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Township 3. of Range 1. West Madison Co. Alabama

[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of January, 1870.

☞ 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? Jones School   
Location (town, county, or district)?  "Jones Place"
Is it a Day or Night School?  Day
Of what grade? Second Grade
When did your present session commence?  Jan 1st 
When to close? When Scholastic fund exhaust
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  No What Society? None
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* Yes  Name of Board or Com.?  State 
Am't pd. this month? $40.
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No  Name of Board or Com.? none  
Am't pd. this month? none
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No   Amount paid this month? None
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  No   Amount paid this month? None
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Thomas B Crawford
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?  Yes 
How much per month? $10 00/100 see remarks
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One  White? None  Colored? One
Total enrolment for the month?†  47 
Male? 22 Female? 25
Number enrolled last report? 47  

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

Number left school this month? None
Number new Scholars this month? 47
What is the average attendance? 33

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? None  How many hours have you taught per day? 5-8
Number always present? 22 How many days have you taught this month? 20
Number always punctual? 20

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.

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

Number over 16 years of age? 7
Number in Alphabet? 5
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 11
Number in advanced readers? 31
Number in Geography? 22
Number in Arithmetic? 22
Number in higher branches? 13 in Grammar
Number in Writing? 35
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? 10
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes  How many Teachers?  One How many Pupils? 47 & upward
Have you an Industrial School?  No 
How many Teachers?   None  How many Pupils? None
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? 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? Yes *  
How many? All in the county
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  400 No. of Teachers, 25
White, about 5  Colored, about 20
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, In this section it is very good
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 40  
Name of the Society? "Band of Hope of Jones Place"
Remarks. We hereby ask the Bureau to pay all or a part of the rent until our house none being built is done

(Signed) [?] Conncill
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.

* i.e., not reported to Supt of State of Alab, and not Bureau Supt.