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i 104 Although a few parents visit in grade school, it is a rare parent who visits the high school. Mr. Marshall welcomes such visits. Indeed he urges them, for he knows that the many problems that confront children from an outside town can be solved better through conferences with the parents of these children. May I, too, urge that each and every parent have at least one conference with the principal of the high school that his child attends? Mashpee can well be proud of the percent of its children who go on to high school, There are very few small towns where approximately one- third of the school enrollment is in high school. Although this costs the town of Mashpee a large sum of money— $290.00 per pupil just for tuition—the citizens consider this money well spent if the young people persevere and grad- uate. They realize that many avenues of opportunity are closed unless a person has a high school diploma. They also consider it money well spent because they realize that these young people will soon be the officers of the town, the busi- ness men of the town, and living lives largely influenced by the education they have received. This year only one of our young people has dropped out of high school. However, many of our young people could do better if they were faith- ful in the performance of homework. Success is pretty well assured to those pupils who devote at least two hours in doing home assignments. We wish to record our appreciation of the Falmouth Nursing Association which has made it possible for us to have a sound school health program. Occasionally we have a member of the Barnstable County Health Department come to the school on some special service, but the regular school nursing service is done by Mrs. Marguerite Kendall, R.N., of the Falmouth Nursing Association. Last year we had a number of dental clinics and there is included in this year's budget sufficient funds to make it possible for our school dentist, Dr. James F. Volker, to care for the needs of all the children. Last June our popular custodian, Mr. Lawrence Hen- dricks, resigned. He had served for nearly twenty-five years.