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board school

British  

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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An amusement park, a gothic coastal villa, one of the world's first tennis pavilions and a former board school have been named as some of the country's most at-risk Victorian buildings.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

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

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

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

The boys are at the board school, which is all very well in its way; at least, I am the last man in the world to criticize the institutions of my native land.

From The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson

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