I couldn't resist looking up the current cost of education http://www.bestplaces.net/city/vermont/ludlow according to this site the current cost of education in 2010 was $9,172 per pupil Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Barton" <[email protected]> > The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, February 12, 1886 > > 124 different scholars have attended school, the past year, at a cost, per > scholar, of $7.05; 178 weeks of school, at a cost, per week, of $4.91. > total cost of schools, $874.45. 13 different teachers have been > employed--only one teacher through the year in the same district. > > Transcribed by Ruth Barton > -- > Ruth Barton > [email protected] > Dummerston, VT