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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 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

Nevertheless, community school coordinators Our Schools spoke with are working on getting data to show the approach is moving the needle.

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

Every weekend, the elder Archives ran a community school in Bradford, where Nia first learned about her family's history as part of the Windrush generation.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2023

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

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow