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10. (1.) The quarterly average attendance for any education district shall be the total of the quarterly average attendances of all the schools in such district.

(2.) The yearly average attendance for any district shall be the mean of the quarterly average attendances for such district for the four quarters ending 31st December.

11. In the case of a new school the mean of the quarterly average attendances for the year in which the school has been open continuously for not less than one quarter immediately preceding the end of such year shall be deemed to be the yearly average attendance for such year; but the average attendance for any period before the quarter during the whole of which the school is open shall not be taken into account in calculating the quarterly or yearly average attendance. A school that is reopened shall be deemed to be a new school if it has been closed for more than six months immediately preceding such reopening.

12. In the case of the opening of a new school, or in the case of the closing of a school, if such school is open for less than half the number of school days in the first or last quarter (as the case may be) in which the school is open, then in computing the quarterly average attendance for the district for such quarter the average attendance at the said school shall not be taken into account.

13. (1.) When during any year—

(a.) A side school is separated from a main school and established as a mixed or separate school :

(b.) A side school is attached to a main school :

(c.) Two or more full-time schools are established as a group of part-time schools :

(d.) A part-time school is established as a full-time school :

(e.) A public school is established as a district high school :

then in any of these cases the school or group of schools so established shall be deemed to be a new school.

(2.) In the case of a main school from which during any year a side school has been separated, the yearly average attendance for that year shall be the mean of the quarterly average attendances of the main school for the several quarters of the year; but the yearly average attendance for any previous year or years shall not be affected by the separation.

14. The average attendance of a side school or of a part-time school shall be calculated for all purposes for which it is required under the Act in the same way as the average attendance of a mixed or separate school.

III. GRADING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STAFFS, AND SALARIES OF TEACHERS.

1. (1.) On the 1st January in each year the schools in each education district shall be classified by the Board in the grades and subgrades named in the Fifth Schedule to the Act, according to the yearly average attendance for each school for the year immediately preceding.

(2.) The grade of a school, however, shall not be reduced unless such attendance, or the mean of the attendance for the two years or for the three years immediately preceding the said 1st January, is as low as is indicated in Table A hereto.

Table A.

Showing Decreased Yearly Average Attendance necessary for Reductions in the Grades of Schools.

2. (1.) On the 1st January in each year the number of teachers and pupil-teachers in any school other than a district high school or in the primary department of any district high school shall be determined by the yearly average attendance for the year immediately preceding :