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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of May, 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
Is it a Day or Night School? Day 
Of what grade? Not graded
When did your present session commence?   Nov 3rd
When to close? June 10th
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.? Anonymous  
Am't pd. this month? Nothing
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*  No 
Name of Board or Com.? Anonymous  
Am't pd. this month? Nothing
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?  No 
Amount paid this month? Nothing for entire Support
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   small part
Amount paid this month? Seven dollars & ninety cents
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Rev. N.C. Brackett
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   Don't Know
How much per month? Know not
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   Two
White? Two
Colored? None
Total enrolment for the month?†  Eighty Three 
Male?  Forty
Female? Forty Three
Number enrolled last report?   Ninety

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

Number left school this month? Nineteen
Number new Scholars this month? Twelve
What is the average attendance? Sixty-Six
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Thirty Seven
Number of White Pupils? One
Number always present? Thirty
Number always punctual? Twenty six
Number over 16 years of age? Ten
Number in Alphabet? One
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Forty six
Number in advanced readers? Thirty six
Number in Geography? Twenty six
Number in Arithmetic? Fifty
Number in higher branches? Nine
Number in Writing? Fifty
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? Three
Have you a Sabbath-School?   Yes
How many Teachers? Five  
How many Pupils? Seventy
Have you an Industrial School?   Yes
How many Teachers?   One
How many Pupils? Fifteen
State the kind of work done? Knitting & Crochet Work

☞ 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? None
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None   
No. of Teachers, None
White, None
Colored, None
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? 120  
No. of Teachers, twelve
White, eight
Colored, four
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? Several  
Name of the Society? Temperance Benevolent So.
Remarks. 

(Signed) E.L. Oliver A. M. Shaw
Teacher.s

* 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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