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t i 112 F;I' Report of the Superintendent of Schools 'f To the School Committee and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee One word can tell the story of what happened in the Mashpee Public Schools during 1972! GROWTH is the word — growth in numbers of pupils, in the size of the staff, in the shape and scope of the curriculum — and, of course, in the sum of the budget too. I, The year was more than half gone when I entered the scene I'', of spectacular growth, beginning my service as your Superintendent of Schools on July 1, 1972. I wanted to come to Mashpee and to Sandwich precisely because I could see the challenge and feel the excitement of these two rapidly changing communities. It was and �. is clear to me that Mashpee's citizens and School Committee mem- bers want their schools to provide the best possible education for their children, and the community appears genuinely willing to pay {' the admittedly high price of quality schools. For these assurances and for the full and friendly cooperation I have received from the '1 School Committee, from Mr. Kenneth Coombs, Principal, and from the whole school department, faculty and staff, I feel very grateful. Working with such dedicated and delightful people is a real 'Ir pleasure. ' i Because growth in so many respects was the story of 1972 — and in particular because more children were being enrolled in the Samuel G. Davis School than the building could accommodate — the provision of more space for elementary school children became '11 a matter of immediate and top priority at the very outset of my I'I superintendency. Arrangements were completed and the construc- tion c nstruc- tion of three new portable classrooms was started before school began in September. A careful study of the school building was I' also made and extensive renovations were planned so as to utilize i fully every square inch of available space in the Davis School. While the seemingly inevitable construction delays have been frus- trating, it is rewarding to report that both construction and renova- tion are now virtually completed. In addition to the larger class- room capacity the building now has substantially greater and badly needed storage space. Rooms have been set aside for speech