UC-NRLF p CP 5 I LC 2803 W3A3 Oft o 01 IT) '^ uo cr in RULES AND REGULATIONS TRUSTEES COLORED SCHOOLS ASBINGTON AND GEORGETOWN, OCTOBER, 18 7O. WASHINGTON CITY: M'QILL & WITHEROW, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPEKS. 1870. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE - . TRUSTEES OP COLOEED SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN, OCTOBER, 187O. WASHINGTON 'CITY: M'GILL & WITHEROW, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS. 1870.. ' ' THE d of ffrustees 0f Colored Schools of JuJasMngion and WASHINGTON, D. C., October 21, 18TO. The following Kules and Regulations, for the government of the Superintendent, Teachers, and Schools under the supervision of this Board, were adopted at a meeting held "Wednesday evening, October 19, 1870. ATTEST: W. H. ASHBUETON WOEMLEY, Secretary. EULES AND REGULATIONS. DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. 1. The Superintendent, as executive agent of the Board of Trustees, is charged with the duty of seeing that all rules and regulations adopted by the Board for the government of the teachers and the schools are faithfully observed. All school-houses, with their furniture, apparatus, and grounds, are placed under his supervision. He shall visit all schools under the jurisdiction of the Trustees as often as practicable, and is authorized to correct any violation of rule that he may observe, and report the same to the Trustees. He shall no- tify the Trustees of any needed repairs or supplies, and take such measures to provide the same as they may direct. 2. He is also charged with the direction, subject to the approval of the Trustees, of all that pertains to the course of instruction in the several grades of schools, the text-books used, the methods of teaching and of discipline employed, and the classification, examination, promotion, suspension, expulsion, or restoration of pupils. The Trustees, in investi- gating these matters, will first advise with the Superintend- ent. He shall advise and direct the teachers in regard to modes of instruction and discipline in all cases where it may be deemed useful, endeavoring to secure the adoption of the best methods, with uniformity of classification, in all the schools. Arid if he shall find any teacher incompetent or indisposed to discharge her duties in a reasonably satisfac- tory manner, he shall report the case to the Trustees for their action. 3. The Superintendent shall have power to call meetings of the teachers for conference and instruction relative to their duties as often as he may deem desirable, and he is authorized to suspend the schools for that purpose, not ex- ceeding one half day in each month. 4. It shall be his duty to acquaint himself with all princi- pies and facts pertaining to the subject of popular education, and with any improvements in organization, or modes of instruction and discipline, that may be adopted in public schools elsewhere, in order that he may be able to suggest appropriate means for the advancement of the schools under his charge. He will be expected to attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees when invited, and to give information relative to the condition of the schools, and to suggest any changes that may be needed, when called upon. 5. The Superintendent shall, in conjunction with such committee as the Trustees may appoint, assist in the exam- ination of all candidates for the position of teacher, and shall sign the certificates of those who are accepted. No application will be considered from a married person, or from one under eighteen' years of age. He shall also keep a register of the names and addresses of all applicants for teacherships, with such information as he may possess rela- tive to their qualifications, which register shall be at all times open to the inspection of the Trustees. 6. He shall see that the monthly and other reports re- quired of the teachers are promptly and accurately rendered by them, and that summaries of the same are prepared each month for the use of the Trustees; and he shall prepare and submit to the Trustees, as early as practicable after the close of the school year, a report of the condition of the schools, embracing a summary of the statistics gathered, with such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem proper. 7. The Superintendent shall take special note of the sani- tary condition of all school-rooms, and their appurtenances, and see that proper measures are taken to remedy any neg- lect of proper ventilation, of cleanliness, or of the physical comfort of the pupils or teachers. He shall also consult with the Trustees in relation to the erection of any new school building, and suggest such plans, with reference to conve- nience^health, and economy of construction, as he may judge best. 8. The Superintendent shall make investigation as to the number and condition of colored children, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, who are not receiving the benefits'of the Public Schools, and shall present to the Trustees the results of his inquiries in his ^annual report, with suggestions as to the remedy of the evil. 9. The. Superintendent is authorized to grant permits, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, to pupils resident in one .school district to attend school in another, when good and sufficient reasons for the change shall be made to appear. 