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1938-1939 1939-1940 1940-1941 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 95 689 711 733 56 61 40 •In arriving at these estimates the present enrollment in the lower grades were considered. Senior High School Pupils Pups from tram Year Enrollment Redford Burlington 1935-1936 659 100 87 1936-1937 704 118 97 1937-1938 747 125 119 1938-1939 757 128 125 1939-1940 745 114 137 1940-1941 782 107 140 In making these estimates we have deducted four percent from the present enrollment of each class. This, has been the average decrease over the past. few years. Post -graduates have not been included, because their number is most uncertain. Combined Junior and Senior High Schools Year 1935-1936 1936-1937 1342 118 155 1937-1938 1397 125 161 1938-1939 1446 128 181 1939-1940 1456 114 198 1940-1941 1515 107 180 Pupils fr to Enrollment. Hertford Pupils from Burlington 1274 100 129 These figures are based on present enrollments and rna.ke no allowance for the future growth of the town. The present building was intended to accommodate ap- proximately 1,000 pupils. The estimated enrollment for Sep- tember, 1936 is 1342. It is the opinion of the School Officials that by that date it will be impossible to accommodate prop- erly that number of pupils. Rooms are now used that do not meet the required stand- ards for light and size; several rooms are accommodating 96 TOWN OF LEXINGTON classes beyond their proper capacity and others are being used for class purposes that were not, so intended. It is possible for a good school to run on its momentum for a short while, but it is impossible to maintain for any length of tirne a high standard of work when the school is overcrowd- ed or placed on part time. B. Ways of Relieving This Crowded Condition At the present there appear three feasible plans by which the congestion in the High School Building can be relieved: I. 1I. III, By Eliminating Out -of -Town Pupils. By Enlarging the Present High School Building. By Erecting a New Building to Serve for either of the Two High Schools. I. By Eliminating Out -of -Town Pupils On the first thought one might believe that by excluding pupils from Bedford and Burlington a material saving would be made. Careful study shows that these pupils selecting their subjects from the various ciiriicula, are found in all the class- es—a few in each. To be sure if they were excluded, there would be fewer pupils in each class; but only in a few subjects, such as English and History, would the number be cut down so materially as to decrease class divisions. In fact the elimina- tion of all out-of-town pupils would reduce the size of classes and the number of divisions sufficiently to save the expense of three or four teachers. There would, also, be a saving in text- books and supplies; probably a total saving of approximately $8,000 or $9,000. Elimination of these pupils would prolong the use of the present building for a few years; no one knows how long. Once gone in all probability they will never return. The town will receive the coming year approximately 28,000. for tuition and by 1940 $40,000., if the present rates of tuition are maintained. The citizens of Lexington need to de- cide whether it is better to give up the $28,000. of tuition to save approximately $8,000 or $9,000 in salaries, textbooks and supplies, and thereby, delay the construction of building a few years, or whether it is better to build now and to keep those pupils whose tuition will help to pay for a new building.