The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-26
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Rules and Regulations
For Their Control.
otate Superintendent Issues These
With the Hope of Making All
Schools in the State Uni
form in Their Manage
ment.

Inc State superintendent has pre-
pared q series of rules and regulations
LOT the government of the public
SCHOOLS of the State. These are being
sent out as suggestions to the County
superintendent, who are informed
that under Section 13 of the School
Law, they have the power to adopt
such rules and regulations as they
may deem best for the schools.
The rules sent are those suggested
and recommended by the County Su-
perintendents in the various district
associations, and these prescribe fixed
hours for opening and closing of the
schools; a mildly compulsory duty
placed upon the teachers to attend
teachers Institutes; a suggestion as to
maintenance of good behavior in the
school room; penalties for damage to
school property; visiting of patrons by
teachers; an increase of teachers pay
for personal effort to increase attend
ance; reporting of absent children; a
plan to provide books for pupils; a
continuous school term.
These suggestive rules and regula-
tons. which may or may not be
adopted as it is deemed best, are as
follows:
Rules and Regulations.
l. The daily session of the school
shall begin at 8:45 a. M. and shall
continue not less than six hours. ex-
elusive of all recesses. with a morn
ing and afternoon recess of not more
than fifteen minutes each, and u noon
recess of not more than sixty minutes
.. 1t shall be the duty of all teach
ers to attend the meetings of the
County Teachers Association and all
other teachers meetings called by the
County Superintendent of Schools.
The County superintendent is hereby
forbidden to approve the employment
or sign the vouchers of any teacher
who fails to perform this duty, with
out excuse satisfactory to him.
g. All teachers are 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 remain on the
school premises during all recesSes,
and i'm the afternoon until the build
ing has been safely closed and all of
the children have been sent home for
the day.
4. Any pupil doing damage to the
public property shall pay for the same
and upon failure to do SO after notice
to the parent by the teacher, may be
excluded from school, and for willful
damage shall be prosecuted under sec
ton % of the School Law.
3. The teacher or principal of each
school shall spend at least two days
of the week prior to the opening of
the school in visiting the parents of
the district and in soliciting the at
tendance of the children. and in eX-
planning the rules and regulations of
the schools, especially visiting the par
ents OF those children who have not
previously attended school, or who
have been irregular in attendance dur
ing the previous school year. For
such services the teachers shall re-
ceive not more than one dollar day
for not more than ten days.
6. Any teacher who shall by per-
sonal effort increase the average daily
attendance of pupils from 16 to 81
years old not less than so per cent
during any year shall receive an in
crease in salary of 10 per cent; and
any teacher who shall increase the av-
erage daily attendance of pupils from
16 to 81 years old not less than % per
cent, shall receive an increase in sal
airy of per cent: Provided, however
that the average daily attendance in
each case shall not be less than go
per cent. of the census population
Such increase in salaries shall be al
lowed as additional apportiOnment to
the district out of the general fund.
Z. The maximum salary allowed
teachers in each district shall be re-
duced to 10 per cent. for each month
that shows an average daily attend
ance of less than so per cent of the
census, unless the County Superin-
tendent is satisfied after careful inves-
tigation that. the teacher has made
all reasonable effort to increase. the at
tendance.
8. 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 attended
school, the cause of their absence, and
the effort made to secure their attend
ance. No voucher for salary shall be
approved by the County Superintend-
promptly made, and unless he is salts
fed 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 school.
g. Children must be provided with
necessary books. Unless the parent
provides the necessary books within
q week after the notice by the teacher
the child may be excluded from school
until such books are provided.
10. 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 Christ
mas-week, until the close of the term.