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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The cost to D.C. taxpayers to operate two separate school sectors is high.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

The goal is to eventually open a separate school and work with children in kindergarten through eighth grade.

From New York Times • May 12, 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

In his sixth and final collegiate season, at his third separate school, O’Brien will have to prove he’s the Huskies’ best option.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Here there's no separate school for extra-smart students, and she's coming in as a freshman, as they say, while I'll be a junior.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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