Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-09-28
REGULATIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EUREM
DISTRICT.

fubllG StnuuLo uT EunLht
DISTRICT.
Section 1. The schools Of this district
shall be 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 public
schools shall comnenc on the first Mon
day Of September and end on the third
Friday Of December. The second term
hal commence 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 mouths 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. ). Each school day shall consist OF
two sessions. The morning session shall
begin at y o'clock and end at IL N.
There shall be q recess Of fifteen minutes
at 1890 A. NJ The afternoon session shall
begin at l P. NJ.
A calisthenic exercise Of FIVE minutes
shall be given at 10 A. NJ, and 2 P. N. IN
all grades.
Sec. 6. In the Third and Fourth FRI
mary Grades a recess of fifteen minutes
may be given at LIS. III the recess Is not
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. 8. Teachers shall punctually keep
the hours for opening and Diminishing the
schools, and one shall remain upon the
| premises during the intermission st noon.
Sec. g.. Teachers hal be in their class
rooms fifteen minutes before 9 o'clock, by
| the town time. The Principal shall keep q
record of the attendance m 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. 2
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 OK
the pupil.
Sec. IL. Principal shall require the
| school doors to be opened and bell rung at
least Is minute before 9 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. In stormy weather the
doors shall be opened at $3.50 o'clock, il
necessary.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of the
Principal, whenever 8 teacher is absent
from her class at 8 o'clock A. NJ, to report
to the Board, unless said teacher hal 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, if
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 to
schools under his charge. Assistants and
j~anitor shall be responsible to Principal for
Keys lost by them.
Sec, TO. 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 halt an hour after the close
of school in the afternoon for the purpose
Of transacting business relating to school
with parents and Others. During the time
set for instruction, Principal must not
abandon his duties Of instruction for the
- I- III
gent in its nature, but must require per-
sons desiring business with him to return
during the hours set apart exclusively for
that purpose.
Sec. IL. Principal shall report to the
Board in regard to the success Of all teach.
era who are employed In the schools, and
mention any circumstance which may nave
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. Is. Principal may grant o half bol-
iday on Friday afternoon, once a 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 a department teacher In the
presence of other teachers, or in the pres
enea of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call Q meeting
OF assistants at least n c in each school
month, for the discussion of methods Of in.
structlon and discipline, and for this pur.
pose Principal may dismiss the schools at
an n. Principal shall not have power to
call teachers meetings during school hours
other than as provided in this section.
Sec. %. Each teacher shall keep q
State Register, in the required form, OF ali
scholars attending, their ages, daily at
tendance and time of continuance at
school, and such further statistics az 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 hall be allowed a rea.
| sonable discretion in manner of creditine
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 endeavor 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. Is. Teachers shall give yigilant at
| tention to the ventilation and temperature
Of their rooms. and especially avoid an ex-
| cessive degree of heat. At each recess
they shall open the doors and windows so