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community school

British  

noun

  1. a school offering some nonacademic activities related to life in a particular community and often serving as a community centre

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“The fact that Logan Academy is a community school, is now a span school — circumstances for them have changed, and that is what we need to take into consideration,” Rivas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

The Literature Production Center at the Wadeye community school works with locals to produce bilingual curriculum materials to support children's Murrinhpatha literacy as much as their English literacy.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

George's first few months as a community school coordinator were a bit of a baptism by fire.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2023

Kelli Dunham, 54, a community school director for Counseling in Schools, an education nonprofit in New York City, jokes that her gender is “Can you please listen to my ideas now?”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023

That winter he found a job teaching at a small community school for twelve dollars a month.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow