History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . part from the circular givesthe status of its management. Fall term commences September 1st,1896. It has a neatly furnished library comprising the best selections ofstandard authors, and in addition the pupils have free access to the townlibrary of about two thousand volumes. Non-resident pupils can obtaingood board at reasonable rates. Pupils driving to the school will be pro-vided with stabling accommodations free of charge, and a rack for bicyclesis also provided. Pupils residing in the
History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . part from the circular givesthe status of its management. Fall term commences September 1st,1896. It has a neatly furnished library comprising the best selections ofstandard authors, and in addition the pupils have free access to the townlibrary of about two thousand volumes. Non-resident pupils can obtaingood board at reasonable rates. Pupils driving to the school will be pro-vided with stabling accommodations free of charge, and a rack for bicyclesis also provided. Pupils residing in the district receive instruction outside the district pay a fee of three dollars for fall and springterms respectively, each three months in length, and four dollars for thewinter term of four months. Pupils outside the town pay six dollars forfall and spring terms each and eight dollars for winter term. All school feesfor pupils outside the district payable in advance. This embodies substan-tially the management of the Pine Plains union free school at its organiza-tion in 1896. <*^*^. CHAPTER XXVII. DISTRICT SCHOOL. To go back from the graded school of to-day to the old district schoola hundred years ago, and note the changes in the between time, would bevery near an impossibility, and at best of tedious interest. Some old doc-uments, however, relative to district schools in North East, having the es-sence of truth, are too good to be lost. These pertain to North East, andit must be borne in mind that previous to 1818 North East embracedthe territory of the now north part of North East, Pine Plains and Milan,and at that time North East and Little Nine Partners* were the samein territory. April 9, 1795, the legislature passed An act for the encouragement ofschools,—amended in 96 and 97—which is the first year any reports werefiled with the town clerk, or are found among the town papers. Presum-ably the filing of reports originated by a provision in this act. B
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