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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of January, 1869.

☞ 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? Monroe Street   
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Jan 4th 1869  
When to close? Not yet close
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? No  
What Society? B the School Board of Education
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? Wholly the school Board   
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? So far as Freedmen are taxed 
Have you had Bureau transportation? 0 the School Board of Education/So far as Freedmen are taxed
Who owns the School building? it belongs to the Public and under the control of
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? 0  
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 0  
White? 
Colored? 1
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 61   
Male?  35
Female? 26
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 54  

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the whole number now enrolled.}

What number left school this month? 1
What number new scholars this month? 17

What is the average attendance? 50
What number of pupils pay tuition? 20
What number of white Pupils? 0
What number always present? 48
What number always punctual? 45
What number over 16 years of age? 6
What number in Alphabet? 0
What number who spell, and read easy lessons? [[strikeout]]20[[\strikeout]]30 
What number of advanced readers? 20
What number in Geography? 35
What number in Arithmetic? 27
What number in higher branches?10 History No philosophy Algebra [[strikeout]]Al[[/strikeout]]Astronomy
What number in Writing? 38
What number in needlework? 0
What number free before the war? 39
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes   
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 6
What number of Pupils in Sabbath School? 89
Have you an Industrial School? ,yes  
State kind of work done? no

☞ 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? 1  
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 6
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?   
White, 1
Colored, 1
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers? is no known and I can not find out  
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 2
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?  2 
White, 8
Colored,6 
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? $70
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month?$0
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, it is as good here as elsewhere with few exceptions  
10. Remarks.

(Signed) Wheeling West Va.
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Jno W West

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

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