Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-21

A quorum shall consist of a majority
of the Board, counting the President.
IL shall be the duty OF the President
to call all meetings OF the trustees
whenever he may deem 1t necessary.
He shall have the immediate superln-
| tendence of the schools, and 1t shall be
| his duty TO visit each of the schools at
least four times during each term; to see
| that iudicious programmes OF study ana
recitation are instituted to superiAtend
| the organization of the several depart
ments; TO direct modes of discipline and
instruction, suitable hours OF intermis-
sion. and maintain a uniform system OF
school records and reports, and to render
| any needed aid and counsel, and enact
such special rules for the government OF
| the schools as shall conduce to their
| highest success.
He shall make himself familiar with
the various systems of public instruc-
ton, and the progress Of education In
| other places, that he may be better pre-
pared to devise appropriate means for
| the advancement of the schools in this
place to the highest possible standard o.
efficiency and usefulness.
He shall render such information to
the Board at its meetings as may be
needed for the general good OF the
schools.
He shall have authority to appoint
meetings of the teachers, from time to
time, as to him may seem advisable, for
the purpose of comforting with them
with regard to the wants of the schools,
and the best methods Of discipline and
teaching, and he shall report the general
proceedings Of these meetings to the
Board.
He shall not have power to hire or
dismiss teachers without the consent OF
the Board, nor to incur any expense to
the district, except 10 case Of providing
immediate supplies-suCh as chalk,
CrayOns, broOms, drinking utensils, &c,
clearing the walks of temporary Obstruc-
lions, cleaning the buildings and keep
ing them in their ordinary condition and
preservation till such time as the board
can be called together to act on these
matters.
He shall make a record Of all his
doings and his visits to the schools, stat
ing the date thereof, and these records
shall go upon the general records Of the
district aud be preserved.
1t shall be the duty Of the Secretary
to keep all accounts and records Of the
Board, to warn all meetings Of the Board
when so directed by the President, pre-
pare all reports and perform all other
duties incident to his office.
He shall be member Of the Board in
all matters of business appertaining to
the school and shall have right to
vote.
In the case Of temporary absence Of
the President or Of his disability to at
tend the meetings Of the Board, the
Secretary shall be President pro tenn.
All questions Of expenditures for new
buildings, purchasing new sites, or adj
ditions to the present buildings, build
ing fences, planting trees or otherwise
embelishing the grounds and premises
are to be decided by the district at large,
at meetings called for that purpose by
the trustees, and no money shall be eX-
pended by the trustees, except as above
provided, without the consent and au-
thority of the district.
The district is to choose moderator,
clerk, treasurer, collector and a pruden-
tial committee of three at the annual
meeting as provided by law, whose
duties Shall be the same as they now
are.
The Board of Trustees, for the time
being, shall act with the prudential
committee as an advising committee.
GEORGE A. MBRRILL,
For Committee.
Rutland, Feb, Is, 1867.
The committee also made report
upon the financial condition Of the sew
eral school districts, from which 1t ap-
peared that they are all in favorable
state, the only ones in debt being No,
IS, to the amount Of 500, and No. 10 to
the amount of $1,000.
The report was discussed by Messrs.
Randall, Page, Merrill and others, when
the Moderator announced that the reso-
luton of Mr.. Weeks, offered at the last
meeting, was the first question to be con-
sidered. 1t was as follows:
Resolved That the several school dis
tricts in the village of Rutland be con-
SOlludLeu lHLO one SCHOOL ulStIICb 80 JnhJ
all matters pertaining to schools be I'M
der one Board OF Trustees.
The resolution was discussed by
Messrs. Page, Dunton, Randall, Simons,
Proctor, Merrill and Dana, in favor of,
and Messrs Isaac McDaniels and H. O.
Perkins against, when Mr.. McDaniels
offered the following:
Resolved That Mr.. Weeks resolution
be dismissed for the present, and until
such time as each school district can
call separate meeting aud allow the ill.,
habitants thereof to express their opin-
ions concerning consolidation, the re-
suits of said meetings to be reported at
a future corporation meeting, say in six
weeks.
Considerable discussion ensued upon
Mr.. McDaniels' resolution, when vote
was taken upon it and it was lost.
| Ayes 10; noes "a.
The question was then taken upon Mr..
Weeks resolution, and it was carried by
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