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first school

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noun

  1. a school for children aged between 5 and 8 or 9 Compare middle school

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White enrollment was 55% in 1963 — when the first school desegregation suit was filed — and 37% white in 1976 as the busing dispute peaked.

From Los Angeles Times

"I never got to see his first steps, his first word, his first tooth, his first school day," Johanne says.

From BBC

Mater Dei was trying to become the first school to win three straight Southern Section titles in the highest playoff division since Newport Harbor from 1997 to 1999.

From Los Angeles Times

My first school production was an adaptation of “A Thurber Carnival,” a James Thurber revue.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ministers and school representatives are set to meet later for the first School Council Network in Jersey of the new term.

From BBC