160
Vermont Marble Co., coal 11 86
14. 161 Anna F. Bell, teaching 3 weeks 45 00
11. 162
Geo. Palmerine, janitor work 16 50.
12. . 163
C. J. Fenton, janitor work
15 98
13. 164
Nellie Turner, teaching
7 00
14. 165 Edna Phalen, teaching
27 00
14. 166 Bert Breed, teaching
22 50
14. 167 Jennie Cline, teaching 30 00
14. 168 Laura Parsons, teaching 27 00
14. 169 :Sedonia Tennien, teaching
27 00
27.
147
Nellie Turner, teaching
31
Amount
Date No. June 14. 170 Elizabeth Thornton, teaching
$22 50
14. 171 Rose McLaughlin, teaching 24 00
14. 172 Rachel Jackson, teaching 22 50
14. 173 Corinne Randall, teaching
19 50
14. 174
Edith Jackson, teaching
24 00
14. 175 Estelle McCarthy, teaching
27 00
14. 176 Mary McCormick. teaching
27 00
14. 177 Daisy Raleigh, teaching
22 50
14. 178 Nellie Turner, teaching
18 00
14. 179 Elizabeth Kelley, teaching
27 00
14. 180 Margaret Quinlan, teaching 24 00
14. 181 Matilda McCormick, teaching 27 00
14. 182 Tessie Cline, teaching
22 50
14. 183 J. H. Dimmick, transportation
22 50
15. 184 Mrs. A. Houston, janitor work
17 10
14. 185 Rich Dow, janitor work
6 00
16.
186 Alexander Bean, transportion
41 25
16. 187 Ernest Sokolis, transportation 5 50
20. 188 Edna Phalin, teaching
26 50
20. 189
C. W. Chaffee, transportation
22 00
20 190 Nelson Manley, transportation
21 25
21.
191 Rachel Jackson, janitor work
4 00
21.
192
Mrs. Squires, janitor work
4 00
21. 193
Mrs. Perkins, transportation
1 50
22. 194
Pittsford Sewer Co.
5 00
23. 195
M. Fitzpatrick, transportation
29 00
29. 196 Mrs. Fox, janitor work
5 00
July
1. 197
Aqueduct Co., water rent
10 00
3. 198 Robert Drake, putting wood in shed
3 40
8. 199 Nellie Turner, teaching
18 00
25. 200 O. D. Chase & Co., desk
11 67
27. 201
M. Connolly, supplies
3 59
29. 202
Fitch Dustdown Co., "Dustdown"
5 20
Aug.
6. 203
Edwin LaBrake, janitor work
4 00
6. 204 W. P. Abbott, services
51 41
6. 205 H. W. Perkins, wood 15 00
7. 206 Frank Vincent, cleaning closet
3 00
32
Date No.
Amount
Aug. 19. . 207 A. D. Tiffany, 22 tons coal
$ 143 00
19. 208
J. S. Hammet Co., paper 14 25
20. 209 W. S. Humphrey, labor 1 65
20
210 Jerry Faloon, drawing coal
15 50
20. 211
Mrs. Chas. Greenough, cleaning school house 25 00
21.
212 Mrs. Pratt, cleaning school house
2 00
21. 213 H. M. Gipson, lumber
59 00
26.
214
T. J. Hagan, setting flagpole, expenses and incidentals
18 26
29.
215
Clayton Cooley, janitor work and cutting wood 14 95
31.
216
Tom Keith, fixing school wagon
10 25
Sept.
7. 217 Norman Stevens, sawing wood
13 50
11. 218
W. P. Abbott, services
51 41
15. 219
J. S. Hammet & Co., book
1 00
15.
