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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
Teacher's Monthly School Report
For the Month of October, 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? Pine grove Location (town, county, or district)? Richmond Co.
Is it a Day or Night School? Day Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? oct 1st When to close?
Is your School supported by an Education Society? No What Society?
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.?    Am't pd.this month?
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.?    Am't pd.this month?
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? Yes Amount paid this month?
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? No Amount paid this month?
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School building? Mrs Maiden
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? Yes How much per month? Eight Dollars
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? none White? Colored?
Total enrolment for the month? 40 Male? 15 Female? 25
Number enrolled last report? 48 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 8
Number new Scholars this month? none
What is the average attendance? 40
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 20 {Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day}
Number of White Pupils? none How many hours have you taught per day? 6
Number always present? 40 How many days have you taught this month? 21
Number always punctual? 40

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
Number over 16 years of age? 1 
Number of Alphabet? none
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 20
Number in advanced readers? 20
Number in Geography? None
Number in Arithmetic? 20
Number in higher branches? none
Number in writing? 20
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? 11
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes How many Teachers? 6 How many Pupils? 50
How you an Industrial School? none How many Teachers? 0 How many Pupils? 0
State the kind of work done? none

*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? 0 No. of Teachers, 0 White, 0 Colored, 0
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No How many? none
4. Give (estimated whole numbers of pupils in all such Schools? 0 No. of Teachers, 0 White, 0 Colored, 0
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,  Indifferent
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None Name of the Society? None
Remarks. There is a great deal of prejudice in this neighborhood.
(Signed) Isaac T. Duvall 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. 

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-06-08 13:49:44 changed Jane J. Davall to Isaac T. Duvall