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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT 

To Bureau R. F. & A. L., for the month of June, 1868, Selma Sub-District, State of Alabama 

☞ A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School.
☞ To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month.
☞ This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.

[[36 columned table]]
| No. of Day Schools. | No. of Night Schools. | NAME AND LOCATION OF SCHOOL. | PRESENT SESSION. When opened. | PRESENT SESSION. When to close. | SOCIETIES &c., PATRONS. | No. Schools sustained by Freedmen. | No. Schools sustained in part by Freedmen. | No. Teachers transported by Bureau. | No. School buildings owned by Freedmen. | No. School buildings furnished by Bureau. | TEACHERS. White. | TEACHERS. Col'd. | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. (Both Day and Night Schools.) Male. | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. (Both Day and Night Schools.) Fem'e. | No. pupils enrolled last Report. | No. left School this Month. | No. New Scholars this Month. | Average Attendance. | No. of Pupils paying Tuition. | No. of White Pupils. | No. always Present. | No. always Punctual. | No. over 16 years of Age. | No. in Alphabet. | No. Spell and Read easy Lessons. | No. advanced Readers. | No. Geography | No. Arithmetic. | No. Higher Branches. | No. Writing. | No. Needle-work. | No. Free before the War. | No. Sabbath Schools. | No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools. | No. Pupils in Sabbath Schools. |
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| 1 | 0 | "Sears" School, Selma | Oct 8th 1867 | - | Am Miss. Assn & Bur R F & A L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 75 | 151 | 35 | 19 | 118 | 26 | 0 | 84 | 100 | 26 | 0 | 60 | 75 | 135 | 135 | 60 | 135 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 210 |

| 1 | 0 | Presbyterian school, Selma | Oct 1st | - | Presbyterian Church | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 200 |

| 1 | 0 | Smith's school Selma | Jan 27 1868 | - | Bur. R F & A L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 88 | 28 | 0 | 55 | 60 | 0 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 95 |

| 1 | 0 | "Lincoln" school, Marion | Nov 13 1867 | - | Am. Miss. Asso. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 300 |

| 1 | 0 | Cahaba School Cahaba | Feby 1st 1868 | - | Am. Miss. Asso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 80 |

| 1 | 0 | Belfast School, Pleasant Hill | Apl 1st 1867 | - | None | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 |

| 1 | 0 | Shetler school, near Cahaba | Feby 3d 1867 | - | Bureau R F & A L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

TOTALS. | 7 | 0/7 |   |   |   |   | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1/9 | 164 | 212/376 | 427 | 87 | 36 | 322 | 140 | 0 | 245 | 258 | 71 | 10 | 174 | 195 | 215 | 272 | 94 | 237 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 32 | 915 | 

☞ To these questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. How many of above Schools are graded?  1
How many grades? 2
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 2
Whole No. of Pupils (estimated) in all such Schools, 58 
No. Teachers in all, 2 
White, 2 
Colored, 0
3. How many Sabbath Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0  
Whole No. of Pupils (estimated) in all such Schools, 0 
No. Teachers in all, 0 
White, 0 
Colored, 0
4. How many Industrial Schools? 0 
Whole No. Pupils in all, 0 
State the kind of work done, 0 
5. Whole amount of Tuition paid by Freedmen during the month, $110 70/100
6. Whole amount of expenses for the above Schools by the Bureau for the month, $45.00/100 
7. Grand total of expenses for support of above Schools by all parties for the month, $300 70/100 
8. Whole No. of High or Normal Schools, 0 
How many pupils in all? 0 
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, See School report for June 1868.
10. Remarks. 

James Curtis 
Capt 15 Infy Bvt Maj U S A
Sub Asst Comm'r.

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