Examples of superintendent

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They were in theory advisers to but in practice superintendents of local governments.
When asked to describe the relationship between their agency and the government, the responses of home superintendents are fascinating.
The superintendents were obliged to take part in all kinds of work, inside and outside the institution.
Poorhouse superintendents were some of the first to be employed in municipal poor-relief, and little by little they were also allowed to appoint auxiliaries.
In time, rural municipalities also started to employ superintendents for their poorhouses, sometimes a married couple.
Operationally, this approach reduced to extensive consultation with medical superintendents and specialists around the country about their observations and analyses.
The work gave women (lady superintendents and the agents), often daily contact with the poor through home visits and small group meetings.
In addition, the cemetery superintendents began to view their work in terms of proactive development.
In order to address these problems, this article will briefly expose the changing role of bishops as superintendents of monuments and then examine several aspects of their own tombs.
Promoting health, then, meant encouraging institutional and professional changes in systems run by school superintendents, principals, teachers, councillors, after school staff, police chiefs, probation officers, and judges.
Was the superintendent believed to be responsible for the problem?
The problem in the school was solved by firing the superintendent.
The superintendent radiographer has returned to advanced technical practice, making more appropriate use of their specialist skills.
The chief superintendent for the area was a firm believer in community policing, and he put as his first priority the prevention of public disorder.
In reality, a superintendent or above may authorize detention for up to thirty-six hours.
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