HIGH SCHOOLS

SEC. 52. 1. High schools may be established as the Board of Education may from time to time determine and as the appropriations may permit. Upon the written recommendation of the Board of Superintendents, the grade of classes of any high school may be changed by the Board of Education, and upon the same recommendation classes or high schools may be consolidated.

2. Principals of high schools shall be appointed on nomination of the Board of Superintendents. The Committee on High Schools and Training Schools, on the recommendation of the Board of Superintendents, shall determine when the service of such principals shall begin.

3. First assistant, assistant and junior teachers shall be appointed on the nomination of the Board of Superintendents from the list of teachers eligible for service in the positions to be filled, in conformity with Section 1090 of the Charter.

4. The session of the high schools shall be five hours in length, beginning at 9 A. M., except as hereinafter provided; but in schools having manual training courses for boys or technical courses for girls, the session for the students in such courses may be extended by order of the Board of Superintendents. There shall be an intermission of not less than thirty minutes, which, with the approval of the Board of Superintendents, may be extended to not more than sixty minutes. When, because of increase in registration, or because of the need of additional study periods, it becomes necessary to extend the session, such session may begin at 8.30 A. M. and continue not later than 5 P. M. The organization of classes in such extended session shall provide for each pupil the number of recitation periods per day and per week required by the courses of study in high schools. Teachers in attendance during such extended session shall not receive extra compensation; but the average daily service required of teachers shall not exceed six and one-half hours, including the period allotted to the noon intermission. (As amended January 27, 1904, November 23, 1904, and April 24, 1907.)

5. The vacations and holidays allowed in the high schools of the City shall be the same as those prescribed for the elementary schools. Pupils shall be admitted only on Monday in any week, except during the week preceding the opening of schools in September, in which week, from Wednesday to Friday, inclusive, the principal, first assistants, and clerks of each school shall be in attendance from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. daily, to admit new pupils, to issue transfers, etc. All teachers shall report on Friday of the same week at 9 A. M. to receive supplies and to make other necessary preparations for the prompt opening of school work on the following Monday. They shall also attend on Wednesday and Thursday in said week, if required by the principal. Failure to attend on any of the days specified in this subdivision shall be considered absence from duty.

6. Pupils who have satisfactorily completed the course of study of the elementary schools, and who are at least thirteen years of age, may be admitted to the high schools on presentation of a certificate from the principal of the elementary school to the effect that the pupil is qualified to enter the high school. Pupils under thirteen years of age may be graduated from an elementary school and admitted to a high school only with the approval of the Board of Superintendents. These certificates must be approved by the District Superintendent, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Board of Superintendents. At least one week before the close of each term, the principal of each elementary school having classes of the highest grade shall compile a list of the pupils of his school who have completed the elementary course of study, to the satisfaction of the principal and the District Superintendent. There shall be a separate list for each high school which candidates desire to enter, and the names on each list shall be arranged in order of merit. With this list he shall forward the application of each pupil upon a form signed by the parent or guardian. (As amended November 23, 1904.)

7. Candidates from schools other than the elementary schools of New York City, who are residents of the City, including pupils who have been discharged from the high school department of institutions in The City of New York, may be admitted to the high schools on passing an examination conducted under the direction of the principals of the schools at the beginning of each term.

8. When the accommodations for qualified applicants for admission to a given school are insufficient, the proportion of candidates selected from the several lists in the order of standing shall be uniform. On the opening day of each term the places of pupils not presenting themselves in conformity with the certificate of their parents may be filled by those pupils next in rank upon the list of the District Superintendents.

9. A pupil may be transferred from one high school to another on the written order of the City Superintendent.

10. The principal shall assign classes to the several teachers in accordance with their respective licenses and supervise the instruction in the several branches of study. In case of necessity he may also, subject to the approval of the City Superintendent, temporarily assign to such teachers classes in subjects other than those for which they hold licenses, or such other duties as may be required. A first assistant shall, in addition to the work of instruction, assist the principal in matters relating to discipline, supervision, and administration, as may be necessary. The principal of each high school may organize, subject to the approval of the Board of Superintendents, departments of instruction in the several groups of subjects of the course of study. In schools having not less than twenty-five (25) teachers, the principal may assign, subject to the like approval of the Board of Superintendents, a regular high school teacher to act as chairman of such department for a period not extending beyond the end of the school year in which said assignment is made. Persons holding the rank of first assistant shall be assigned as such chairmen so far as possible. A chairman of a department shall, in addition to regular work in the classroom, organize and supervise the work of the other teachers of the department, under the direction of the principal. The position of chairman shall not entitle the holder to any increase in rank or pay by reason of such chairmanship. (As amended June 13, 1906.)

11. A District Superintendent may be assigned to high schools; and he shall have such powers and perform such duties in respect to them as the City Superintendent may prescribe.

12. Every teacher absent from duty shall report promptly in writing to the principal of the school the cause of such absence, and shall state its probable duration.

13. The City Superintendent may permit any principal, who may apply for permission, to be absent, without loss of pay, from his or her school, for not more than five days in any school year, for the purpose of visiting other schools. Such principal shall report to him in writing the results of his or her observations of schools so visited. Such absence shall not be regarded as absence from duty, but shall be reported as provided in these by-laws.

14. The City Superintendent may, upon a written request indorsed by a principal, permit regular teachers to be absent from school, without loss of pay, for three days in any school year, for the purpose of visiting other schools. Such teachers shall within ten days thereafter transmit through the principal to the City Superintendent written reports of the results of their observations of the work in the schools visited. Such absence shall not be regarded as absence from duty. (This subdivision was adopted April 5, 1905.)

15. Teachers' absences from duty may be excused without pay by the Committee on High Schools and Training Schools, on written application, indorsed by the principal and the City Superintendent.

16. Applications for excuse for absence with pay, when approved by the Board of Superintendents, shall be made to the Committee on High Schools and Training Schools. Excuse for absence with pay may be granted by said Committee for the same reasons and for the same periods as in the case of teachers in elementary schools. 17. Requisitions for school supplies and apparatus shall be made by the principal upon the Superintendent of School Supplies. Such requisitions shall be subject to the approval of the Associate City Superintendent in charge of high schools.

18. Promotions in high schools, graduation from high schools, and the management and discipline in high schools shall be conducted under such rules and regulations as the Board of Superintendents may adopt.

19. Students shall be graduated from high schools upon completing the course of study to the satisfaction of the principal and faculty under rules and regulations to be approved by the Board of Superintendents, and shall receive diplomas signed by the principal, the City Superintendent and the President of the Board of Education.

20. Appropriations made for libraries and apparatus, and like sums received from the State of New York through the Regents of the University for similar purposes, shall be apportioned to the several high schools by the Committee on High Schools and Training Schools. Requisitions for library books and apparatus chargeable to this fund shall be made by the principals of the several high schools from lists prepared by the Board of Superintendents, approved by the Committee on High Schools and Training Schools, and by the Regents of the University. Said requisitions shall be made upon the Superintendent of Supplies when approved by the Associate City Superintendent in charge of high schools. Other funds apportioned by the State to high schools shall constitute an incidental fund for the several high schools to which such funds are apportioned, and shall be used for such purposes as the Committee on High Schools and Training Schools shall direct.

TRAINING SCHOOLS

SEC. 53. 1. There shall be in each training school for teachers a principal, first assistants, assistant teachers, critic teachers, library assistants, laboratory helpers, and clerical assistants; and in each model school a head of the model school, and such assistants to the principal, model teachers, and clerical assistants as may be necessary. Nothing herein shall affect the tenure or position of any