public schools
- plural of public school.
Example Sentences
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And yet for years now, Detroit parents have been fleeing across 8 Mile to suburbs like Warren, in order to get their children out of the free-falling Detroit public-schools district.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017
Last fall Chicago public-schools chief Arne Duncan directed principals to stop handing out suspensions for picayune infractions like "gum chewing" and reserve the punishment for violent offenses.
From Time Magazine Archive
We agreed that they were ideal training-grounds for character, and that our public-schools were the envy of the civilised world.
From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Beginning in the public-schools he had learned about his country—the country which was his, if not Corydon's.
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
For men like Belvoir, men who have been to public-schools and Oxford, and have a private income, it will be comfortable enough for a long time to come.
From Aliens by McFee, William
