Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-02
THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
.eelslons of the superintendent.

Decisions of the superintendent.
be nNewly elected directors are held to
certifcatesos soon as they receive their
at meeting OF rion, or claim their seats
dence OF their eectIod. with proper evi.
suppIantcd have no authoriiya directors
:hcir successors are elected. after
2. There never is q ae1D board Of dircc.
tors where the law wakes its regular course,
except when new districts are formed
Debts legally contracted by board Of di.
rectors in any year, and left unpaid, must
be liquidated by the board in succeeding
years.
3. Directors may, in their discretion, re-
quire the schools Of their district 10 be
kept open every day of each calender
month, except Sundays. The most gen.
oral rule is 10 keep them open twenty.six
days per month, but some districts limit
the school month to twoniy.rour days.
But the directors should require the schools
to be closed every Saturday at noon, TO be
opened again on Monday morning, or in
lieu thereof, to be closed every alternating
Saturday, and thus the time given TO the
pupils for recreation should not be deduc .
ed from the teachers.
4. School directors have the abstract
right 10 compel pupils to 90 to either of
the schools within the district OF their res.
idGnco, ifthey 20 at all F.; but this right or
power should not be arbitrarily exercised.
Where a pupil can be more conveniently
accommodated in an adjoining district the
directors should make such arrangement
as is provided for in the ninth paragraph
of the twenty.third section (page s. Of the
school law.
5. If the school directors do not keep
all the necessary schools of their district
in operation at least four months in each
year, they are indictable for misdemeanor
in office.
I 6. Public meetings have no power 10
discharge school teachers, nor 10 employ
them. Directors must perform the dulies
required of them by law, but in perform.
ing them should, as far as practicable,
consult the wishes of the people Of their
district. The latter, however, cannot con.
troll the actions Of the former against their
J consent.
/ 7. School directors have the power at
any time TO dismiss teacher, "lor incom.
potency, cruelty, negligency or immorai.
ty," and should be prompt in the exercise
Of this power whenever either Of these
charges are established against teacher.
8. The directors are not personally La
bic for the salary of the teacher legally
contracted.
Q. A pupil cannot be suspended or ex.
PEELED from school unless "lound guilty,
on full examination and hearing, Of re.
lractory and incorrigiby bad conduct" IN
school.
10. -Four directors constitute quorum,
and acts of a majority of these are as le.
gal and binding as though all were pres.
ent and voted on the same side, except
that the annual school tax must be levied
by the votes Of not less than majority Of
the members of The board.
II. If teacher receives pupils know.
ing that they have been ordered 10 anoth.
or school by the directors, he is guilty Of
an act Of insubordinauon-he "neglects"
his duty in refusing 10 carry out the re.
quirements Of the board-lor which the
directors can discharge him.
-. A verbal discharge Of teacher by
a director, authorized by The board, is suf.
fcient, but it is recommended in all cases
TO notify the teacher Of discharge in wri.
! ting.
10. School directors are not required tc
be sworn on entering on the duties oi
the office.
IA. lf the school directors neglect &c
, organize within twenty days after the cleo
ion, as specified by law, they may do SC
at any future time, and such orgonizaIin
will be strictly legal, if no steps wcr Ia
ken in the meantime 10 remove the olfec'
| tors elect from Office by due courss oi 'aw'
, 10. School directors are no'enlltled 10
compensation for any services they may
y render as such.
I6. ga vote of the ci'zens" can ncilh-
er authorize nor preycd the directors from
levying specified amount o. iaX-Ihe
school law rogures them in that regard
II. Where -osts are imposed by the
, court upon oJoard Of school directors in
a civil actin against them in their official
> capaciIv such costs may be paid out oi
: lbe sc,6ol fund of the district, and cannot
4 exca,t in cases of willful neglect Of duty,
> br COLLECTED from the directors personally.
E 6ut when the directors are prosecuted for
misdemeanor, and the costs are imposed
upon them, they must pay the same out Of
, their own, and not out Of the school
funds.
IS. Any necessary expenses Oft civil
action, not imposed by the court upon
other parties, such as attorney fees, may
be paid by the directors out Of the schoo
Z fund.
, 10. School directors have no authority
g 10 appropriate any portion Of the schoo
7 funds 10 Sunday schools, nor TO cause the
common school to be taught on Sunday.
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