Brown University, and the subscribers of the North District, Barrington, by which said Carpenter was to open and teach a school for the term of three months, at $18 a month; to commence December 1; to teach the branches usually taught in Common English schools, viz.: reading, writing, arithmetic, English, grammar, geography, etc."; the subscribers to furnish, "at some convenient place, good and sufficient board, lodging, etc.," and to pay each his proportion of the expenses of said school, according to the number of pupils sent to said school. It appears that there were fifty-one scholars who attended, and the tuition was about $1.75 a scholar for the full term of three months.
The first report of the school committee to the town, as to funds received from the state, was made April 21, 1830, and was as follows:
The Committee of the Town of Barrington under the Free School Act, report as follows as regards the public money appropriated by the State for said Town:
| For the summer school in North District | $9 | 50 | |
| For winter school"" | 19 | 00 | |
| 28 | 50 | ||
| For summer school in South District | 28 | 50 | |
| For winter school"" | 17 | 13 | |
| 25 | 46 | ||
| For summer school in East District | 21 | 50 | |
| For winter school | |||
| Amt. | $75 | 46 | |
From this date the school committee has made an annual report to the town covering financial and educational conditions.
It appears from a report made to the General Assembly in 1828, that Barrington had three schools, kept winter and summer, and in 1832, three schools 113 pupils, a male teacher three months in winter, a female teacher three months in summer.