220
Houghton Miflin Co., book
85
15. 221
Thompson, Brown & Co., stationery
13 75
20. 222
Ray Barber, flagpole
5 00
21. 224
Nelson Manley, transportation
12 50
21. 223
J. M. Wardwell, wood
7 00
24 225
Mrs. Greno, school cleaning 5 00
27. 226
Mary Seymour, teaching
30 00
27. 227
Nellie Turner, teaching
22 50
27. 228
Maude Stevens, teaching 25 50
27. 229 Daisy Raleigh, teaching
24 00
27. 230
Matilda McCormick, teaching
27 00
27. 231
W. S. Humphrey, work
4 80
27. 232 Charlotte Hale, teaching
34 50
27. 233 Elizabeth Kelley, teaching
27 00
27. 234 Sedonia Tennien, teaching
30 00
27, 235 Estelle McCarthy, teaching 30 00
27. 236 Mary E. McCormick, teaching
30 00
27. 237 Gino Ratti, teaching
60 00
27. 238 Teresa Cline, teaching
24 00
27. 239 Corinne Randall, teaching 25 50
27. 240 Jennie Cline, teaching
30 00
33
Date
No.
Sept. 27. 241 Laura Parsons, teaching
27. 242 W. P. Abbott, services
Amount $30 00 51 41
28.
243 Mrs. A. Houston, cleaning school house 6 00
28. 244 John Dimmick, transportation
22 50
30. 245 Ginn & Co., books 41 62
30. 246 Tuttle Co., books
1 25
30. 247 Allyn & Bacon, books
17 50
30. 248 American Book Co., books
21 34
30. 249 Silver, Burdett & Co., books 11 65
30. 250 W. H. Nichols, land to set Fowler closet on 10 75
Oct.
6. 252 Edw. E. Babb & Co., books 6 36
6. 253 American Book Co., books 42 28
6. 254
Thompson B. Taylor, wood 40 00
6. 255
C. J. Fenton, janitor work 16 67
5. 256
Rachel Jackson, teaching
24 00
5. 257
Edith Jackson, teaching 24 00
7. 258 A. D. Tiffany, services and incidentals 20 19
8. 259
Ernest Sokolis, transportation 22 00
8. . 260
Nelson Manley, transportation
12 00
12.
261 John Dimmick, transportation 15 00
18. 262
Mrs. Brownell, cleaning schoolhouse 4 00
18. 263 Asa Jackson, putting wood in shed 7 00
18. 264 James Halpin, work at Mills school 1 25
18. 265 Mrs. G. L. Hewitt, cleaning school house 2 00
19. 266 Justin Mills, wood (a duplicate · order, returned)
6 00
24. 267 N. P. Abbott, services 51 41
25. 268 Charlotte Hale, teaching 46 00
25. 269 Jennie Cline, teaching
40 00
25. 270 Laura Parsons, teaching
40 00
25. 271 Corinne Randall, teaching 34 00
25. 272 Tessie Cline, teaching 32 00
25. 273 Gino Ratti, teaching
80 00
30. 251 Marvin Mills, repairs on schoolhouse 16 04
34
Date
Amount $40 00
Oct.
25.
No. 274 Mary E. McCormick, teaching
25. 275 Estelle McCarthy, teaching 40 00
25. 276 M. Connolly, stove 10 75
25. 277 Mary Seymour, teaching
40 00
25. 278
Nellie Turner, teaching
30 00
25. 279 Maude Stevens, teaching
34 00
25. 280
Daisy Raleigh, teaching
32 00
25. 281
Matilda McCormick, teaching
36 00
25.
282
Elizabeth Kelley, teaching
36 00
25. 283
Sedonia Tennien, teaching
40 00
25. 284
Edith Jackson, teaching
32 00
25. 285
Rachel Jackson, teaching
32 00
25. 286
Chas. Fenton, janitor work
16 67
26
287
J. H. Dimmick, transportation
15 00
26.
288
Ernest Sokolis, transportation
16 50
30.
289
Nelson Manley, transportation
18 75
Nov. 13.
290
Walter Howland, fixing wagon
4 50
13. 291
Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
15.
292
John Dimmick, transportation
22 50
16
293
Edwin LaBrake, sawing and piling wood 5 00
19.
