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RULES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SCHOOL COMMITiTEE 
 
 PUBLIC AND VOCATIONAL 
 SCHOOLS 
 
 MAY, 1921 
 
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 OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILUNO'S 
 

 
 
SIS. ^4^ 
 
 4-' 7' -- 
 
 INDEX 
 
 : RULES OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 
 
 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 ^ Absence of pupils 
 
 IX, 
 
 20 
 
 
 36 
 
 Excuse for 
 
 VIII, 
 
 4 
 
 
 29 
 
 Record of 
 
 IX, 
 
 21 
 
 
 37 
 
 Absence of teachers : 
 
 Leave of 
 
 V, 
 
 6 
 
 
 18,19 
 
 Notice of 
 
 VIII, 
 
 6 
 
 
 29 
 
 Absence on account of illness, 
 
 V, 
 
 7 
 
 
 19,20 
 
 etc 
 
 X, 
 
 8 
 
 
 40 
 
 Admission of pupils: 
 
 ^ Age of 
 
 IX, 
 
 1, 
 
 3, 4. 
 
 30, 31 
 
 In general 
 
 VII, 
 
 6 
 
 
 28 
 
 ^ To first grade 
 
 IX, 
 
 2, 
 
 3. . . 
 
 30,31 
 
 - To high school 
 
 IX, 
 
 11, 
 
 12. . 
 
 33 
 
 To kindergarten 
 
 IX, 
 
 1 
 
 
 30 
 
 ' Advertising, Rule against 
 
 VIII, 
 
 2 
 
 
 28 
 
 ^ Age of admission of pupils 
 
 IX, 
 
 1, 
 
 3, 4. 
 
 30,31 
 
 Agents, exclusion of 
 
 VIII, 
 
 2 
 
 
 28 
 
 A Amendment of Rules 
 
 II, 
 
 11 
 
 
 6 
 
 ^ Annual Report: 
 
 Of chairman 
 
 I, 
 
 2 
 
 
 3 
 
 Of superintendent 
 
 III, 
 
 14 
 
 
 9 
 
 Annual returns to State 
 
 ^ Appeals 
 
 III, 
 
 XII, 
 
 14 
 
 
 9 
 
 40,41 
 
 4 Appointments: 
 
 Attendance officers 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 
 4,5 
 
 ^ Teachers 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 
 4,5 
 
 J 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 
 12,13 
 
 \ Attendance officers: 
 
 Appointment of 
 
 ' Direction of 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 
 4,5 
 
 XI, 
 
 1 
 
 
 40 
 
 Duties of 
 
 XI, 
 
 2-4 ... 
 
 40 
 
 X Assistant superintendent: 
 
 ^ Duties of 
 
 IV. 
 
 1 
 
 
 10.11 
 
 Assistant to the superintendent: 
 
 ^ Duties of 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 
 
 
 11 
 
 ft Election of 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 
 11 
 
 V Term of office 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 
 11 
 
 ^ Attendance of pupils : 
 
 J Regularity of 
 
 IX, 
 
 19 
 
 
 36 
 
 Reports of 
 
 VI, 
 
 13 
 
 
 24 
 
 Bills, approval of 
 
 I, 
 
 2 
 
 
 3 
 
 ^^^oard of Trustees for Voca- 
 
 III, 
 
 13 
 
 
 9 
 
 tional Education 
 
 XIII, 
 
 1 
 
 
 41, 42 
 
 1 0332 1 0 
 
INDEX — Continued 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Books: 
 
 Care of 
 
 IX, 
 
 22 
 
 37 
 
 Penalty for injury 
 
 IX, 
 
 22 
 
 37 
 
 Books and supplies: 
 
 Accounts of 
 
 VI, 
 
 3 
 
 21,22 
 
 Authorization by Committee 
 
 VIII, 
 
 1 
 
 28 
 
 Purchase of 
 
 III, 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 Requisitions for 
 
 III, 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 
 VI, 
 
 3 
 
 21, 22 
 
 Buildings and grounds: 
 
 Care of 
 
 VI, 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 Certificates, employment, issue of 
 
 III, 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 Certificates of admission to high 
 
 school 
 
 IX, 
 
 12 
 
 33 
 
 Chairman of School Committee: 
 
 Annual report of 
 
 I, 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Duties of 
 
 I, 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Election of 
 
 I, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 Charge for use of school build- 
 
 ings 
 
 XIV, 
 
 10-14 .. 
 
 46, 47 
 
 Classification of pupils 
 
 IX, 
 
 5 
 
 31 
 
 Classification of teachers 
 
 V, 
 
 3 
 
 14, 15 
 
 Cleanliness of pupils 
 
 VI, 
 
 17/ 
 
 25 
 
 
 IX, 
 
 18 
 
 35, 36 
 
 Contributions, Rule against 
 
 VIII, 
 
 2 
 
 28 
 
 Corporal punishment: 
 
 Infliction of 
 
 VI, 
 
 16 
 
 25 
 
 Record of 
 
 VI, 
 
 16 
 
 25 
 
 Detention of pupils 
 
 VII, 
 
 3 
 
 27 
 
 Record of 
 
 VIII, 
 
 8 
 
 29 
 
 Devotional exercises 
 
 VII, 
 
 5 
 
 27 
 
 Diplomas: 
 
 Granting of 
 
 IX, 
 
 10 
 
 32 
 
 Signing of 
 
 IX, 
 
 13 
 
 33, 34 
 
 Director of Vocational School: 
 
 Duties of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 3 
 
 42 
 
 Discipline 
 
 VI, 
 
 1, 16... 
 
 21,25 
 
 Dismissal of pupils 
 
 IX, 
 
 19 
 
 36 
 
 Excuse for 
 
 VIII, 
 
 4 
 
 29 
 
 Dismissal of school in emer- 
 
 gency 
 
 VIII, 
 
 5 
 
 29 
 
 Dismissal of teachers 
 
 V, 
 
 2a . . . 
 
 13, 14 
 
 Election of superintendent 
 
 III, 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Election of teachers, notice of. . 
 
 I, 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 Employment certificates, issue of 
 
 III, 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 Engineers (See Janitors) 
 
 Examination of pupils 
 
 VII, 
 
 6 
 
 28 
 
 
 IX, 
 
 14 
 
 34 
 
 ii 
 
INDEX— Concluded 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Pag-e 
 
 Exit drills: 
 
 Frequency of 
 
 Ill, 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 Report of 
 
 VI, 
 
 12 
 
 24 
 
 Exit signal 
 
 VI, 
 
 9-11 .. 
 
 23,24 
 
 Exit signal system, testing of. . 
 
 VI, 
 
 7, 8 ... 
 
 23 
 
 Firemen (See Janitors) 
 
 Gifts to teachers 
 
 VIII, 
 
 2 
 
 28 
 
 Grades, admission to 
 
 IX, 
 
 2-4 ... 
 
 30, 31 
 
 Holidays, school 
 
 VII, 
 
 2 
 
 26 
 
 Inspection of buildings 
 
 III, 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 Janitors: 
 
 Absence on account of ill- 
 
 ness, etc 
 
 X, 
 
 8 
 
 40 
 
 Compensation for extra 
 
 service 
 
 XIV, 
 
 10-14-. . 
 
 46, 47 
 
 Direction of 
 
 X, 
 
 1 
 
 38 
 
 Duties of 
 
 X, 
 
 2-7 ... 
 
 38,39 
 
 Hours of 
 
 X, 
 
 6 
 
 39 
 
 Salaries of 
 
 X, 
 
 8 
 
 39 
 
 Kindergarten, admission to 
 
 IX, 
 
 1 
 
 30 
 
 Leave of absence of teachers... 
 
 V, 
 
 6 
 
 18, 19 
 
 Marking system 
 
 IX, 
 
 6 
 
 31 
 
 Meetings of School Committee: 
 
 Action, reconsideration of. . 
 
 II, 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 Conduct of 
 
 II, 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 Executive session 
 
 II, 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 Motions — 
 
 Without debate 
 
 II, 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 Written 
 
 II, 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 Notice of 
 
 I, 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 Place of '. 
 
 II, 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Quorum 
 
 II, 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Records of proceedings 
 
 I, 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 Regular 
 
 II, 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Special 
 
 II, 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 Time of 
 
 II, 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Voting, method of 
 
 II, 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 Motions: 
 
 Without debate 
 
 II, 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 Written 
 
 II, 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 Notice of meetings of School 
 
 Committee 
 
 I, 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 Opening of school, hour of 
 
 VII, 
 
 3, 4... 
 
 26, 27 
 
 Organization of School Com- 
 
 mittee 
 
 Oversight of pupils to 
 
 and from 
 
 I, 
 
 1 .... 
 
 3 
 
 school 
 
 
 IX, 
 
 23 .... 
 
 . 37, 38 
 
 Pay rolls, preparation 
 
 of 
 
 III, 
 
 13 .... 
 
 9 
 
 iii 
 
INDEX — Continued 
 
 Chapter Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Permits for use of school build- 
 
 
 
 ings 
 
 XIV, 1-5,7 . 
 
 44, 45 
 
 Principals, duties of 
 
 VI, 1-13 . . 
 
 20-24 
 
 Professional improvement of 
 
 
 
 teachers: 
 
 
 
 Regular schools 
 
 V, 4 
 
 17 
 
 Vocational School 
 
 XIII, 4d, e.. 
 
 43, 44 
 
 Promotion of pupils 
 
 IX, 7-9 ... 
 
 31, 32 
 
 Pupils : 
 
 
 
 Absence of 
 
 VIII, 4 
 
 29 
 
 
 IX, 20, 21 . . 
 
 36, 37 
 
 Admission of 
 
 VII, 6 
 
 28 
 
 
 IX, 1-4, 11, 12 
 
 30, 31, 33 
 
 Age of admission 
 
 IX, 1, 3, 4 . 
 
 30, 31 
 
 Calls upon at school 
 
 IX, 24 
 
 38 
 
 Classification of 
 
 IX, 5 
 
 31 
 
 Cleanliness of 
 
 VI, 17 
 
 25 
 
 
 IX, 18 
 
 35,36 
 
 Detention of 
 
 VII, 3 
 
 27 
 
 
 VIII, 8 
 
 29 
 
 Dismissal of 
 
 VIII, 4 
 
 29 
 
 
 IX, 19 
 
 36 
 
 Examination of 
 
 VII, 6 
 
 28 
 
 
 IX, 14 
 
 34 
 
 Membership in secret socie- 
 
 
 
 ties prohibited 
 
 IX, 25 
 
 38 
 
 Number in class 
 
 VII, 6 
 
 28 
 
 Oversight of to and from 
 
 
 
 school 
 
 IX, 23 
 
 37, 38 
 
 Promotion of 
 
 IX, 7-9 ... 
 
 31,32 
 
 Regularity of attendance. . . . 
 
 IX, 19, 20 . . 
 
 36 
 
 Standing in subjects 
 
 IX, 6 
 
 31 
 
 Suspension of 
 
 VI, 6 
 
 22,23 
 
 
 IX, 20 
 
 36 
 
 Tardiness of 
 
 VIII, 4 
 
 29 
 
 
 IX, 19 
 
 36 
 
 Transfer of 
 
 IX, 17 
 
 35 
 
 Tuition of 
 
 IX, 15 
 
 34,35 
 
 Vaccination of 
 
 IX, 16 
 
 35 
 
 Purchase of books and supplies. 
 
 Ill, 12 
 
 9 
 
 Qualifications of teachers 
 
 V, 1 
 
 11,12 
 
 Quorum, School Committee 
 
 II, 1 
 
 4 
 
 Recess in graded schools 
 
 VII, 3b .... 
 
 27 
 
 Records of School Committee... 
 
 I, 3 
 
 3 
 
 Registers, school: 
 
 
 
 Examination of 
 
 VI, 4 
 
 22 
 
 Keeping of 
 
 VI, 19 
 
 25, 26 
 
 Report, Annual 
 
 I, 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 Ill, 14 
 
 9 
 
 IV 
 
INDEX — Continued 
 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Requisitions 
 
 III, 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 
 VI, 
 
 3 
 
 21, 22 
 
 Resignation of teachers 
 
 . V, 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 
 Rules of School Committee: 
 
 Amendment of 
 
 . II, 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 Enforcement of 
 
 VI, 
 
 1 
 
 20, 21 
 
 Suspension of 
 
 II, 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 Rules of Board of Health:* 
 
 Observance of 
 
 IX, 
 
 16 .... 
 
 35 
 
 Salaries: 
 
 Janitors, engineers, and fire- 
 men 
 
 X, 
 
 8 
 
 39 
 
 Payment of teachers’ 
 
 V, 
 
 5 
 
 17,18 
 
 Salary schedule 
 
 V, 
 
 4 
 
 15,17 
 
 Schedule of salaries 
 
 V, 
 
 4 
 
 15,17 
 
 School buildings, repairs to: 
 
 Report of 
 
 VI, 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 School buildings, use for other 
 
 than school purposes: 
 
 Charge for 
 
 XIV, 
 
 10-14 .. 
 
 46, 47 
 
 Permits for 
 
 XIV, 
 
 1-5, 7.. 
 
