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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of March, 1868. β To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month. β 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? Fairfield School, St. Mary's Co. M.d. Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? March 9 When to close? June 30 Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? F.B. What Society? Freedmans Bureau Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? It is not. Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In part. Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes. Who owns the School building? The Freedmen. Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? no. How much? none. What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one White one Colored none What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 34. Male 16. Female 18. What number of pupils enrolled last report? none. {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? none. What number new scholars this month? 34 What is the average attendance? 25 What number of pupils pay tuition? none What number of white Pupils? none What number always present? 3 What number always punctual? 25 What number over sixteen years of age? 3 What number in Alphabet? 6 What number spell and read easy lessons? 20. What number of advanced readers? none. 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? 9 Have you a Sabbath School? No, Expect to start one the 12 of April What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? none. What number of pupils in Sabbath School? none Have you an Industrial School? no. State kind of work done? none β 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? none Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0 2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 White, 0 Colored, 0 3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers? 0 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 0 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 White, 0 Colored, 0 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 0 7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 0 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? [[strikethrough]] $30.00 [[/strikethrough]] $25.00 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Very Bitter 10. Remarks. none (Signed) Frederic A Lawton Teacher of Freedmen's School at Fairfield School. * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.
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