The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-01-18
School Notes.
By Co. Supt. Robert E. Eckert.
Resolutions of the state board


Resolutions of the state board
of Education, passed Jan. IL 1918
Of interest TO High Schools.
That the County Superintend-
ent of Schools, together with the
township high school Principals.
town and city Superintendent
and county agents Of each coun.
ty of the state, constitute board
empowered to determine the ad-
visibility of maintaining IN ses
sion the schools of their county
county during two or more Sat-
urdays of each month for the re-
Imainder of the present scnool
term, so as to close the school
sooner than the ordinary and ac
costomed date.
That where the local school
lSuperintendents and high school
Principals determine that it is in
advisable to maintain their school
i'm session on Saturdays, they
may at their discretion determine
upon q plan whereby high school
boys and girls Of good standing
may be released from school not
Ito extend three Veeks, prior TO
| the closing of the school term, to
meet the exigencies incident to
the shortage of farm labor and
receive regular credit for the
terms work.
That in the event high school
boys and girls are dismissed for
work before the close Of the
present school term, such dis.
lInissal shall be made upon tn e
,lcondition that they are to be reg
:lularly and profitakly employed
Ito t e satisfaction and approval
IIof the local board whose duty it
shalt be to keep in constant touch
Vllh each pupil released from
Is, heel.
! That the board be empowered
to devise q satisfact' ry plan to
keep in touch with the work ior
which the pupils have been dis
missed to perform, and that the
card require a written weekly
ceport fl ON the employee giving
1.-THE days. weeks and cf araeter
of the work done by the pupil.
/ That the board be empowered
to withhold credits from any
pupil who is dismissed from
. school under this plan and does
not meet with the conditions and
; requirements fixed by the boar q
and that for any violation Of the
conditions agreed tpon by the
Board, the pupil be required t.
! make up the tin e he has beer
absent from school as a result OF
this plan.
That the local board cooperate
. with the boys working reserve
, of each county with a view O.
utilizing the services of the higl
, school boys and girls to th'
} greatest advantage.
. According to the above resolu
t on Of the State Board Of Edu
,ation there will be d meeting a
the office of the couEty superin
,, tendenr on Saturday Feb. 2 at i
> o'clock A. M. for the purpose Q
discussing the above and arriving
at some conclusion as to the &C
I ton Of this county. High schoc
D superintendents and Eprincipal
: in the meantime advise wit
thei trustees and other inter
: ested in the abov and be able t
. act on these resolutions.
d, Red Cross Box Supper.
Mr.. Roy Brown. the teacher c
!, the Howard school in Jefferso
= Township, held box suppe
; several days ago for the beDet
Z Of the red cross work. Th
d amount cleared was SIT. % whic
3 was divided equally between JAS
. per and Huntingburg chapters
This is the third school In tina
: township to aid in raising funds
|. Miss Sophia Harrison sent In
! ''nest sum raised by the p2plls c
II the hillham school.
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