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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Example Sentences

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A total of four people were killed in two separate school stabbings in 2015 and 2022.

From BBC

The ultra-Orthodox community, and to a lesser extent the religious nationalist community run separate school systems that offer subpar educations with little respect for democratic values like minority rights, Ben-David said.

From Seattle Times

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

From Washington Post

And a county with 11 separate school districts, at that.

From Seattle Times

“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

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