294 Nelson Manley, transportation
18 75
19
295 Mrs. Geo. Chapin, Jr., cleaning school room
75
21
296 W. S. Humphrey, repairs
5 30
18.
297
W. S. Howland, welding and set- ting stock ,
2 50
22
298 Nellie Turner, teaching
30 00
22. 299 Maude Stevens, teaching
34 00
22. 300 Daisy Raleigh, teaching
32 00
22. 301 Matilda McCormick, teaching
36 00
22.
302 Elizabeth M. Kelley, teaching
36 00
22. 303
Sedonia Tennien, teaching
40 00
22. 304 Edith Jackson, teaching
32 00
22. 305 Rachel Jackson, teaching
32 00
22. 306 · Chas. Fenton, janitor work 16 67
22. 307 W. P. Abbott, services
51 41
35
Date No. 308 Charlotte Hale, teaching
Amount $46 00
Nov. 22.
22. 309 Jennie Cline, teaching 40 00
22.
310 Laura Parsons, teaching 40 00
22.
311 Corinne Randall, teaching
34 00
22. 312 Tessie Cline, teaching
32 00
22. 313
Gino Ratti, teaching
80 00
22.
314 Mary E. McCormick, teaching 40 00
22. 315 Estelle McCarthy, teaching 40 00
22. 316 Mary Seymour, teaching 40 00
23.
317 Mike Fitzpatrick, transportation
67 50
26. 318
Rich Dow, janitor work
5 00
26. 319
E. Sokolis, transportation
11 00
29 320 Nelson Manley, transportation
12 50
Dec. 3.
321 T. D. Hill, repairs Fowler school house
52 44
3. 322
Ginn & Co., books
11 92
3. 323
J. S. Hammet, supplies
29 48
3. 324
A. D. Tiffany, services
12 01
3. 325 Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies 4 60
3.
326 Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies
14 70
3. 327 Edith Jackson, teaching 2 weeks
16 00
3. 328
H. M. Chatterton, coal and sun- dries 15 64
6. 329
Dan Bogue, janitor work 4 00
6. 330
H. M. Chatterton, supplies 20 69
22 50
13. 332
Ernest Sokolis, transportation
11 00
16.
333
Pearl Whittimore, cleaning school- house 1 00
16. 334
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils
15 05
16. 335
Guy W. Pratt, plumbing 2 19
14 45
16. 336 17. 337 R. W . Barnard, slating schoolhouse Ginn & Co., books
12 63
18. 338
Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies
4 40
18. 339
T.J. Hagan, 2 keys, sawing and pil-
18. 340
ing wood, putting in glass, Fire Hill
3 50
7. 331 John Dimmick, transportation
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies
36 07
40
repairs on schoolhouses, it includes work done on school- room and woodshed and putting two closets under the village school at an expense of $157 36, making a permanent im- ' provement in the sanitary conditions. In the item of supplies, it includes the purchase of a large atlas, $15.00; also the Tiffany Industrial Work, $75.00, for all the schools, and a Webster's dictionary $4.00, for the Hudson school. All the schools are supplied with fuel sufficient for the winter term.
RESOURCES
Rental school funds, paid during year .....
$139 45
Last year's report. 138 82
63
Rental school lands, unpaid
89 08
Huntington fund
68 79
Received for wood, Florence school
5 00
Received for old schoolhouse
20 00
State apportionment.
581 94
State apportionment $45, 000 reserve fund
285 46
Error order 361
·
80
50% grand list
6502 88
Tuition Town of Chittenden
221 81
Tuition Town of Mendon
28 50
$7804 89
Overdrawn
845 66
$8650 55
JOHN B. CANDON, A. D. TIFFANY, T. J. HAGAN,
Directors.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Honorable Board of School Directors :
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor herewith to submit to you my report as superintendent of schools for the past five months :
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During time, in my endeavor thoroughly to acquaint myself with the condition and the needs of the various schools of the town, I have visited all of them once and some of them several times. I have found the teachers, almost without exception, doing conscientious work, and in many cases most efficiently filling their positions.