 44, 45 
 
 Police protection 
 
 XIV, 
 
 8 
 
 45,46 
 
 Responsibility for good or- 
 
 der 
 
 XIV, 
 
 6 
 
 45 
 
 Smoking forbidden 
 
 XIV, 
 
 9 
 
 46 
 
 School Committee: 
 
 Annual report of 
 
 I, 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Chairman of 
 
 I, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 Expenditures, report of 
 
 III, 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 Meetings of 
 
 II, 
 
 1, 2, 4. . 
 
 4,5 
 
 Organization of 
 
 I, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 Record of proceedings 
 
 I, 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 Rules, suspension of 
 
 II, 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 School rooms, time of opening. . 
 
 VII, 
 
 4 
 
 27 
 
 School sessions: 
 
 Grade schools 
 
 VII, 
 
 3b .... 
 
 26,27 
 
 High schools 
 
 VII, 
 
 3a 
 
 26 
 
 Kindergartens 
 
 VII, 
 
 3c .... 
 
 27 
 
 Suspension of 
 
 III, 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 School year: 
 
 Beginning of 
 
 VII, 
 
 1 
 
 26 
 
 Length of 
 
 VII, 
 
 1 
 
 26 
 
 Secret societies: 
 
 Membership in prohibited. . 
 
 IX, 
 
 25 
 
 38 
 
 Secretary of School Committee: 
 
 Duties of 
 
 I, 
 
 3, 4 .. 
 
 3,4 
 
 Election of 
 
 I, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 Records of 
 
 I, 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 * See pp. 51-68. 
 
 V 
 
INDEX — Continued 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Signal: 
 
 Exit 
 
 VI, 
 
 9-11 .. 
 
 23,24 
 
 Storm 
 
 III, 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 Special promotion of pupils 
 
 IX, 
 
 9 
 
 32 
 
 Subjects: 
 
 Method of marking 
 
 IX, 
 
 6 
 
 31 
 
 Time devoted to 
 
 VII, 
 
 7 .. .. 
 
 . 0pp. 28 
 
 Subscriptions, Rule against.... 
 
 VIII, 
 
 2 
 
 28 
 
 Substitute teachers 
 
 III, 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 
 VIII, 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 Superintendent of schools: 
 
 Annual report of 
 
 III, 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 Duties of 
 
 III, 
 
 2-18 . . . 
 
 6-10 
 
 
 XIII, 
 
 2 .... 
 
 42 
 
 Election of 
 
 III, 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Office hours 
 
 III, 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 Place of business 
 
 III, 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 Term of office 
 
 III, 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Supplies, purchase of 
 
 III, 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 Suspension of pupils: 
 
 Notice of 
 
 VI, 
 
 6 
 
 23 
 
 
 IX, 
 
 20 
 
 36 
 
 Reasons for 
 
 VI, 
 
 6 
 
 22 
 
 ! 
 
 IX, 
 
 19, 20 . 
 
 36 
 
 Suspension of Rules 
 
 II, 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 Suspension of school 
 
 III, 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 Suspension of teachers 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 13, 14 
 
 Tardiness of pupils 
 
 IX, 
 
 19 
 
 36 
 
 Excuse for 
 
 VIII, 
 
 4 
 
 29 
 
 Teachers : 
 
 Absence — 
 
 Notification regarding.. 
 
 VIII, 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 On account of illness, 
 
 etc 
 
 V, 
 
 7 
 
 19, 20 
 
 Appointment of 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 4,5 
 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 12,13 
 
 Classification of 
 
 V, 
 
 3 
 
 14,15 
 
 Dismissal of 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 12,13 
 
 Duties of 
 
 VI, 
 
 14-20 . 
 
 24-26 
 
 
 IX, 
 
 23 
 
 37, 38 
 
 Gifts to 
 
 VIII, 
 
 2 
 
 28 
 
 Interruption by visitors .... 
 
 VIII, 
 
 3 
 
 29 
 
 Leave of absence of 
 
 V, 
 
 6 
 
 18,19 
 
 Notice of election 
 
 I, 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 Qualifications of 
 
 V, 
 
 1 
 
 11,12 
 
 Resignation of 
 
 V, 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 
 Salaries — 
 
 Payment of 
 
 V, 
 
 5 
 
 17,18 
 
 Schedule of 
 
 V, 
 
 4 .... 
 
 . 15-17 
 
 vi 
 
INDEX — Continued 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Pag-e 
 
 Teachers (continued) : 
 
 Substitute 
 
 Ill, 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 
 VIII, 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 Suspension of 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 13, 14 
 
 Tenure of 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 13, 14 
 
 Transfer of 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Visiting days 
 
 VIII, 
 
 7 
 
 29 
 
 Vocational School 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4a-f . . 
 
 42-44 
 
 Tenure of office of teachers.... 
 
 V, 
 
 2 
 
 13,14 
 
 Time allotment for subjects .... 
 
 VII, 
 
 7 
 
 0pp. 28 
 
 Transfer of pupils to other 
 
 schools 
 
 IX, 
 
 17 
 
 35 
 
 Transfer of teachers 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Truancy, investigation of 
 
 VI, 
 
 2 
 
 21 
 
 Tuition: 
 
 Rate of 
 
 IX, 
 
 15 
 
 34,35 
 
 Terms of payment 
 
 IX, 
 
 15 
 
 35 
 
 Use of school buildings (See 
 
 School buildings) 
 
 Vacations 
 
 VII, 
 
 1,2 ... 
 
 26 
 
 Vaccination 
 
 IX, 
 
 16 
 
 35 
 
 Visiting days, teachers' 
 
 VIII, 
 
 7 
 
 29 
 
 Vocational School: 
 
 Director of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 3 
 
 42 
 
 Organization of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 1 
 
 41 
 
 Rules governing 
 
 XIII, 
 
 1 
 
 41,42 
 
 Supervision of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 1,2 ... 
 
 *41,42 
 
 Teachers: 
 
 Assistants 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4c .... 
 
 43 
 
 Dismissal of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4a, b. . 
 
 42, 43 
 
 Duties of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4d-f .. 
 
 43,44 
 
 Election of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4a 
 
 42 
 
 Professional improve- 
 
 ment 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4d, e.. 
 
 43,44 
 
 Special and part-time. . . 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4c .... 
 
 43 
 
 Tenure of 
 
 XIII, 
 
 4a .... 
 
 42 
 
INDEX 
 
 SCHOOL INSPECTION 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Anesthetic, use of 
 
 II, 
 
 2 
 
 59 
 
 
 III, 
 
 5 
 
 62 
 
 Anterior poliomyelitis 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7,14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 2,3 ... 
 
 64, 66 
 
 Chicken pox 
 
 I, 
 
 5 
 
 52, 53 
 
 Symptoms of 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 66 
 
 Chorea 
 
 Dentists: 
 
 I, 
 
 10 
 
 54, 55 
 
 Duties of 
 
 II, 
 
 1-3 ... 
 
 58,59 
 
 Records of 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 59 
 
 Reports of 
 
 Responsibility to Board of 
 
 II, 
 
 3 
 
 59 
 
 Health 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Diphtheria 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7,14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 
 
 66 
 
 Symptoms of 
 
 Diseases: 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 65 
 
 Exclusion for 
 
 I, 
 
 4, 5, 7, 10 
 
 52-55 
 
 Non-communicable 
 
 I, 
 
 9 
 
 54 
 
 
 V, 
 
 6 
 
 68 
 
 Referred to nurse 
 
 I, 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 Examination of pupils, physical. 
 Exclusion of pupils from school: 
 F^or failure to file certifi- 
 cate of unfitness for vac- 
 
 I, 
 
 11,12,14 
 
 55, 56 
 
 cination 
 
 I, 
 
 15 
 
 57 
 
 Notification of 
 
 On account of illness in 
 
 I, 
 
 13 
 
 55 
 
 family 
 
 On account of personal ill- 
 
 I, 
 
 5,7 ... 
 
 52-54 
 
 ness 
 
 I, 
 
 5,10,14 
 
 52-56 
 
 Impetigo contagiosa 
 
 I, 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 
 III, 
 
 3 
 
 61 
 
 Infantile paralysis 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7,14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 Inspection, Medical (See Medi- 
 cal Inspection) 
 
 IV, 
 
 2,3 ... 
 
 64,66 
 
 Measles 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7,14 
 
 52, 53, 56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 
 
 66 
 
 German 
 
 I, 
 
 5 
 
 52,53 
 
 Symptoms of 
 
 Medical inspection: 
 
 By physicians — 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 65 
 
 Hours for 
 
 I, 
 
 1 
 
 51, 52 
 
 Regular 
 
 I, 
 
 2 
 
 52 
 
 Special 
 
 viii 
 
 I, 
 
 3,8 ... 
 
 52, 54 
 
INDEX— Continued 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Responsibility for 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Mental defectives 
 
 I, 
 
 10 !.*!!*. 
 
 55 
 
 Mumps 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7,14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 
 
 66 
 
 Symptoms of 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 65 
 
 Nurses: 
 
 
 
 
 Diseases to be referred to. . 
 
 I, 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 Duties of 
 
 III, 
 
 1-9 ... 
 
 60-63 
 
 
 V, 
 
 1,3-6 . 
 
 67, 68 
 
 Frequency of visits to 
 
 
 
 
 school 
 
 III, 
 
 1 
 
 60 
 
 Records of 
 
 III, 
 
 9 
 
 63 
 
 Responsibility to Board of 
 
 
 
 
 Health 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Routine of work 
 
 III, 
 
 1 
 
 60 
 
 Paralysis, infantile 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7,14 
 
 52, 53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 2,3 ... 
 
 64, 66 
 
 Pediculosis 
 
 I, 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 
 III, 
 
 3 
 
 61 
 
 Permits from Board of Health.. 
 
 I, 
 
 7,14 .. 
 
 54,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 
 
 66 
 
 Physical defects, treatment of. . 
 
 I, 
 
 9 
 
 54 
 
 Physical examination (See Ex- 
 
 
 
 
 amination) 
 
 
 
 
 Physicians, school: 
 
 
 
 
 Duties of 
 
 I, 
 
 1-20 .. 
 
 51-58 
 
 j 
 
 V, 
 
 1, 2, 4-6 
 
 67, 68 
 
 Hours for inspection 
 
 I, 
 
 1 
 
 51, 52 
 
 Records of 
 
 I, 
 
 16,20 .. 
 
 57,58 
 
 Responsibility to Board of 
 
 
 
 
 Health 
 
 
 
 51 
 
 Poliomyelitis, anterior 
 
 I, 
 
 5, 7, 14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 2,3 ... 
 
 64, 66 
 
 Readmission of pupils after ill- 
 
 
 
 
 ness 
 
 I, 
 
 14 
 
 55,56 
 
 Ringworm 
 
 I, 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 
 III, 
 
 3 
 
 61 
 
 Scabies 
 
 I, 
 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 
 III, 
 
 4 
 
 61 
 
 Scarlet fever 
 
 I, 
 
 5,7, 14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 
 
 66 
 
 Symptoms of 
 
 IV, 
 
 2 
 
 65 
 
 School physicians (See Physi- 
 
 
 
 
 cians) 
 
 
 
 
 Small pox 
 
 I, 
 
 4, 7, 14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 , 
 
 IV, 
 
 2,3 ... 
 
 64, 66 
 
 Teachers : 
 
 
 
 
 Duties of 
 
 IV, 
 
 1-5 ... 
 
 63-67 
 
 Tuberculosis 
 
 I, 
 
 5 
 
 53 
 
 IX 
 
INDEX— Continued 
 
 Vaccination: 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Section 
 
 Page 
 
 Certificates of 
 
 . . I, 
 
 15 
 
 56,57 
 
 Successful 
 
 . . I, 
 
 15 
 
 56 
 
 Unsuccessful 
 
 Varicella (See Chicken pox) 
 
 . . I, 
 
 15 
 
 56,57 
 
 Whooping cough 
 
 . . I, 
 
 5, 7, 14 
 
 52,53,56 
 
 
 IV, 
 
 3 ..... 
 
 66 
 
 Symptoms of 
 
 .. IV, 
 
 2 
 
 66 
 
 X 
 
RULES of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE 
 
 CHAPTER I 
 
 Organization — Officers and Their Duties 
 
 Section 1. The School Committee of Newton shall 
 meet on the first secular day of January, each year, and 
 organize by the election by ballot of one of its members 
 as chairman, and by the election of a secretary who shall 
 not be one of its members. 
 
 Chairman 
 
 Section 2. The chairman shall preside at all meetings 
 of the Committee. In the absence of the chairman, a 
 chairman pro tern, shall be elected. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the chairman to prepare the 
 annual report, and to submit a draft of said report to the 
 Committee at the last regular meeting in December of 
 each year. 
 
 The chairman shall approve all bills for expenses or 
 charges incurred under authority of the Committee. 
 
 Secretary 
 
 Section 3. The secretary shall keep a record of the 
 proceedings of the Committee and shall keep on file in 
 his office all reports, communications, papers and docu- 
 ments relating to the business of the Committee, or 
 belonging to it. 
 
