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[Ed. Form, No. 3.] TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of March , 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? Coan School Location (town, county, or district)? Lexington, VA Is it a Day or Night School? Both Of what grade? not graded When did your present session commence? Nov 8 When to close? June 20th Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes What Society? Free Baptist Home Mission Society Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? None Am't pd. this month? Nothing Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? None Am't pd. this month? Nothing Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No Amount paid this month? Nothing to support it entirely Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes Amount paid this month? $5.00 Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No. Transportation for one teacher. Who owns the School-building? Rev. N.C. Brackett Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? Don't know. How much per month? Don't know. What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Two teachers White? Two Colored? None Total enrolment for the month?† 152 Male? 82 Female? 70 Number enrolled last report? 156 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.} Number left school this month? 10 Number new Scholars this month? 6 What is the average attendance? 101 {Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.} How many hours have you taught per day? Seven How many days have you taught this month? 20 {Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.} Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 80 (all or in part.) Number of White Pupils? One Number always present? fifty Six Number always punctual? Fifty Number over 16 years of age? Fifty Five Number in Alphabet? Four. Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Ninety Number in advanced readers? Fifty Eight Number in Geography? Forty Number in Arithmetic? Seventy four Number in higher branches? Eighteen Number in Writing? One hundred twenty Number in Needle-work? none Number free before the war? Ten Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes How many Teachers? Six How many Pupils? Seventy Have you an Industrial School? No How many Teachers? None How many Pupils? None State the kind of work done? Nothing ☞ 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? "About" One. How many? One. 2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? Don't know. No. of Teachers, one White, none Colored, one 3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? Yes How many? Two 4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? One hundred No. of Teachers, ten White, six Colored, four 5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, have no means of knowing. 6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? Several Name of the Society? Benevolent Temperance So. Remarks. (Signed) E.L. Oliver, A.M. Shaw 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.