Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-09-08
An Interesting Public School Report.

An Interesting Public School Report.
The following report of the operation Of
the public schools of Augusta county fol
last year has been furnished by Superin'
tendent Charles Grattan to the Board OF
| Supervisors:
STAUNToN, VA, !
Sept. End, 1881.
To the Board Of Supervisors
GENTLEMEN:-Feelin that it would be
we'll to give such information to your
board as / can concerning the conduct and
of the money voted by you for their main
tenance, 1 have prepared the following
summary: And thinking the people of the
county would be interested, 1 have pre-
pared it for publication.
For the year just closed we had the fol-
lowing balances on hand from the pre-
vious year State fund, s3O.55; County
fund, $4,065 %; District fund, $5,2s7.75.-
There was received from the State fund,
81 267 .26; from County fund, s11 10 6;
from District fund, So 800 81. making a
total froai all sources, of $40,071.38. This
was expended as follows: Teachers pay,
$50, 1879 IS; real estate. buildings furniture
and repairs, 81, 26S. so; for school apparatus
S43.70; for rent, fuel, books for INDECENT
children and other contingent expenses.
1854 30; for pay of district clerks, $3oi; for
county treasurer, SOL 06, leaving on hand
comlna., ear: State funds, $30.64; county,
So. 7S2.15; district. 5,065 So.
The schools numbered 171-white, 1873
colsred, SO. The average number of
months taught WAS s. of the white teach
ers, 81 were males, SO females; OF the col
Ored, 90 were males, and 2, females. Two
of the coloIed schools weretaught by Whit
teachers. The average pay of the male
te, cheers was $25.06, per month; OF the fe-
males, $28.22.
The number of white children enrolled
was 1897, of colored. ] 1897. total 1924, be-
ing So per cent. of til" white school pOpu-
IatIon, and SO of The colored. The average
monthly enrolment to each teacher. was
20, and average of children II years. There
are needed ten mere schools that would av
erage Is pupils. Tne number of houses
used was 140-12 log. l25 frame and 3
brick. Number butt daring the year. II,
and number owned by the districts, lis :;
value of the school property owned by the
districts, SOB. 1885,
The ohlec. in retaining the balances
from one year to another. is to avoid the
necessity ON the part of the teachers, of
shaving their warrants, as the State s. Gu
rity funds do not come in before Decem-
brr, generally d month or TWO after the
So o0ls have hetn running.
The school pnru alton that is between
the ages of and 81. is l0,425. The cost
per month Tor tuiti n per pupils enrolle |,
is Il cents whole cost of public sduca-
;io'r PEE month pc: pupil enrolled, n cents
decrease of enrnllm-ut over last year, S29
The prr cent. last year being 50 of white
and 80 of colored. Increase lis number of
schn Is opened, 81 Increase OVER tl,.-
year ending July 3lst, 1880 81 For TIL
year ending July 5lst, 1879, there were
Only >, me 81 schools opened, but this was
before the II-nkel bill, and they were run
almost entirely supported by county funds
and fram private sources. -
| believe have given all the lnforma-
ton that would hr Interesting.
Resp. c:fully.
CHARLES GRATTAN,
Supt. Schools.