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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

"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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Board member Rocio Rivas, who co-sponsored the resolution, read letters from fifth-graders at a community school in her board district, voicing their objections to extent of testing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2024

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

"The hardest part of being a community school is realizing that everything is a process," said Grijalva, "and that you have to ask students and families for their opinions of everything."

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

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