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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 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 of your School? Lincoln   
Location (town, county, or district)? Hagerstown 
Is it a Day or Night School? Both 
Of what grade? not graded 
When did your present session commence? Oct 6  
When to close? June 1869
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? yes  
What Society? New England B. F. A. C.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* no
Name of Board or Com.? 
Am't pd. this month?  
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* no  
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month?  
Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen? no  
Amount paid for this month?  
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? yes  
Amount paid for this month? $18.65 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes 
Who owns the School-building? African M. C. 
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? No 
How much?  
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1  
White? 1
Colored? 0 
Total enrolment for the month?† 74 
Male?  45
Female?  29
Number enrolled last report?  81 

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? 7 
Number new Scholars this month? 0 
What is the average attendance?  59
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Nearly all
Number of White Pupils?  0
Number always present?  54
Number always punctual?  48
Number over 16 years of age? 11 
Number in Alphabet?  0
Number who spell, and read easy lessons?  20
Number in advanced readers?  39
Number in Geography?  8
Number in Arithmetic?  40
Number in higher branches? 8 
Number in Writing?  41
Number in Needle-work? 0  
Number free before the war? 1/4 estimated
Have you a Sabbath-School?  yes
How many Teachers? 12
How many Pupils?  106
Have you an Industrial School? No
Number of Pupils?  
State the kind of work done?  

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. Do you know of any Schools for Refugees or Freedmen not reported to the State Superintendent? Yes  
How many? 1
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 41
No. of Teachers, 1
White, 0
Colored, 1  
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? Yes
How many? 2
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 110
No. of Teachers, 14
White,  1
Colored, 13 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Good
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None
Name of the Society?  
Remarks. The attendance less than last month caused by bad weather and sickness the night school not as large.

(Signed) J.S. Littlefield
Teacher.

* Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
† A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

Transcription Notes:
Please fill in answers. Per SI staff, these reports are not to be transcribed as tables. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-08 14:32:41