219. The percentage in writing shall be determined by a system of marking, to be predicated, not only on the goodness of the form of the letters, but also on the general correctness as to the use of capital letters, the cleanliness of the books, proper division of words, punctuation, and general correctness of appearance; and said percentage shall be counted with the other studies as a means of advance to the higher grades, both in the District and Intermediate Schools. GYMNASTICS. 220. The teachers in each room of the Intermediate and District Schools shall give a lesson, every session of their school, in Gymnastics or Calisthenics, of not less than five nor more than ten minutes-the time of the lesson to be fixed by the programme of the Principal in each house. 221. It shall be the duty of each teacher to be present and assist the teacher of gymnastics in his regular instructions. 222. The female teachers in grades F, G, and H, shall give instruction in gymnastics in their respective rooms. 223. Rings and dumb bells shall be used in all the grades of the Intermediate Schools. 224. Pupils who from disease or physical defect do not desire to take part in any of the gymnastic exercises in the Common Schools, shall be excused therefrom, upon presenting to the Principal of the school a certificate to said effect from a physician. NIGHT SCHOOLS. 225. There shall be established from time to time such number of Night Schools (District and High) as the Board may determine. 226. Such Night Schools as may be established, shall be opened for the purpose of instruction on the first Monday evening in November in each year, and shall continue until the first day of March succeeding, having vacation during Christmas holidays. HOLIDAYS AND VACATIONS. 227. The holidays shall be every Saturday, Christmas to New Year's, inclusive, Twenty-second day of February, and all Thanksgiving and Fast Days authorized by the State or General Government; and whenever a holiday shall fall on Thursday, the school shall not open on the following Friday. 228. The annual vacation shall be from the last Friday in June to the first Monday in September, with the exception of one week devoted to Teachers' Normal Institute. 229. No school shall be dismissed on any other day except by special permission of the Board. 230. Local Trustees shall have authority to dismiss their respective schools, or any portion of the same, upon the death of either a Trustee or Teacher of said schools, for the purpose of attending the funeral ceremonies. USE OF SCHOOL HOUSES. 231. No building owned and occupied by the Common Schools shall be used, leased, or rented for any other purpose whatever. TIME OF OPENING SCHOOLS. 232. All school houses shall be opened for the reception of pupils, at least onehalf hour before the time fixed for the opening of school; and it shall be the duty of Principals to be present at their respective buildings, and give their personal attention to the conduct of pupils thus admitted. PUBLIC SHOWS. 233. Proprietors or agents of public exhibitions, desiring the attendance of pupils from the Common Schools, are prohibited from causing said exhibitions to be published in the schools, without consent of the Board. 234. No notices of exhibitions or other entertainments, or of books or articles for sale, or of any matter not pertaining to the schools, shall be given in any school without permission of the Board. VENTILATION. 235. Teachers are required, for the preservation of the health of themselves and pupils, to give particular attention to the ventilating and warming of their rooms, and always to ventilate, except in summer, by lowering the upper sash of the windows, and on no account to suffer the children to sit in draughts of cold air; and, as a general rule, to cause all the windows to be opened for the free admission of air at recess, and at no time to raise the temperature of the room higher than 65 degrees Fahrenheit. CONCLUSION. 236. These shall be the only Regulations of the Schools, and shall remain in force until duly amended, repealed, or suspended. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNION BOARD OF HIGH SCHOOLS. 1. The Secretary, or in case of vacancy the President, shall call the members together on the second Monday in July, of each year, at 4 P. M., at which meeting, or at some adjournment thereof, there shall be elected, by ballot, a President, Vice-President, and Secretary, to serve during the current school year, a majority of all the members of the Board being necessary to a choice. 2. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside at the meetings of the Board; call extra meetings when deemed necessary, or when requested, in writing, by three members. He shall appoint, immediately after the organization, the following Committees, viz.: On Text-books, Course of Study, Libraries, and Apparatus...5 members. On Printed Questions and Admissions.... On Discipline......................... On Buildings and Repairs.. On Furniture On Salaries....... On Claims........ On Fuel and Supplies. On Woodward School... On Hughes School.......... ...3 members. ....3 members. ....3 members. .........3 members. .....3 members. ...3 members. ..........3 members. ..President ex-officio,, and 4 members. 3. The Secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the Board, and an index of the same, notify the members, in writing, of all regular, special, and adjourned meetings of the Board and of Committees; report to the Board, at the last regular meeting in June, the number of meetings of the Board that each member has attended during the year, and report, on same date, to the Board of Education, the attendance of the delegates from that body, and perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time require. 