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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of May, 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? Pleasant Hill    
Near Madison Location (town, county, or district)? Morgan County Ga
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day
Of what grade? 
When did your present session commence? 2 Monday [[Jauy?]]
When to close? 12th of July 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? None
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*  
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? None
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? 
Amount paid this month? None
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? None
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? None
Who owns the School-building? Betsy Thrapher
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? It is not
How much per month? Fifty Cents (50)
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One (1)
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† Thirty Six (36)
Male? Twenty (20)
Female? Sixteen (16)

Number left school this month? None
Number new Scholars this month? None
Number enrolled last report? Thirty Six (36)
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day? Eight (8)
How many days have you taught this month? Twenty five (25)
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

What is the average attendance? Thirty Four (34)
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 
Number of White Pupils? 
Number always present? Thirty Four (34)
Number always punctual? Thirty Four (34)
Number over 16 years of age? Twelve (12)
Number in Alphabet? None
Number who spell, and read easy lessons?  Twenty Eight (28)
Number in advanced readers? Eight (8)
Number in Geography? Eight (8)
Number in Arithmetic? Four (4)
Number in higher branches? 
Number in Writing? 
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? 
Have you a Sabbath-School? 
How many Teachers? One
How many Pupils? Thirty Six (36)
Have you an Industrial School?  
How many Teachers? One
How many Pupils? Thirty Six (36)
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? 
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? 
How many? 
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 
No. of Teachers, 
White, 
Colored, 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Decidedly against my Teaching freedmen. 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. If I was to listen I would quite teaching for I have been threatened several times if I did not break [[?]] my school they would for me i.e.

(Signed) James W. Reese.
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.

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