As I have looked over the equipment of the schools, I have seen abundant evidence of the fact that the town of Pittsford has, in the past, been generous in furnishing supplies, but these supplies are now, in many instances, in poor condition or wholly lacking. Something has been done during the past five months, towards remedying this condition, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the good work may be continued.' The introduction of music into the High School, and into as many of the lower schools as can feasibly be reached by a supervisor who is, for the larger part of the day, occupied with other work is also to my mind, a step in the right direction.
It will be remembered that in the elementary school course of the ancient Greeks, music occupied the leading place because, more than any other study, it contributed to the mental and moral development of the child. The epics of Homer and Hesival, the lyrics of Sappho and Pindar, were sung, not read in the schools of Greece. And so I feel that if allowed to remain in the schools, music will prove one of the most valuable aids in inculcating these principles of refinement and culture, which is the aim of true education. As supervisor of music, I wish to express my appreciation of the enthusiastic manner in which both pupils and teachers have responded to my efforts to introduce music into the schools.
I found one or two of the schools in the more remote districts "out of grade," but the superintendent and teachers of those schools are working together to remedy that con- dition, and we hope by the end of the year to bring them again into line. And this brings to mind a fact, which I feel it my duty to bring to your attention, and that is, that
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Date No.
Amount
Dec. 19. 341 Edward LaBrake, janitor work
$ 4 50
20. 342 Nellie Turner, teaching 30 00
20. 343 Maude Stevens, teaching 34 00
20. 344 Daisy Raleigh, teaching 32 00
20 345 Matilda McCormick, teaching
36 00
20. 346
Elizabeth Kelley, teaching
36 00
20. 347
Sedonia Tennien, teaching
40 00
20. 348 Ethel Ryder, teaching 2 weeks
16 00
20. 349 Rachel Jackson, teaching
32 00
20 350
W. P. Abbott, services
51 41
20. 351
Charlotte Hale, teaching
46 00
20. 352
Jennie Cline, teaching
40 00
20
353
Laura Parsons, teaching
40 00
20
354
Corinne Randall, teaching
34 00
20.
355
Tessie Cline, teaching
32 00
20.
356
Gino Ratti, teaching 80 00
20.
357 Matilda McCormick, teaching
40 00
20.
358
Estelle McCarthy, teaching
40 00
20. 359 Mary Seymour, teaching
40 00
20. 360 Stephen Palmerine, janitor work 23 25
21.
361 John Dimmick, transportation
15 00
21. 362 Chas. Fenton, janitor work
15 43
21.
363 Mrs. Houston, janitor and clean- ing closets 24 50
21.
364
Rich Dow, janitor work
12 00
23. 365 Alexander Bean, transportation 75 00
23. 366 Ed. Martell, transportation
44 00
23. 367
Dan Bogue, janitor work
3 50
23. 368
E. W. Chaffee, transportation 30 00
23. 369
Ernest Sokolis, transportation 5 50
24. 370 Nelson Manley, transportation 18 75
27. 371 Jennie Squires, janitor work
5 00
1908
28. 372
Mrs. Fox, janitor work
10 00
Jan. 4. 373 J. A. Duffey, piano and hall for Memorial exercises 4 00
4. 374 Silver, Burdette & Co., supplies 3 60
9. 375 Ernest Sokolis, transportation 5 50
37
Amount
Date No. Jan. . 10. 376 Carlos Alexander, cleaning closet
$ 1 00
10. 377 Ansel Jackson, drawing coal 1 60
11. 378 Nelson Manley, transportation
6 25
13. 379 Norman Stevens, sawing wood
6 75
16. 380 Will Humphrey, wood
20 00
16. 381 John LaBrake, wood
16 00
17. 382
John Dimmick, transportation
15 00
18. 383
Ansel Jackson, drawing coal
2 00
18. 384
Guy W. Pratt, plumbing
5 20
18. 385
J. L. Hammet, supplies
51 34
18.
