Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-03
lFOr the HcrAld.l
To the Patrons Of the Wash
ington Union School.

. FatlVely nave IN making CneH WIZ
they ought to be, and the fact th'
there is not cooperation on th
part of all, as well as the necessit
for a better understanding Of tn
Rules and Regulations adopted b
your Board, for the government G
these schools, is my reason for ad
dressing you through the Press
One of the greatest hinderances t.
the success of your schools, is tn
absence therefrom on the part o
pupils during the regular schoo
hours. And whether that absenc
is for few minutes at the openin!
of, or continues through the Who'll,
morning or evening session, o
longer, it is no less an evil, anC
should be at once corrected. Tht
remedy is in your hands. Will yor
make it available for us and allow
us to devote our energies to the OBJ
ject for which your school is estab-
observation-disclosures will you
compel US to devote those energies
and our time to correcting these ir-
regularities and performing the
work that justly belongs to you.-
If we are satisfied that these things
are eUtlS, we shall be untrue to you
and your children if we neglect to
use every means provided by law,
and the power delegated to us by
your Board of Education, as well as
the dictates of your own judgment,
to correct them. You desire to se-
cure your children's advancement
and interest, not only in the studies
pursued here, but you desire to see
them trained to correct, physical
and moral habits. And your time
and energies being demanded to q
great degree in other spheres, you
appoint us to the task, thus surren-
dering to our keeping and training,
your most precious interests for
time and eternity. And how shall
we do our duty a0eU unless we have
full control, during the regular dai-
Iy session of the schools, of those
to whom these duties directly per-
tain. You will all acknowledge at
once that without proper attendance
on the part of the pupil, he cannot
receive the proper attention from
MS teacher. What we are desirous
Of doing, is to break up the habit
for it IS the result of habit to a very
great extent on the part of pupils,
of being tardy and absent when it is
possible, by forethought and exer
ion ON their part, or the part of
he parents to avoid it, reducing
hese cases to those of necessity.
When you aid us to do this, and not
Until then, can you demand of us a
Iaiiy return in good morals, correct
labits and the intellectual growth of
,our children, for the confidence
md compensation given us. We
AVE this work at heart, and are
Wiling to labor hard and patiently
o accomplish it; but it will be idle
or us to thus labor without your
% operation; and it is this that we
low ask, hoping that none will
hink we ask too much. We wish
o call particular attention to the
Rules and Regulations adopted by
,our Board for the government of
,our School, and especial attention
o that part relating to Pupils-par-
graph No. (Which requires that
excuses for Hardness and absence
hall state the reason for the same.
some parents--thoughtle no
Ioubt-refuse to comply with this
ule, and thus make it necessary for
is to send the pupil home the Sec
md and third time before the prop
II excuse is rendered. BY so do
ng you cause your children to lose
much of the best part of the day,
nd put yourselves and us to twice
nd thrice the necessary trouble ,
t is very easy for the parent to
ay that sickness, work, errands, la
mess, truancy or late meals,-as {
he case may be-was the cause, but
is not always easy for us to learn
.om the child the reason. We wish ,
D kmow that the pupil has or has
OF a proper excuse for his delin- !
and the parent or guardian
the person best qualified to state
lis. A prompt compliance with !
lis rule will enable us to keep a
orrect record Of all cases of delin- l
nencies. and this record will be