Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1877 — The Rensselaer School. [ARTICLE]

The Rensselaer School.

The school trustees of Rensselaer have selected the following corps of instructors. Superintendent, Professor G. W. Allen, of Lebanou, Ohio. Teach erf, Truitt P. Wright,' Candace Boroughs, Mattie Benjamin aml_ Myra Price. The second rule prescribing the work of the janitor was amended to read “The janitor shall before 8 o’clock a. m. of each school day build fires, dust the scdiool rooms, supply crayons, pomteTl/ erasers, ink and fuel to each room, and precisely at 8 o'clock ring the premonitory bell; and in the evening of each school day sweep the school rooms, halls and outbuildings, and see that the doors, windows and shutters are all properly secured.” The second rule, as to the duties of teachers, was amended to read “Each teacher must at or before 8 o’clock a. in. be at his or her school room—be strictly punctual in all school work, and attend at all teachers’ meetings called by the. superintendent. Any tardy teacher will be promptly dismissed.” The first rule as to pupils was amended to read “The school is tree to children over six and under,twcutv one years'of age living iu the town of Rensselaer or attached to said town for school purposes;” all other persons desiring to attend must pay tuition in advance at the rate of two dollars per month.” The patrons and pupils of the Rensselaer public school can, by proper co-operation with the trustees and instructors, make our school equal to the best.