4 
 
 Section Jf. The secretary shall give to every member 
 of the Committee, and to the superintendent, at least 
 forty-eight hours notice of each meeting; shall notify 
 teachers of their election; shall act as the corresponding 
 agent of the Committee, in matters not otherwise de- 
 puted, preserving copies of correspondence; and shall per- 
 form such other duties as may be required by the Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 CHAPTER II 
 Meetings 
 
 Section 1. The Committee shall meet on the first sec- 
 ular day of January and on the second and fourth 
 Wednesdays of each month, except July and August. When- 
 ever such a Wednesday falls on a legal holiday, the 
 meeting shall be held on the Friday following. All 
 meetings shall be held at 7.45 o’clock P. M., at the Com- 
 mittee rooms, unless otherwise ordered by the Commit- 
 tee. Five members shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 Section 2. Special meetings may be called by the 
 chairman or upon the written request of any two mem- 
 bers and the notice of such meeting shall state the 
 special matter to be considered. At such meetings only 
 the business for which the meeting was called shall be 
 in order. 
 
 Section 3. In May in each year the Committee shall, 
 subject to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 2 of 
 these rules, appoint teachers for all the schools, and 
 one or more attendance officers, for the ensuing school 
 
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 year, and fix their compensation. Upon recommendation 
 of the superintendent, by vote of the School Committee, 
 a teacher may be transferred from one school to another 
 at any time during the year. 
 
 Section 4 . All meetings shall be open and public, ex- 
 cept when the Committee votes to go into executive 
 session. 
 
 Section 5. At the request of one member the vote 
 upon any question shall be by count, and at the request 
 of two members the vote shall be by yeas and nays, 
 and entered upon the record. In such cases every mem- 
 ber present shall vote unless excused by the Committee. 
 
 Section 6. No action of the Committee shall be re- 
 considered or rescinded at a subsequent meeting in the 
 same municipal year, except by vote of a majority of 
 all the members of the Committee. 
 
 Section 7. Motions to adjourn, to lay on the table, 
 and for the previous question, shall be decided without 
 debate. 
 
 Section 8. At the request of any member any motion 
 offered shall be put in writing before it is voted on, ex- 
 cept those mentioned in Section 7. 
 
 Section 9. Any of the rules may be suspended at any 
 meeting until the next meeting, or for a less time, by a 
 vote of a majority of all the members of the Committee. 
 
 Section 10. The conduct of meetings and of the busi- 
 ness of the Committee shall be in accordance with the 
 laws of the State and the rules of parliamentary practice 
 as laid down in Cushing’s Manual. 
 
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 Section 11, The School Committee being a continuous 
 body, these rules continue in force from year to year. 
 They may be amended or repealed at any meeting by a 
 vote of a majority of the whole Committee, provided 
 notice shall have been given of such proposed action at 
 a previous meeting. 
 
 CHAPTER III 
 
 Superintendent and His Duties 
 
 Section 1. The superintendent of schools shall be 
 elected annually in the month of April, or whenever a 
 vacancy occurs, and shall enter upon the duties of his 
 office on the first of September next ensuing, or at such 
 time as the Committee may determine, and shall continue 
 to hold his office during the pleasure of the Committee. 
 
 Section 2. The superintendent shall be the advisory 
 and executive oflacer of the Committee, and under its 
 direction and control shall have the care and supervision 
 of all the schools, and authority over all employees of 
 the School Department. 
 
 In all matters where his duties are not definitely 
 prescribed, he shall exercise his discretion, subject to 
 the approval of the Committee. 
 
 Section 3. He shall direct and supervise the schools 
 in conformity with the courses of study and these rules ; 
 shall visit each school as often as practicable, carefully 
 examine its progress and condition, and labor for its 
 improvement. 
 
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He may at any time examine the schools or cause 
 them to be examined by written or oral tests; and the 
 teachers shall give him such assistance in this work as 
 he may require. 
 
 He shall advise with teachers in reference to methods 
 of teaching and discipline; shall pay particular attention 
 to the classification of the pupils, that there may be, so 
 far as practicable, a uniform course of instruction and 
 system of discipline pursued in the different schools of 
 the same grade. 
 
 Section 4 . It shall be the duty of the superintendent 
 to report to the Committee any lack of qualification or 
 faithfulness in a teacher that is not promptly corrected 
 upon his suggestion. He may, at his discretion, hold 
 meetings of teachers for discussion of details and meth- 
 ods of school work; and shall keep the Committee in- 
 formed as to the condition of the schools. He shall see 
 that the prescribed studies are carefully pursued, that 
 no books but those adopted by the Committee are used 
 as text books, and that the rules of the Committee are 
 faithfully observed by teachers. 
 
 Section 5. He shall prescribe and receive from teach- 
 ers their reports, and classify and place them on file. 
 
 Section 6. It shall be the duty of the superintendent 
 to fill all vacancies occasioned by the temporary absence 
 of teachers, and make other temporary arrangements 
 relative to the schools which he may deem proper, and 
 report them to the Committee. 
 
 Section 7. He shall prepare a system of blanks for 
 
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 statistical reports of attendance of pupils, and other 
 items which at any time may be desired. He shall also 
 inquire into the causes of truancy and irregular attend- 
 ance, and suggest remedies therefor which to him may 
 seem feasible and proper. 
 
 SecMon 8. He shall issue certificates, in accordance 
 with the laws of the State, of the age and school at- 
 tendance of children who desire employment in manu- 
 facturing, mechanical or mercantile establishments, and 
 shall co-operate with the Committee in securing the ob- 
 servance of the law concerning the employment of 
 children in such places. 
 
 Section 9, In case of very stormy weather, the super- 
 intendent may suspend any or all of the schools for a 
 part or for the whole of the day.* 
 
 Section 10, It shall be the duty of the superintendent 
 of schools to see that exit drills are held at least once 
 in two weeks in every school in the city. 
 
 Section 11, He shall from time to time inspect school 
 buildings, furniture, and apparatus for heating and ven- 
 tilating rooms, and report to the Committee any defects 
 which may impair the health of teachers and pupils, or 
 interfere with the efficiency of the schools. 
 
 * The storm signal 3-3-3 is given at 7.45 A. M. for the sus- 
 pension of the morning session, and at 12.45 P. M. for the sus- 
 pension of the afternoon session, of grammar schools. When 
 there is also to be no session of the high schools, the signal will 
 be given at 7.15 A. M., in which case the signal at 7.45 will 
 be omitted. 
 
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 Section 12. He shall keep a list of applicants for 
 school positions, and a record of such facts as may be 
 known to him respecting their character, experience and 
 qualifications, and shall recommend to the Committee 
 candidates for election. 
 
 He shall on request furnish to the Committee written 
 lists of books and supplies that may be needed, from 
 time to time, for the several schools. 
 
 The superintendent shall, when required by the Com- 
 mittee, act as its agent in the purchase and distribution 
 of supplies for the schools. 
 
 Section IS. The superintendent shall approve all 
 requisitions for supplies and receive and examine all 
 bills of which the Committee takes cognizance, and if 
 found correct, approve them; shall prepare the monthly 
 pay-rolls; shall keep a full and accurate account of all 
 receipts and disbursements; shall furnish a monthly 
 statement of these to the Committee, with a statement 
 of the amounts of the various appropriations expended 
 and unexpended; and shall perform such other duties as 
 may he required by the Committee. 
 
 Section I 4 . He shall prepare for the Committee the 
 annual returns required by law, and transmit them, after 
 being duly signed, to the State Board of Education. 
 
 He shall prepare and present in January to the Com- 
 mittee for publication an annual report of the condition 
 of the schools for the year preceding, together with such 
 suggestions and statistics as he may deem worthy of 
 consideration. 
 
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 Section 15. He shall devote his entire time during 
 school sessions to the performance of his various duties; 
 shall have his office at the Committee room, or other 
 suitable place to be approved by the Committee, and 
 shall be present there at least one afternoon in each 
 week of the school year. 
 
 Section 16. To aid in the discharge of his duties he 
 may, with the advice and consent of the School Com- 
 mittee, employ clerical assistance at an expense to he 
 fixed by it. 
 
 Section 17. The superintendent shall attend all meet- 
 ings of the Committee, except when his election is in 
 order or under discussion, and when called upon through 
 the chairman, shall express his opinion on any topic 
 under discussion and communicate such information as 
 he may possess. 
 
 Section 18. All votes and directions of the Committee 
 affecting pupils, parents, or teachers shall be communi- 
 cated through the superintendent. 
 
 CHAPTER IV - 
 
 Assistant Superintendent, and Others 
 
 Assistant Superintendent 
 
 Section 1. The assistant superintendent shall be under 
 the direction of the superintendent and shall report to 
 him or to the School Committee whenever so requested. 
 The superintendent shall assign to the assistant superin- 
 tendent such duties as he deems best. He may delegate 
 
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 to him any part of his authority, except such of it as 
 relates to the appointment, transfer or removal of teach- 
 ers or principals, and he shall have authority to make 
 such arrangements and to give to the assistant superin- 
 tendent such directions, not contrary to the rules of the 
 School Committee, as, in his judgment, the welfare of the 
 schools requires. 
 
 Assistant to the Superintendent 
 
 Section 2, The assistant to the superintendent shall 
 be elected in the month of April, or whenever a vacancy 
 occurs, to hold his office during the pleasure of the 
 Committee. 
 
 Section 3. The assistant to the superintendent shall be 
 subject to the authority and direction of the superin- 
 tendent, and shall undertake such duties as may be 
 assigned to him by the superintendent or by vote of the 
 School Committee. 
 
 CHAPTER V 
 
 Teachers — rQualifications, Electioiii Salaries 
 
 Qualifications 
 
 Section 1. Elementary Teachers. Elementary and 
 kindergarten teachers must have education equivalent to 
 graduation from high school and must be graduates of 
 college, or of normal or approved training school. 
 
 Before receiving appointment as a regular teacher, at 
 least one year's successful experience, either as an as- 
 
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 sistant in the Newton schools or as a teacher under 
 approved conditions will be required. 
 
 High School Teachers. High school teachers must 
 have education equivalent to a four year college course 
 and be adequately prepared in the subject or subjects to 
 be taught. In certain subjects, requiring technical edu- 
 cation, special and adequate preparation in the subject, 
 supplemented by practical experience, may be accepted 
 in lieu of the college degree. 
 
 Before being appointed as a regular high school 
 teacher, not less than one year’s successful experience 
 will be required. This experience may be gained as an 
 assistant in the Newton schools, or as a teacher under 
 approved conditions. 
 
 Directors and Teachers of Special Subjects. Minimum 
 requirements for such positions are (1) good general 
 scholarship, and (2) thorough and adequate training in 
 the subject to be taught, to-gether with some teaching 
 experience. For certain positions, practice teaching in 
 approved training schools may be accepted. 
 
 Principals. To be eligible as a principal of a high or 
 elementary school, one must possess the maximum quali- 
 fications required of teachers in these schools. 
 
 Appointment and Reappointment 
 
 Section 2. New teachers may be appointed by the 
 School Committee on recommendation of the superin- 
 tendent at any time when their services are required. 
 
 Reappointment of teachers in service shall be made 
 
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 annually in the month of May until after the third am 
 nual reappointment. After the beginning of the fourth 
 year of consecutive service, a teacher’s tenure is no 
 longer dependent upon annual reappointment. During 
 these three years a teacher may expect continuous reap- 
 pointment except for cause, but the School Committee 
 shall be the sole judge of the nature and suiSciency of 
 causes that make reappointment undesirable. 
 
 All regular teachers must serve a probationary period 
 of not less than two nor more than three years in the 
 Newton schools before coming fully under the salary 
 schedule, elementary or high. 
 
 Appointments beyond this probationary period are 
 conditioned upon the success of the teacher. To be 
 placed on permanent tenure a teacher must show evi- 
 dence of growth warranting the expectation of service 
 commensurate with the increasing salary provided by 
 the schedule. 
 
 Any teacher or principal may be suspended by the 
 superintendent or discharged by the School Committee 
 for improper conduct, unfaithfulness to duty, failure to 
 pay just debts, or failure to render that service necessary 
 to the progress of the schools, under the following pro- 
 visions: 
 
 a. The School Committee may dismiss any teacher by 
 a two-thirds vote of the whole Committee and such 
 teacher shall not receive any compensation for service 
 rendered after such dismissal; provided that such 
 teacher shall not be dismissed unless at least thirty days 
 
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 prior to the meeting, exclusive of customary vacation 
 periods, at which the Committee votes upon the question 
 of dismissal he shall have been given notice of the in- 
 tention of the School Committee to vote upon the ques- 
 tion of his dismissal, nor unless he shall have been given 
 upon his request a statement by the School Committee 
 of the reasons for which his dismissal is proposed, noi 
 unless also the superintendent shall have given to the 
 School Committee his recommendation as to the pro- 
 posed dismissal. 
 
 b. No teacher on permanent tenure shall suffer a de- 
 crease of salary without his consent except by general 
 salary revision affecting equally all teachers of the same 
 salaried grade. 
 
 Nothing herein contained shall be considered as limit- 
 ing the right of the School Committee to dismiss a 
 teacher when an actual decrease in the number of pupils, 
 or the discontinuance of the position held by the teacher, 
 or other interest of municipal economy renders such 
 action advisable, nor the right to suspend a teacher for 
 immoral conduct or other conduct unbecoming a teacher; 
 and if the teacher so suspended is subsequently dis- 
 missed because of such conduct he shall not receive any 
 salary for the period of the suspension. 
 