386
D. C. Heath, supplies
6 88
21. 387
W. S. Humphrey, work
2 22
21. 388 Mrs. Chas. Cooley, janitor work 9 75
21. 389 Ray & McCormick, supplies 5 40
21.
390 Aqueduct Co., water rent
10 00
21. 391
J. W. Stearns, chairs
14 00
27. 392 Nelson Manley, transportation
18 75
26.
393
A. D. Tiffany, services, telephones, ink, and census 43 12
29.
394
Nellie Turner, teaching
30 00
29. 395
Maude Stevens, teaching 34 00
29. 396 Daisy Raleigh teaching
32 00
29. 397
Matilda McCormick, teaching
36 00
29. 398
Elizabeth Kelley, teaching 36 00
29. 399
Sedonia Tennien, teaching 40 00
29.
400
Ethel Ryder, teaching,
32 00
29. 401
Rachel Jackson, teaching
32 00
29. 402
W. P. Abbott, services
46 00
29. 404 Jennie Cline, teaching
40 00
29 .. 406
Corinne Randall, teaching
32 00
29. 407 Tessie Cline, teaching
80 00
29. 408 Gino Ratti, teaching
29. 409 Matilda McCormick, teaching 40 00
29. 410 Estelle McCarthy, teaching 40 00
40 00
29. 411 Sarah Pomeroy, teaching
51 41
29. 403 Charlotte Hale, teaching
40 00
29. 405 Laura Parsons, teaching 34 00
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Date No. 412
Amount
Jan. 29.
T. J. Hagan, services, postage, telephone, and carfare
$39 15
29.
413 F. M. Schofield, trucking 5 75
29. 414 H. M. Chatterton, 6 rulers
18
29.
415 C. J. Fenton, services and inci- dentals 17 79
29. 416 Will Davenport, putting wood in shed 4 00
29. 417 Pauline Rockwood, music teacher 26 00
29. 418 Albert Pratt, janitor, work and kindling 11 00
31. 419 R. W. Barnard, repairs Mills school 20 21
American Express Co., B. J. Steves, agent 3 62
$9,583 36
T. J. HAGAN,
· EZRA ALLEN, School Commissioners.
A. D. TIFFANY.
SUMMARY:
Teachers
$6,325 22
Transportation
1,059 75
Truant officers
6 50
Fuel
489 94
Sewer tax
5 00
Superintendent of schools
359 87
Water tax
20 00
Janitor work
414 86
Books
379 87
Supplies
97 05
Taking census
22 52
School commissioners
35 00
Repairs
258 00
Tuition to town of Hubbardton
10 00
Land, for Fowler schoolhouse water closet
10.75
Labor and carting
85 41
Express
3 62
$9,583 36
39 RESOURCES.
55 per cent. of grand list, 1907
$8,261 96
Rent of school lands
109 46
Discount on Stratton wood account
2 00
Refund from Justin Mills
6 00
Tuition from Rutland
132 93
Tuition from Proctor
50 64
Tuition from Chittenden
68 28
Wagon sold
4 00
Transportation and board from state
548 03
State appropriation, 8 per cent tax
607 09
Permanent school fund, 1907
169 89
Reserve fund of $45,000 account, 1904
341 46
Reserve fund $15,000 account, 1907
113 82
$10,415 56
Report
TO THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS,
· Pittsford, Vermont.
GENTLEMEN :- In accordance with Section 943 of the Laws of Vermont, I have the honor of submitting to you my first report as superintendent of Schools for the town of Pittsford.
The fall term of. school began September 9th with the following corps of teachers in charge of the various schools:
High School, Mr. G. A. Ratti, principal ; Miss Charlotte F. Hale, assistant, Miss Mary Seymour, assistant.
