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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of Jan, 1868.

☞ 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? Normal Talladega Ala, Oak Grove
Of what grade? Primary & Intermediate
When did your present session commence? October When to close? June
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc? 
What Society? A. M. A.
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In part
Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes
Who owns the School building? A. M. A.
Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? No 
How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 7 
White [[strikethrough]] 2 [[/strikethrough]] 3
Colored 5
What number of pupils enrolled during the month? 80 74 
Male 34 
Female 46
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 77 62

{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? 29 2
What number of new Scholars this month? 32 14
What is the average attendance? 75 63
What number of pupils pay tuition? 74 00
What number of white pupils? 0 0
What number always present? 74 58
What number always punctual? 70 49

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

What number over the sixteen years of age? 18 20
What number in Alphabet? 6 4
What number spell and read easy lessons? 35 24
What number of advanced readers? 10 18
What number in Geography? 0 6
What number in Arithmetic? 70 12
What number in higher branches? 0 0
What number in writing? 66 18
What number in needlework? 0 0
What number free before the war? 2 0
Have you a Sabbath School? [[strikethrough]] 100 [[/strikethrough]] Yes
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 15 1
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 85 70
Have you an Industrial School? No 
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? Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? White, Colored,
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, We Shall soon answer these through Captain, Mc[[Jergry?]]
4. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? White, Colored,
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? White, Colored,
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? [[strikethrough]] $55,400 [[/strikethrough]] $59,90 
7. Whole expense of your School by Public School Board for the month?
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month?
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Beginning to be favorable
10. Remarks.

(Signed)
H. E. Brown, Mrs. C. M. Hopson, Miss. P. Beebe.
Teachers of Freedmen's School at Talladega, Ala,

* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five day's attendance

Transcription Notes:
Had to redo majority of this due to bad transcription. Still missing bottom questions and need someone to go over the answers to double check [Reopened on 1/23/24] Fixed some numbers, filled in bottom questions and answers ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-23 15:02:07 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-23 19:15:50 number mistakes, other errors, fixed incorrect notation for unknown word and strikethrough