The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-08-20
RULES And REGULATIONS
OF THE
I1iIlsbOrO Union Schools. for the
Year commencing Sept. z, '6S.
OF THE

Year commencing Sept. z, '6s.
ARTICLE I.-TERMs, VACATIONS AND
HOLIDAYS.
Sec. 1. The School year shall consist
of forty-one weeks, and shall COM
mence Sept. Z, 1868, and continue
until July I'd, 1869.
The FIRST TERM shall commence
on Sept. z, 1868, and close Dec. "a,
1868.
The SECOND TERM shall commence
Jan. 4, 1869, and continue until April
I'd, 1869.
The THIRD TERM shall commence
April IL, 1869, and continue until
July I'd, 1869.
Sec. 2. The School day shall begin
at quarter of 9 o'clock A. NJ. and
close at halfpast4 4P. NJ. The afternoon
session will begin at half past 1, and
the morning session close at u NJ.
Sec. 3. The first bell will be rung at
half past 8 A. NJ, and quarter past
P. M. The second bell will ring at
a quarter Of A. NJ. and halfpast /
P. NJ The bell will be tapped at 10
minutes Of II NJ, and 20 minutes after
4, as signal to stop the duties of the
School room, call the roll and dismiss
the pupils.
Sec. 4. Recesses will be given at a
quarter past 10 A. NJ, and As minutes
after 2 P. NJ. for the girls, and half
past 10 A. M. and at 3 P. M. for the
boys.
ARTICLE IT.-oPENING AND CLOSING.
Sec. 1. In each school room three
minutes shall be given after the ring
ing of the I'd bell, for the pupils to get
in and be seated, when the doors will
be closed. A portion of Scripture
shall then be read by the teacher with
out comment. The roll shall then be
called and absentees marked, after
which the doors shall be re-Opened and
pupils coming in will be marked tardy.
Pupils who may be thirty minutes
tardy shall be suspended for the half
day, and a note sent their parents.
This halliday shall be charged against
them as lost time. The opening ex-
ercises shall be the same in the after
noon, except that the Scripture read
! ing will be omitted.
Sec. 2. At the tap of the closing bell,
preparations will at once be made for
dismissal. AS soon as possible there
after, and within four minutes, teach
ers whose rooms are on the first floor
will dismiss their pupils, requiring
them to walk orderly and in single
file out of the building. Five minutes
after the tapping of the bell, the teach
ers on the I'd and Sd floors will dismiss
their schools, requiring them to OBJ
serve the above order. Each teacher
shall place a monitor in the hall, who
shall report any one disregarding the
rules of order in going out. In going
to and coming from the school rooms,
pupils will walk on the side of the hall
next their rooms.
ARTICLE III.-THE SUPERINTENDENT
Sec. I. The Superintendent shall act
by the advice and direction of the
Board of Education, and shall have
the control and superintendent of all
matters appertaining to the different
departments of the schools. He shall
arrange the course of study, attend to
the classified ton of the pupils, the al
lotment of fstudies to the pupils, and
the apportionmert of duties to the
teachers in the various departments.
He shall advise and direct the teachers
in relation to their duties in giving in
struction and maintaining proper dis
cipline, and shall see to it that the
rules of the schools are enforced in
each and every room. He shall Oc-
cupy a portion of his time in teaching
in each Of the departments of the
schools, and shall make such other
regulations as he shall deem necessary
to promote the efficiency of the schools.
Sec. 2. The Superintendent shall
have the power to suspend temporar-
lily or expel any pupil found guilty of
gross misconduct, and whose longer
continuance in the schools would not
be for the best. In cases of expulsion
he will at once report the case to the
pupils parents and to the Board of Ed
ucation. The decision of the Board
shall be final, but any pupil expelled
shall stand so until reinstated by the
Board.
Sec. 8. The Superintendent shall
make Monthly Reports to the Board, of
such statistics and other matters as
may be of interest and importance.
Sec. 4. The Superintendent shall
have the power to appoint one teacher
from each room, to ring the bells for
opening and close of school. He shall
have the care of the grounds and build
ing during school hours, aud shall
hold each teacher to a strict account
for any abuse of their rooms. He
shall perform all other duties which
belong to his position as Superintend-
ent.
ARTICLE IV.-THE TEACHERS.
Sec. 1. All the teachers in these
schools are requirted to acquaint them