HomeMy WebLinkAboutSchool Sites Committee report, 1945 Article 2. Report of the committee on Proposed School Sites 125
presented by George A. :ballion as follows:
March 26, 1945
This comnittee was appointed as a result of a vote of Town
Meeting July 12, 1944 to investigate and report on proposed school
sites, and herewith submits the following report of progress:
It is natural to expect that in the postwar era when building
is again permitted, Lexington will resume its growth as a community
of homes and that this expansion will require corresponding develop-
ment of our various town departments and services including schools .
Your committee believes that the locations for grade schools
and a central high school should be selected before rather than
after this development starts because desirable sites may be avail-
able now at more advantageious prices .
We have discussed this project with members of the Planning
Board, Appropriation Committee and also other Town officials , We
have also viewed numerous proposed locations, but for lack of specific
engineering data regarding soil conditions , etc ., we are not prepared
to make definite recommendations at this time . We are, however,
requesting the appropriation of three hundred dollard( 4300,00) to
be used for borings and engineering information so that we may continue
our investigations, and make a complete report at a later date ,
Respectfully submitted,
John J. Sullivan
H. Webster Thomas
Ruth Morey
Eleanor B. Litchfield
Tracy W. Ames
G . A. Mallion
Chairman
Report accepted and placed on file as a report of progress and the
committee continued. 8:10 P. M.
Chairman Locke states because of the inactivity of the Civil
Service Committee appointed in 1941, that same be discharged.
Carried Unanimously 8:11 P. M.
Under Article 2 Selectman, A. Edward Rowse ' presente the
following:
VOTED: That a Committee of seven be appointed by the Moderator
to make a study of the duties of all Town employees and
formulate a proposed salary schedule to be presented at
the next Town Meeting for consideration.
Motion as presented voted upon and declared lost at 8:22 P. M.
Report made by Stephen F. Hamblin, Chairman of Lexington Comm-
unity Committee on Rehabilitation and Employment as follows :
March 26, 1945
Report to the Town Meeting:
This committee was first a volunteer committee, then made a
committee of the town by the Town Meeting a year ago.
Some figures of interest:
Total of our citizens in the armed forces--about 1,550
Total reported killed--25
Total reported missing-10
Total discharged to date--115
( of these more than one-half were over 30 years of age, and
are able to find work) .
.Loved out of town after discharge--20
Critical cases--8