The Kensico district schools were supervised by a Board of Trustees.
With information supplied by the teachers, the trustees prepared an annual report for the New York State Education Department. These reports included
the following: names and ages of students; number of days of attendance; value
of school books and furniture; operating expenses; value of the school
buildings.
In your packet you will find three such reports, which
differ somewhat by year and location. There
are Trustees Reports for 1902 and 1914 for the Kensico schools. Often one teacher was assigned to
teach pupils of all ages together. One of the 1914 reports is for the Camp School
which was provided for the children of the approximately 1,500 people who
came to the area to build the dam.
TRUSTEES ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORTS
For the following set of questions, use the Trustees
Annual (School) Reports for 1902, 1914, and the 1914 Camp school. The
pages have been color coded according to school district and year, along with
links to each page.
1902 School District # 7
1. What is the total "Number of children over 5 and under 18 years
of age residing in the district on the date on which the law requires the census
to be taken?" (pg.4)
2. How many teachers taught at the school? (pg.
3)
3. What was the total amount listed under payments
"For teacher's wages earned during the
school year?" (pg.2)$
4. By law "there must be 160 days of school to entitle a district to
share in public school moneys." Can you figure out how much money the
teacher earned daily assuming she worked all 160 days $__________
5. The reports show (pg.4)_
________ library books were owned by the school in
1902
and they were valued at (pg.4)$
.
1914 School District #7
6. What is the total "Number of pupils over 5 and under 18
years of age including both residents and nonresidents who have
been registered in your school during the year?" (pg.
4)
7. How many teacher's taught at the school? (pg.
3)
8. By law "there must be 180 days of school to entitle a district to
share in public school moneys." Including holidays, how many days did
the teacher work? (pg.3)
9. Figure out how much the teacher earned daily. $
(Notice, the teacher in 1914 worked more days and
earned less money, than the teacher in 1902)
1914 Temporary Camp School
10. What is the total "Number of pupils over 5 and under 18 years of
age including both residents and nonresidents who have been
registered in your school during the year?"
(pg.
4)
11. How many children of school age were vaccinated?
(pg.
5)
12. How many female teachers taught at the school?
(pg.
3)
13. What one subject of instruction is mentioned as being taught in all three schools?
pg. 7, 1902 ,
#7-pg.
4, 1914 , pg.
4, 1914 Camp School
14.What day in May did all three schools celebrate?
pg. 7, 1902 , #7-pg.
5, 1914 , pg.
5, 1914 Camp School
EXTRA
CREDIT
15. Using the total school Receipts
for 1914 district
7pg.2
divided by the total "Aggregate number of days' attendance of all pupils
between 5 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE including both residents and nonresidents"
district
7pg.
4, compare this figure with the total school
Receipts for 1914 Camp School pg.
2 , camp school divided by the total "Aggregate
number of days' attendance of all pupils between 5 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE including
both residents and nonresidents" pg.
4 camp school
Determine the average daily per pupil
expenditure of District 7 School with the Temporary Camp School. How do
the two schools compare for 1914?
District #7- $________ spent per
child
Temporary Camp School _________
spent per child