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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March 1870.

☞ 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? Liberty
Location (town, county, or district)? Bedford Co.
Is it a Day or Night School? Day
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Nov.
When to close? July
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? yes
What Society? P.B.F.R. Association
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No
Name of Board or Com.? None
Am't p'd this month? 0
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No
Name of Board or Com.? None
Am't p'd this month? 0
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No
Amount paid this month? None
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes
Amount paid this month? $6.25
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? P.B.F.R. Association I think.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No
How much per month? None
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1
White? 1
Colored? 0
Total enrolment for the month?† 139
Male? 60
Female? 79
Number enrolled last report? 173

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

Number left School this month? 35
Number new Scholars this month? 3
What is the average attendance? 114

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

How many hours have you taught per day? 8½ 
How many days have you taught this month? 12
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.
I have resigned my position as Teacher under the Association and have been requested to start a private school.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 114
Number of White Pupils? 0
Number always present? 75
Number always punctual? 41
Number over 16 years of age? 35
Number in Alphabet? 0
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 40
Number in advanced Readers? 99
Number in Geography? 18
Number in Arithmetic? 139
Number in higher branches? (in Algebra) 2 
Number in Writing? 139
Number in needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 29
Have you a Sabbath School? Yes
How many Teachers? 10[[strikethrough]] 0 [[/strikethrough]]
How many Pupils? 100
Have you an Industrial School? No
How many Teachers? none
How many Pupils? none
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? 0
How many? 0
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? 0
How many? 0
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 0
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Very strongly prejudiced. 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 0
Name of the Society? 0
Remarks: The larger pupils have left school to work in the Tobacco factories.

(Signed.) J.E.M. Goldrick
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.

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