 Section 3. In the high schools, the head teacher shall 
 be called principal; all other teachers shall be classified 
 as heads of departments, teachers, or special assistants. 
 In the lower schools, teachers at the head of districts 
 shall be called principals; other teachers shall be classi- 
 
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 fied as principals’ assistants, teachers, special building 
 assistants, kindergartners, kindergarten assistants, or 
 kindergarten helpers. All other teachers in any of the 
 schools shall be classified as special teachers or super- 
 visors. 
 
 Salary Schedule 
 
 Section 4 . Teachers shall receive the salaries fixed by 
 the School Committee. Ordinarily salaries will be fixed 
 at the time of appointment or reappointment, and for all 
 teachers who have served the probationary period, will 
 be increased at the rate of $100 per year until the 
 teacher receives the maximum, according to classifi- 
 cation, provided in the following salary schedule. 
 
 The stated increase may be withheld at the discretion 
 of the School Committee; and for specially meritorious 
 work a teacher may receive a larger increase. No in- 
 crease will be granted to teachers who fail to meet all 
 reasonable requirements of successful accomplishment, 
 such as: power to discipline; adequate knowledge and 
 preparation; definite, measurable and satisfactory re- 
 sults; loyal and harmonious co-operation; and recog- 
 nized increased efficiency. 
 
 Teachers of special subjects will in general be eligible 
 to the maximum and subject to the conditions of in- 
 crease which apply to the regular teachers in the grade 
 of school in which these special teachers work. 
 
 The fixing of all salaries is dependent upon the ade- 
 quacy of appropriations made available by the Board 
 of Aldermen. 
 
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 Teachers’ Salary Schedule 
 High Schools 
 
 Principals As voted by School Committee 
 
 Heads of Departments $2500 to $3800, according to 
 
 importance and requirements 
 of position 
 
 
 
 Yearly 
 
 
 
 Minimum 
 
 Increase 
 
 Maximum 
 
 Teachers . . . 
 
 $1600 
 
 $100 
 
 $2500-3000 
 
 Assistants . . 
 
 1000 
 
 100 
 
 1500 
 
 Secretaries . 
 
 1200 
 
 100 
 
 1800 
 
 Clerks 
 
 750 
 
 100 
 
 1200 
 
 
 Elementary Schools 
 
 
 
 
 Yearly 
 
 
 
 Minimum 
 
 Increase 
 
 Maximum 
 
 Principals . . . 
 
 $2400 
 
 As voted 
 
 As voted 
 
 Principals’ Assistants. 1600 
 
 $100 
 
 $1900-2200 
 
 Grade Teachers 1200 
 
 100 
 
 1800-2000 
 
 Kindergarten 
 
 Teachers 1000 
 
 100 
 
 1550 
 
 Kindergarten 
 
 Assist- 
 
 
 
 ants 
 
 900 
 
 100 
 
 1450 
 
 Building Assistants... 1000 
 
 100 
 
 1100 
 
 
 Special Subjects 
 
 
 Supervisors, special teachers and 
 
 their assistants As voted 
 
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 Teachers may be advanced beyond the stated maximum 
 by vote of the School Committee, on recommendation of 
 the ' superintendent. These increases shall be entirely 
 individual and based upon unusual merit and efficiency. 
 No teacher shall receive an increase beyond the stated 
 maximum who has not shown unquestioned evidence of: 
 
 First: professional growth. 
 
 Second: a satisfactory professional attitude. 
 
 Third: power to control pupils and secure their co- 
 operation. 
 
 Fourth: marked skill in teaching, coupled with ability 
 to secure results. 
 
 Section 5. Salaries of teachers will ordinarily be paid 
 in instalments during the school year, but upon request 
 of the teachers of a district and approval of the Com- 
 mittee, salaries of all the teachers of that district will 
 be paid in not less than twelve instalments one at the 
 first of each month of the calendar year, subject to any 
 proper deductions for absence or other cause; and any 
 such teacher who resigns or for other cause does not 
 continue through the whole school year, shall neverthe- 
 less receive at the time of concluding service, that pro- 
 portion of the payments which would otherwise be due 
 at the first of the next August and the first of the next 
 September which the period of service, plus any accrued 
 period of absence or disability for which pay is allowed 
 within the school year, is of the whole school year, pro- 
 vided however that no teacher shall hereunder receive a 
 total for the year bearing a greater ratio to the salary 
 
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 fixed for the whole school year than the actual term of 
 service and allowances of such teacher bears to the time 
 of the whole school year. 
 
 Section 6. Any teacher who has served continuously 
 in the Newton schools for any period of not less than 
 seven years may, on the recommendation of the superin- 
 tendent, be granted leave of absence not exceeding one 
 year. During such absence the teacher shall continue in 
 the employment of the School Department, and shall re- 
 ceive a monthly salary equal to one-half his monthly 
 salary of the preceding year. A teacher’s leave of ab- 
 sence shall be spent largely or wholly in such study as 
 the superintendent may approve. 
 
 The request for a leave of absence under this section 
 shall be made prior to November 1 of the school year 
 previous to the year for which absence is requested. 
 
 As a condition of receiving such leave of absence, the 
 teacher shall enter into a contract to continue in the 
 service of the School Department for a period of at least 
 three years after the expiration of the leave of absence; 
 failing to so continue in the service of the School De- 
 partment, the teacher shall repay to City of Newton a 
 sum bearing the same ratio to the amount of salary re- 
 ceived while on leave of absence that the unfulfilled por- 
 tion of the three subsequent years’ service bears to the 
 full three years. 
 
 Provided, however, that the teacher shall be released 
 from such payment if his failure to serve the three 
 years, as stipulated, be due to his illness, or if he be 
 
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 discharged or voluntarily released from his position by 
 the School Committee. 
 
 Section 7. Any regular employee of the School De- 
 partment, absent on account of personal illness or other 
 like disability or any quarantine regulation of the Board 
 of Health, shall nevertheless be entitled to full pay for 
 one week, full pay for one day for each year of past serv- 
 ice in the School Department, and one-half pay for twice 
 the period of full pay, which shall be the maximum al- 
 lowance for absence or accumulation of absences during 
 a school year, except as next hereinafter provided. 
 
 Such person shall also and in addition to all other 
 provisions of this section be allowed full pay while ab- 
 sent on account of personal illness, or the death of a 
 relative, for not more than five days in any one school 
 year, provided that such absences if on account of per- 
 sonal illness are not of longer duration than one day in 
 any one week. 
 
 A certificate or report of a school physician shall be 
 furnished when so requested by the superintendent. 
 
 Nothing shall be paid under this section if the dis- 
 ability appears to come under the provisions of any 
 pension or compensation law. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent 
 the superintendent of schools from authorizing leave of 
 absence on school business, nor to prevent the School 
 Committee from granting leave of absence on half pay 
 for a Sabbatical year. 
 
 The foregoing provisions of this section apply to the 
 
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 superintendent and all others in the School Department, 
 except substitutes and those who at the the time of ab- 
 sence are being employed from day to day, or for a term 
 not exceeding one month. 
 
 Section 8. Any teacher intending to resign shall give 
 to the superintendent four weeks notice of such inten- 
 tion, or failing to do so shall forfeit all salary for the 
 last month of service unless the Committee shall other- 
 wise order; also, unless otherwise ordered by the Com- 
 mittee, resignations will not be accepted to take effect 
 between May 15 and the closing of school sessions in 
 any school year, nor to take effect during August and 
 September, unless in the latter case a written resignation 
 has been placed on file with the superintendent before 
 the first day of August. 
 
 In case of necessity substitute teachers may be em- 
 ployed by the superintendent subject to the approval of 
 the Committee. 
 
 CHAPTER VI 
 
 Principals and Teachers 
 
 Section 1. Principals shall have general supervision 
 of the grounds, buildings and appurtenances of their 
 schools,, and shall be held responsible for the neatness 
 and cleanliness of the premises, and whenever any re- 
 pairs are needed shall give notice thereof in writing to 
 the superintendent. They shall see to the enforcement 
 of the rules of the Committee, including rules 
 affecting fire hazard and strictly carry out the direc- 
 
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 tions of the superintendent. They shall have general 
 charge of the discipline of the pupils in their buildings. 
 They shall have supervision of the pupils during recesses 
 and other times of relaxation. At such times they may 
 call upon teachers for assistance and require them to 
 perform any duties that may be necessary in order to 
 secure the proper deportment of pupils. They shall 
 render such assistance in the supervision of methods of 
 instruction and discipline as the superintendent shall 
 direct and require. They shall give advice and directions 
 to teachers in any emergency, and shall be subject to 
 the rules governing other teachers. They shall not allow 
 any doors used by pupils in entering or leaving their 
 buildings to be locked or bolted during school sessions 
 so as to prevent exit. They shall under the direction 
 of the superintendent, have the control of the janitors 
 and engineers; shall see that the rules for their govern- 
 ment are enforced, and shall report to the superintendent 
 or as he shall direct any neglect of duty or improper 
 conduct on their part. 
 
 Section 2. In cases of truancy in their respective 
 buildings, they shall, under the direction of the superin- 
 tendent, cause the attendance officer to investigate and 
 report thereon without unnecessary delay. 
 
 Section 3. They shall make requisitions in writing 
 upon the superintendent, at such times as he may desig- 
 nate, for all the text-books and supplies necessary for 
 the schools in their buildings, and shall require the books 
 
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 belonging to the different rooms to be properly labeled 
 and cared for by the teachers thereof. They shall, in 
 such manner as the superintendent may direct, keep an 
 account of the books and supplies ordered by and de- 
 livered to each teacher, and shall exercise a watchful 
 care over all school property, and when so requested re- 
 port to the superintendent a list of all the text-books on 
 hand in their buildings, and their condition. 
 
 Section 4- They shall examine the school registers 
 from time to time during each school year, and give 
 such directions as shall cause them to be kept in a 
 proper manner. 
 
 Section 5. They shall send to the superintendent, 
 whenever required by him, a detailed report in writing 
 of the condition of the schools in their districts, to-gether 
 with such suggestions and recommendations as they may 
 deem proper. 
 
 Section 6. They shall have authority to suspend, sub- 
 ject to an appeal by the parent or guardian to the super- 
 intendent, any pupil from school for any of the following 
 reasons: 
 
 1. Persistent truancy. 
 
 2. Violent opposition to authority, 
 
 3. Repetition of any offence after notice. 
 
 4. Habitual and determined neglect of duty. 
 
 5. Use of profane or obscene language. 
 
 6. General bad conduct and bad example, tending to 
 
 the injury of the school. 
 
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 7. Cutting, marring, destroying, defacing or injuring 
 any of the public property, such as buildings, 
 furniture, fences, trees and shrubbery. 
 
 Provided always, that they shall immediately, in 
 writing, inform the parent or guardian and the superin- 
 tendent of such suspension and the reason therefor. 
 
 Section 7. The exit signal system shall be tested, and 
 the result of the test recorded daily, either by the 
 principal or by some responsible person whom he shall 
 designate for the purpose, in which case a report of the 
 result shall be given to the principal to be recorded. 
 
 Section 8. The test shall be made shortly before the 
 opening of the morning session, and the station from 
 which the test is rung should be varied from day to day, 
 so that all stations will be tested from time to time. 
 
 Section 9. The exit signal shall be uniform in all 
 schools, namely the ** four-four ” signal, given by four 
 distinct rings, followed after a slight pause, by a second 
 four distinct rings. 
 
 Section 10. The forward march signal when all 
 exit doors are to be used shall be one sharp ring, fol- 
 lowing, after a slight pause, the second “ four signal. 
 Two sharp rings instead of one shall indicate that only 
 the right hand exits are to be used, while three rings 
 shall indicate that only the left hand exits are to be 
 used. (The right hand exits shall be the exits at the 
 right when one faces the front of the building from the 
 inside, and the left hand exits the ones at the left hand 
 
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 when one faces the front of the building from the 
 inside.) 
 
 Section 11. No general alarm for exit drill purposes 
 in any school building shall be sounded on a gong used 
 for other than exit drill purposes, and the fire alarm 
 gong shall not be used for any other purpose than to 
 sound the signal for the exit drill. 
 
 Section 12. A written report shall be made to the 
 superintendent of schools of the number and date of all 
 exit drills held during the month. 
 
 Section IS. They shall return to the superintendent, 
 upon blanks provided for the purpose, a monthly report 
 of the attendance, and other required statistics of the 
 schools under their charge, using for the purpose the 
 monthly reports of the teachers. 
 
 Section I 4 . All teachers shall, according to the laws 
 of this Commonwealth, “ exert their best endeavors to 
 impress on the minds of children and youth committed 
 to their care and instruction, the principles of piety and 
 justice, and a sacred regard for truth, love of the coun- 
 try, humanity, and universal benevolence, sobriety, in- 
 dustry, and frugality, chastity, moderation and temper- 
 ance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of 
 human society, and the basis upon which a republican 
 constitution is founded.” 
 
