The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-30
State Superintendent of Educa tien Sends Out Pamphlets
BEST TEACHERS REQUIRED
Pupils From One County May Attend High School In Another County. Twenty-one Schools AL
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menL or the new county nlBu SchoolS have been evolved from the multitude of laws that have to do with educa- ton of the children of the land, and made public by W. F. Feagin, chief i clerk to the state superintendent of education, H. c. Gunnels. The entire management is provided for, along with a plan for the payment of teach CTS. The regulations are being pre- pared in pamphlet form and sent out to tho counties that have now or are about to have established such l sch ools.
 One of the important features of the rules is that which requires that with state certificate to that effect, also that pupils who are able to enter may do so from any county In a word a pupil from any county may enter a school in any other county. This will have the effect of giving education of this class to many stu dents who by reason of having no school in their own counties, may go 1 to others. In 21 of the 4S counties schools are in active operation and 1 they have been established in 32 coun- 1 ties.
 The full list of the regulations:
 ]. The county board of education shall nominate the teachers for the county high school and the nomina- tions shall be sent to the high school commission for approval, or rejection. The board in sending in the nomina- tions shall suggest the salary to be paid each teacher.
 2. The teachers of the county high school shall consist of a principal and one or more assistants.
 3. The principal shall be employed for the calendar year and be paid by the calendar month. The assistant teachers shall be paid by the scholastic month and be employed for nine months (S6 weeks)
 4. The teachers shall keep an accu- rate record of the daily recitations and conduct of the pupils, and at the end of each term make a general report of each pupil to the principal, who shall place this report on a general record
 
 kept for future reference. The prin- cipal shall keep a matriculation book in which shall be placed the names of the pupils as they matriculate. giving i the full name, home address, age and any other desired information. 1 D. It shall be the duty of the principal at the end of the ninth month to make a report on blanks furnished by the depart | ment of education. This report shall be made in duplicate, one copy being sent 1 to the county superintendent and the l other to the superintendent of education 1 at Montgomery. It shall also be the duty l of the principal to make reports from time to time when called for by the de- partment of education.
 G. It shall be the duty of the principal and assistants in each county high school l to follow faithfully the course of study 1 prescribed by the superintendent of edu- l cation, in accordance with section 1866 i of the code This course of study shall l be 8 four-Years course and shall be based on an elementary course of seven grades or years
 '. The county high school shall begin it's annual session on such date as may be fixed by the county board of education 1 S. The session of the county high schools shall be nine scholastic months (36 weel1s) ] T. ne SeSSlOn IS ulVlUeu lnIO two terms of foug and a half months each, and at the end of each term a general written examination shall be given to the pupils on the branches studied during the pre- 1 cedng term.
 1 g. The holder of an unexpired second- 1 grade certificate issued by the state board 1 of examiners or of a written statement from a teacher who holds first-grade certificate issued by the state board of | examiners, stating that the holder has taken the elementary course of study as prescribed by the department of educa- ] ton in his or her school, and has passed | a satisfactory examination on these ! branches through the seventh grade, shall be entitled to entrance In the county high school without further examination. Every applicant who is not eligible to en- | trance without examination as stated in ] this rule shall be required to stand a | satisfactory written entrance examination l on the branches included in the elemen- tary course of seven years work by the principal and teachers of the county high school. Each applicant shall be required to make not less than 50 per cent on each elementary branch and his general aver age shall be not less than D per cent.
 1O During the vacation period the prin- cipal shall canvass the county in the in- terest of the county high school, or per form any other general school work that may be assigned to him by high school commission and county board
 II. All teachers must attend the county and district institutes and also the an nual meetings of the Alabama Educa- tional association. The time used in at tending these meetings will be counted as time taught.
 12 A pupil living in any county may at tend the county high school in another county without any additional charges for tuition, etc., but every pupil in the county high school must present to the principal his receipt at the beginning of each term of the session showing that an incidental fee of BIO has been paid to the local treasurer of the high school which he is to attend.
 1s Every county high school must have treasurer who shall reside in the place where the school is located. The treas. urer shall be elected by the county board of education, subject to the approval oi the high school commission, for term | of three years and shall be required tC make bond of 5000 in a reputable surety company; said bond must be approved by and filed in the office of the probate judge of the county in which the higl school is located. and certified copy oi | this bond must be filed in the office oi the department of education at Montgom- cry. The treasurer shall keep in well bound book accurate accounts and shall make reports to the financial condi- tion of the high school whenever the county board and high school comns. sion require it. He shall keep an accurate account Of receipts and disbursements oi all moneys. stating from what source they came and how Jdistributed giving re.