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Madison Co
Township 3. Range 1 East
[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 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? Cave Spring
Location (town, county, or district)?
Is it a Day or Night School? Day
Of what grade?
When did your present session commence? -15th- February
When to close?
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? no
What Society?
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* yes
Name of Board or Com.? Township Trustees
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 the Freedmen? no
Amount paid for this month?
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? no
Amount paid for this month?
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building? Walter A Penny
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? yes
How much? Eight dollars per month
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one
White?
[[strikethrough]] Colored? [[/strikethrough]]
Total enrolment for the month?+ 57
Male? 36
Female? 21
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}
Number enrolled last report? 33
Number left school this month? none
Number new Scholars this month? 24
What is the average attendance? 48
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? none
Number of White Pupils? none
Number always present? 48
Number always punctual? 48
Number over 16 years of age? none
Number in Alphabet? 15
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 30
Number in advanced readers? 5
Number in Geography? 5
Number in Arithmetic? 5
Number in higher branches? none
Number in Writing? 5
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? none
Have you a Sabbath-School? no
How many Teachers? [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]]
How many Pupils? [[strikethrough]] 18 [[/strikethrough]]
Have you an Industrial School? no
Number of Pupils?
State the kind of work done? none

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?
No. of Teachers.
White,
Colored,
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools? Favorable
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? none
Name of the Society?
Remarks.

(Signed) P.H. Leweis
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:
Unknown second name on the top before the form starts (Township 3. Range 1 East) Unknown School Board name (Township Trustees) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-21 06:56:15