Twelfth Annual Report of the Controllers of the Public Schools of the First School District of the State of Pennsylania: with their Accounts. Philadelphia: Printed by Order of the Board of Control, Garden & Thompson, Printer, 1830.

 

The number of students in the district are 4,303:

 

Kensington: Boys 213, Girls 216, Total 429

 

Southwark, 681, Northern Liberties, 727 were the only districts outside the city with more students. The Lombard Street Colored School had 511 students. Kensington, Moyamensing and the Lombard Street Colored School were the only districts with more girls then boys in school.

 

Infant schools are in the preparation for children under 5 years old.

 

 

Second Section Expenses:

 

For teachers’ salaries –two male and three female teachers              $2,264.00

For books, maps and stationary                                                      $   106.37

For slates and slate pencils                                                              $     45.00

Fuel – for wood and coal                                                                $   127.16

Supplies – for sundry small bills paid by the Secretary                      $   100.00

Premiums – amount thereof given to the children for encouragement  $   118.10

Smiths’ and carpenters’ work                                                           $    117.46

Cleaning and whitewashing                                                                $     21.00

Water rent and plumbers’ work                                                          $    81.80

 

Total                                                                                                   $2,980.89

 

Directors of the Second Section, for that part of the Northern Liberties and Kensington, not comprised in the Lancasterian system:

 

Pay for teachers, five male and four female:                  $1,321.35

Supplies – for sundries paid to T. W. Haines                $     12.81

Total                                                                            $1,334.16

 

Board of Controllers

 

Roberts Vaux, President, Thomas McKean, Pettit, sec. (no others are mentioned)

 

[The budgeting of the individual districts is this report is much more detailed then others]