Annual Reports of Local Superintendents and Local Boards of Trustees 1850-1870

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This microfilm consists of the annual reports of local superintendents and boards of trustees. The School Act of 1850 required County Councils to appoint a Local Superintendent, usually a clergyman or physician, to supervise the local Common (Public) Schools as a part time position. By March 1 of each year, every Superintendent was required to submit an annual inspection report using a form from the Education Office. In the case of cities and incorporated towns and villages, the report was submitted by the Board of Trustees.

Arranged by Township, and Town, these annual reports usually have two sections:

• A financial report on each of the area's schools;

• A status report on each school including: teacher's names, salary, religion, experience and qualifications; the enrolment in each subject; the text books used; and each school's construction, age, condition, and state of the school grounds.

The reports are arranged and listed alphabetically by town and township, e.g. all the reports for Ameliasburgh Township 1850-1870, are filed together.

In addition to the Local Superintendents' Annual Reports for Common (Public) Schools, some Separate (Roman Catholic) Schools reports can be found scattered amongst these records. These reports were submitted by the Board of Trustees for the Separate School to the Local Superintendent who passed them on to the Department of Public Instruction.

NOTE:

The surviving reports for the Perth County towns and townships have been filmed together on microfilm reel MS 916.

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