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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? II
Of what grade? 1 & 2
When did your present session commence? Jan. 1 
When to close? March 31.
Is your School supported by an Ed. Soc.? 
What Society? 0
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? Wholly.
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? 0
Have you had Bureau transportation? 0
Who owns the School building? II
Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? 0 
How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 2 
White 1 
Colored 1 
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 124 
Male 66 
Female 58
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 118 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number new enrolled.}
What number left School this month? 2
What number of new scholars this month? 6
What is the average attendance? 2d. 40 11/20 Primay about 38
What number of pupils pay tuition? 0
What number of white pupils? 0 Some nearly so.
What number always present? 2d. 8
What number always punctual? 0
What number over sixteen years of age? 14
What number in Alphabet? 13
What number spell and read easy lessons? 27
What number of advanced readers? 65
What number in Geography? 40
What number in Arithmetic? 55
What number in higher branches? Gram. 9 
What number in writing? 51
What number in needlework? 0
What number free before the war? about 16
Have you a Sabbath School? II
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? II
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? II
Have you an Industrial School? 
State kind of work done? 0

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 115 
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 
1 White, 
Colored, 0
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, P
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 11
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 
1 White, 
1 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?
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month?
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,
10. Remarks.

(Signed) S.E. Colburn and Miss Pochontas Simmons
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Parkersburg W. Va.

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

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-06 04:14:55 - in this case no ditto marks - Mr. Colburn uses the marks to refer to previous report