1856-1857 School Committee Report

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REPORT. Tim School Committee of Lexington, in presenting their Annual Report, are not unmindful that the law requires them " to make a detailed report of the condition of the several Public Schools in town." It may not be perfectly obvious how much is included in this demand; but since it is also enjoined, that the report shall contain " such statements and suggestions, in relation to the Schools, as said Committee shall deem necessary or proper to promote the interests thereof," we are disposed to limit the " details" to the information that may be found in the table appended to this report. We shall therefore confine ourselves principally to the statements and suggestions in relation to the schools which we understand to come within the boundaries of our duty. Nor do we propose to devote a paragraph or more to award the usual amount of praise or censure to the different Schools or their teachers separately. We have evidence that all the teachers, who have been employed during the past year, have labored faith- fully, and with a fair measure of success. While some teachers are more successful than others, the results may not, in all in- stances, be attributable to the superior skill or greater fidelity of the one, or to the lack of these qualities on the part of the other. In some cases the same teacher may be very successful one term, and much less successful the next. This is specially true, if we adopt the satisfaction given to the parents and scholars of the