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free school

American  

noun

  1. a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.


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The academy serves an area which experiences higher-than-average deprivation levels, with more than 50% of students at the school eligible for free school meals.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

For its measure of who counts as disadvantaged, the EPI looked at the educational outcomes of children who had ever been eligible for free school meals, compared with those who had not.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the families of 90,000 children eligible for free school meals received £27 per child each fortnight during school holidays.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom extolled free school meals, universal transitional kindergarten and other accomplishments in his tenure in California, a period marked by over $100 billion in increased spending.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

“Did you go to a free school in Haiti?”

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

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