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separate school

British

noun

(in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education

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Verified images also show damage to a separate school building in Urmia, northwestern Iran.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

“I am hard-pressed to fathom how I would begin to separate school and mental health and still be a good teacher.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

Fulton County includes Atlanta, although the city has its own separate school district.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2020

Nationally, most students who can’t talk are in self-contained classrooms or autism programs or, like Mike used to be, in a separate school for students with severe disabilities.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2017

In another Brown decision in 1955, the court ruled that the dismantling of separate school systems must happen with “all deliberate speed.”

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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