Beginner's civics for North Dakota . ed prolong his educational work beyond the sixteen-year period named above. He may pursue a post-226 EDUCATION 227 graduate course in the State University from one tothree years, if he so desires. The State is making care-ful provision that public opinion should be enlight-ened: The School District.—There are three classes of &*r** mm m -_ ;^ Lgw 1, * il iiifi B 1 ii > » ^fflll^iH , —^ptj Shack Schoolhouse of the Frontier districts. (1) In the country we find the commonschool district. Five counties in the older part of theState—the Red River Valley—have
Beginner's civics for North Dakota . ed prolong his educational work beyond the sixteen-year period named above. He may pursue a post-226 EDUCATION 227 graduate course in the State University from one tothree years, if he so desires. The State is making care-ful provision that public opinion should be enlight-ened: The School District.—There are three classes of &*r** mm m -_ ;^ Lgw 1, * il iiifi B 1 ii > » ^fflll^iH , —^ptj Shack Schoolhouse of the Frontier districts. (1) In the country we find the commonschool district. Five counties in the older part of theState—the Red River Valley—have the old-fashionedcommon district system, according to which the districtis only two or three miles square, with its one school-house near the center. The modern new-fashioneddistrict is called the township system, for here theschool district is the same size as the township i sixmiles square), and has usually three, four, or evenfive schoolhouses in it. But latest and best of all is 228 WORKINGS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. the Rural Consolidated School, consisting of one good,large, central building, which takes the place of severalpoor, small, scattered buildings. This is now in use inmany township districts. It has better trained teachers,and better attendance of pupils, with less exposure tothe weather, and hence better work and better the other two classes of school districts we mustlook to the cities. They are (2) the special and (3) the independent dis-tricts. These twoclasses of districts aremuch alike: they havepower to conduct ahigh school; and have First Rural ConsolidatedSchool a board of educationinstead of a schoolboard. In the inde-pendent district, foundin such cities as Fargoand Grand Forks, the board of education has power to issue bonds. In theother two classes of districts, the voters themselvesmust decide the important question of a bond issue. Flags.—The law requires every school district tohave a flag for every schoolhouse in the distri
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