Langlade County, Wisconsin - Chapter 12: Board of Education, 1922

Section 1. The city of Antigo shall constitute a school district, and all matters pertaining to the control, management and government thereof shall be vested in the board of education, consisting of two school commissioners from each ward and one from the city at large, which said board shall be a body corporate, by and under the name of the board of education of the city of Antigo, with power of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, and shall have perpetual succession by and under that name.

Section 2. The board of education shall meet at the council rooms, in the city of Antigo, on the second Tuesday after the charter election, at seven o'clock P. M., and at such meeting shall choose one of its members president; it shall also elect a secretary of the board who may or may not be a member of the board, and the secretary shall receive such salary as the board may direct, not to exceed fifty dollars per annum.

Section 3. The president of the executive office of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the board and decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the board. He shall countersign all orders drawn by the secretary for the payment of teachers and janitors' wages, and all other incidental and necessary expenses of said board of education, and in all suits brought by or against the school district, he shall appear on behalf of the district, unless some other provision is made by the board of education. He shall declare all votes taken on questions coming before the board, provided, that on all questions requiring the appropriation of money, or the adoption of new text books, the vote shall be taken by ayes and nays, and on other questions the ayes and nays shall be called when any member shall request it.

Section 4. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board, keep a true record of all the proceedings thereof, take the school census of the city annually, assist in grading the schools and visit and report the conditions of any school in the city when directed by the board, make all reports required by law to be made by such board and record same, to safely keep and preserve all records of the board and deliver the same to his successor in office and do and perform any and all other services that may be required of him by the board.

Section 6. The board may meet from time to time, and at such place in the city as it may designate, and a majority of the commissioners shall always be required to constitute a quorum.

Section 7. The clerk of the board shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board, in a book to be provided for that purpose, and shall record copies of all official reports made by the board, or the superintendent of schools. He shall also, under the direction of the board, take the annual enumeration of scholars residing in the city at the time prescribed by law, and shall keep and preserve all books, records, papers, or other property belonging to his office and deliver the same to his successor in office.

1. To organize and establish such and so many schools in the city and in the several wards as it may deem necessary and required for the public good, and alter or discontinue the same at pleasure.

2. To have the custody and safe keeping of the school buildings and lots, the books, furniture, school supplies, apparatus, and appendages, and all the property belonging to the schools.

3. To contract with, and employ in behalf of the city, all teachers in the schools of said city, under the direction of said board, and who shall have been licensed, and at the pleasure remove them.

4. To hire buildings suitable for school houses, and lease sites for the same, and to purchase necessary fixtures, furniture and apparatus for the schools of the city, but only with the coasent of the common council as hereinafter provided.

Section 9. It shall be the duty of the board of education, before the commencement of the school year, annually to determine in the amount of salaries or wages to be paid to the teachers in the several schools and grades respectively, for the year then next ensuing, and report the same to the common council for its action.

Section 10. The comm.on council shall consider the report or reports so made, and shall act thereon, and by resolution fix the salaries or wages to be paid to the teachers of the several schools respectively, according to grades, which resolution shall be certified by the city clerk, to the board of education, and thereafter such board shall not contract for the payment of any salary or wages greater than the sum fixed in said resolution except by special order of the common council.

Section 11. The board of education shall also, annually, before the close of the school year, make estimates of the expenses for necessary repairs to school buildings, furniture, apparatus, schoolroom fixtures, incidentals, fuel, cleaning and care of rooms, and rent of buildings necessary to be incurred the next ensuing year, and file the same with the city clerk.

to time, make such rules and regulations for the government and organization of schools, for the reception and instruction of pupils, and their transfer from school to school, and for the promotion and good order and discipline in schools, as to it shall seem expedient, and also for the care and management of the several schoolrooms, fixtures, furniture, and apparatus, and shall establish the text books to be used therein.

Section 13. The board of education shall have povifer to allow the children of persons not resident of said city to attend any of the schools therein, upon such terms as the board shall, by resolution, prescribe, fixing the tuition therefor; provided, that no such pupil shall be received, under or until he or she shall have paid into the city treasury in advance for the current term the amount of tuition fixed by said board to be paid therefor.

Section 14. It shall be the duty of the board of education to report to the common council on the first Monday of August in each year, the condition of the several schools in said city, the average number of pupils in attendance, the names and rate of compensation of the several teachers, the cost of supporting each and all of said schools, since its previous report, and also to do and perform all other duties that may be required by any general law of this state, to entitle the schools of said city to participate in, and enjoy the benefit of school money, or school fund, apportioned among the schools of the state.

Section 15. Teachers' wages, and all moneys due upon the contract under this chapter, shall be audited by the board of education and paid by an order of the treasury signed by the president of the board and the secretary, and specifying on its face the purpose for which it was drawn.

Section 16. All the supplies on the several school houses, and schools, exceeding $50.00 shall be furnished by contract let to the lowest bidder, by the board of education, subject to approval of the common council.

Section 17. No member of the board of education shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by said board, and every contract so made in which any member of said board shall have such interest shall be absolutely void.

Section 18. The title of the school houses, sites, furniture, apparatus and appurtenances, and all other property herein mentioned, shall be vested in the city of Antigo, and the said city may accept, hold and dispose of any real or personal estate transferred to it by gift, grant, bequest or devise, for the use of the schools of said city, whether the same shall be transferred in terms to said city by its proper style, or by other designation, or to any person or persons or body for the use of said schools.

Section 19. No member of the board of education shall receive any compensation whatever for services rendered as a member of said board, or for services rendered on any committee of said board, under any pretext whatever, except when a member of said board shall be elected secretary thereof he may receive such salary as is herein provided for said secretary.