Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-03-29
REGULATIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EUREKA
DISTRICT.
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June and including the months OF
Julv 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 10 cases Of emergency.
Sec. 5. Each school day shall consist OF
two sessions. The morning session shall
begin at 9 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 P. N.
a calisthenic exercise Of FIVE minutes
shall be given at 10 A. NJ, and 2 7. NJ. In
all grades. n,
mary Grades a recess Of fifteen minute
NAV be given at las. II the recess is not
given the Third 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. s. Teachers shall punctually keep
| the hours for opening and dismissing the
| schools, and one shall remain upon the
| premises during the ntermission at noon
Sec. o. Teachers shall be in their class
rooms fifteen minutes before . 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 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 9 o'clock, and again
for the admission of pupils to their class
rooms at 8 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, il
necessary.
q, Sec. 10. II shall be the duty of the
Principal, whenever a teacher is abseni
J from her class at 8 o'clock A. NJ, to repor
to the Board, unless said teacher shall in
form the Principal beforehand that sbl
will not be present before 9:l5 o'clock.
i. Sec. Ia. Principal shall be responsible,
for the general discipline of the schools.
Sec. Is. Principal shall give such direc
tons to the ~janitor Of his schools as viii
insure the cleanliness and neatness of tn
yard, class rooms and furniture, and, j
{ the janitor fail to follow his instructions
shall report to Board. Principal shall b
responsible for the care of school buildings
! and for the loss of keys belonging t
.ok1nla .n1ar hi oharra ASOtofants m
~janitor shall be responsible to Principal 70
k Keys lost by them.
Sec, 16. Principal shall devote at leas
one hour each day directing the method
= Of instruction pursued by his assistants
q He shalt personally inspect the building
yard and outhouses daily, and report an
:, ~delinquencies of ~janitor. He shall renal
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
Z sons desiring business with him to return
during the hours set apart exclusively TO
that purpose.
q, Sec. IL. 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 founC
thoroughly proficient at the semi-annua
examination may be promoted by tht
Principal. Principal desiring to have any
pupil transferred to a lower grade shall re
port the case to the Board.
Sec. 10. Principal may grant a half hol
iday on Friday afternoon, once q month,
to the ten pupils in each class ranking the
highest in scholarship and department dur.
ing the previous month.
Sec. 20. Principal is prohibited from
reprimanding a department teacher in the
presence of other teachers, or in the pres
ence of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call a 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 P. NJ. 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 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. 90. Principal shall see that all rec
ord books are correctly kept, but in such
records assistants shall be allowed a rea-
sonable discretion in manner of crediting
pupils, both by weekly and monthly exam.
nations.
Sec. "a. Teachers shall have power to
hold pupils to a strict accountability for
any disorderly conduct on the school prem.
Uses. 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. %. Teachers shall give ~vigilant at
%tention to the ventilation and temperature
OF their rooms, and especially avoid an ex.
c~essive degree Of heat. At each recess
they shall open the doors and windows so
as to secure an e~ffectual change of air. At
other times windows shall be opened by
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 advise
nor require pupils to purchase books of any
kind, except those recommended by the
State Board of Education.
Sec. "a. No advertisements shall be
read, distributed, or given in school, nor
shall any newspapers, books, publications,
or articles of any kind be advertised, dis.
tributed or exhibited in school by the
teachers, pupils or other persons.
Sec. rs. 1t shall be the duty of all
teachers to impress ON the minds of their
pupils the principles Of morality, truth.
justice and patriotism; to teach them to
avoid idleness, profanity and falsehood: to
instruct them in the principles of our Gov
eminent, and to train them up to a true
comprehension OF the rights. duties and
dignities of American citizenship.
DUTIES n lights OF PUPILS.
Sec. %. All schools in this district shall
be open only for the admission OF pupils
over six years of age.
Sec. 30. Willful disobedience, habitual
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