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School Report February 1868

[[3 columned table]]
|   |   |   |
|---|---|---|
| Name and location | Campbell, Staunton | Jackson, Staunton |
| When did present season commence? | Oct 5/67 | Jan 6/68 |
| Is your school supported wholly or in part by Freedman? | Wholly | Wholly |
| Who owns the school building? | Thomas Campbell | M.E. Church (cold) | 
| What number of Teachers? | Two. Mrs. Margaret L. Smith Margaret Campbell | One. Giles A Jackson (c) |
| What number of Pupils? | 18 | 15 |
| What number left this month? | 0 | 0 |
| What is average attendance? | 18 | 15 |
| What number pay? | all | all |
| What number over 16 years old? | 3 | 5 |
| What number in Alphabet? | none | 1 |
| What number can spell & read easy lessons? | 14 | 14 |
| What number in Advanced Reader? | 6 | 4 |
| What number in Geography? | 10 | none |
| What number in Arithmetic? | 9 | 6 |
| What number in Higher Branches? | 3 | none | 
| What number in Writing? | 12 | 5 |
[[/table]]

In addition to above day Schools for colored children is one at Deerfield taught by W H Willgoss (white) with 25 scholars enrolled, av. attendance say 15-

The Sabbath School in the Ass. Meth, Church at Staunton number, about 100 scholars - Av. attendance 70-

Rev Jacquelin Strange pastor is active in encouraging the school

Thos Jackson
Asst Sub Asst Com
4 Div 9 S Dist Va

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Incomplete Words between brackets need to be reviewed. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-16 16:24:07 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-18 17:48:18 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-21 01:01:25 Minor errors, capitalization, closed the table ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-21 10:34:47 In order to format properly as a table in Markdown, the table needs the line of pipes and dashes at the beginning, and a blank line of pipes where headers would normally be (this report has no column headers). Closing a table with bracket notation is not needed-the pipes are what informs the markdown syntax to close the table. All verified in Markdown Preview, and per TC staff guidance. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-21 11:17:17