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board school

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noun

  1. (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bayer shared the results with the school board, school staff and the facilities committee.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

Srikanth soon returned to a state board school and studied his beloved maths and science, averaging 98% in his exams.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2022

You really came through for local students, with more than 1,000 of you donating an eye-popping $203,570 to this year’s Seattle Times editorial board school supply drive.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

He was placed in Native American board school where he ran away several times.

From Washington Times ● May 24, 2019

He had gone hungry and faint to the board school and had been punished as a dull boy.

From T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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