More Politics of Sparsity

From the Grand Forks Herald:

BISMARCK, N.D. - Despite fervent opposition from a handful of tiny rural schools, the North Dakota Senate has approved legislation to require elementary schools with fewer than 100 students to affiliate with a high school.

The bill, which is frequently introduced in the Legislature and defeated just as often, has been one of the 2005 session's top e-mail generators. Senators have been swamped with messages from school parents and their children, asking that the measure be defeated.