 Section 15. All teachers shall respect the rules, regula- 
 tions, and requirements of the Committee transmitted 
 through the superintendent, and shall co-operate cor- 
 dially with him and with each other in the conduct of 
 
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 the schools and the maintenance of good order therein. 
 They shall consider the suggestions and directions of the 
 superintendent as given by authority of the School 
 Committee. 
 
 Section 16, Teachers shall mantain discipline by rea- 
 sonable and proper means, resorting to corporal punish- 
 ment only in extreme cases and then only when approved 
 by the principal or superintendent. No corporal punish- 
 ment shall be inflicted in the presence of a school. They 
 shall make a record of all cases of corporal punishment, 
 specifying the pupil’s name and age, the date and nature 
 of the offense, and the date, mode and severity of the pun- 
 ishment. Any matter of discipline may be referred to the 
 principal; and if deemed necessary, a written report 
 shall be sent to the pupil’s parents or guardian. 
 
 Section 17. Teachers shall give vigilant attention to 
 the ventilation, temperature, and light of their respective 
 school-rooms. They shall also exercise all proper care 
 and authority in inducing habits of cleanliness in their 
 pupils, and in preventing the use of profane and improper 
 language. 
 
 Section 18. Teachers shall have authority, and it shall 
 be their duty, to make and enforce by reasonable means, 
 any rules and regulations necessary and proper for the 
 internal regulation of their respective schools, subject 
 to the approval of their principal. 
 
 Section 19. Every teacher shall keep a register of the 
 enrolment, attendance, and other required statistics of the 
 class or classes in his or her charge upon blanks to be 
 
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 provided for that purpose, which shall be returned 
 monthly to the principal. 
 
 Section 20. Teachers shall keep a copy of the Rules in 
 their respective school-rooms, and shall thoroughly famil- 
 iarize themselves with its contents. 
 
 CHAPTER VII 
 
 School Sessions, Etc. 
 
 Section 1. School sessions shall begin on the second 
 Monday of September and shall continue forty weeks, 
 unless a shorter period is fixed by the Committee in any 
 year, not including Christmas week and the week of the 
 spring recess. 
 
 Section 2. There shall be a suspension of school every 
 Saturday, every legal holiday, the half day preceding and 
 the day following Thanksgiving. In any emergency, if it 
 is impracticable to call a special meeting of the Commit- 
 tee, the chairman may close any or all of the schools for 
 a day. In case of very stormy weather, the superin- 
 tendent may suspend any or all of the schools for the 
 whole or a part of a day. 
 
 Section 3. Unless otherwise ordered by the Committee 
 the school sessions shall be as follows: 
 
 (a) The high schools shall have one session, the 
 Classical and Technical schools from 8:30 to 2:20, and 
 the Vocational School from 8:30 to 3:30 each day with 
 a recess not to exceed thirty minutes. 
 
 (b) The sessions of the graded schools shall be as 
 
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 follows: From 8:30 to 12 daily, and from 1:30 to 3:30, 
 on Monday, Wednesday -and Friday afternoons; except 
 that, in the first two grades the morning session may 
 close at 11:45. There shall be a recess of twenty min- 
 utes in the morning session of all grades, and a recess of 
 ten minutes in the afternoon session of the first three 
 grades. 
 
 (c) The kindergartens shall have one session daily, 
 from 9 to 11:45. Kindergarten rooms shall be open at 
 8:10, and a teacher or her assistant shall be present to 
 receive and care for children. 
 
 The Committee may change the above prescribed 
 school hours for any school, provided notice shall have 
 been given of such proposed change at a previous 
 meeting. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a 
 teacher from the judicious exercise of the right to 
 detain a pupil a reasonable time for purposes of instruc- 
 tion or discipline after the regular hour of dismissing 
 school in the afternoon, nor the principals of the schools 
 from requiring the attendance of individual pupils and 
 teachers in the afternoon of school days whenever, in 
 their judgment it may seem necessary. 
 
 Section 4- All the school-rooms shall be open, and the 
 teachers shall be present at least twenty minutes before 
 the beginning of each session, and no pupil shall be ad- 
 mitted earlier unless the teacher is present. 
 
 Section 5. The morning session in each room shall 
 open with Scripture readings and the Lord’s Prayer. 
 
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 Section 6. In the grammar and primary grades, a 
 minimum of twenty-five pupils and a maximum of forty 
 shall be considered a class of standard size. Pupils 
 found upon examination to be capable of doing the 
 work of a class already organized may be admitted to 
 school at any time. 
 
 Section 7. In the elementary schools, the following 
 time allotment for subjects shall be observed: (See 
 
 opposite page) 
 
 CHAPTER VIII 
 
 Schools — Miscellaneous 
 
 Section 1. The books and stationery used, and the 
 studies pursued, shall be such, and such only, as the 
 Committee authorizes. No teacher shall require any 
 pupil to purchase, for use in the schools, any book, 
 pamphlet, publication, or article of stationery. 
 
 Section 2. Except by vote of the Committee no solici- 
 tations for subscriptions or contributions shall be al- 
 lowed in the schools; no teacher shall receive presents 
 from the pupils under his or her charge; no person shall 
 give any notice, by reading or otherwise, to the pupils of 
 any school, or post upon the walls of any school build- 
 ing or fences about the same, any advertisement; nor 
 shall any agent or other person be permitted to enter 
 any school for the purpose of exhibiting, either to 
 teachers or pupils, any book or article of merchandise, 
 or for any purpose of trade or business. 
 
Subject 
 
 MINUTES PER WEEK 
 
 Grade 
 
 VIII VII VI V IV III II* I* 
 
 Arithmetic 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 75 
 
 English— Total 420 420 375 405 465 575 670 820 
 
 Grammar 60 60 — — — — — — 
 
 Composition — Oral and written.. 165 165 150 150 150 180 180 180 
 
 Reading, Literature and Speech 
 
 Work— Total 120 120 150 180 240 320 415 565 
 
 (Speech Work) (25 25 25 25 75 75 50 50) 
 
 Spelling 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 
 
 Ethics 25 25 25 25 25 25 50 50 
 
 Geography 120 120 120 120 120 75 — — 
 
 History and Civics 120 120 120 90 90 60 — — 
 
 Manual Arts- Total 180 180 150 150 90 90 60 60 
 
 Art Instruction 60 60 90 90 90 90 60 60 
 
 Domestic Arts 
 
 Manual Training 120 120 60 60 — — — — 
 
 Printing 
 Woodworking 
 Construction Work 
 
 (Paper, Cardboard) 
 
 Music 60 60 90 90 90 90 60 60 
 
 Penmanship — — 75 75 75 75 75 75 
 
 Physical Training 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 
 
 Recess 75 75 75 75 75 105 105 105 
 
 Science 60 60 60 60 60 25 25 25 
 
 Vocational Guidance 60 60 30 30 30 — — — 
 
 Totals 1410 1410 1410 1410 1410 1410 1335 1335 
 
 • In grade I penmanship, arithmetic, and spelling will not be required during the 
 fall term. The time scheduled for these subjects may be used for reading, litera- 
 ture, and language. 
 
 In the first and sec 
 
 30 nd grades history is Included In language time, and civics In 
 
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 Section 3. Teachers must not be interrupted by any 
 one during the school session with any prolonged inter- 
 view, even on matters relating to the school; nor shall 
 they allow any suspension of their regular duties in con- 
 sequence of the visits of personal friends. 
 
 Section 4 . Teachers shall require satisfactory excuses 
 from parents or guardians, in person or by written note, 
 in all cases of absence, tardiness, and dismissal. 
 
 Section 5. Teachers shall not dismiss school before 
 the regular hour without permission from the superin- 
 tendent, except in cases of emergency, when they shall 
 make immediate report to the superintendent. 
 
 Section 6. In case of the absence or disability of a 
 teacher, he shall give prompt notice to the principal or 
 to the superintendent, in order that a substitute may be 
 provided. Only substitutes approved by the superin- 
 tendent shall be employed. 
 
 Section 7. The superintendent may, at his discretion, 
 grant permission to a teacher to be absent one day in 
 each half year to visit schools for improvement in pro- 
 fessional work. 
 
 Section 8. Each teacher shall keep a record of all 
 cases of detention of more than thirty minutes, with the 
 reason and length of time for which pupils are detained, 
 to be open at all times to the inspection of the superin- 
 tendent and the School Committee. 
 
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 CHAPTER IX 
 
 Pupils 
 
 Section 1. New classes will be formed in the kinder- 
 garten only at the opening of the fall term, and as 
 hereinafter provided. Pupils will be admitted to such 
 classes during the first six weeks of the fall term, pro- 
 vided they reach the age of four years and six months 
 by October first. Children reaching said age by April 
 first following, may be admitted to kindergarten Feb- 
 ruary first if qualified to enter advantageously any class 
 already formed; or, if enough children of such age to 
 form a division apply at that time for entrance, the 5 ^ 
 may be admitted and such a division will be organized; 
 provided, in each case, that kindergarten • accommoda- 
 tions are available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 
 younger children may be admitted in any particular year 
 upon special vote of the School Committee. 
 
 Section 2. Pupils who have satisfactorily completed 
 the kindergarten course and are qualified for promotion, 
 may be admitted to the first grade during the first three 
 weeks of the school year. 
 
 Section 3. Regardless of prior attendance in kinder- 
 garten, children becoming six years of age by the end 
 of December following, if not unusually immature, may 
 be admitted to the first grade during the first three 
 weeks of the school year. 
 
 In a district having no kindergarten, duly mature and 
 qualified children may enter the first grade during the 
 
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 first three weeks of the school year if they have then 
 reached the age of five years. 
 
 In individual cases, entitled to special consideration, 
 younger pupils may be admitted by vote of the Commit- 
 tee, regardless of prior attendance in kindergarten. 
 
 Section 4- Proof of age must be presented when re- 
 quested by the principal. 
 
 Section 5. All pupils in attendance upon the public 
 schools, except the kindergarten pupils, shall be classi- 
 fied in twelve grades according to their qualifications; 
 the first, second and third grades constituting the pri- 
 mary school section; the fourth,fifth, sixth, seventh and 
 eighth, the grammar school section; and the ninth, tenth, 
 eleventh and twelfth, the high school section. 
 
 Section 6. Teachers in all grades shall use the follow- 
 ing letters to indicate the standing of the pupils: 
 
 A — Superior work ) In Grades IX to XII of a qual- 
 
 B — Good work | ity warranting certification. 
 
 C — Pair work, entitling the pupil to proceed in the 
 subject. 
 
 D — Unsatisfactory work, entitling the pupil to one- 
 half credit in the subject, but not allowing him 
 to proceed in it. 
 
 F — Failure. 
 
 Section 7. To be entitled to regular promotion without 
 condition a pupil in the elementary schools must have 
 the following standard as a minimum: 
 
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 (1) Not below C in any of the following sub- 
 jects: arithmetic, English, geography, and history. 
 
 Effort must be satisfactory. 
 
 Section 8. The determination of promotions in accord- 
 ance with the above standard shall be left to the 
 teacher, under the direction of principal and superin- 
 tendent. 
 
 Section 9. Teachers shall bring to the especial atten- 
 tion of the principal pupils who do not fully meet the 
 above requirements. The superintendent or principals, 
 under the direction of the superintendent, have author- 
 ity to make special, conditional, and individual promo- 
 tions at any time. 
 
 Section 10. All pupils completing the eighth grade 
 with rank for the year in all respects up to the standard 
 for unconditional promotion from grade to grade shall 
 receive diplomas of graduation from the grammar school. 
 
 Satisfactory work in the Vocational High School for 
 a period not exceeding two years, shall be considered 
 equivalent to a corresponding period of work in a gram- 
 mar school, and a grammar school diploma, bearing the 
 name of the grammar school last attended by the pupil, 
 shall be granted pupils who complete the grammar school 
 course by such substitution of Vocational School work. 
 
 All pupils receiving diplomas as herein provided shall 
 also, for convenience, receive a card stating that they 
 are graduates of the grammar school and are entitled 
 to admission to the high schools without examination or 
 condition. This card shall be signed by the principal ot 
 the grammar school of which the pupil is a graduate. 
 
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 Section 11. Certain pupils who have spent a year or 
 more in the eighth grade, but whose standing is not 
 fully up to the standard prescribed in Section 7, may 
 be admitted to the high school without examination. 
 
 For the purpose of determining what pupils may be so 
 admitted a committee consisting of a grammar principal 
 (each grammar principal acting when and only when 
 pupils of his district are under consideration), the prin- 
 cipals of the high schools, and the superintendent, shall 
 consider individually during the last quarter of the 
 eighth year, all pupils whose ranking falls below the 
 standard for regular promotion. This committee shall 
 decide each case on its merits, the main general consid- 
 eration being the highest welfare of the pupil. This 
 committee shall also determine the conditions on which 
 each such pupil may be admitted to the high schools, 
 including the courses therein which he may enter with- 
 out examination, and the number of “ periods ” per 
 week, which he may carry. 
 
 Section 12. All pupils admitted to the high schools as 
 prescribed in Section 11 may graduate from the grammar 
 school with their class, and shall receive a formal certifi- 
 cate. In addition, for convenience, these pupils shall 
 receive cards, signed by the grammar principal, stating 
 the conditions on which they are entitled to admission to 
 the high school, as determined in accordance with 
 Section 11. 
 
