Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-03
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

BY REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
For the benefit Of those who may not have
access to the School Law, the following
brief summary Is published:
SEQ. II. In the primary schools there shall
be taught orthography, reading, writing, En-
glish grammar, arithmetic, history, geogra-
ply and physiology and such other branches
as the Board of Education may direct.
SEC. u. The trustees shall be under the su-
pervlsion and control OF the Board OF Educa-
ton and In all cases the action Of the trus-
tees shall be subject to the revision and cor
rection of the Board OF Education.
SEC. I5 The Board OF Education shall not
contract or expend in any one year more
than the aggregate amount ofits quota from
the general school fund and from district lev
les =
II the trustees OF any sub-district, or any
Board of Education, in violation Of this Sec
ton. shall make any agreement for the en-
ployment of teacher or for any other object
pertaining to the schools, so as to occasion
greater expense than has been provided for
by levy for said year, they shall be tndiutdu-
ally responsible for such excess.
SEC. Is. The trustees OF each sub-district
shall have charge of the schools therein, and
shall appoint the teachers OF such schools
. Any teacher so appointed may be re-
moved by the trustees for incompetency, ne
elect Of duty, intemperance, profanity, cru
city, or immortality. The trustees shall ex-
clude from school a person having conta-
gious or infectious disease. They may sus-
pend or expel any pupil found guilty OF dis
ind INN or nj
conduct and may refuse to admit such pupil
again until satisfied that he will properly
conduct himself thereafter.
SEC. ~. Whenever 1t shall happen that per-
sons authorized to attend school are so situ-
ated as to be better accommodated NoTE-Not
more convenient to- at the primary school OF
an adjoining district, it shall be the duty of
the trustees to transfer such persons for
school purposes. But in all cases Of
transfer, the district from which the transfer
is made shall pay to the other district such
proportion of the cost of the school the pupils
attend, as said transferred pupils bear TO the
whole number of pupils taught in such school.
SEC II. The trustees shall visit every schoo'
under their charge within two week after the
opening and again within two weeks before
the closing OF the term and at such other
times as they may think 1t useful to do so.
During such visits they shall inspect the
register OF the teacher TO see whether 1t has
been properly kept, ascertain whether the
scholars have supplied themselves with books
and other things requisite for their studies
examine whether anything injurious to the
health Of the pupils is suffered TO remain
about the house or grounds, and whether the
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Portable as the season may require, and when
it is necessary, provide and promptly apply
the proper remedy. They shall also during
such visits make such examination and in
curry respecting the studies, whether the
teachers require all pupils to study all the
branches prescribed by law, according 10
their age and advancement, and II any are
excused, on what grounds excused discipline,
general condition OF the school, the conduct
and proficiency OF the scholars. as they may
deem proper.
SEC ID. They shall cause the school-houses
and the appurtenances thereof 10 be kept in
good order and repair, and TO this end they
may cause proper suits and prosecutions to
be instituted against every person who may
inure or destroy any school property; they
shall not allow the oo-houses TO be used
for any other purpose whatever, except for
the purpose OF holding religious or literary
meetings and Sunday Schools, equally by the
various religious denominations that may
apply for the same. under such regulations
as to the care of the property as they may
deem necessary 10 prescribe.
The trustees, at the close OF the school year
shall furnish the Board of Education esti-
Coll inn fort ba
coming year.
SEC. l6. The trustees of each sub-district
shall keep exact accounts of all necessary eX-
penses incurred by them in the performance
of their duties, and at the close of the school
year render TO the Board OF Education an
itemized account OF all such expenses. They
may buy fuel, stoves and appurtenances,
brooms, buckets, hods, shovels, chalk, rub
bers, axes, hatchets, nails, and make such re-
pairs to windows. doors, floors, benches,
desks, walls, ceilings and roofs, as may be
necessary TO make the house comfortable
and render an itemized account Of the same
TO the Board Of Education. IN amendment
added to Sec l6 in 1889, requires the trustees
to organize regularly by electing president
and secretary. TO keep regular record oftheir
proceedings and to transact no business un
less majority of the trustees are present At
the meeting of which n notice had been pre-
viously served upon each trustee
Children have the right 10 attend school In
the b-district in which they are enumer-
ated, and in no other, without transfers from
the trustees.
Substitute teachers should have a certif-
cate.
School cannot be legally taught on Satur-
days. The 22nd OF February is not legal hol-
iday. neither is election day. The legal holt
days are Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day,
WEARS Day, May 3Oth, and July 4th, in
each year.