The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-30
RULES FOR SCHOOLS.
Code for Government of the
Officers and Pupils.
DUTIES OF THE TEACHERS.
Requisites for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
fromotion-Cases Of Discipline-Ex-
eessivs Punishment Not Allowed.

The rules and regulations for the government
OF the Seattle schools have been codifed in
Io'm' put have not been printed with this
year additions. These rules are classified I'M
uer tue heads OF Organization" "school year."
requisites for admission and membership,"
uutles ana powers OF superintendent" duties
ol principals "vice principals" teachers"
auties OF pupils, T" "miscellaneous," "duties of
!anltors, and "duties of secretary"
while many of these rules are technical In
character aud not OF general interest, still there
are some things which directly concern the
puoiic a. large, and especially those who have
Children in the schools
one OF the rules under the school year" Is
this:
The following holidays and vacations shall be
observed each year: Thanksgiving day and the
Jay Jay 5 aoilowlng; the two weeks including Deem
4eE 20 ana January /; February %; Decoration
oay, ana spring vacation for one week.
Also,
AT least i've minutes OF each halliday session
snail be devoted TO calisthenics.
Parents will be interested in the following
rsqulsiuons for admission and attendance:
All children residents of the school districts
VINO are over SIX years OF age, and are not other
wise disqualified, shall be entitled to attend the
puoLc schools OF the city when furnished with
the necessary books, states, pencils and ma
teIlaI required IN their classes, but pupils not
shatl be admitted only during the months of
September and February.
Inc yearly standing, of pupils entitled to
promotion snail be as follows:
than 50.
Grammar grades-Averags, 50; no study less
than Gu.
:, High school - Average, 80: no study less
Pupils whose parents or guardians are not
actual residents OF the city are required to pay
Il nd M mil
snail DO admitted or retained III any school
Whsn' from overcrowding or from any other
cause, the interests OF pupils whose parents or
guardians reside in the city would thereby
suffer.
Tuition for pupils whose parents or guardians
are non-residents shall be as follows: Primary
SCHOOLS 30 per annum; grammar schools, $35
per annum: High school, s45 per snnum.
On entering school each pupil shall be fur
nlshsd with q list of books and other needed
articles. failure to provide the required
books within one week after the pupils en-
trance into school shall work a forfeiture Of
schoo! privileges. Children of INDECENT parents
cation OF the parents TO the superintendent. In
all such cases the parents shall give receipt for
books furnished. Said books shall also be
labeled library books" and shall be collected
by the teachers at the end of each term.
Pupils are required TO be neat and clean, both
In dress and i'll person; when unfit to appear in
school they may be sent home to be properly
prepared for school.
The following are laid down among the duties
OF tde superintendent:
1t shall be his duty to acquaint himself with
the latest and best thoughts on the philosophy
ana the art OF teaching, and to recommend
TO the board such changes in the schools as
shall be in harmony with educational progress
de shall examine into every case of miscon-
QUOT OF pupils reported by principals, shall con
the principals, and his decision shall be final
until action OF the board.
He shall carefully investigate complaints OF
parents or guardians against teachers, and,
when necessary, bring the same before the
board.
The principals are to have immediate charge
OF the buildings. The rules say:
Principals shall open their school buildings
Tor he admission OF pupils at $3.50 a. m. and at
may admit pupils at an earlier hour, provided
that no pupil shall enter any school-room un-
less it is in charge OF some teacher at the time
Principals shall be responsible for the disci-
pline OF their respective schools. They may sus-
pend pupil for any fragrant persistent vio-
istion OF the rules, but in all such cases they
shall Immediately notify the parent or guardian
and the school superintendent OF such action,
stating the cause Of said suspsntion.
They shall require the pupils not to appear in
or about the yard earlier than thirty minutes
before the opening of the school, supsrintend
the department. of the pupils in the yard and
vicinity of the schoolhouses during the recesses
and intermissions, and while going to and from
school, and prevent them during SHOOT hours
from annoying the neighborhood by noise or
otherwise.
The principals shall have fire drills once each
month. The fire alarm shall be several strokes
of the gong in rapid succession, to be followed
by two strokes as n signal to form In line with
out wraps, three strokes to form in line with
wraps, four strokes to return to rooms, or five
strokes to march out.
The rules for the teachers are quite elaborate
Among them are the following:
Teachers are granted one day In each term for
visiting other schools, but such visits shall be
made only under the direction of the super
iutendent.
Teachers shall not detain q pupil for more
than five minutes after the morning nor more
than thirty minutes after the close OF the alter
Excessive or unusual punishments shall not
be inflicted by teachers.
Ii is especially enjoined upon teachers to In
culcate lessons OF truth, purity, justice, honor,
humanity, courage, politeness, temperance and
PATRIOTS
Teachers are prohibited from receiving any
presents from their classes.
Teachers shall not give notice of shows in
schools, nor permit any OF their time TO be 0ccu-
pied by book agents, lecturers or exhibition
men; nor allow a subscription or contribution
to be solicited or taken up in the school Tor any
purpose
: should any female teacher marry her place
shall become vacant at the end OF the term.
Civility ana polltoness 10 pupils is commended
to teachers. No teacher shall wound the feel
ings of any pupil by distortion OF names, or by
sighting or disparaglng illusions to parents or
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instant dismissal.
The rules for the pupils are of more general in-
terest. They are III part as follows:
Pupils shall attend school within the prescribed
school limits; provided, that whenever the
room 70 which such pupils belong is full they
may lie transferred to another school by the su-
perlntendeut
Any pupil about 10 remove TO another district
shall notify the principal OF his school, who
shall grant him certificate OF transfer before he
will be admitted 10 any other public school.
Pupils shall refrain entirely from the use OF
tobacco and from proiAne and from other i'm
moral Language. Any pupil guilty OF violating
this rule is liable TO immediate suspension or
expulsion from school
Aay pupil guilty of gross violation of school
discipline shall be liable 10 suspension; inCor-
rightly bad conduct shall render the pupil
liable 10 expulsion.
Pupils shall not be permitted TO assemble
about the school building at an unrea ,onaole
time before the opening OF school. Alter dis
mission they shall immediately Leave the school
premises.
The only excuses for absence or Hardness
which will be regarded valid are: l. Ill
ness of pupil or OF some member OF the family
requiring his or her presence at home: ,.
Other cause equally urgent rendering attend