Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-04-09
PUTNAM. CONN. FRIDAY, APRIL 1915
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Superintendent and Truaat Officers
Monthly Report
DR.. Perry Volunteers TO Examine Pupils
TO Prevent Spread of Disease

The school board met Monday night
but transacted no business on account
of lack of a quorum. The report of
uperintendent w. A. Mowry for the
month of March was submitted and is
as follows:
Superlntendent's Report
The public school enrolment at the
close of March was 612 pupils. OF
this mum Der 425 were boys ard 3S7
were girls. This registration is an in
crease of Is pupils during the month.
The average membership for March
was 663, an increase of 70 over cores
pending figures for February. The
average daily attendance was 6lo,
which was an increase of 80 over the
figures for the preceding month. The
attendance of pupils at school has been
more regular than it WINS for February.
The teachers report 3S4 Ia days alb
sence, decrease of go from last
months figures. There were 40 pupils
tardy, with an aggregate of ll9 eases
of hardness, these figures representing
decreases of Is ana IL respectively. The
number OF pupils with perfect attend
ance records increased from 24l in Feb
ruary to 344 in March.
The actual membership of the
schools at the close of the month was
us pupils. These were divided among
the different buildings AS follows:
High school, pol, including l57 high
school students and A eighth grade
pupils; Israel Putnam school, 302;
Smith Street school, 81; sawyer dis
trict, 6S East Putnam, 10; Putnam
Heights, Ia; Gary school, 10.
l regret TO report that 1 have again
found it necessary to close Sawyer Dis
trict school on account of scarlet fever
This was done March II and the
building WAS thoroughly fumigated
few days later. The pupils from the
Windham County Children's Home,
who had been guaranteed and away
from school because of an epidemic of
scarlet fever since Oct. /, had been re-
admitted to school March /. They
had been at school only two and one
half days when | closed the building
again MS indicated above. The new
case is one of the Home cGildren, who
had not, however, been at the Home
during the epidemic. She evidently
had the disease the last day she was at
school, which led me to take the
prompt action which | have reported.
Two other children, who had been liv-
ing in the same family with this girl,
have also contracted the disease and
all are being cared for at the Children S
Home This will necessitate the ao-
sence from school of all children at the
Home until the quarantine is remov-
ed. Two children in another family
in this district are also in quarantine
because of scarlet fever. This will
leave only ten pupils to report for
work, If no new cases of scarlet fever
develop in the district, when schools
open for the new term April II.
have also to report that four or five
cases of diphtheria have appeared
among the pupils of the lower gra6es
at the Israel Putnam school. | hope
that the vacation of next week may
check any further spread of this dis
ease.
A Parents Night was held at the
High school March 20, which proved
to be, in all respects, very enjoyable
and successful. There was very
large attendance of parents and friends
of the school.
Schools closed Thursday afternoon,
April l, for the spring vacation. Ses-
sions will be resumed Monday morn
ing, April II.
1 have appointed, with the approval
of a majority of the school committee,
Miss M. Barbara Foxe, of Great Bar
rington, Mass, to take the position in
the kindergarten at the Israel Putnam
school, made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Miss Flora h. Ellis. Miss Foxe
has been trained in kindergarten work
in one the best kindergarten schools in
southern New England. She has had
a year of successful practice work and
comes TO US with excellent recommen-
dations.