school board
Americannoun
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school boards
plural
noun
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(formerly in Britain) an elected board of ratepayers who provided local elementary schools between 1870 and 1902
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(in the US and Canada) a local board of education
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of school board
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Most of the residents’ tax burden is beyond city leaders’ direct control, since the biggest portion of property taxes there fund the local school board, which sets its own budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
He said it was important for the word to get out, while noting that the school board had not authorized this significant step.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
It has had to pillage its reserve funds in recent years, and on Wednesday the school board adopted a budget that cuts administrative staff and some school employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“That is a reasonable responsibility for a school board, and I believe parents overwhelmingly expect us to exercise that responsibility.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
My mother had died about eight months earlier, and my eighty-four-year-old father, in a natty seersucker suit, sat in a reserved section with the school board president, an old friend.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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