10. He is authorized to permit the closing of a school for the purpose of allowing the teacher to visit other schools, or for other satisfactory reasons, not exceeding one day at a time; and in case such permission is given by the Trustees, they will cause information of the same to be promptly sent to the Superintendent. 11. The Superintendent shall preserve at the office of the Board complete lists of the books, maps, charts, globes, clocks, chairs, bells, settees, mats, keys, &c., belonging to the several schools, copies of which lists shall be furnished to the several teachers in charge, and at the close of each school year he shall cause a careful comparison of these lists to be made with the articles on hand. In case any article should have been destroyed or be missing, he shall require of the teacher a written statement of the circumstances at- tending its destruction or loss, to be laid before the Trustees. 12. The Superintendent shall have regular office hours, other than school hours, at such place as the Trustees shall provide; and he shall see that all registers, books of record, blanks and forms required for the use of teachers, and all articles of stationery, &c., supplied by the Trustees, are pre- pared and ready to be furnished as needed. He shall also perform any other duties pertaining to the management of the schools which the Board of Trustees may require. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 1. The cities of Washington and Georgetown are divided into five school districts, as follows: First District. The First and Second Wards, embracing all that part of Washington west of Tenth street and north of the Canal, also the part north of Rhode Island avenue and east of Tenth street. Second District. The Third and Fourth Wards, including that part of Washington east of Tenth street, and Khocle Island avenue, north of the Canal, to Third street west, and west of Third street to D north, north of D street to Mary- land avenue, atid north of Maryland avenue to the eastern boundary. Third District. The Fifth and Sixth Wards, (Capitol Hill and Navy Yard,) bounded on the west by South Capitol street, the Canal and Third street west; on the north by 6 north D street and Maryland avenue; and on the east and south by the Anacostia river. Fourth District. The Seventh "Ward, (Island,) embracing all south of the Canal and west of South Capitol street. Fifth District. Georgetown. 2. Pupils will be required, as far as practicable, to attend school in the districts where they reside; but permits to go elsewhere will be given by the Superintendent or Trustees for good reasons,. SCHOOL HOURS AND RECESSES. 3. School exercises shall commence punctually at 9 o'clock in the morning and close at 3 o'clock p. m. ; but the younger pupils in the primary classes may, at the discretion of their teachers and the principals, be dismissed at 2 o'clock. This rule will not be construed to prohibit a teacher from detain- ing pupils until a later hour for purposes of discipline or to make up neglected lessons. 4. During the forenoon a recess of fifteen minutes shall be given at 10J o'clock: Provided, That the grammar and intermediate classes may substitute for this recess physical exercises in their rooms, at the discretion of their teachers. These exercises must be of an orderly character, as prescribed in Mason's Manual or some similar work. 5. A recess of thirty minutes shall be given at 12 m., at which pupils will not be allowed to go to their homes with- out special permission of their teachers, and then only on condition of returning in time. 6. No change in the school session in inclement weather is allowed, (unless by special permission of the Trustees or Superintendent, in extraordinary cases;) but pupils will not be required to spend the recesses out of doors to the exposure of their health. VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS. 7. Every Saturday. The Christmas Holidays, from December 25th to January 1st, inclusive. The 22d of February. Good Friday and Easter Monday. National Thanksgiving and Fast Days. From the 1st of July to the first Monday in September. No other holidays will be granted, except by special per- mission of the Trustees. DUTIES OF TEACHERS. 8. To acquaint themselves with the Regulations. Teachers are required to make themselves familiar with these Eegulations, especially such as relate to their own duties, and to see that the same are faithfully observed. 