The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-12
Annual Statement by Board
and Heads of Various
Departments
TAX RATE OF Ga
CENTS ADVOCATED
Slx-Six' Plan Is Favored, but Com
mlttee Thinks Elimination of Ninth
Grade Matter of Too Much Impor
tance to Be Done Hurriedlv.

"lthln a day or two the annual re-
port OF the prudential committee and
treasurer of the incorporated school
dlstr1ct will be issued. including also
the usual reports of the high school
prlhclpal, superintendent and heads of
departments. The advance proofs CON
tam much interesting material,
Inc school board views with salts
faction the general condition of the
schools and the results of the past
year. The various changes to take
place IN the teaching force are men
TONED, which already have been pub
,hShed. The appointment of Miss Flor
ehee NJ. WellInan as superintendent is
mentioned, and her exact status as
superintendent is specified. cit MAJ
DC Wen to remark in passing,'' the
committee says, THAT the selection of
superintendent for our own district
Tor the coming year under the limita-
tons mentioned above, has the hearty
approval of the state board, being the
choice 1t would have itself made. had
the matter come under its iurisdic-
tion.
The "six-six'' idea, mentioned in
the principal S report, the committee
says It approves of as whole and
wishes to have it put into execution
as soon as possible, as it doubtless will
be better in many WAYS to have II
grades than the present Is. cou1tinr
the four years in the high school each
as a grade, in view of the fact that
the children BY state law are not al
lowed to enter school until thev are
SIX years of age. The plan at present
IS in an experimental stage in Yer
moat, and patience and clear appre-
clatlon of the difficulties involved in
eliminating the ninth grade are neces-
sary. The principal and superintend-
ent are acquaintiag themselves with
the steps that NAV be necessary to
BRING about this important change.
and in the fall representative Of
the committee probably will go to Bur
lington to study the situation there.
The largest expense was incurred in
putting in two new boilers in III, hirh
school basement at a cost of $1,000
The plant is now sufficient to heat the
building without too great forcing.
Some wor must be done to prepare
rooms for the ungraded course and the
domestic science course. and some new
seats must be put in and painting
done.
In the year now before u.s. the
committee states, s'the state will pay
800 of the 1900 salary of the su-
perintendent; aud 5000 each will be
granted towards the salaries of the
teachers in the departments of man
ual training and domestic science. This
will be of special value to us since the
grand list has somewhat diminished
aAd will cause it to be unnecessarg
for us to ask for larger tax than last
year
In conclusion the committee SAYS:
The total Indebtedness of the incor-
porated district is now $f4 300, con-
sisting of $4,000 in Canal street
school bonds, $4,000 in Oak Grove
school bonds, ST 400 to be paid on the
Oak Grove note, and the two Hines
notes of 81 900 and $4,000 respective
ly. In order, therefore, that the dis
triet may provide for expenses of
every kind during the coming school
year, including payment OF interest on
bonds and notes, So, 900 Of the princi-
pal of the Canal street school bonds;.
at least $3.50 on the Oak Grove note:
$1,000 of the $23,50o now due on the
purchase price Of the Hiaes property.
we recommend that d tax of GA cents
be laid on the grand list. -
Principal l.. b.. Smith SAYS the Dial
and Athletic association had financial
II prosperous years, and he approves
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