Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-10-06
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Goldsboro, Oct,.3 3, 1924.

eular session to-day, all the nenlhsrs
present.
In accnrslan-e with sec@ion IL OF
the school Law, the Board adopts
the followiog rules and regulations
for the government of the Public
School. of tie 1unty:
l The daily sessioo of the schools
shall beg ii at S:45 a M, and shall
continue. not less than six hours, eX-
,clu-ire of AZ recesSes, with a morn
ing and afternoon recess Of not ore
than fifteen minutes each, and a
noon e of not more than sixty
minutes.
rs It shall be the duty of all teach
4ers to attend the meetings Eof the
County Teachers Association = and
all other teachers, meetings called
by the County *superintendentsof
Schools. The County Superinten-
dent is hereby forbidden to approve
acknowledgement or sign the vouchers
of any teacher who fails to perform
this duty, without excuse satisfac-
tory to him.
3 All teachers r required to be
in their respective school rooms at
least fifteen minutes before the time
fixed for the opening of the daily
session of the schools, and at least
one teacher in every school shall re-
main on the school premises during
all recesses, and in the afternoon I'M
til the building has been safely
closed and all of the children have
been sent home for the day.
4 Any pupil doing damage to the
public school property shall pay for
the same, and upon failure to do SO
after notice to the parent by the
teacher, may he excluded from
school, and for wilful damage shall
be prosecuted under section % of the
School Law.
5 The teacher Or principal of each
school shall spend at least two days
of the week prior to the opening OF
the school (and as often as possible
duriug the term) in visiting the par
.ents of the district and in soliciting
the attendance of the children, and
in explaining the rules and regula-
tions of the schools, especially visit
ing the parents of those children
who have not previously attended
school, or who have been irregular
school year.
6 Teachers shall report to the
Chairman of the School Committee
and to the County Superintendent at
the close of the first month the names
of all children who have not attend
ed school, the cause Of their absence,
and the effort made to secure their
attendance. No voucher for salary
shall be approved by the County
Superintendent unless this report
has been promptly made, and un-
less he is satisfied that the teacher
has made every reasonable effort to
find out the cause of the absence OF
all such pupils, to remove the cause
and to bring the children into the
school.
7 The annual session of the pub
lie schools of each township shall
commence at the time fixed by the
County Board of Education for each
township, and they shall remain in
continuous session, exclusive Of
.Christmas-week, until the close o.
the term.
8 The Board recognizes but one
holiday, Thanksgiving. Days los
during Christmas week must not be
counted as a part of any schoo
month.
On motion of Mr.. Barnes Aycock
the Board ordered that the custo
.dians of the schools construct woot
racks on the school yards for the
purpose of measuring the wood TO
each school.
Mr.. Jas. R. Hatch, Mayor of Mt
Olive, reports as fines from said tow
for year enning June 80, 1904, $40.
so. The Board accepts MI. Hatch
report and orders that a seceipt TO
$50 so be sent to Mr.. Hatch.
The patrons of school No. 5, Sauls
ton, and school No. 8, New Hope
having deposited with the count,
superintendent SO each, asked 70
an appropriation of SO to eacI
school for the purpose of establish
ing Rural Libraries. The appropria