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separate school

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noun

  1. (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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“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

The embassy was involved because the school had been chartered by the American, British and Canadian embassies but overseen by a separate school board.

From Washington Post Jul. 28, 2022

It is a separate school from Braniel, but was to be housed in a classroom on the site of the 400-pupil primary.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2021

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

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2020

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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