The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-01-18
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED..
l. "Who is supposed to have cOntro
of the school house outside of schOo
hours?
| Ans Section 1892 (7O44) provide.
that "the board OF directors shall have
The care and the keeping of the schoo
house" This is true even when the
school is in session, and the board can-
not delegate or transfer this important
responsibility to the principal or teacher
in charge; Of course the principal or
teacher or janitor may hold the key to
the school house by authority OF the
board, still the law places the scare
and keeping of the school house" In
the custody Of the board and the mem
bers OF the board cannot legally or
morally shirk this responsibility which
they voluntarily assumed when they
each accepted u dictatorship in The
board; the one 10 whom the ksy--for
the time-is inlrusted is simply All
agent OF the board, and under the i'm
mediate instruction and direction OF
the board. There is only one case Ia
which the board can legally relinquish
this obligation to the district, viz:
4 y
| open for ''religiOus, literary or other
public purposes" as provided in this
same section, by majority of all the
qualified voters of the district. the
BOARD must reiinquish the key aud sur
render their guardianship to the whims
| and caprices OF those who may chance
10 attend these public meetings. A.
such time no one has control Of the
lnI, ho,
pany 10 liable If the house Is destroyed
ITf aHectly or iDdireclly-by such meet
/, M .Any dslnsge done to the house oI
,sioof pf0ppft y--at such time--csn br
Sosefed otlY ~ fdsoftliIx 10 lbe Law
(7Os6), aud the gailtY parties lIold Ma
Dle for the amount of seld dsn}Ges.
2. "WhO has authority 10 k6dp order
at spelling or literary society held Al
night?" -..
Ans.-No one has such authority
But disturbers of public meeting can
oe prosecuted for disturbing the peace
and QuIetude of such meeting, by Sec
tion 1855.
3. "Whst sections of the new law
refer to teschers7"
Ans.-Seclions 1898, 1894, 1895. 1896
1907, sOO9, sOl3, sOl4, sOl6, SOl7, SOls,
502l, s022, S023, 1924, S025, S026, SO27
oO29, $3.50, sO3l, S0S2, S037, s079 and
oOS7.
4. Scan the school board legally rent
q public school house TO 3 teacher for |
The purpose of conducting q private
schoolp' |
Ans.-The board has no legal righ, |
TO rent the district school house-or
any part thereof-for any purpose |
whatever. nor 10 let any thing of a pri |
vate or exclusive nature be conducted |
therein, for the following reasons:
(a) A district school house 10 pub |
lie building, aud can be used only for |
public purposes.
(6) The board has no legal autho-
rity, except as delegated TO 1t by legIs-
lative enactment, and the law now here |
authorized the board to rent out the |
district school house. As Mo-, 4O4; A |
No., b79; 49 Mo-, 236; 62 Mo-, 329.
(c) Should g public school house,
which Is non. taxable, be leased or rent |
I'd tor a private without u
law authorizing the same-thereby /
transferring it from Its legitimate pur.
pose, 1t immediately becomes taxable.
8. Under what circumstances is the /
teacher entitled to the holidaysr'
Ans.-lf he complies with the Law /
aud his contract. he Is entitled to the
holidays, provided he teaches the four
remaining school days OF the week In |
which such holiday falls; the board |
has no power to make him teach Oh
such holiday, nor can the board dock /
his wages for Diminishing on that day
But remember that four days never
make legal school week except when
taught In the week wherein such holi.
day comes, for IL says: "The four re-
naming school days, If taught, shall
constitute a legal school week. Thanks
giving day comes on Thursday; II the
other four days OF that week are taught
in that week, the teacher is entitled to
pay for full week; but should he dis.
miss on Wednesday evening and not
reopen school until the tollowi Mon
day, he can only claim three days, aud
must make up two lost days--If the
board requires it /; failing to teach Fri
day, you lose all right and title to the /
privilege set oat in section 5000 (7O64)
February ~, comes on Saturday, and
five days must be taught that week.
Where the teacher Taught December
23rd and oath, 1889, aud dismissed for
the rest OF the week, he gets credit tor
two days only Monday and Tuesday
and loses three that he must make
good, the 25tb avails him nothing under
such circumstances TINS section il
plain; any one can underst and IL who
knows enough TO teach school, ,yei there
is not section In the law about which
more inquiries are made than this one
and always about holidays. Some
are foolish enough to claim that by
this section-they could dismiss school
Dec. 10th, 1859, aud re open school
Jan. 9th, 1890, and claim Dec 25th.
The teacher who does not know better,
should not be granted q cert! !ncs,e or
employed to teach children.
6. "When will the school laws with
be ready2"
Ans just as soon as the printers
can furnish them; the copy has been
In the printers hands for several weeks.
They shall be sent to the county COM
as soon "a they are printed.
7. "What is the best remedy to rid
the school room of dogsr'
Ans.-A board well applied vii,
prove effectual in producing the desir-
ed result.
8. Scan the board require children
to write essays, declaim, and draw
mapsf' n
Ans.-The board can require said
things in school; and the teacher and
the board should see that such exer.
cises are part OF the daily work in
the school room and require all to pur
sue them diligently, tor they properly
belong to the work In hsno, aud great.
ly facilitate the work when proper In.
therein 10 given.