The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-06-19
Whole No. 1894.

ton of the revenue to be raised from such
taxation bonds may be issued to an amount
not exceeding two mills on the city tar du-
phcate of the preceding year. Property
may also be appropriated for school pur-
poses. 1t will be seen by this that Boards
of Education have, under the new law,
powers far greater than ever before held by
them, and it becomes of the gravest con-
sequence that careful selection is made in
choosing members of such Boards. The
carelessness and Indifference SO commonly
shown in the choice of members of the
Boards of Education in cities viii no longer
be safe, for incompetency, heedlessness, or
want of integrity, may lead to serious re-
suits to the pockets of the taxpayers, to
say nothing of the educational interests Of
the people at large. We invite the tax-pay-
ing portion of the public to read over
again. czrefully, the FOREGOING suinmaFyOf
powers given to the Boards of Education
under the new law ss By t8aEl8E
Free education of youth between heageof
sH and twenty-one years must he provided;
provision for schools of higher grades and
for evening schools in cities and villages is
also made. Boards of Education are 70 de-
termine courses of study and textbooks,
provided no book shall be changed within
three years after adoption, without the con-
sent of three-fourths of the members of
the Board. Upon the request of seventy
five freeholders, residents of the district,
representing not less than forty pupils, the
Board shall cause the German language to
be taught therein, provided that all branch
es shall be taught in the English language
in such schools. I14 III .@-
/ Nearly every act of'the Board must be
determined by yea or nay vote, and IN
most cases majority of the full Board is
required to carry measure, to select an Of
fcer, employ an agent, &e. Members of
the Board are prohibited, under penalties,
from having any pecuuiary interest, direct
or indirect, in any contract of the Board,
or being employed in any manner for a
compensation by the Board of which he is a
member, except as Clerk of the Board. Va
caneies in the Board, occurring more than
fifteen days before the next annual election,
must be filed without delay. .
Boards of Education in city districts Of
the first class are to appoint three, six or
nine persons, who shall have power to exam
inc the schools and all persons desiring to
hold teachers certificates; may grant certif-
Gates to be good in the proper districts; and
may for cause revoke the certificate of any
teacher in the district. Similar powers are
granted to Examiners of city districts of
the second class, and village districts of
$500 population.
All school property is exempted from tax
alton.
Severe penalties are prescribed for inter-
fering with or injuring any school property,
for committing any nuisance thereon, and
for disturbing school or society. The
suspension of pupil shall continue only
until the Board can be convened, and to
continue the suspension until the end of the
current term would require united vote or
a majority of all the members The expul-
sion of apupn requires the voteof two-thirds
of all the members of the Board, and must end
with the current term.
City and County Teachers Institutes are
provided for; also, Teachers Associations
for neighboring counties. Boards are au-
thorized to aid all of these Institutions, and
to permit teachers to attend four or five
days without forfeiture of pay. The Fourth
of July, Christmas, New Years Day, and
Thanksgiving and Fast days ordered by the
President, or Governor of Ohio, are holi-
days when any teacher may dismiss school
These are but few of the multitude of
provisions which members of the Board of
Education will have to ''read, mark, learn,
and inwardly digest, and which the public
should make themselves somewhat familiar
with.