Grammar School, Miss Jennie E. Cline.
Village Intermediate, Miss May E. McCormack.
Village Primary, Miss Stella McCarthy.
Mills Intermediate, Miss Laura E. Parsons. Mills Primary, Miss Sedonnia I. Tennien.
Fowler Intermediate, Miss Matilda McCormick.
Fowler Primary, Miss Elizabeth M. Kelley.
Fowler Primary Assistant, Miss Corinne S. Randall.
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In order to follow out the requirements of the state course of study quite an addition to the present supply of books should be made : this is especially true in the matter of reading. Each grade should be supplied with three or four different readers each year. Music books should be provided for each school. I think a change may be desired in the texts on Grammar and Language lessons.
I am watching with considerable interest a new series of writing slips which are now in use in the Proctor schools for the first time. If this system proves to be what I expect of it, I shall hope to see it introduced into the Pittsford schools another year.
MAPS AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
I find that the schools are not properly supplied with wall maps and globes for teaching geography, books of refer- ence in various subjects and many of the devices needed for teaching the little children of the primary classes, although I have attempted to provide some of this last mentioned material. Each school should be supplied with a set of from four to eight wall maps in a closed case. At present only two schools are thus provided and these only in part. Each school should be supplied with a few good reference books for the use of the pupils.
PARENTS' DAY.
The teachers have co-operated with me very heartily in instituting a day each term to be called "Parents' Day," at which time parents of the pupils and citizens are especially invited to be present and to inspect the work of the school. Very successful Parents' Days have been held at the Vil- lage schools, Furnace, Goodnough, Douglas and Hudson, and others will be held in the near future. A large number of parents have attended these exercises. One purpose of these special days is to arouse greater interest in the schools on the part of the parents.
REPAIRS.
Repairs are urgently needed in several of the schools. The Goodnough school should be painted, the walls and ceil-
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ing kalsomined, the teacher's platform removed, and new seats and desks installed to take the place of the wooden benches now in use. The changes mentioned should be made at once, and when made will add greatly to the beauty and utility of the school room.
The walls and ceiling of the Douglas school should also be dressed over. I would suggest that the outhouse be discon- nected from the schoolhouse and moved at a distance from it if possible. The foul odor from the building has made it impossi- ble at times during the fall term to have the school door open. It is not pleasant, to say nothing of its being unhealthy, to be confronted with a foul stench which arises from the out- house, when one opens the door to enter school. Where earth closets are necessary, I suggest that a box of earth, sawdust, or ashes, be kept in each closet and that arrange- ments be made with some of the older students to see that these boxes are kept supplied with material and proper use made of it.
At the Hudson scoool, steps should be placed at the en- trance of the boys' closet. At the Furnace school, the board fence between the boys' and girls' closets has been blown down and should be replaced.
Extensive repairs are needed in the Mills schools. At present both rooms are dark and dingy. New hard wood floors are needed, the walls should be tinted with a color which will tend to make the room lighter, the ceilings should be whitewashed, and in both rooms new adjustable seats should be installed. Some of the better seats taken from this building could be placed in the Goodnough school. Fur- ther mention will be made of the Mills school in this report.
The most important fact which I wish to present to the citizens of the town as a result of my investigation is this : The school accommodations in the schools at the Mills, Village, Fowler and Grammar school are inadequate for the number of pupils and the number of grades each is obliged to accommodate.
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
In the Grammar school in the High school building there are at present nearly ten more pupils than can be comfort-
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ably accommodated. There are in this room at least eight pupils who have no desks but who are obliged to sit in the front of the room on recitation seats. There is no more room for seats and desks. Under the conditions, it is impossible for both teachers and pupils to do the required amount of work. As a result, pupils are sent to the High school unpre- pared for the higher grade of work required. It is probable that there will be more students than ever in this room next fall and no seats for them. Forty-six have been in attend- ance in this school. The present number is forty-four.
THE MILLS SCHOOLS.
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