Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-09-14
REGULATIONS
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EuREM
DISTRICT.

Sec y LMc @Cuool year sAAl bCktA w
the first day Of September and end on
the last day Of August
Sec. 3 The first term Of the public
schools shall on the first Mon
day Of September and end on the third
Friday Of December. The second term
shall commences on the Monday following
the first day of January and end on the
third Friday in June. There shall be .
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 OF n~ational. except
election day.
Sec. 4. The Board have power to sus.
pend the school in cases Of emergency.
Sec. 3. Each school day shall consist ct
two sessions. The morning session shall
begin at Q o'clock and end at IL n.
There shall be . recess OF fifteen minutes
at 1880 A. NJ The afternoon session shall
begin at l P. N.
A calisthenic exercise Of Eve minutes
shall be given at 10 A. NJ, and 2 P. n. IN
all grades.
See. 6. In the Third and Fourth Pri-
mary Grades a recess Of fifteen minutes
may be given at Las. II the recess is not
| given the Thirl 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 3 O'Clock, by
the town time. The Principal shall keep q
record Of the attendance and absence OF
assistants, including his own record. Any
teacher reported tardy three OF more times
during any one school month, shall report
personally to the Board.
Section 10. Corporal punishment shall
be resorted 70 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 al
least 10 minutes before 9 O'Clock. and again
for the admission of pupils to their class
rooms at 8 O'Clock; lines shall then be
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their class rooms. Ia stormy weather the
loors shall be opened at $3.50 o'clock, II
necessary.
Sec. Is. It shall be the duty of the
Principal, whenever q teacher is absent
| frsm 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, II
the janitor fail to follow his instructions,
shall report to Board. Principal shall he
responsible for the care of school buildings
and for the loss OF keys belonging &c
schools under his charge. Assistants and
j~anitor shall be responsible TO Principal fol
Keys lost by them.
Sec, IS. Principal shall devote at least
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 any
~delinquencies of ~janitor. He shall remain
In the building half an hour after the close
OF school in the afternoon for the purpose
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 the
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 fol
that purpose.
Sec. II. Principal shall report to the
Board in regard to the success of all teach.
ers who are employed in the schools, and
mention any circumstance which may have
affected their success.
Sec. Is. Pupils who have been found
thoroughly proficient at the semi.annual
examination may he promoted by the
Principal. Principal desiring to have any
pupil transferred to o lower grade shall re,
port the case to the Board.
Sec. 10. Principal may grant . half hol.
iday on Friday afternoon, once o month,
to the ten pupils in each class ranking the
highest In scholarship and department dur.
ing the previous month.
Sec. 90. Principal Is prohibited from
reprimanding q department teacher in the
presence Of other teachers, or in the pres.
enee Of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call Q meeting
of assistants at least once In each school
month, for the discussion of methods of in.
struction and discipline, and for this pur-
pose Principal may dismiss the schools at
2 7. n. Principal shall not have power to
| call teachers meetings during school hours
other than as provided in this section.
Sec. 22. Each teacher shall keep q
State Register, in the required form, Of all
scholars attending, their ages, daily at
tendance and time Of continuance at
school, and such further statistics as may
be required by the Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction.
Sec. %. Principal shall see that all rec.
ord books are correctly kept, but In such
records assistants shall be allowed q rea-
sonable discretion in manner Of erediting
pupils, both by weekly and monthly exam.
nations.
Sec. "a. Teachers shall have power to
hold pupils to o strict accountability for
any disorderly conduct on the school prem
ises. They shall endeasCr to prevent
them from gathering around the premises
before the time of opening the school, and
shall require them to go home immedi-
ately after dismissal.
Sec. %. Teachers shall sfre vigilant at
tention to the ventilation and temperature
OF their rooms, and especially avoid an ex.
cessive degree Of heat. At zach recess
they shall open the doors and windows so
as to secure an effectual change Of air. At
othar times windows shall lie opened by
lowering them from the top, and children
n...st not be allowed to sit in a strong cur.
rent Of air.
Sec. %. Teachers shall neither advise
nor require pupils to purchase bool.s of any
kind, except those recommended by the
State Board of Education.
Sec. q. No advertiseme nts shall be
read, distributed, or given in school, nor
shall any newspapers, book ), publications,
or articles Of any kind be advertised. dis
tributed or exhibited in school by the