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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 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 on Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.

                                    (Answers placed here.)
Name and location of your School? James City.
Of what grade? 0
When did your present session commence? Feby 25th  When to close? 
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.?... What Society? A.M. Society
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? Neither
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In part
Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes
Who owns the School building? People
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No   How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1  White   Colored 1
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* [[crossed out]]23[[/crossed out]] 34  Male 6  Female 28
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 0 {Number enrolled last report, by adding now scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}
What number left School this month? 
What number of new scholars this month? 14
What is the average attendance? 
What number of pupils pay tuition? all
What number of white pupils? 0
What number always present? 72
What number always punctual? 6
What number over sixteen years of age? 4
What number in Alphabet? 8
What number spell and read easy lessons? 10
What number of advanced readers? 0
What number in Geography? 0
What number in Arithmetic? 
What number in higher branches? 
What number in writing? 
What number in needlework? 
What number free before the war? 15
Have you a Sabbath School? 
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School?
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 
Have you an Industrial School?        State what 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, 
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?    White,    Colored, 
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 
7. Whole expense for 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, 
10. Remarks.
*A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance. 
(Signed)
Martha P. Smith
Teacher of Freedmen's School at James City Co.