Show SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT IS RULES ULES AND AM REGULATIONS REGULATIONS ARE EXPLAINED Jt Series of or Articles Will Outline Policies Of or Board of f Education Editors Note This is the first of ofa ofa a series of articles which have been prepared by the Uintah U tah School District to explain the recently published rules and regulations of the district These articles will appear each week In the Vernal Express During the Teachers Institute tute the recently published rules and regulations of the Board of Education were studied rather exhaustively with crib cri cal comments and suggestions xa being made by various school employees as well as the educational educational consultant from the Uni of Utah who was in at at- at attendance attendance during the discussion disc on rules and regulations regula ons One of the problems that was referred to several times made reference to the fact that although school employees and School ol Board members were entirely familiar with th the school regulations they I would not f unction very L rat at large larie knew th policies adopted by the Board and which a which Ich the Board Loe that thoUght I in t cr it was more or Mss Less unanimously recommended in the institute that these rules and regulations be made mad known to parents in as many ways as possible It was suggested that a series of articles be published in the Vernal Express explaining the regulations and that the rules of the Board be discussed in P T A meetings or in other civic and community meetings where opportunity presented pres ted it it- it itself itself self In each issue of the paper for the next few weeks there will be printed sections from the Rules and Regulations of the School Board The Board of Education Edu atlon pub pub- published published a set of rules in 1937 the first which have been published in its history There were a number of conflicts in these regulations reg reg- regulations in regard to the line Une of authority of school school employees and some of the procedures It Itis Itis is hoped that the present set of regulations eliminates many of I these conflicts although it is recognized at the outset that rules and procedures and pol pol- policies of the Board must change from time to time and must be subject to constant improve improve- improvement improvement ment A chart accompanying the regulations of the Board indi indi- indi indicates cates the line of responsibility It will be e noted that the Board of Education is the elected agent of the people and the state leg leg- legislature legislature in administering the schools of the state All power within the legal limits of the law of the State Board of 01 Education tion is vested in the School Board These members m are elect elected ed from five representative vot vot- votIng voting ing districts within the county One member is elected each year for a term of bf five years year from one of the representative sen voting districts In the second place the law requires r re qt wires re and Em em empowers powers powers the Board Boar of of Education to employ a superintendent Who ho will act as the administrative of of- officer of the Board and who un un der the delegation authority of and power made by the Board of Education will manage manae the school system tor to pre vent confusion the Boar Board of ot Education requires that all en the business of the Board be routed touted through h the superintendent I to them or from them through the superintendent su to the schools and the public Continued on page 8 8 School District Continued from page 1 In addition to the superintendent superintendent dent the Board furnishes certain certain tain district staff helpers som some Of whom are required by law lawas lawas as for instance the clerk and the elementary supervisor and others of whom are provided to meet the particular Ands kinds of help heip the school district requires Jn in n the Uintah School District there are in addition to the elementary tary supervisor and clerk a di di- di director director rector of buildings and grounds a director of transportation ser vices a director of school lunch I services a director of school health services servins a director of stu sf u dent and adult education tion and secretarial aids The Board by law retains a treasurer and a legal advisor These dis dis- di district staff supervisors are advisors sors to the superintendent to the teachers bus drivers cooks arid and an other ether employees in in the manage manage- management ment of the school district They do not act as administrative of of- of officers officers but as advisors and super super- supervisors supervisors visors In addition to the superintendent superintendent dent who is the chief adminis adminis- administrative administrative officer of the Board in each cuch school there is a single head the principal who is administrative administrative tive officer and who is responsible responsible ible for the management of his school and who in performing his duties has such aids assign assign- assigned assigned ed to him as teachers but driver ers era er custodians cooks secre seers and other Incidental help help- helpers ers era who are needed in the school program These people are all aU directly responsible to the prin prin- principal cipal i l as as is shown ow on the e chart Indicating me line 01 or These people are the educators who contact pupils in their various activities The newly published regula regula- regulations lions of the School District de de- de describe describe scribe these various services under five classifications First the t h e government of Uintah School District which is the Board of Education which has both legislative and judicial functions Second the adminis adminis- administration administration of Uintah School Dis Dis- Dis District consisting of the adminis adminis- administrative administrative officers of the Board and the administrative officers of each of the schools Third Thira dis- dis district I staff services which con con- conist slat of the school aids employed on a wide district-wide basis as ad ad- ad advisor advisors visors visor and supervisors supervisor in the school program Fourth the school faculty services which consist of all of the aids in the Individual schools of the district and fifth student regulations consisting of those rules which affect the attendance care of school chool property transportation student government enrollment and promotion of students The duties and powers of the Board organization of the organization tion of o the Board and the dares dures procedure of the Board are contain contain- contained ed Chapter in-Chapter a 1 Section A B Band i Jo ionia and C of the le school regulations n Section A is i published herewith Sections B and C will appear ID io I m nt weeks week's Issue of the Express Section A Duties and Power Powers I of the th Board of Education Rule 1 1 The Board of Education Education I IRule tion of the Uintah School Dis Dis- District Dis- Dis District shall exercise full author author- authorIty authority ity and control over the schools of Uintah county in accordance with state shoal laws rules and i J of the State Board of ofEd Education Ed uca tion and the will Of the people Rule 2 The Board of Education tion si sif in order r to expedite the e bus f school loess iness of the school h district i ie id delegates dele dele- delegates d Y gates authority to its employees as outlined hereinafter and as provided by law Rule 3 To insure systematic procedure the Board of Education Education tion hereby adopts the follow follow- following following ing rules and regulations for the control and management of the I schools in Uintah School Dis Dis- District Dis- Dis District Rule 4 The Board of Education tion is a body d di corporate under the name m of Uintah i School Dis Dis- District f Rule B 6 Within the statutory provisions the Board of Education Education tion is enabled to do all things necessary for the welfare of the schools and and and shall govern the school district by establishing these policies essential to the general welfare Rule 6 No member of the Board of Education of this school district shall hall take or be directly or Indirectly Interested in m any contract for goods work trans trene- transportation insurance services or any other thing with this board of which he is a member or receive any payment from the school funds or in any way receive school g e compensation funds other than nm from the the salary or travel expense herein I provided Any violation of the of this section is a mis- mis and any member convicted of such violation shall forfeit his hi office |