 Section IS. Grammar school diplomas and certificates 
 shall .be signed by the member of the Committee resident 
 
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 within the ward in which the school is located and the 
 principal. 
 
 High school diplomas shall be signed by the chairman 
 of the School Committee and the principal. 
 
 Section IJf. Examinations shall be held by all teachers 
 in the primary, grammar and high schools, under the 
 direction of the superintendent, to test the progress of 
 the pupils in the studies previously pursued; and a 
 record thereof shall be kept to aid in determining the 
 right to promotion. 
 
 Section 15. All children over five years of age, re- 
 siding within the city of Newton or whose parents or 
 guardians reside within the city of Newton, may, if 
 qualified, attend the high school, or the grammar or 
 primary school, or the kindergarten, in the district of 
 such residence. 
 
 Each child the legal residence of whose parents or 
 guardians is outside Massachusetts, shall pay tuition at 
 the rate of $100 per annum in the Classical High School 
 and in the Technical High School; $185 per annum in 
 the boys' departments of the Vocational High School, 
 except in the Agricultural Department, $200 per annum 
 in the Vocational High School, Agricultural Department, 
 and in the girls' department of this School, and $70 per 
 annum in the grammar and primary schools, and the 
 kindergartens. 
 
 Each child, the legal residence of whose parents or 
 guardians is in Massachusetts, but outside of Newton, 
 and who in the opinion of the Newton School Committee 
 
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 is residing in Newton for the purpose of there attending 
 school in preference to the place of the legal residence 
 of the parents or guardians, shall pay tuition at the rate 
 of the average expense of the schools — be it high, gram- 
 mar or primary — for each pupil during the preceding 
 year. 
 
 Tuition bills, excepting those paid by another city or 
 town, shall be paid in advance and shall be a condition 
 precedent to . entering or continuing in school. 
 
 The School Committee may in any particular cases 
 where they deem wise either permit postponement of the 
 payment of tuition, or waive payment altogether. 
 
 The superintendent shall from time to time arrange 
 with the city treasurer the details for making, sending 
 and collecting the bills. 
 
 Section 16. The rules of the Board of Health of the 
 City of Newton are to be strictly observed in the public 
 schools. (See pp. 51-68) 
 
 No child shall be admitted as a pupil in any school 
 until a physician’s certificate or other satisfactory evi- 
 dence has been furnished the principal that the child 
 has been vaccinated, or is not a fit subject for vaccina- 
 tion. 
 
 Section 17. No pupil shall change from any grade 
 in one building to the corresponding grade in another 
 building of the same district, nor from a school in one 
 district to that of another, without permission of the 
 superintendent. 
 
 Section 18. Every pupil must come to school cleanly 
 
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 in person and dress, and with proper clothing and in 
 proper repair. In case of neglect in this matter, it shall 
 be the duty of the teacher to send such pupils home to 
 be properly prepared for school. 
 
 Section 19. Pupils shall be required to attend school 
 regularly and punctually. Pupils not in their seats at 
 the time of opening shall be marked tardy; and any 
 pupil who is frequently tardy without adequate excuse 
 shall be suitably warned and reported to the parent or 
 guardian, and if the evil be not corrected, shall be sus- 
 pended from school until the parent or guardian shall 
 give satisfactory assurance to the superintendent that 
 the irregularity shall be corrected. In every case of 
 request for dismissal during school hours, the pupil shall 
 furnish to the teacher, in v;=riting or otherwise, a satis- 
 factory excuse from parent or guardian, except in cases 
 cf sickness or sudden emergency. 
 
 Section 20. Any pupil who shall be absent six half 
 days in four successive weeks, without excuse from the 
 parent or guardian satisfactory to the teacher, rendered 
 either in person or by written note, shall forfeit his 
 seat in school. Pupils thus suspended shall not be re- 
 stored to the school until the parent or guardian shall 
 satisfy the superintendent that said pupils will be 
 punctual in the future, and shall obtain permission from 
 him for their return. Provided always, that teachers 
 shall immediately, in writing or on forms provided there- 
 for, inform the parent or guardian and the superin- 
 tendent of each suspension and the reason thereof. 
 
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 Section 21. An absence shall in all cases be recorded, 
 except where a pupil’s membership is terminated by one 
 of the following causes: death, permanent withdrawal 
 on notice, suspension or expulsion, transfer to another 
 school, or an absence of ten consecutive days. The names 
 of pupils who are sick will remain on the register for 
 ten days unless notice of withdrawal is received. 
 
 Section 22. To insure proper handling and preserva- 
 tion of books, a pupil shall be required to pay to the 
 teacher in charge the value of any book lost or damaged 
 beyond ordinary wear while in his possession. The 
 value of the book shall be rated as follows: the first 
 
 year of the book’s use, cost; the second year, two-thirds 
 cost; the third year and thereafter, one-third cost. On 
 making such payment, the book shall become the prop- 
 erty of the pupil. No further books of any kind shall 
 be loaned to a pupil who has unpaid charges against 
 him for lost or damaged books. 
 
 Principals and teachers shall inform pupils concerning 
 the conditions on which books are loaned to them; they 
 shall see that every book so loaned is stamped with the 
 year of its first issue and with a statement regarding 
 the damages which will be assessed if the book is lost 
 or injured. 
 
 If in the judgment of teachers it is necessary and 
 proper for pupils to study out of school hours, they may 
 allow them to take books home for that purpose. 
 
 Section 23. Teachers shall, so far as practicable, exer- 
 
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 cise a general oversight of their pupils while going to 
 and from school. 
 
 Section 24- Pupils shall not be permitted to answer 
 the calls of persons at the door, except those of parents, 
 guardians, or other persons who may have charge and 
 control of them. Messages approved by the teacher 
 may be sent in to the pupil. 
 
 Section 25. No pupil shall take part in establishing or 
 maintaining, or shall be a member of, or solicit mem- 
 bership in, any secret club or secret society, or any 
 chapter of a secret club or society, in any way identified 
 with or attached to, any school or schools. 
 
 CHAPTER X 
 
 Janitors, Engineers and Firemen 
 
 Section 1. In the performance of their duties, janitors, 
 shall be under control of principals, subject to the gen- 
 eral direction of the superintendent or assistant to the 
 superintendent. 
 
 Section 2. They shall do all work that may be neces- 
 sary to keep the buildings and appurtenances thereto in 
 a proper condition throughout the year. 
 
 Section 3. They shall co-operate with the teachers in 
 protecting the school property from injury, and shall re- 
 port to the principal, to the assistant-in-charge, or to 
 the superintendent the name of any person defacing or 
 destroying the school building, furniture, or other school 
 property. 
 
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 Section 4 . They shall report to the principal of the 
 district any repairs that may be needed, hut shall have 
 no authority to order any repairs to be made, or to 
 contract any bills. 
 
 Section 5. They shall attend to oflacial errands for the 
 principal, the assistant-in-charge, or the superintendent, 
 and shall perform such other duties as may be required 
 of them. 
 
 Section 6. They shall be at the building under their 
 charge one hour at least before each session, and shall 
 not leave the school premises during school hours, nor 
 when the building is occupied during the evening with- 
 out the permission of the principal or superintendent. 
 
 Section 7. Janitors, engineers and firemen shall per- 
 form or cause to be performed all work necessary for the 
 proper care of the building, buildings or parts of the 
 buildings entrusted to them to the satisfaction of the 
 principal in charge of such building, buildings or parts 
 of buildings. 
 
 They shall, at their own expense, subject to the ap- 
 proval of such principal, employ such assistants as may 
 be necessary to do such work. 
 
 They, for themselves and their assistants, shall obey 
 all laws of the Commonwealth including those regu- 
 lating the hours of labor. 
 
 Section 8. The salaries of janitors, engineers and 
 firemen shall be fixed by the Committee from time to 
 time. 
 
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 Janitors, engineers and firemen are entitled to the 
 benefits provided for other employees in case of neces- 
 sary absence. (See Chapter V, Section 7, p 19.) 
 
 CHAPTER XI 
 Attendance Officers 
 
 Section 1. The attendance officers shall be under the 
 control and direction of the superintendent, and shall 
 report for service at such times and places as he may 
 designate. 
 
 Section 2. They shall co-operate with the teachers 
 and superintendent to secure the regular attendance at 
 the school of all children of school age not otherwise 
 under instruction. 
 
 Section S. They shall diligently seek out truknts and 
 absentees who have been reported to them, and shall 
 prosecute such cases as the School Committee may direct. 
 
 Section Jf. They shall, when required, make the super- 
 intendent detailed reports of their doings upon blanks 
 furnished for the purpose, which report shall be sub- 
 mitted to the Committee. 
 
 CHAPTER XII 
 Appeals 
 
 Appeals may, in all cases arising under these rules 
 or under any orders of the Committee, be taken from 
 the decision of the teacher to the principal, from that of 
 
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 the principal to the superintendent, and from that of 
 the superintendent to the Committee, and the decision 
 of the majority of the Committee shall be final. The 
 person so appealing to the Committee shall state in 
 writing his grievance and the relief desired. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII 
 
 Vocational High School 
 
 Section 1. The Newton Vocational School is organized 
 as an industrial school under Chapter 471 of the Acts of 
 1911, Massachusetts, and acts amendatory and additional 
 thereto, the School Committee of Newton being the 
 “ Board of Trustees for Vocational Education ” by which 
 it is governed, subject to supervision by the State 
 Board of Education. It is also subject to supervision by 
 United States officials by reason of its being a recipient 
 of “ Smith-Hughes money ” benefits under the Fed- 
 eral Smith-Hughes Law, Public No. 347, 64th Congress, 
 Senate Bill 703, approved February 23, 1917, and acts 
 amendatory and additional thereto. Unless inconsistent 
 with law or the rules laid down thereunder, the fore- 
 going Rules of the School Committee shall so far as ap- 
 plicable govern the Board of Trustees and the Voca- 
 tional School. All sessions of the School Committee 
 shall be deemed to be sessions of the Board of Trustees, 
 without specific mention, and all general orders made or 
 action taken at such sessions shall be deemed to apply 
 
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 to the Vocational School so far as applicable, unless a 
 different purpose or rule appears. 
 
 Section 2. The superintendent of schools shall have 
 the same relation to and supervision of this School as 
 of other schools. 
 
 Section 3. The principal of this School shall be its 
 director and the executive officer for its administration, 
 and may at any time make such recommendations to the 
 superintendent and the Board as he thinks necessary or 
 proper for the best interests of vocational education. It 
 shall be his duty to carry out the policies of the Board 
 for the conduct of this School and to perform such other 
 duties as the superintendent may direct. 
 
 Section 4 . a. Teachers elected to this School shall be 
 subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. 
 Upon recommendation of the superintendent, teachers 
 may be placed on a permanent list to serve during the 
 pleasure of the trustees. When so placed, they shall not 
 be discharged from the service except for cause; but the 
 Board of Trustees shall be the sole judge of the nature 
 and sufficiency of the cause and of the facts which make 
 it desirable to dispense with the teacher’s services. 
 
 b. When the superintendent or any trustee believes 
 that the continued service of a teacher on the permanent 
 list is no longer desirable, he shall give such teacher 
 thirty days written notice of his intention to recommend 
 dismissal by the Board; and the teacher shall have a 
 right to be heard by the Board of Trustees in opposition 
 to the recommendation; except that when it appears 
 
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 necessary or desirable to curtail the activities of the 
 School by discontinuing a department, in whole or in 
 part, the services of any teacher in such department may 
 be dispensed with on reasonable notice of the proposed 
 change without hearing. 
 
 c. Assistants, part-time teachers and specialists shall 
 be employed for the time actually required and shall 
 receive compensation only for the time when actual serv- 
 ice is rendered. 
 
 d. Teachers shall do such professional improvement 
 work as will enable the School to maintain the highest 
 possible standard of excellence and to meet the continued 
 approval of the State Board of Education. This profes- 
 sional improvement must meet the approval of the 
 superintendent and director, and may take the form of: 
 
 1. Formal courses either approved or given by the 
 State Board of Education. 
 
 2. Such summer and other work as teachers may do 
 to maintain their industrial and technical knowl- 
 edge. 
 
 3. Such special pieces of educational work as the 
 preparation of articles, outlines, courses of study 
 over and above that which may be necessary for 
 the operation of the School. 
 
 e. Teachers may at any time, and shall when re- 
 quested, submit in writing their suggestions or plans for 
 the organization and conduct of their work; their plans 
 for professional improvement; or other work necessary 
 
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 to meet the requirements of the State Board of Educa- 
 tion or considered by the superintendent and director as 
 necessary to maintain the proper standard of the School. 
 
 f. Teachers may be required to do such necessary vaca- 
 tion work as cannot be done without disadvanrtage to the 
 School when school is actually in session, but which is 
 necessary to maintain the school standard or to meet 
 with the continued approval of the State Board of Edu- 
 cation. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV 
 
 Use of School Buildings 
 
 Permits 
 
 Section 1. Permission to use accommodations in 
 school buildings, for other than the regular work of the 
 school, may be granted in behalf of the School Commit- 
 tee by the local member of the School Committee with 
 the superintendent of schools. 
 
