1867-1868 School Committee Report

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[Extract from the General Statutes of Massachusetts, Chap.40.] SECT.6. The School Committee shall annually make a detailed report of the condition of the several public schools,_which report shall contain such statements and suggestions in relation to the schools as the Committee deem necessary or proper to promote the interests thereof. The Committee shall cause said report to be printed for the use of the inhabitants,in octavo,pamphlet form, of the size of the annual reports of the Board of Education;and transmit two copies thereof to the Secretary of said Board, on or before the last day of April, and deposit one copy in the office of the Clerk of the city or town. i To THE INHABITANTS or LEXING}TON In accordance with the above.provisions, the undersigned herewith submit the annual REPORT . Y THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL. Teachers.—Miss ELLA L. BACON, (re-appointed March, 1867;) Miss LAVINIA M. ALLEN. 1 Miss Bacon remained in charge of the school till the last of February, (1868,) when she resigned .her place for a better one in Boston. Her administration was, in our opinion, very advantageous to the school. The pupils were prompt in their performances and quite studious. The instruction was more than ordinarily skillful and comprehensive. We regret that a little difference between the teacher and some of the parents prevented the harmonious union of all the elements in this institution. We gave this subject'our earnest attention; and cannot say that we attached any blame to the teacher, without declaring our conviction that much more ought to be attributed to the persons who promoted the dissension. Miss Allen, employed to complete the year, taught the school only two weeks and three days,. She seems to have managed