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board school

British  

noun

  1. (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers

"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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An amusement park, a gothic coastal villa, one of the world's first tennis pavilions and a former board school have been named as some of the country's most at-risk Victorian buildings.

From BBC May 29, 2024

Bayer shared the results with the school board, school staff and the facilities committee.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2023

You really came through for local students, with more than 1,000 of you donating an eye-popping $203,570 to this year’s Seattle Times editorial board school supply drive.

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 2021

He was placed in Native American board school where he ran away several times.

From Washington Times May 24, 2019

These "ladies" were much of a type, being either shop-girls or lady clerks, with a sprinkling of maid-servants and board school teachers.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

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