 Section 2. Permits for the use of school buildings will 
 not be granted for sectarian purposes. 
 
 Section S. Permits for public or private dances, par- 
 ties or entertainments will not be granted to individuals 
 or associations, unless the proceeds of the same are ex- 
 clusively for the benefit of an approved public charity 
 or general welfare work. 
 
 Section J^. Permits are not required for the use of 
 accommodations in school buildings for activities closely 
 related to and essentially extensions of the regular work 
 
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 of the school which are approved by the principal of the 
 school, who shall assume full responsibility therefor; 
 provided, that such occupancy shall terminate within one 
 hour of the close of the regular school session, or, in the 
 case of class or similar rooms, not later than 5.30 P. M.; 
 and provided, further, that such use shall not impose 
 extra service upon the janitor. 
 
 Section 5. No permits shall be granted to occupy^ 
 school buildings on Saturday evenings, on Sundays, or 
 on legal holidays, except by vote of the School Commit- 
 tee in each particular case. 
 
 Order 
 
 Section 6. At all meetings of whatsoever character 
 attended exclusively or in part by pupils of the schools 
 under jurisdiction of the Committee, a teacher detailed 
 by the principal of the school or district shall be in at- 
 tendance and be responsible for the preservation of good 
 order, and shall remain in charge until all the pupils 
 shall have left the building. 
 
 Section 7. A permit from the School Department to 
 use a school building will not relieve the party applying 
 for the permit from the obligation of obtaining the neces- 
 sary police license, local or State, nor from the condi- 
 tions of the war tax. 
 
 Section 8. In every case when a school building shall 
 be occupied in whole or in part, outside of school hours, 
 sufficient police attendance must be provided by the 
 
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 person to whom the use of such accommodations is 
 granted. 
 
 Section 9. Smoking on school premises is forbidden. 
 
 Charges 
 
 Section 10. Unless otherwise voted or herein noted, 
 charges fixed by the School Committee for use of accom- 
 modations and janitor service will be collected, as 
 follows: 
 
 Elementary school halls — $6.00 per evening, plus $3.00 
 for services of janitor 
 
 Newton High School | $10.00 plus $3.00 for each engi- 
 Technical High School j neer, fireman and janitor needed 
 Gymnasium — Without heat — $1.50 plus $3.00 for services 
 of janitor 
 
 — ^With heat — $6.00 plus $3.00 for each en- 
 gineer, fireman and janitor needed 
 
 The understanding is that the above terms are for 
 evening use, and that they may be modified for daylight 
 use. 
 
 The City charge for the use of accommodations is in- 
 tended to cover the actual average cost to the City for 
 light and heat. 
 
 The charge for janitor service is to compensate jani- 
 tors for extra service required of them and not included 
 in the regulations prescribing their duties, in accordance 
 with which their regular compensation is determined. 
 
 Section 11. When school premises are used for in- 
 
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 struction of pupils or classes under jurisdiction of the 
 Committee, outside of regular school hours, there will 
 be no charge for light, heat or janitor service, and the 
 janitor shall not be allowed any compensation on account 
 of such occupancy. 
 
 Section 12. When school premises are used for meet- 
 ings of teachers, pupils, or other persons connected with 
 or in the interests of the public or vocational schools*, 
 school publications, or school activities generally, held 
 on regular school days, there will be no charge for 
 light, heat or janitor service, and the janitor shall not 
 be allowed any compensation on account of such occu- 
 pancy, except that when such meetings are held in the 
 evening, or not on a regular school day, there will be 
 the regular charge for janitor service. 
 
 Section IS. When school premises are used for meet- 
 ings of parents or parents’ associations held by or with 
 the co-operation of principals of schools or districts, 
 there shall be no charge for light and heat. There will 
 be a charge for whatever extra janitor service is needed. 
 
 Section I 4 . Charges may be abated when, in the judg- 
 ment of the Committee or of those granting the permit 
 for the use of school premises, the purpose is of such 
 public interest and charitable intent as to warrant such 
 abatement. In such cases, the expense of the necessary 
 janitor service may be borne by the City. 
 
SCHOOL INSPECTION 
 CITY OF NEWTON 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS AND RULES 
 
 FOR 
 
 PHYSICIANS. NURSES, DENTISTS 
 AND TEACHERS 
 
 Adopted by 
 
 THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE 
 BOARD OF HEALTH 
 
 1920 
 
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 School Inspection 
 
 The medical inspection of schools shall he done, 
 under the direction of the Board of Health, by the school 
 physicians, dentists, nurses and teachers. 
 
 The school physicians, dentists and nurses shall be 
 directly responsible to and under the orders of the Board 
 of Health, but the teachers only in so far as is set down 
 in this manual. 
 
 The school physicians and nurses are hereby appointed 
 agents of the Board of Health for the purpose of en- 
 forcing the Rules and Regulations set forth in this 
 manual. 
 
 The school physicians shall be assigned to certain 
 schools and each physician shall be directly responsible 
 to the Board of Health for the work in the schools to 
 which he is assigned. 
 
 The school nurses shall be assigned to certain schools 
 in such manner, that, if possible, each nurse shall have 
 not more than 2000 children under her supervision, but 
 two nurses shall not be assigned to the same school. 
 Each nurse shall be under the direction of the physician 
 in charge of her schools. 
 
 CHAPTER I 
 School Physicians 
 
 1. Each physician shall visit the schools in his dis- 
 trict daily, making his visit before 10.00 A. M., if pos- 
 sible. 
 
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 In cases where it is impossible to reach a school be^ 
 fore 10.00 A. M. the physician shall communicate with 
 the principal by telephone and learn if any children 
 are awaiting his visit. If any such are waiting he shall 
 give such orders as to their disposition as he may think 
 best. This is very important in order that children ma> 
 not be kept waiting unnecessarily. 
 
 2. The routine inspection shall consist of the exami- 
 nation of such children as may be referred to the physi- 
 cian by the teachers or school nurse: of all those return- 
 ing after an absence of more than 24 hours, due to un- 
 known cause: of such as present themselves for readmis- 
 sion after exclusion by the physician for causes referred 
 to later and of such others as appear to need inspection. 
 
 3. On the re-opening of the schools after any recess 
 lasting more than four days the physician shall, when 
 called upon by the Board of Health to do so, examine all 
 the children in his schools, finishing his inspection as 
 soon after the re-opening of the schools as possible. 
 
 4. In the event of the discovery of a case of small 
 pox the physician shall immediately report to the office of 
 the Board of Health by telephone. Pending the arrival 
 of an official from the Board, the physician shall take 
 such steps in regard to isolating the case at the school 
 as he may think proper, taking care to cause as little 
 excitement as possible among the other pupils. 
 
 5. Children showing symptoms of anterior poliomye- 
 litis, chicken pox, diphtheria, German measles, measles, 
 mumps, scarlet fever, whooping cough or of any acute 
 
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 • catarrhal affection of the eyes, nose or throat shall be 
 immediately sent home from school and the Board of 
 Health notified. (Blank, P. 1.) 
 
 In cases of anterior poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles, 
 mumps, scarlet fever or whooping cough, other children 
 belonging to the same family must also be sent home. 
 In other diseases only the patient need be excluded. 
 
 In cases of tuberculosis, the physician shall notify the 
 Board of Health but need not exclude the child, unless 
 in his opinion the safety of the other pupils requires it. 
 
 6. Children with impetigo contagiosa, scabies, ring- 
 worm or pediculosis should be referred to the school 
 nurse. (Blank P. 3.) 
 
 Children with these diseases may be allowed to remain 
 in school at the discretion of the physician, when it 
 shall appear that they are under treatment and are not 
 liable to transmit infection to the other children. 
 
 7. Children who are members of or living with a 
 family in which there is a person ill with anterior polio- 
 myelitis, diphtheria, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, small 
 pox or whooping cough shall not be permitted to remain 
 in school during the continuance of the disease and for 
 the appropriate period of incubation after the death, re- 
 moval or recovery of the last case, except as hereafter 
 provided, and physicians, when notified of the occurrence 
 of these diseases in any family in their districts shall 
 inquire at their next visit whether any children who are 
 members of or living with such family are present in 
 the school. If any such are present they must be sent 
 
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 home at once and the principal of the school notified. 
 
 Children who are members of or living with a family 
 in which there is a person ill with measles, mumps or 
 whooping cough can obtain from the Board of Health a 
 permit allowing them to continue at school, if they 
 present satisfactory evidence that they have had the dis- 
 ease in question. 
 
 8. Physicians may be called upon by the Board of 
 Health to make a daily inspection of all children in any 
 room or school in their districts when the interests of 
 the public health demand. 
 
 When this is ordered it shall take precedence over 
 other school work. 
 
 9. Children who are ill with a non-communicable 
 disease or who are found to have some physical defect 
 requiring treatment shall be furnished with the proper 
 blank advising reference to the family physician. 
 (Blank P. 2.) 
 
 These children shall be sent home if, in the opinion ot 
 the physician, their continuance in the school is detri- 
 mental to themselves or the other children. In such 
 event they shall be reported by the physician to the 
 principal for exclusion. 
 
 In any case the physician shall furnish the nurse with 
 a duplicate blank stating what, in his opinion, is the' 
 diagnosis. (Blank P. 3.) 
 
 10. Children with chorea, or other nervous diseases 
 shall be reported to the principal for exclusion from 
 
school, if it appears that their presence is detrimental to 
 the welfare of the other pupils. 
 
 Mental defectives, perverts and all children whose pres- 
 ence in the school is detrimental to the welfare of the 
 other pupils shall be reported to the Board of Health for 
 reference to the School Committee. 
 
 11. In case a physician shall consider it necessary to 
 make a careful physical examination of any child, he 
 shall notify the Board of Health, giving the name, home 
 address and school which the child attends, together with 
 the date and hour of the proposed examination. This 
 notice must reach the Board of Health at least ten days 
 previous to the date of the proposed examination. The 
 examination shall not be made until the physician has 
 heard from the Board of Health, approving of his action. 
 
 12. The physician may be called upon to make a 
 physical examination of any or all children in his 
 schools, at least once a year and report, what, if any, 
 defects are found which in his opinion require treatment. 
 
 No examination of a female child over twelve years 
 of age shall be made except in the presence of a school 
 nurse. 
 
 13. When it is necessary to send a child from school 
 for any reason, the physicians shall make out the 
 proper blanks and give one to the principal for purposes 
 of record. A blank shall also be given to the child for 
 transmission to his parent or guardian. 
 
 14. Physicians shall examine all children returning 
 to school after an absence of 24 hours or more, due to 
 
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 sickness or any unknown cause, and such children shall 
 not be readmitted to the school until the physician has 
 satisfied himself of the cause of the absence and that 
 it is safe for the child to return. 
 
 Physicians shall also find if any other members of the 
 family are ill and, if possible, the cause of the illness. 
 If the illness is due to a communicable disease the child 
 shall be sent home and the facts reported to the Board 
 of Health. 
 
 Children who have been ill with anterior poliomyelitis, 
 diphtheria, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, small pox or 
 whooping cough or who are members of or living with 
 a family in which there is or recently has been a person 
 ill with any of the above diseases, shall not he read- 
 mitted to school except upon presentation of a permit 
 from the Board of Health. 
 
 Children who present themselves for readmission as 
 above, without the required permit from the Board of 
 Health shall be immediately sent home. 
 
 Physicians shall report immediately to the Board of 
 Health any instances of violation of the above require- 
 ments of which they become cognizant. 
 
 15. Vaccination certificates may be issued by the phy- 
 sician when he is satisfied, from inspection, that a suc- 
 cessful vaccination has been performed. 
 
 In cases of repeated unsuccessful vaccination the physi- 
 cian should request permission from the parent or 
 guardian to perform vaccination upon the child. If the 
 operation is unsuccessful he may grant a provisional 
 permit to attend school. (Blank P. 4.) 
 
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 ^ The physician may, at his discretion, grant a provi- 
 
 sional permit to attend school in cases of repeated un- 
 * successful vaccination when he is satisfied that the vac- 
 cinations were performed in bona fide. Provisional 
 permits may be revoked at any time by the Board of 
 Health. (Blank P. 4.) 
 
 Certificates of unfitness for vaccination shall be valid 
 only during the school year in which they are issued. 
 Children who fail to file a certificate of unfitness for 
 vaccination within a reasonable time after the re-opening 
 of the schools shall be reported by the school physician 
 to the Board of Health for reference to the School Com- 
 mittee, for exclusion. 
 
 , 16. Physicians shall, when requested by the nurse, 
 
 examine children who are to be referred to the dentist 
 for any operation requiring the administration of an 
 anesthetic, general or local, and report whether or not, 
 in his opinion, such administration is safe. Physicians 
 shall make a record of such examinations and give a 
 copy thereof to the nurse for presentation to dentist. 
 (Blank P. 5.) 
 
 A certificate from the family physician will be accepted 
 in lieu of one from the school physician. 
 
 17. Physicians may be called upon by the Board of 
 Health to visit the homes of any children belonging to 
 the schools to which they have been assigned, who have 
 been absent more than three school days without known 
 cause, and report upon their condition. 
 
