separate school

British  

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

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