continuation school

American  

noun

1. a school providing extension courses for people who have left school in the elementary grades to go to work.

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Etymology

Origin of continuation school

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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continuation school

He attended Garfield High School, where he met his wife, and later graduated from a continuation school, Valencia said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

It has nine elementary schools, three middle schools, three comprehensive high schools, a continuation school and an online school, as well as preschool and adult education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

Sierra High School, a San Bernardino Unified School District continuation school, offers a case study in what it takes to establish comprehensive mental health services at one school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

Verité documentary looks at three at-risk teens coached by their principal toward high school diplomas at a Mojave Desert continuation school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

I have examined these conditions closely because I attach great importance to the national school and the continuation school as a means to the military education of our people.

From Germany and the Next War by Friedrich von Bernhardi

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