Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-11-16
REGULATIONS
......oF The.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EUREKA
DISTRICT.
or THE.

Friday OF December. Inc secunO term
shall on the Monday following
the first day Of January and end on the
third Friday in June. There shall be n
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 in cases Of emergency.
Sec. 8. Each school day shall consist OF
two sessions. The morning session shall
begin at 0 o'clock and end at IL NJ.
There shall be a recess Of fifteen minutes
at 1890 A. NJ. The afternoon session shall
begin at l 7. N.
A calisthenic exercise OF FIVE minutes
shall be given at 10 A. NJ, aud 2 P. NJ. in
all grades.
Sec. 6. In the Third and Fourth Pri-
mary Grales a recess of fifteen minutes
given the Thirl or Fourth Grades shall
close at 2:30 P. NJ.
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. 8. 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. o. Teachers shall be in their class
| rooms fifteen minutes before 8 o'clock, by
the town time. The Principal shall keep a
| record of the attendance and absence of
assistants, including his own record. Any
| teacher reported 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 cruel
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. IL. 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
doors shall be opened at $3.50 o'clock, If
necessary.
Sec. ID. 1t shall be the duty of the
Principal, whenever a teacher is absent
from her class at 9 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 9:15 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 ~janitor of his schools as will
insure the cleanliness and neatness OF the
yard, class rooms and furniture, and, il
IL ..x,A4. fosI - f,t1 -, HI fnufptoftape
shall report to Board. Principal shall be
responsible for the care of school buildings
and for the loss of keys belonging t.
schools under his charge. Assistants anc
~janitor hal be responsible to Principal fol
keys lost by them.
Sec, TO. Principal shall devote at leas
one hour each day directing the methods
of instruction pursued by his assistants
He shall personally inspect the building
yard and outhouses daily, and report an,
d~elinquencies of ~janitor. He shall remain
in the building half 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 exclusivelyfo
that purpose.
Sec. II. Principal shall report to tn
| Board in regard to the success of all teach
ers who are employed in the schools, an
| mention any circumstance which may hav
affected their success.
Sec. Is. Pupils who have been foun'
thoroughly proficient at the semi.annua
examination may be promoted by tn
Principal. Principal desiring to have an,
pupil transferred to q lower grade shall re
| port the case to the Board.
Sec. 10. Principal may grant q half no
| 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 from
| ~reprimanding a department teacher in tn
presence of other teachers, or in the pres
ence of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call q meetin
| of assistants at least once in each schoo
month, for the discussion of methods of in
struction and discipline, and for this pur
pose Principal may dismiss the schools a
2 P. N. 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 al
scholars attending, their ages, daily at
tendance and time OF continuance a
school, and such further statistics as ma,
be required by Che Superintendent of Pub
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 shalt have power t
hold pupils to a strict accountability 70
any disorderly conduet on the school prem
ises. 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. 25. Teachers shall give vigilant at
tention to the ventilation and temperstur
Of their rooms, and especially avoid an ex
cessive degree of heat. At zach reces
they shall open the doors and windows 81
as to secure an 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 advisl
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
| ~justiae and patriotism; to teach them Il
avoid idleness, profanity and falsehood; Il
comprehension Of the rights. duties ant