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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? Richmond Free School
Location (town, county, or district)? Dallas Co ala
Is it a Day or Night-School? day
Of what grade? Third
When did your present session commence? in april
When to close? 25 of June 1869
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes
What Society? State alabama
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 the Freedmen? No
Amount paid this month? None
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? No
Amount paid this month? None
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? JDH. Wikiler Esqr
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? Yes
How much? 10$ Ten dollar
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One
White? one
Colored? [[strikethrough]] 1 [[/strikethrough]]
Total enrolment for the month?† 56
Male? 26
Female? 30
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number enrolled last report? 50
Number left school this month? None
Number new Scholars this month? 6
What is the average attendance? 49
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 36 
Number always punctual? 32
Number over 16 years of age? 4
Number in Alphabet? 6
Number who spell, and ready easy lessons? 44
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]
Number in advanced readers? 6
Number in Geography? None
Number in Arithmetic? 2
Number in higher branches? None
Number in Writing? 2
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? None
Have you a Sabbath-School? No
How many Teachers? None
How many Pupils? None
Have you an Industrial School? No
Number of Pupils? None
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? None
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  None
No. of Teachers, None
White, None
Colored, None 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? I do not
How many? None
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None
No. of Teachers, None
White, -
Colored, -
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, They are infavor of them as they are informing
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None
Name of the Society? (I do not know if
Remarks. I find a disided) impairment in my Shool in this month.

(Signed) 
Teacher. T.A. McIver

*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:
Name of Temperance Society and Remarks as a whole is tricky ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-26 13:41:05