SCHOOL ACTIVITY SHEET ANSWERS

A Board of Trustee supervised the Kensico district schools. 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 schoolbooks 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, pages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7.

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),38 children.

2. How many teachers taught at the school? (pg. 3, 1 teacher .

3. What was the total amount listed under payments "for teacher’s wages earned during the school year?" (pg.2) $500.00 per year.

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? $3.12 per day .

5. The report shows the number of volumes in the school library in 1902 (pg.4) 127 volumes and their "present value" (pg.4) $78.00.

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) 29 pupils.

                          7. How many teachers taught at the school? (pg. 3)1 teacher.

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) 204 days.

9. Figure out how much the teacher earned daily.(pg.3)$ $2.42 per day. . .

(Notice that 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 non-residents who have been registered in your school during the year?" (pg. 4) 139 pupils. .

11. How many children of school age were vaccinated? (pg.5) 80 children.

12. How many female teachers taught at the school? (pg.3) 3 female teachers.

13. What one subject of instruction is mentioned as being taught in all three schools? (1902, pg.7; 1914 # 7, pg.4; 1914 Camp School, pg.4) Physiology & Hygiene was taught.

14. What day in May did all three schools celebrate? (1902, pg.7; 1914 # 7, pg.4; 1914 Camp School, pg.4) Arbor Day.

 

EXTRA CREDIT

15. Using the total school Receipts for 1914 District # 7, pg.2, $5,110.75 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 # 7, pg.4, 34.30 days compare this figure with the total school Receipts for 1914 Camp School, pg.4, $6,609.59 divided by the total "Aggregate number of days’ attendance of all pupils between 5 and 18 years of age including both residents and nonresidents camp school, pg.2. 92.68 days.

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, amount spent per child? $149.00 per child.

Temporary Camp School, amount spent per child? $71.32 per child