St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-26
Schools, have general charge of the

~. 1t shall be the duty of Depart
ment Supervisors to advise and instruct
teachers in regard to the work in their
their respective departments, both In
private and in meetings of teachers of
the various grades, held as authorized
by the Superintendent of Schools.
100. They shall spend the school
ton of schools. when they shall care
fully inspect the instruction given by
teachers and the results of such in
struction as shown in the work of the
pupils: and they shall also, when needed,
give model lessons in the school rooms
for the benefit of the teachers.
10l. AT the beginning of each week
they shall transmit to the Superintend-
ent OF Schools programme of vista
tons to be made by them during the
week, and at the close of each month
they shall report in detail the visits
made by them during the month and the
results of their observations during
such visits. 1t shall be especially their
duty to report upon the work of teach
ers III their departments and to advise
the Superintendent of all cases of inef-
ficiency or of failure to do good work,
whether due to unwillingness or ina
bility.
IO-s 11dOii CupcI DIT q lliIle ueSlR-
mated by the Superintendent, shall keep
Office hours for the sake of consultation
with teachers and others.
103. All Supervisors shall be required
TO report to the Superintendent Of
Schools for consultation upon such
hours OF the week as may be designated
by him.
104. They shall. at the close of each
school year, and at other times if de-
sired. present to him full report of the
work of their departments, with sug-
gestlons and recommendations as to
changes in the course of study and
methods of teaching; but no such
changes shall be made without his sane
ton.
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
105. The school year shall commence
on the first Monday of September, and
shall consist of thirty-eight weeks.
which shall be divided into three terms,
as follows: The first term shall consist
of sixteen weeks. After a vacation of
two weeks, the second term shall com
mence and consist of eleven weeks.
After vacation of one week, the third
term shall begin and continue eleven
weeks.
106. sThere shall be two daily sessions
in all the schools except the High
schools, Teachers Training school, and
Manual Training school. The first Ses-
sion shall commence at a. m, and
close at II m. with a recess of fifteen
minutes. at 1920 a. nj. The second SEES
sion shall commence at 80 D. m, and
close at $3.50 p. m. throughout the year,
with recess of fifteen minutes for the
pupils of the First and Second grades at
$50 p. IN. Principals may. with the
consent of the Superintendent of
Schools, substitute physical exercises in
the school rooms for the fifteen-minute
recesseS, and close the sessions fifteen
earlier than time indicated in
this rule. In the High schools, Teach
ero' Training school, and Manual Train
ing school, there shall be one session
daily, commencing at $50 a. H., ana
close at p. III.
1O7. All school registers, class books,
monthly reports of pupils and blanks
for monthly returns, shall be of uni
form pattern, to be determined by the
superintendent of Schools, to whom all
teachers shall apply whenever such
books or forms are needed Teachers
shall keep their registers and class
book neatly and accurately and in &C
cordance with the prescribed forms.
los. All special teachers shall be and
are required to register, at every visit to
the different schools, the date of visit
and time consumed i'll teaching at each
lesson.
100. The books used and the studies
shall be such and such only
as shall be authorized by the Board of
S choOl Inspectors.
ITO. All employees of the Board. other
than its authorized officers, are pro-
hibited from ordering any kind OF print
Ing or other supplies at the expense of
the school fund, without a written Or
der from the proper authority.
Ill. No teacher shall read or distrib-
ute any advertisement, nor allow anv
to be read in any of the
public schools. Nor shall any agent or
other person be permitted to enter any
school premises for the purpose of eX-
hibitlng, either to teachers or pupils,
any books, maps or articles or appara-
tuS or other wares, or announce in any
manner any public entertainment.
112. The teachers shall practice such
discipline in the schools as will promote
their best interests: but the most eX-
IRENE punishment for characterization
Or misconduct of any kind shall be Sus-
pension or expulsion from the schools.
and this punishment shall be inflicted
by Principals only, according to rules
ia and rs.
113. In no case shall any teacher infljct
punishment, and personal vio-
lence shall in no case be reSorted to,
save only when the same may be nee
eSSary to repel or resist violence on the
part of pupil: or when in the opinion
Of the Principal of the school it shall be
ltAG nj inf ll Ents
and proper conduct of school exercises
summarily to eject pupil who has
been ordered by said Principal to leave
the building and has refused, he
shall, If necessary, call to his aid the
special officer of the building; and in
every such case said Principal shall at
once report his action to the Superin-
tendent of Schools.
ia. 1t shall be the duty of the Prin-
cipal of each school, whenever the con-
duct of pupil. in school or out of it,
is such as to render him, in the opinion
Of such PRINCIPAL, an unfit member of
the school, forthwith to report the case
to the superintendent of Schools, who
shall examine the matter without delay;
and if, in his opinion. the pupil has been
duly admonished and reformation APP
pears to be hopeless, he shall expel such
pupil from the school, and such pupil
shall not be permitted to enter any pub
lie school in the city, for a period of
three months thereafter.
lis. Whenever pupil has been guilty
of open violation of the rules of the
school, or of persistent neglect of duty,
and it is deemed by the Principal that
the good of the pupil or of the school
requires il, he shall suspend the pupil
from the school and at once report the
with reasons therefor, to
the parents or guardian of the pupil and
to the Superintendent of Schools: and
the pupil so suspended shall be rein
stated by the Principal only upon salts
factory assurances OIL the part Of the
pupil and his parents or guardians of
their best efforts and influences toward
good conduct in future. But parents
with the decision of Prin-
cipal in any case may appeal to the Su-
perintendent of Schools.
lie. 1t shall be the duty of the Su-
perintendent of Schools to carefully in
vestigate all cases OF misconduct re-
ferred to him under Rule Ill, and his
decision shall be final.
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