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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of October, 1867.

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 and location of your School? Livingston Ala
Of what grade?
When did your present session commence? Oct 1st
When to close? Feb 29th 1868
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? no
What Society?
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board?
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? wholly by freedmen

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

Have you had Bureau transportation? no
Who owns the School building? Freedmen
Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? no
How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Two
White Two
Colored
What number of pupils enrolled during the month? 87
Male 36
Female 51
What number of pupils enrolled last report?

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}

What number left School this month? 7
What number of new scholars this month?
What is the average attendance? 85
What number of pupils pay tuition? 16 have paid
What number of white pupils? none
What number always present? 80
What number always punctual? 75
What number over sixteen years of age? 14
What number in Alphabet? 5
What number spell and read easy lessons? 51
What number of advanced readers? 31
What number in Geography? 11
What number in Arithmetic? 36
What number in higher branches? 6
What number in writing? 35
What number in needlework? none
What number free before the war? none
Have you a Sabbath School? Yes
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 4
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? about 40
Have you an Industrial School? no
State kind of work done?

To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."

1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 2 
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 41
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 2 
White, 0 
Colored, 2
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, Richard Harris & Minter Dodson Livingston Ala
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? none
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 
White,  
Colored,
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? $16.00
7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 00
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 0
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Strongly opposed to them
10. Remarks.

* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance:

(Signed) Daniel Price
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Livingston Ala