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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of April, 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?   [[?]] School 
Location (town, county, or district)?  Lexington, Va. 
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Both
Of what grade? Not graded.
When did your present session commence?  Nov 3 
When to close? June 25
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? In part   
What Society? Free Baptist Home Mission Society.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*  No
Name of Board or Com.?  No name.
Am't pd. this month? Nothing.
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*  No.
Name of Board or Com.?  No name.
Am't pd. this month?  Nothing.
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No.  
Amount paid this month? Nothing for entire support of school.
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  Yes  
Amount paid this month? $15.53 cts
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No.
Who owns the School-building? Rev. N. C. Brackett
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? Know not
How much per month? Know not.
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  Two
White?  Two
Colored? None.
Total enrolment for the month?†  Ninety.
Male?  Forty four.
Female? Forty six.
Number enrolled last report? One hundred fifty two 

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

Number left school this month?  Seventy seven
Number new Scholars this month? Fifteen
What is the average attendance?  Seventy six

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

How many hours have you taught per day? Seven
How many days have you taught this month? Fifteen
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.} Vacation.

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Twenty seven (in part)
Number of White Pupils? One
Number always present? Forty
Number always punctual? Thirty six
Number over 16 years of age? Twenty seven.
Number in Alphabet? Six.
Number who spell, and read easy lessons?  Forty. 
Number in advanced readers? Forty four.
Number in Geography? Twenty nine.
Number in Arithmetic? Sixty one.
Number in higher branches? Thirteen.
Number in Writing? Sixty two.
Number in Needle-work? None.
Number free before the war? Four.
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes.
How many Teachers?  Six.
How many Pupils? Seventy.
Have you an Industrial School? No.
How many Teachers?  None
How many Pupils? None.
State the kind of work done?  Nothing.

☞ 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? One.
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  Dont know
No. of Teachers, two.
White, None.
Colored, two.
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?  Yes. 
How many? Two.
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  One hundred
No. of Teachers, twelve
White, know not
Colored, "about" six.
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, dont know anything about it.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  Several
Name of the Society? Benevolent Temperance So.
Remarks. 

(Signed) E.L. Oliver  A.M. Shaw
Teacher.s

* 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:
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