9. Opening of School-Rooms. Teachers are required to be at their school-rooms at least fifteen minutes before 9 o'clock in the morning, at which time the doors shall be opened for the admission of pupils. They will cause a bell to be rung at least three minutes before 9, as a signal for assembling, and will close the doors precisely at 9 o'clock. After the recesses, they will cause a bell to be rung at least three min- utes before the time for closing the doors. 10. In case of Detention. In case of detention by sickness, or absence from any unavoidable cause, immediate notice should be sent in writing to the principal of the schools with which the teacher is connected, (if such there be,) and in case the absence is prolonged beyond a day, notice must also be sent in writing to the Superintendent. 11. Records, fc., to be kept. In each school a record of ad- missions and discharges ; a register for marking attendance, scholarship, and deportment; a diary for obtaining the monthly summaries; a memorandum of the teacher's time in school; and a record of visits, shall be carefully kept, in the form prescribed by the Superintendent. These records shall be at all times open to the inspection of the Trustees and Superintendent, and at the close of the school year shall be deposited with the officer last named for preservation. 12. Monthly Reports. A report of each school, in such form as the Superintendent may prescribe, shall be mad6 at the end of every month; and the monthly salary of the teacher will not be considered as due until such report is rendered in proper form. 13. Supply of Stationery. A reasonable amount of station- ery, consisting of chalk, pens, ink, and paper, for the teach- er's use, will be furnished each school, on application to the Superintendent. Applications for such supplies will be made in all cases in writing, through the principals of the several schools, who will, if approved, transmit them to the Super- intendent on Friday of each week. 14. Supply of Books, c. Teachers will use all proper ef- forts to induce pupils or their parents to procure the ueces- 8 sary books and utensils for use in school, and will not allow pupils to remain in school unprovided with these. 14. Course of Study and Text-Books. The teachers shall conform to such course of instruction in their classes as shall be prescribed by the Trustees, and shall use only such text- books as they may direct. 16. Opening Exercises. Each school shall be opened in the morning with reading a portion of the Bible by the teacher, which may be followed by the repetition of the Lord's Prayer. During these exercises the door shall be closed and no pupil admitted. 17. Physical Health. Teachers will give constant attention to the physical welfare and comfort of their pupils, instruct- ing them to avoid injurious practices; regulating, as far as practicable, the ventilation and temperature of their rooms; taking care that pupils are not kept too long in one position, nor deprived of a due amount of exercise in the open air. Pupils must not be kept in at recess for purposes of dis- cipline without being allowed a suitable amount of time sub- sequently for out-door exercise. "When, from any cause, it shall be impracticable to take the recesses out of doors, the pupils shall be exercised in their rooms with open windows. Weakly and studious children should be objects of special care, lest their minds be developed at the expense of their bodies. 18. Moral Culture. Teachers are required to give careful attention to the moral culture of their pupils, instructing them to avoid the evils of falsehood, profanity, idleness, dis- obedience, and every wicked and disgraceful practice; and inculcate the virtues of truthfulness, honesty, industry, clean- liness, respect for parents and teachers, obedience to law, and the practice of the golden rule. 19. Religious Culture. Teachers will also endeavor judi- ciously to educate the religious faculties of their pupils, by leading them to love and revere the Great Parent of all, and to recognize His goodness, wisdom, and present power in the objects and phenomena of nature; but they will carefully avoid all sectarian instruction. 20. Discipline. The teachers shall aim to practice such discipline in their schools as a kind, firm, and judicious pa- rent would use in his family ; and they shall avoid corporal punishment in all cases where good order can be preserved by milder measures. Each case of corporal punishment, with the reasons therefor, shall be reported to the Super- intendent. They are enjoined to avoid all appearance of anger or haste in inflicting punishment, and to carefully refrain from blows that may cause permanent or serious injury. A frequent resort to or reliance upon corporal pun- ishment will be regarded as an evidence of unfitness for the position of teacher; and. any teacher known to inflict need- less violence upon a pupil will be promptly dismissed by the Trustees. Teachers will, as far as practicable, make the ac- quaintance of the parents of their pupils, and secure their cooperation in the promotion of good discipline, and of punctuality and regularity of attendance at school. 