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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of Oct 1st, 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? The Kimball School of Rockvill
Location (town, county, or district)? Montgomery Co
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day school
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Oct 11th 1869
When to close?  Oct 25th 1869
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   
What Society? 
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building?  the Bureau
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  [[strikethrough]] 1 Teacher[[/strikethrough]]
[[strikethrough]] White? [[/strikethrough]] no
Colored? yes 1
Total enrolment for the month?†  28
Male?  
Female? 

Number enrolled last report? 40
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 4
Number new Scholars this month? 3

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day?  6
How many days have you taught this month? 
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.
five days were lost on the account of some disagreement among the trustees relative to my place of Board. They desired to have me Board 2 1/2 miles from the schoolhouse when I could board for the same amount within 1/2 of a mile of my school-house still they continue that spirit.}

What is the average attendance? 28
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? none as yet
Number of White Pupils? none
Number always present? 20
Number always punctual? 12
Number over 16 years of age? 0
Number in Alphabet? 12
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? [[strikethrough]] 16 [[/strikethrough]] 3
Number in advanced readers? 13
Number in Geography? 13
Number in Arithmetic? 13
Number in higher branches? none as yet
Number in Writing? 13
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? 6
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes
How many Teachers? 5
How many Pupils?  29
Have you an Industrial School? no
How many Teachers?   
How many 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? no  
How many? 
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   
No. of Teachers, 
White, 
Colored, 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? yes
How many? 1
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? about 15
No. of Teachers, 5
White, none
Colored, 5
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, in Rockvill it is quite malignant
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? none
Name of the Society? I desire a Vanguard of Freedom
Remarks. were made by several Dennis and other Distinguished persons

(Signed) By Jas. Henry Fleet
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. Difficult writing. There's a Rockville, Md, so I transcribed the city name as Rockvill. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-20 09:56:53