council school
Britishnoun
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In Orange County this year, 26 Latinas are running for city council, school board or supervisor offices.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2022
Candidates running for local offices on the council, school board or for mayor are my favorite politicians.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2019
Born Dora May Broadbent in Southport, Lancashire in 1924, she went to a council school and, encouraged by her ambitious mother, made her first stage appearance at the age of 12, in pantomime in Manchester.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2014
We could have wept—Mrs. Challenger did weep—when we passed a great council school and saw the long trail of tiny figures scattered down the road which led from it.
From The Poison Belt by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The young “general” often comes straight from a council school where domestic economy had no place in the curriculum, and from a home in name only.
From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William
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