21. Programme of Exercises. Each teacher will prepare, and place where it may be conveniently inspected by the Superintendent and Trustees, a programme of the exercises and recitations of each day in the week, specifying the length of time allotted to each; and this programme should be adhered to with all practicable regularity. 22. Number of Pupils in a School. The number of pupils in any school shall not exceed sixty for each teacher, and this number may be reduced at the discretion of the Super- intendent or Trustees. 23. Vaccination. Pupils will not be admitted who have not been vaccinated or otherwise protected against small- pox. 24. Age of Pupils. Children under six or over seventeen years of age will not be received as pupils to the exclusion of any between those ages. 25. Admission of Pupils from other Schools. "No pupil who has been attending a public school shall be admitted into another public school without a certificate of transfer or honorable discharge from the school last attended, except by written permission of the Superintendent or Trustees. Teachers will take great care not to receive pupils who may have left other schools without permission, or who have been suspended or expelled. 26. Pupils not to be sent on Private Errands.- Teachers are not "allowed to send their pupils on errands during school hours, except on urgent school business. 27. Reading, Sewing, $c., not allowed. The reading of news- papers, magazines, etc., prolonged conversation with other teachers or with visitors, writing letters, sewing, or any other occupation which distracts the teacher's mind from her du- ties in school hours, is not allowed. 28. Responsibility of Teachers. Each teacher is responsible for the care of the furniture and other school property under her charge, and will take special care to preserve the new 10 desks from injury of any kind. Each teacher is also ex- pected to maintain order and discipline in her own room, and where several schools are grouped in one building, all the teachers will cooperate with the principal in maintaining order in the halls, upon the stairways and platforms, and in the neighborhood of the building. 29. Order in the School Rooms. Teachers will not admit pupils into the school rooms, nor allow them to remain in at recess, except in charge of some proper person to maintain order; and no play or boisterousness will at any time be al- lowed in the school rooms or buildings. 30. Order in the vicinity of the School-Mouses. Teachers will, as far as possible, prevent any noisy assemblages of pupils at or near the school-houses, before or after school, and will require all pupils to leave the premises immediately after the close of school. 31. Attendance on Teachers' Meetings. All teachers are required to attend such meetings for conference and instruc- tion relative to their duties as the Superintendent may call, dismissing their schools for that purpose when so directed. 32. Visiting other Schools. Teachers may close their schools, for half a day at a time, with the permission of the Super- intendent, for the purpose of visiting other schools, to ob- serve different modes of instruction and discipline; such visits not to occupy more than three half days in the school year. . 33. Promotions and Admissions. Promotions from one school to another will be made only at the beginning of a month, except by direction of the Superintendent, and new pupils will not be admitted after the first Monday in the month, unless by special permission of the Superintendent or Trustees. Duties of Principals. Where two or more teachers are em- ployed in one building, one of the number will be designated by the Trustees to act as principal. The special duties of the principal will be to have a general oversight of the halls, stairways, platforms, school grounds, and out-buildings, for the maintaining of proper order and discipline, in which she will be at all times entitled to the efficient cooperation of her associates. She will, in case of the absence of any teacher, provide a monitor or substitute to act in the place of such absentee, or will dismiss her pupils. She is also authorized to see that proper order and discipline are maintained in all the schools under her charge, and that the rules and regula- tions of the Trustees are properly observed; and will report 11 to the Trustees any case of inefficiency or neglect of duty on the part of the other teachers or of the janitor. The prin- cipal-will also attend to the examination and assignment to their proper grades of all applicants for admission; and to her will be referred all visitors and persons applying for in- formation relative to the schools. She will also see that the bells are rung at the proper moment for the assembling of the pupils, and perform such other of the usual duties of a principal as the Trustees may from time to time require. RULES RELATIVE TO PUPILS. 