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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of November, 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?   Salisbury
Location (town, county, or district)? Wicomico Co.
Is it a Day or Night-School?  day
Of what grade? Primary & Intermediate
When did your present session commence?   Oct 13, 1869
When to close? Probably last of June 1870
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   yes
What Society? New England.
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?*   yes
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?   no
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   yes
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building? the col'd people.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   no
How much per month? 0
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   1
White? 1
Colored? 1
Total enrolment for the month?†   35
Male?  8
Female? 27
Number enrolled last report?   34

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

Number left school this month? 0
Number new Scholars this month? 1
What is the average attendance? 26

{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? 19

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
Lost one day on account of sickness.

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 35
Number of White Pupils? 0
Number always present? about 24
Number always punctual? about 21
Number over 16 years of age? 0
Number in Alphabet? 1
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 4
Number in advanced readers? 30
Number in Geography? 12
Number in Arithmetic? 18
Number in higher branches? 0
Number in Writing? 21
Number in Needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 
Have you a Sabbath-School?   yes
How many Teachers?   14
How many Pupils? 106
Have you an Industrial School?   no
How many Teachers?   0
How many Pupils? 0
State the kind of work done? 0

☞ 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?   no
How many? --
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   0
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, If opposed to the school it is not manifest
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   0
Name of the Society? 0
Remarks. On account of sickness, the attendance has been very irregular.

(Signed) E. M. Lawton.
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.