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
In a certain council school it was the custom for teachers to write down on the blackboard any instructions they might have for the janitor before they left at night.
From A Dominie in Doubt by Alexander Sutherland Neill
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 Charles William Daniel
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