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

[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February, 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?  Tuscumbia (Colored)     
Location (town, county, or district)? Tuscumbia Ala  
Is it a Day or Night School? Day  
Of what grade? First 
When did your present session commence? May 1868   
When to close? June 1869  
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.? 
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?   
Amount paid for this month?  
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen?   
Amount paid for this month?  
Have you had Bureau transportation this term?  
Who owns the School-building? The colored church at Tuscumbia Ala none has been paid yet and no assistants.   
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau?   
How much?  
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   
White? no 
Colored?  
Total enrolment for the month?† 41   
Male? 58  
Female?  
Number enrolled last report? this 1st report  

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

Number left school this month? none  
Number new Scholars this month? none  
What is the average attendance? 85  
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? all are paid for state  
Number of White Pupils? none  
Number always present? about 80  
Number always punctual? from 40 to 50 
Number over 16 years of age? none 
Number in Alphabet? eight to ten 
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? about 30  
Number in advanced readers? about 69  
Number in Geography? about 25 
Number in Arithmetic? about 20 
Number in higher branches? none  
Number in Writing? about 40  
Number in Needle-work? none  
Number free before the war? none  
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes  
How many Teachers? don't know   
How many Pupils? don't know  
Have you an Industrial School? no   
Number of Pupils?  
State the kind of work done? farming school  

☞ 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, more in favor of them thana few months since.  
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   none
Name of the Society?  
Remarks. My school has been organised since Nov. 1868 and the Trustees of free schools are doing all they can for it.  

(Signed)  Rush Jacobs
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.

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