 18. Physicians may be called upon by the Board of 
 
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 Health to visit and report upon the condition of any 
 child in their schools, who has been sent home under 
 suspicion of communicable disease. 
 
 19. Physicians shall, from time to time, examine the 
 ventilation, heating and lighting of the rooms in their 
 schools and report to the Board of Health for reference 
 to the School Committee, any conditions which, in their 
 opinion, may require correction. 
 
 Physicians shall inspect the toilet rooms in their 
 schools at least once a month and report to the Board 
 of Health any conditions which in their opinion require 
 correction. 
 
 Physicians may be called upon by the Board of Health 
 to make a special report upon any matters connected 
 with their schools, when the interests of public health 
 may require. 
 
 20. Physicians shall keep a record of their work 
 and shall send to the Board of Health on or before the 
 5th day of each month, on blanks furnished for the pur- 
 pose, a report of the work of the previous month. 
 
 CHAPTER II 
 
 Dentists 
 
 1. The school dentists shall have charge of the dental 
 work in the schools and their decision shall be final as 
 to dental matters, subject only to review by the Board 
 of Health. 
 
 They shall examine such children as may be referred 
 
to them by the school nurses and do such work, as in 
 their opinian, may be necessary. 
 
 In case a parent or guardian questions the necessity 
 of any operation or work proposed by the dentists, the 
 facts shall be reported to the Board of Health, and the 
 work postponed until the permission of the parent or 
 guardian has been obtained. 
 
 The school dentists shall arrange with the school 
 nurses as to the number of children to be referred to 
 them each day. 
 
 2. Before using an anesthetic, general or local, den- 
 tists shall satisfy themselves that the signed permission 
 of the parent or guardian has been obtained and that the 
 child has been examined and passed by the school physi- 
 cian. (Blanks P. 5, N. 3.) Until this has been done no 
 anesthetic shall be used. 
 
 At the end of each day’s work the blanks shall be re- 
 turned to the nurse. 
 
 The dentists shall keep records of all cases in which 
 an anesthetic has been used, showing the name, age 
 and address of the patient, the kind of anesthetic and 
 the amount used and the purpose for which it was 
 administered. 
 
 3. Dentists shall keep records of the work done and, 
 on or before the 5th day of each month, shall send, on 
 blanks provided for the purpose, a report of the previous 
 month to the State Department of Public Health and to 
 the Board of Health. 
 
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 CHAPTER III 
 Nurses 
 
 1. School nurses shall so arrange their work as to 
 visit each school in their districts at least once a week. 
 
 They shall begin their work as soon as possible after 
 the school sessions open, examining such children as are 
 referred to them by the teachers and deciding which 
 ones shall see the physician when he arrives, and which 
 shall return to the class room. 
 
 The routine work shall consist of the following: exami- 
 nation of children who have been referred to them by the 
 school physicians, for pediculosis, impetigo, or any other 
 reason; the general inspection of the children in their 
 schools with a view of discovering defects which may 
 need the attention of the physicians: attention to the 
 general personal cleanliness of the children, and attend- 
 ing to such minor injuries as are classed under the head- 
 ing of “ first aid.’' 
 
 2. In cases where a child is taken ill in school after 
 the physician has made his visit, the nurse shall use 
 her discretion as to the disposition of the case. (Blank 
 N. 1.) 
 
 If in her opinion the child should be sent home for 
 reasons other than a communicable disease she may so 
 advise, but no such child shall be sent home until the 
 nurse has consulted with the principal and obtained his 
 sanction. In case the child is sent home she shall fill 
 out a blank to be given to the physician at his next 
 
visit, stating the facts in regard to the case, and also 
 give a copy to the principal. (Blank N. 2.) 
 
 Children who seem ill with a communicable disease 
 shall be sent home by the nurse, who shall report her 
 action to the Board of Health immediately. She shall 
 also give a blank to the principal. (Blank N. 2.) 
 
 3. Children with pediculosis, nits, impetigo and ring- 
 worm shall be given instruction as to the proper 
 treatment and shall be sent home to report later for 
 inspection by the nurse. 
 
 Cases in which the parents neglect or refuse to follow 
 out the treatment or in which they allow their children 
 to remain out of school indefinitely shall be reported by 
 the nurse to the Board of Health for reference to the 
 School Committee for action under Sect. 2, Chap. 81 of 
 the Acts of 1915, and amendments thereof. 
 
 When parents question the decision of the nurse as to 
 the condition of a child’s head, the case shall be re- 
 ferred to the school physician for examination. If the 
 parent is dissatisfied with the decision of the physician, 
 the case shall be referred to the Board of Health. 
 
 4. When a child has been excluded by the physician 
 on account of scabies, the nurse shall visit the house as 
 soon as possible and explain the treatment. She shall 
 find out, if possible, what other members of the family 
 are infected and urge consultation with the family phy- 
 sician. 
 
 In cases in which her advice is neglected or there 
 is no family physician she shall report the facts to the 
 Board of Health. 
 
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 5. Nurses shall so arrange their work as to give 
 one day a week to the dental clinic. 
 
 When it is necessary to use an anesthetic, general or 
 local, the nurse shall obtain the signed consent of the 
 patient’s parent or guardian to such use, before taking 
 the child to the clinic. She shall also refer the child 
 to the school physician and obtain from him a signed 
 statement as to the child’s fitness. (Blanks N. 3 & 
 P. 5.) 
 
 The nurse shall show both of these signed blanks to 
 the dentist before the administration of the anesthetic. 
 
 At the end of each day’s work, the nurse shall forward 
 the used blanks to the Board of Health. 
 
 6. The nurse shall make her examinations of the 
 children in some place apart from the class room. 
 
 7. The nurse shall visit the homes of such children 
 as have been found defective or ill and sent home by 
 the school physicians and explain to the parent or 
 guardian the necessity of having the child treated either 
 by the family physician or at a hospital. 
 
 If the case is one which, in her opinion, can best be 
 treated at a hospital she shall urge that such treatment 
 be carried out after the consent of the family physician 
 has been obtained by the parent or guardian. If there 
 is no family physician or if the parent or guardian is 
 unable to take the child to a hospital, the nurse shall 
 arrange to take him herself, having first obtained the 
 signed consent of the parent or guardian. (Blank N. 4.) 
 
 8. If, in her home visits, the nurse finds that a 
 
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 member of the family is ill with a communicable disease 
 or suspected communicable disease, she shall inquire if 
 i there is a physician in attendance, and shall report the 
 ^ facts to the Board of Health. 
 
 9. The nurse shall report to the Board of Health any 
 conditions that she may observe in her schools or in her 
 home visits which, in her opinion require investigation. 
 
 Nurses shall keep a record of their work and on or 
 before the 5th day of each month shall send to the Board 
 of Health on blanks provided for the purpose, a report 
 of the work of the previous month. 
 
 CHAPTER IV 
 Teachers 
 
 1. The teachers shall refer to the physician or nurse 
 all children who seem to require examination. These 
 > children may be divided into two groups. 
 
 First group: All children who are acutely ill or show 
 any or all of the following symptoms: flushed face; 
 
 eruptions of any sort; sore throat; persistent or parox- 
 ysmal cough; vomiting; irritating nasal discharges; red, 
 inflamed or running eyes. 
 
 These children must be referred at once and if the 
 physicians or nurses have made their visits, the princi- 
 pal may use his discretion in regard to sending them 
 home. In cases in which the child is sent home, the 
 principal shall notify the Board of Health for investiga- 
 
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 tion and such children shall not he readmitted except 
 with a permit from the Board of Health. 
 
 Second group: Children, who because of some chronic 
 illness or physical defect, are prevented from obtaining 
 full benefit of their studies; children who seem stupid 
 or backward ; children whose general appearance or con- 
 duct is detrimental to the others in the class room. 
 
 Children showing any or all of the following symp- 
 toms should be included in this group: emaciation; 
 
 pallor; puffiness of the face or eyes; shortness of breath; 
 general lassitude; squinting when looking at the black- 
 boards; holding the book too near the eyes or stooping 
 too close to the desk; dullness; frequent requests to 
 go out. 
 
 These children should be referred to the physicians 
 as found: they need attention but are not acutely ill. 
 
 2. Teachers shall send home at once all children who 
 are members of or living with a family in which a 
 person is known to be ill with anterior poliomyelitis 
 (infantile paralysis), diphtheria, measles, mumps, scar- 
 let fever, small pox or whooping cough, and report the 
 same to the physician or nurse at the next visit. 
 
 Teachers shall, after consultation with the principal, 
 exclude from school all children who they believe show 
 signs of a communicable disease, if such are discovered 
 after the physician or nurse has left the building. 
 
 The principal shall report all such cases to the office 
 of the Board of Health for investigation and a child 
 
so sent home shall not be readmitted except upon presen- 
 tation of a permit from the Board of Health. 
 
 The most frequent diseases which the teachers may 
 see are diphtheria, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, vari- 
 cella, (chicken pox) and whooping cough and the follow- 
 ing may be of value in helping them decide: 
 
 Diphtheria: The child has a hoarseness or thickness 
 of voice; complains of sore throat, the face is 
 flushed; there may be an irritating nasal discharge. 
 On looking into the mouth, the tonsils may be en- 
 larged, the palate swollen and a whitish membrane 
 may be seen on either or both. 
 
 Measles: Begins like a common cold; the child has 
 red watery eyes, flushed face and sometimes a hard, 
 dry cough — there is intolerance of light; the rash 
 appears on the face, especially the forehead and 
 looks like flea bites. 
 
 Mumps: Child may or may not appear sick; the 
 
 swelling appears on the side of the face in front of 
 the ear — may be only on one side. 
 
 Scarlet fever: The child may suddenly vomit, com- 
 
 plains of sore throat, has headache; face is flushed 
 especially the cheeks, and there is often a pale area 
 round the mouth contrasting with the red cheeks; 
 it looks like a white muzzle — “ pale round the 
 ‘ gills’.” 
 
 The rash does not appear on the face, but the lower 
 neck and upper chest may show the typical scarlet 
 rash. 
 
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 Varicella (Chicken pox) : Child may or may not com- 
 plain of illness; eruption like small water blisters 
 scattered over the body and face, especially the fore- 
 head. 
 
 Whooping cough: Hard to detect; children with a 
 
 persistent paroxysmal expulsive cough — often con- 
 tinued until the child vomits, and followed by a 
 sudden crowing intake of the breath (the “ whoop ”) 
 should be sent home on suspicion. 
 
 3. Children who are members of or living with a 
 family in which a person has been reported sick with 
 anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), diphtheria, 
 measles, mumps, scarlet fever, small pox or v/hooping 
 cough and children who have been reported sick with 
 any of the above diseases, shall not be readmitted to 
 school except upon presentation of a permit from the 
 Board of Health and teachers shall at once send home 
 any such child presenting himself for readmission, who 
 has not the necessary permit from the Board of Health. 
 
 4. Teachers shall not permit any child who returns to 
 school after an unexplained absence of 24 hours or 
 more, to remain in the class room until he has been 
 examined and passed by the school physician. 
 
 Such children shall, as far as practicable, be prevented 
 from mingling with the other children until passed 
 upon by the physician. (See C. I. 14.) 
 
 Children who present themselves for readmission fol- 
 lowing absence as above, after the physician has made 
 his visit shall be sent home to return the next day for 
 
examination by the physician under Chap. 1-14, unless 
 the physician can be reached by telephone and makes 
 disposition of the case. 
 
 5. Teachers shall report daily to the principal for 
 reference to the Board of Health, the names and ad- 
 dresses of all children whose absence they suspect may 
 be due to communicable disease. 
 
 CHAPTER V 
 
 General Considerations 
 
 1. Physicians and nurses shall so conduct their daily 
 inspections as to interfere as little as possible with the 
 school work. 
 
 2. Physicians shall not treat or offer to treat any 
 child, except in cases of emergency, unless the child is a 
 member of a family in his own private practice. 
 
 3. Nurses shall not recommend to parents the calling 
 of any particular physician to treat a child sent home 
 from school, nor shall they prescribe any medicine or 
 drug for any such child. There can be no exception 
 to this rule, 
 
 4. Under no circumstances or provocation shall physi- 
 cians or nurses enter into any controversy with the 
 principals or teachers in regard to any case, but shall 
 report the matter to the Board of Health, except, that 
 the decisions of physicians or nurses as to the disposal 
 of any children ill with, or under suspicion of, a com- 
 municable disease, is final and, in case of failure or 
 
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 refusal to obey their orders, the facts must be reported { 
 to the Board of Health immediately. 
 
 5. In cases in which the family physician questions 
 the diagnosis made by a school physician, the facts 
 must be reported to the Board of Health for investiga- 
 tion. Under no circumstances shall school physicians 
 or nurses enter into a controversy with the family physi- 
 cian or the parent or guardian of a child. 
 
 6. In cases in which the physician or nurse believes 
 that a child should be sent home for some other reason 
 than illness from or suspicion of a communicable dis- 
 ease, the facts must be reported to the principal for 
 action. Physicians and nurses have no authority to 
 exclude a child for any cause other than one connected 
 with communicable disease. 
 

 
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