4. The regular meetings of the Board shall be at 4 P. M. on Fridays preceding the bill-days of the Board of Education, and the order of business shall be as follows: I. Roll call. II. Reading the Minutes of last meeting. III. Reading communications addressed to the Board. IV. Reports of the Principals of the schools. V. Reports of Committees. VI. Unfinished business. VII. New and miscellaneous business. 5. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for business, but a minority may approve bills for salaries, which, when signed by seven members, shall be submitted by the Secretary to the Board of Education for confirmation. A minority may adjourn to a specified time. 6. Any change in the Course of Study or Text-books shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board. 7. The school year shall commence on the first day of July, and close on the last day of June of each year. The first session of the schools shall commence on the first Monday in September, and end on the Friday preceding the first Monday in February; and the second session shall commence on the first Monday in February, and close on the last Friday in June. 8. The schools shall open at 8 A. M., and close at 1 P. M.; and the regular teachers shall be in their school rooms five minutes before the time for opening the school, and shall not leave the premises during the session. 9. The holidays shall be every Saturday, Christmas to New Year's day inclusive, Twenty-second day of February, and all Thanksgiving and Fast days authorized by the State and General Government, and such additional holidays as are authorized by the Board of Education. 10. The regular time of appointing teachers shall be at the first meeting of the Board in June of each year. 11. No teacher shall be allowed to be absent from any session of the school (except in case of personal sickness) without the consent of a majority of the Committee of the House in which the teacher desiring to be absent is employed, and in all cases of absence the absentee shall forfeit therefor pay for the time so lost, unless the Board otherwise orders. 12. Every teacher is required to be present in his or her room, and have such presence duly reported to the Principal, five minutes before the opening of school; and any teacher chargeable with tardiness shall suffer a deduction of salary equal to one-fourth of a day's pay for each failure, unless the Board shall otherwise order; and any failure to report to the Principal shall be treated as a case of tardiness; a record of the same to be kept by the Principal of each school. 13. The Committee on Examinations shall have general supervision of examinations, and enforce them at such regular periods as they may deem proper. Once a year they shall cause a uniform examination, for comparison, to be made of the High Schools, or such grades or grade in them as they may select, and report to the Board with their views as to the state of the schools. They shall appoint the proper examiners, and report the average necessary for transfers at all examinations. In all matters pertaining to this Committee, they shall have the advice and aid of the Superintendent of Schools. 14. The standard for admission and graduation, and the award of medals and prizes, shall be determined by the Board; but the awards shall be made from the result of the special examination, added to the teacher's record, divided by two. 15. As soon as the Principal begins to suspect that it will be necessary to reduce a pupil from a higher to a lower grade, he shall give notice of the probable necessity of such a course to the parents of the pupil, at least one month before he shall take final action in the case, and shall at the same time send a like notice to the Superintendent of the Schools, whose duty it shall be to keep the said notice on file, and, if possible, inquire into the case, and suggest such remedy as to him may seem best. If, at the end of the time above prescribed, it shall be found detrimental to the pupil's own interest, and to the progress of the class, to retain him or her longer in the grade, the reduction may be made, with the consent of the Superintendent and the Committee on the House: Provided, however, that no pupil shall be reduced to a lower grade who has been in the grade for a period of four months. 16. The Principals of the High Schools shall have authority to suspend a pupil for any cause which they may deem sufficient; but they shall, in every case, immediately report such suspension, with the cause assigned, to the Committee of the House, to whom full authority is delegated to finally determine every case so reported, and report to the Board at the next meeting thereafter. 17. The Principals of the High Schools shall make an annual report to the Union Board, giving a history of the year's work. In this report, in addition to such matter as may pertain to their office, they may make such suggestions in reference to the Course of Study, Classification, and Discipline, as will, in their judgment, be of interest to the Board, and of advantage to the schools. They shall make a monthly report of the attendance and absence of pupils and teachers, according to blanks adopted by the Board, and to be furnished by the Secretary. 18. All bills for articles purchased by any teacher or teachers of either of the High Schools shall be approved by a majority of the Committee on the respective school. 19. Any addition to or amendment of these rules, or any one of them, except number six, which may be changed at any meeting by a majority of the whole Board, shall lie over one meeting, unless by a unanimous vote of the members present. |