Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-11-30
REGULATIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EUREKA
DISTRICT.

Sec. =. Inc sCuonA year euah br1lh va
the first day OF September and end on
the last day Of August.
Sec. 2 The first term Of the public
| schools shall Commence on the first Mon
day Of September and end on the third
Friday Of December. The second term
shall commence en- the Monday following
| the first day Of January and end on the
| third Friday in June. There shall be a
vacation embracing the fourth week in
June and including the months OF
July and August. On Saturday and
Sunday there shall be no school, nor on
| legal holidays, State or national, except
| election day.
Sec. 4. The Board have power to sus
| pend the school 10 cases Of emergency.
Sec. 5. Each school day shall consist OF
| two sessions. The morning session shall
begin at Q o'clock end end az II NJ.
| There shall be a recess Of fifteen minutes
| at 1890 A.. NJ. The afternoon session shall
| begin at l 7. ~.
A ealisthenic exercise OF five minutes
shall be given at 10 A. NJ, and P. NJ. IN
| all grades.
Sec. s. In the Third and Fourth Pri-
| mary Grales a recess Of fifteen minutes
NAV be given nc 1:i5. Ii the recess is not
| given the Third or Fourth Grades shall
close at 2:30 p. N.
DUTIES OF TEACHERS.
Sec. Z. All teachers are required to
\ make themselves familiar with the rules
| and regulations Of the Board of Trustees,
| and particularly those that relate to their
| school duties.
Sec. s. Teachers shall punctuallY keep
the hours for opening and dismissing the
| schools, and one shall remain upon the
premises during the intermission at noon.
Sec. 9. Teachers shall be in their class
| rooms fifteen minutes before . o'clock, by
| the town time. The Principal shall keep a
| record Of the attendance and absence OF
assistants, including his record. Any
| teacher r ported tardy three or more times
| during any one school month, shall report
| personally to the Board.
Section 10. Corporal punishment shall
| be resorted to only in cases where other
| means fail to secure obedience. No crue.
or unusual punishment shall be allowed.
Sec. IL. Principal shall record in the
| State Register each case Of corporal pun
| ishment, and the name, age and offense OF
| the pupil.
Sec. ~. Principal shall require the
| school doors to be opened and bell rung at
least Is minutes before 8 o'clock, and again
for the admission of pupils to their class
| rooms at 9 o'clock: lines shall then be
| formed and pupils shall be marched into
| their class rooms. II stormy weather the
| ioors shall be opened at $50 o'clock, If
| necessary.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of the
Principal, whenever a teacher is absent
| from her class at Q o'clock A. NJ, to report
| TO the Board, unless said teacher shall in
form the Principal beforehand that she
will not be present before 9:l5 o'clock.
Sec. IA. Principal shall be responsible
for the general discipline Of The schools.
Sec. IS. Principal shall give such direc-
| tions to the j%anitor Of his schools as will
| insure the cleanliness and neatness of the
| yard, class rooms and furniture, and, il
| the ianitor fail to follow his instructions,
| shall report to Board. Principal shall be
| responsible for the care of school buildings,
and for the loss of keys belonging tC
schools under his charge. Assistants anC
ianitor shall be responsible to Principal foi
| Keys lost by them.
Sec, 16. Principal shall devote at least
one hour each day directing the method
Of instruction pursued by his assistants
He shall personally inspect the building
yard and outhouses daily, and report any
| ~delinquencies of ~janitor. He shall remain
in the building halt an hour after The clos,
Of school in the afternoon for the purpos'
Of transacting business relating to schoo
with parents and others. During the tim
set for instruction, Principal must no
abandon his duties Of instruction for tn
performance of business which is not ur
gent in its nature, but must require per
sons desiring business with him to return
during the hours set apart exclusively 70
that purpose.
Sec. IL. Principal shall report to tn,
Board in regard to the success Of all teach
ers who are employed in the schools, an
-
affected their success.
Sec. Is. Pupils who have been fount
thoroughly proficient at the semi annua
examination may he promoted by tn
Principal. Principal desiring to have an.
pupil transferred to a lower grade h a re
port the case to the Board.
Sec. 10. Principal may grant a half hol
iday on Friday afternoon, once a month
to the ten pupils in each class ranking tn
highest in scholarship and department dur
ing the previous month.
Sec. 20. Principal is prohibited fror
reprimanding a department teacher in tn
presence of other teachers, or in the pres
ence Of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call a meetin
Of assistants at least once in each schoc
month, for the discussion of methods of in
struction and discipline, and for this pun
pose Principal may dismiss the schools a
3 P. NJ. Principal shall not have power t
call teachers meetings during school hour
other than as provided in this section.
Sec. %. Each teacher shall keep
State Register, in the required form, Of a.
scholars attending, their ages, daily al
tendance and time of continuance a
school, and such further statistics as ma
be required by the Superintendent of Pull
lie Instruction.
Sec. %. Principal shall see that all rec
ord books are correctly kept, but in sue
records assistants shall be allowed a rea
sonable discretion in manner Of creditin
pupils, both by weekly and monthly exam
nations.
Sec. "a. Teachers shall have power t
hold pupils to q strict accountability TO
any disorderly conduct on the school prem
Uses. They shall endeavor to proven
them from gathering around the premise
before the time of opening the school, an
shall require them to go home immedi
ately after dismissal.
Sec. %. Teachers shall give v~igilant al
~tention to the ventilation and temperatur
of their rooms, and especially avoid an ex
c~essive degree of heat. At each reces
they shall open the doors and windows S
as to secure al eifectual change OF air. A
other times windows shall be opened b,
lowering them from the top, and children
must not be allowed to sit in a strong cur
rent of air.
Sec. 26. Teachers shall neither adyis,
nor require pupils to purchase books of an,
kind, except those recommended by tn
State Board of Education.
Sec. 81. No advertisements shall b
read, distributed, or given in school, no
shall any newspapers, books, publications
or articles Of any kind be advertised. dis
tributed or exhibited in school by tn
teachers. pupils or other persons.
Sec. 2S. 1t shall be the duty of al
teachers to impress on the minds of thei
pupils the principles of morality, truth