Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-13

oaN't HNN' fN'h RN'Hh'N ~ tA'
Board of Education, for the Cat
lettsburg Public School;
ABSENCE ANDTARDINRss.
Any pupil who is abscut moro
than threo half-days in any four
successive weeks, two times tardy
being equivalent TO ono halliday
absence, without excuse satisfac-
tory TO the teacher from the par
ont or guardian, shall forfeit his
seat in school. Pupils thus sus-
pended shall not be restored 10 tho
school until the parent or guardian
shall satisfy the President of tho
Board or Principal, that said pu-
pills will be punctual in tho future,
and obtain written permission for
their return.
Character of Excuses. No
Nero statement that the parent has
kept the pupil at home shall be nc
ccpted by the teacher as an excuse
for tardinoss or absence, and unless
Il shall appear that sickness or
some other urgent reason, ronder-
ing, tendance impossible or ox-
trcmcly inconvenient, has detained
the pupil, the excuse shall not be
deemed satisfactory.
ADMISSION TO SCHOOL.
l. The school year shall be di-
vided into three terms OF twelve
weeks each and after two weeks of
any term have passed no pupil
shall be admitted unless 10y special
arrangement with the Board or
Principal.
III. Persons residing without
the District and desiring 90 attend
school, shall pay their tuition 90 the
Treasurer of tho Board of Educa-
ton and present their receipt to
the Principal who shall assign
them TO the proper grade.
COMMENTS on THE ABOVE RULES.
In the Chronicle of May i3, 1898,
was printed n letter from the State
Sup't. OF Public Schools ia which
he discussed, at length, the legah-
ty and neod of such rules as the
above concerning Absence and
Tardiness.
BY this letter we may learn that
parents IN three stutcs, whose laws
are similar to those OF Kentucky,
feeling that their children who had
been suspended under such rules
were unlbwfully deprived of school
privileges, have carried the ques-
tion to the Supreme Court aud
have ia each instance lost their
case.
Concerning tho necessity for
regular attendance the following
words given in the letter, from
Justice Beck, of Iowa, will meet
with general endorsement:
"It requires but little experience
in the instruction Of children aud
youth 10 convince any one that the
only means which will assure
progress in their studies is TO go
cure their attendance. Applica-
tion Of the mind in children is Sc
cured by interesting them Ia their
studies. But this cannot be done
if theys are at school one day and AT
home the next-if q recitation is
omitted or lesson uuledrncd a.
the whim or Inconvenience Of par
ents. In order 10 interest a child
he must be able 10 understand the
subject in which he IL instructed.
II be has failed 70 prepare a provi-
Qua lesson he will not understand
the one which the toacher explains
20 him. FtfThe rule requiring
constant and prompt Attendance
is for tho good Of the pupil aud 10
secure the very objects the law has
in view in establishing publishing
schools. Irregular attendance Of
pupils not only retards their own
progress, but interferes with the
progress Of those pupils who may
be regular iu attendance. The
whole class may be- annoyed and
hindered by the imperfect reeila-
tion of ono who failed 20 prepare
his Lesson on account Of absence
The class must endure the blum.
ders, promptings aud repro0f OF The
irregular pupil, all resulting from
failure 20 prepare lessons which
should havo been studied when tho
child's time was occupied by direo
tion Of the parent bro work or Wis
itiug. sHf AZ the law now is, H1|
0MeT means can be- devised for eu-
forcing the rule requiring regular
attendance, than The penalty of
expulsion - The Committee
Board of Education may for good
cause determine that some shall
not boz received, az. for instance, IL
infected with any contagious die
ease, or " ne ptpif Oy pnreuf shaH
refuse ~ comply igih regulafi0ns
ncccessary ~ TIE diecipiiee and
g00d management of The sch00l
In closing summary supt
Thompson uses these unmistakabie
words Special comment be- i'm
necessary The provisions OF your
chart, the general statute. che pfin.
ciplos enunciatod by high Judicial
tribunals. sustain tic Board ol Ed-
ucatiOn aud ihe ioachors of Cot