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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February, 1868.

☞ To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month.
☞ A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.

(Answers placed here.)
Name and location of your School? Asbury near Asbury Chapel, Calvert Co. Md.
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? January 23rd.
When to close? July 1st
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? Yes
What Society? Pennsylvania Branch F. L. [[?]]
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? In part
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In part
Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes
Who owns the School building? The Colored People of the County.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No
How much?   
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? None
White
Colored 
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 55  
Male 28
Female 26
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 35
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}

What number left School this month? 6
What number new scholars this month? 20
What is the average attendance? from 45 to 54.34/55 [[?]]
What number of pupils pay tuition? None 
What number of white pupils? none
What number always present? 3
What number always punctual? 3
What number over sixteen years of age? 10
What number in Alphabet? 28
What number spell and read easy lessons? 22
What number of advanced readers? 5
What number in Geography? None
What number in Arithmetic? None 
What number in higher branches? None 
What number in writing? None
What number in needlework? None
What number free before the war? 3
Have you a Sabbath School? No
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School?  
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 
Have you an Industrial School? no 
State the kind of work done? none

☞ To the following questions give exact or appropriate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about." 

1. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? None
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?
White,
Colored,
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers,
4. How many Sabbath Schools, within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? none
5.How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?
White,
Colored,
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 
7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? $12 
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? nothing
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, not very favorable
10. Remarks.

(Signed) J. Wm. Cole
Teacher of Asbury Chapel, Calvert Co. Md

*A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.