Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-15
REGULATIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EUREKA
DISTRICT.

and High Schools.
Sec. 2. The school year shall begin on
the first day Of September and end on
the last day Of August. 40,
Sec. 3. The first term OF the public
scbools shall commence on the first Mon
day Of September and end on the third
Friday Of December. The second term
hall commence on the Monday following
the first day Of January and end on the
| third Friday in june. There h 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. 8. 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 q recess of fifteen minutes
| at 1890 A. NJ. The afternoon session shall
| begin at | P. ".
a calisthenic exercise Of FIVE minutes
| shall be given at 10 A. NJ, and 2 ?. NJ. IN
| all grades.
Sec. s. In the Third and Fourth Pri-
| mary Grades a recess Of fifteen minutes
/ may be given at LIS. If 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 t.
| make Themselves familiar with the rules
| and regulations Of the Board of Trustees,
| and particularly those that relate to then
| school duties.
Sec. 8. Teachers shall pu~nctuallY keep
| the hours for opening and dismissing the
| schools, and one shall remain upon the
| premises during the intermissiOn at noon.
Sec. 8. Teachers shall be in their class
| rooms fifteen minutes before 9 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 TIL
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 10 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. In stormy weather the
loors shall be opened at $50 o'clock, II
necessary.
Sec. Is. II shall be the duty Of the
Principal, whenever a teacher is absent
from her class at 8 o'clock A. NJ, to report
to the Board, unless said teacher shall in
form the Principal beforehand that she
will not be present before 9:l5 o'clock.
Sec. IA. Principal shall be responsible
for the general discipline of the schools.
Sec. 10. 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, II
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 tC
schools under his charge. Assistants and
~janitor shall be responsible to Principal fol
Keys lost by them.
Sec, 16. Principal shall devote at leas'
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 an!
| delinquencies Of janitor. He shall remain
in the building halt 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 Ut
gent In its nature, but must require per
sons desiring business with him TO retur
during the hours set apart exclusively 70
that purpose.
Sec. II. 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. 10. Pupils who have been founI
thoroughly proficient at the semi. annua
examination may be promoted by tn
Principal. Principal desiring TO have an,
pupil transferred to a lower grade shall RI
port the case to the Board.
SEQ. 10. Principal may grant a half hol
iday on Friday afternoon, once q month
to the ten pupils In each class ranking tn
highest In scholarship and department dur
ing the previous month.
Sec. 90. Principal Is prohibited fror
re~primanding a department teacher In tn
presence OF other teachers, or In the pres
ence of the pupils.
Sec. 81. Principal shall call a meetinl
Of assistants at least once In each schoo
month, for the discussion Of methods OF In
struction and discipline. and for this pur
pose Principal may dismiss the schools q
2 P. NJ. Principal shall not have power I
call teachers meetings during school hour
other than as provided In this section.
Sec. %. Each teacher shall keep
State Register. in the required form, OF al
scholars attending, their ages, daily at
tendance and time of continuance a
school, and such further statistics as ma,
be required by the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction.
Sec. %. Principal shall see that all rec
ord books are correctly kept, but in sucl
records assistants shall be allowed a rea
sonable discretion in name of creditinJ
pupils, both by weekly and monthly exam
nations.
Sec. "a. Teachers shall have power t,
hold pupils to a strict accountability fol
any disorderly conduct on the school prem
Uses. They shall endeavcr to proven
| them from gathering around the premise
before the time of opening the school, ans
| shall require them to go home immedi
| ately after dismissal.
Sec. 25. Teachers shall give vigilant at
tention to the ventilation and temperatur,
OF their rooms, and especially avoid an ex
cessive degree Of heat. At each recess
they shall open the doors and windows Sc
as to secure an effectual change of air. Al
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. q. 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. Is. 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 s1lanaSa prnra,.k. II