35. General Deportment. Good order and propriety of de- portment, not only during school hours, but in coming to and leaving school, and cleanliness in person and attire, are expected from all. Pupils are required to keep all books clean, and the contents of desks neatly arranged; to enter and leave the room in a respectful manner, and without noise; and to quit the neighborhood of the school in a quiet and orderly manner immediately on being dismissed. 3G. No pupil shall be allowed to throw pens, paper, or anything whatever on the floor; to mark, cut, scratch, chalk, or otherwise disfigure, or injure, any portion of the school building, or anything connected with it; to use tobacco in any form; to use a knife in school; to play at any game within the school-room; to use any profane or indelicate lan- guage; to nickname any person; to throw stones or other missiles; to annoy or maltreat others; or do anything that may disturb the neighborhood of the school. Any damage done to the school buildings or furniture must be repaired at the expense of the offender. 37. Suspension. The following shall be deemed sufficient grounds, severally, for the suspension of a pupil from the privileges of school by the teacher, viz: Im moral conduct; Violent or pointed opposition to authority in any particu- lar instance; - Persistent disobedience or disorder; Habitual tardiness, truancy, or irregularity of attendance. The teacher will immediately notify the parent or guard- ian and the Superintendent of all cases of suspension, with the reason therefor. 38. Restoration or Expulsion. Any pupil suspended under the foregoing rule, who shall express to the teacher regret 12 for his or her misconduct, as openly and explicitly as the nature of the case may require, and shall give promise of amendment, shall, with the consent of the Superintendent or Trustees, be restored. Pupils thus suspended, and not restored within five days, shall- be considered as expelled. 39. Forfeiture of Seat. Absence for four school days, or eight half days, in any month, not caused fry sickness or the pre- sence of a contagious disease in the family, (and not author- ized by the Superintendent or Trustees,) or absence for twenty successive school days for any cause, subjects the pupil to a forfeiture of seat and suspension. The parent or guardian shall in all cases be notified by the teacher when two additional half days' absence of the pupil will require suspension. 40. Re-entering. Pupils absent not more than twenty days on account of sickness, and not more than three days for other cause, may be allowed to re-enter on presenting proper excuses. Those who have forfeited their seats under the foregoing rule may be allowed to re-enter the school on the first of the following month, on assurance of greater regu- larity, and with the consent of the Superintendent or Trus- tees : but they may be assigned to a lower class or grade, at the discretion of the teacher. 41. No Admission to other Schools. ]N~o pupil, while sus- pended, or after being expelled, can be admitted' into any public school, except by special permission of the Superin- tendent or Trustees. 42. Tardy Pupils and Excuses. Pupils who are not present at the opening of school, either in the morning or after the recesses, will not be admitted, without a satisfactory excuse from the parent or guardian, or proper discipline for remiss- ness. Excuses may be required in writing, at the discretion of the teacher. 43. Certificates of Merit shall be given at the close of each month to all pupils who have received full credits on the register for attendance, scholarship, and deportment. 44. The Pupil's Duties to the Teacher are, obedience, respect, and attention; industry, punctuality, and regularity; truth, frankness, and honesty. Without these there can be neither success in study nor the formation of that character which it is the object of the school to promote. 45. The Pupil's Duties to the School are, kindness and pro- priety of deportment and honesty towards his schoolmates, with regularity of attendance, proper conduct on the way, and a due regard for the character of the school. 13 46. Each Teacher will keep a copy of the "Rules and Reg ulations" in her school. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. 47. A public examination of each school shall be made before the close of the school year, under the direction of the Superintendent, and all pupils absenting themselves from such examination, without good cause, will be liable to sus- pension or expulsion. THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO SO CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO $1.OO ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE. JJN 11 LD 21-100w-7,'39(402s) Gaylamount Pamphlet i Binder % Gaylord Bros.. Inc. Stockton, Calif. T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. jvi9884 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY