History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
The next year the convention records contain no report of the parish school, but in 1855 we find the following:
Daily Parish Schools, One, part free -- Males, 6 ; Females, 11." That year eighty dollars was contributed by the church toward the parish school building. The next year the number of scholars had risen to twenty -- males, fourteen ; females, six -- and one hundred dollars was contributed by the parish towards the support of the school. Two years after, there were thirty scholars in the school -- males, seventeen ; females, thirteen -- and the reports say of the school, ■"Teacher boarded free of charge ; otherwise self-supporting." In 1859 the number of scholars was largely increased, the average attendance being, males, twenty-five ; females, seventeen ; and the total number of those who had attended at least one quarter was sixtyfour. The parish contribution towards the school this year was seventy-five dollars. The following year, 1860, is the last in which mention is made of the school in the convention reports, and it shows a great falling off in the attendance, -- namely : males, twenty; females, ten. During the winter a nightschool had been held for three months, which probably accounts in some measure for the decrease. The attendance at the night-school aggregated twenty-one, thus giving a total of fifty-one scholars. The parish contribution had fallen to fifty dollars for this year. Shortly after this last report the school was given up, apparently from lack of support, and the schoolbuilding was used for other purposes. It was moved from its original situation to a position nearly adjoining the rectory of the church, which was built in 1860.