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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of April , 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? Freedmen
Location (town, county, or district)? Lunenburg

Is it a Day or Night School? day
Of what grade? Primary

When did your present session commence? Aug 30
When to close? April 29th

Is your School supported by an Educational Society? It is   
What Society? N.Y Friends Freedmen's Assisted

Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* 00 
Name of Board or Com.? 00  
Am't pd. this month? 

Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* 00  
Name of Board or Com.? 00  
Am't pd. this month?

Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 00

Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? It is   
Amount paid this month? 00

Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Have not

Who owns the School-building? Freedmen  

Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? It is
How much per month? 5.00

What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Two    
White? Two
Colored? 00

Total enrolment for the month?† 85 
Male? 38 
Female? 47

Number enrolled last report? 98    
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? [[strikethrough]]16[[/strikethrough]] 13

Number new Scholars this month? 00

What is the average attendance? 60 

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 00  


Number of White Pupils? 00
How many hours have you taught per day? 6

Number always present? 50
How many days have you taught this month? 21 besides Sunday
{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

Number always punctual? 50

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number over 16 years of age? 15 

Number in Alphabet? two 

Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 30

Number in advanced readers? 55

Number in Geography? 30

Number in Arithmetic? 47

Number in higher branches? 00  

Number in Writing? Nearly all 

Number in Needle-work? 00

Number free before the war? 00 

{/end Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. /end}

Have you a Sabbath-School? We have
How many Teachers? 3 
How many Pupils? 60

Have you an Industrial School? 00 
How many Teachers? 00
How many Pupils? 00

State the kind of work done? 00

☞ 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? 00   
How many? 00

2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 00  
No. of Teachers, 00
White, 00
Colored, 00

3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? Yes  
How many? 1
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 34   
No. of Teachers, 1
White, 00
Colored, 1

5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, We think it is becoming more favorable 

6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? Nearly all   
Name of the Society? Lincoln

Remarks. This is a very interesting and important field of labor. Many of the pupils have made astonishing progress. 

Remarks
(Signed) S.A Austin & L. M. Austin
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.

The falling off in Numbers is occasioned by the closing of the Night Schools

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