Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-07
REGULATIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EUREKA
DISTRICT.
or THE

Section 1. The schools Of this district
shall he classified as Primary, Grammar,
and High Schools.
Sec. 2. The school year shall begin on
the first day of September and end on
the last day Of August.
Sec. 3 The first term OF the pubic
schools shall Commence on the hrst Mon
dav Of September and end on toe 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 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 in cases Of emergency.
Sec. 5. Each school day shall consist OF
two sessions. The morning session shall
begin al 9 o'clock and end at IL NJ.
There shall be q recess Of fifteen minutes
at 1890 A. NJ. The afternoon session shall
begin at l P. N.
A calisthenic exercise OF five minutes
shall be given at 10 A. NJ, and 2 P. NJ. IN
all grades.
Sec. 6. In the Third and Fourth Pri-
mary Grades q recess of fifteen minutes
NAV be given at 1:45. Ii the recess is not
given the Third or Fourth Grades shall
close at 2:30 P. NJ. F
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 p~unctually 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 8 o'clock, by
| the town time. The Principal shall keep q
| record of the attendance and absence oil
| assistants, including his own 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 cruei
| 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 al
least Is minutes before 8 o'clock, and agar
for the admission of pupils to their elias
| rooms at 9 o'clock; lines shall then b,
| formed aud pupils shall be marched int
their class rooms. Ii stormy weather tbs
doors shall be opened at $3.50 o'clock, !
necessary.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty Of thu
Principal, whenever a teacher is absen
| frem her class at 9 o'clock A. NJ, to repor
to the Board, unless said teacher shall in
form the Principal beforehand that sb'
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 ~janitor of his schools as vii
| insure the cleanliness and n~eatness of tn
| yard, class rooms and furniture, and,
the janitor fail to follow his instruction:
| shall report to Board. Principal shall b
| responsible for the care of school building
and for the loss of keys belonging t
schools under his charge. Assistants an
~janitor shall be responsible to Principal fo
Keys lost by them.
Sec, 16. Principal shall devote at leas
one hour each day directing the method
Of instruction pursued by his assistant
He shall personally inspect the building
yard and outhouses daily, and report an
~delinquencies of ~lanitor. He shall renal
in the building halt an hour after the cos
of school in the afternoon for the purpo;
Of transacting business relating to schoI
with parents and others. During the tin
set for instruction, Principal must n,
abandon his duties of instruction for tn
performance of business which is not Vi
gent in its nature, but must require pc
sons desiring business with him to retur
during the hours set apart exclusively fC
that purpose.
Sec. IL. Principal shall report to I'll
Board in regard TO the success Of all teacl
ers who are employed in the schools, an
mention any circumstance which may hay
affected their success.
Sec. Is. Pupils who have been foun
thoroughly proficient at the semi. annui
examination may be promoted by Il
Principal. Principal desiring to have an
pupil transferred to a lower grade shall r
port the case to the Board.
Sec. 10. Principal may grant a half no
iday on Friday afternoon, once q montl
to the ten pupils in each class ranking I'll
highest in scholarship and department du
ing the previous month.
Sec. 20. Principal is prohibited frol
reprimanding a department teacher in I'll
presence of other teachers, or in the pre-
ence of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call a meetir
of assistants at least once in each s,ho,
month, for the discussion of methods Of II
struction and discipline, and for this pu
pose Principal may dismiss the schools
2 P. NJ. Principal shall not have power
call teachers meetings during school houi
other than rs provided in this section.
Sec. %. Each teacher shall keep
State Register, in the required form, of q
scholars attending, their ages, daily a
tendance and time of continuance {
school, and such further statistics as ma
be required by the Superintendent of Pull
lie Instruction.
Sec. %. Principal shall see that all re,
ord books are correctly kept, but in sue
records assistants shall be allowed a re;
sonable discretion in manner of creditin
pupils, both by weekly and monthly exam
nations.
Sec. "a. Teachers shall have power I
hold pupils to a strict accountability fo
any disorderly conduct on the school prem
Uses. They shall endeavor to prever
them from gathering around the premise
before the time of opening the school, an
shall require them to sc home immed
ately after dismissal.
Sec. %. Teachers shall give v~igilant a
t%ention to the ventilation and temperatur
of their rooms, and especially avoid an e,
c~essive degree of heat. At each reces
they hal open the doors and windows S
as to secure an eifectual change of air. A
other times windows shall be opened b
lowering them from the top, and childre
must not be allowed to sit in a strong cul
rent Of air.
Sec. 26. Teachers shall neither advfs
nor require pupils to purchase books of an,
kind, except those recommended by tn