ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS , NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1403
DATE: 1932-1944
SIZE: 1 folder
ACQUISITION: The Arvilla School District Records were deposited into Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Meg Kossover, Thompson , North Dakota , on November 22, 1999 (Acc. #99-2411). The collection was initially placed in the Grand Forks Public Library donation box.
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
In 1881, the courses taught at the Orange School building, located a 1½ miles west of Arvilla , North Dakota , were writing, reading, arithmetic, and geography. The following year, the one room schoolhouse was moved to Arvilla where it remained until being destroyed by fire in 1902. In 1903, a new schoolhouse was built for the sum of $3,769 and was large enough to accommodate 3 teachers.
By 1918, high school courses were offered to students and by 1931, high school coursework had extended to four years. In 1936, the Arvilla school district decided it was cheaper to transport students to Larimore than to continue providing students with high school classes. The following year, a law passed allowing the school district to continue the practice and within two years, 26 students were being transported to Larimore to take high school coursework.
Source: Kent, James Nelson. A History of Education in Grand Forks County . Thesis (M.S.) University of North Dakota , 1941.
The Arvilla School District Records consists of meeting minutes dated 1932 to 1944. Transportation fees for students traveling from Arvilla to Larimore are the focus of the meeting minutes. Also included in the document are discussions concerning text purchases, salaries, bills, and tuition fees.
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