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Listen to this article Former students have brought a class action lawsuit against a private college-preparatory day and boarding school in Connecticut alleging that the school’s former IT administrator exploited them through his access to their electronic devices and the school’s computer network.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
Did Trump serve in the U.S military? Donald Trump, who attended a military boarding school as a child, has no record of military service.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025
The couple share daughter Lady Louise Windsor, 21, and son James, Earl of Wessex, 17, who are away at the University of St. Andrews and boarding school, respectively.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
My mind includes references to Kurt Vonnegut, to Prince, to Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, and to whatever era stories about girls’ boarding schools take place in—the Second World War, whenever.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
Did Trump serve in the U.S military? Donald Trump, who attended a military boarding school as a child, has no record of military service.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025
The couple share daughter Lady Louise Windsor, 21, and son James, Earl of Wessex, 17, who are away at the University of St. Andrews and boarding school, respectively.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
My mind includes references to Kurt Vonnegut, to Prince, to Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, and to whatever era stories about girls’ boarding schools take place in—the Second World War, whenever.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarding school
- prep school
- preparatory school
- high school
- public school
- elementary school
- common school
- secondary school
- school
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Johnson, 5 feet 10 senior from Massachusetts, caught Reilly’s eye as a tenacious defender in prep school and has become the program’s career assist leader.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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Unlike that flashback from an episode of Yellowjackets, a natural discipline and leadership emerges for young adults in prep school.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 660 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Because the thing is that, According to Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are now deep into discussions about what will happen to Prince George once his time at preparatory school ends.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
3 Dec. 2024
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None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Federal funding made up 18% of Texas' public school budget for the 2021-2022 school year, compared with 23% in Mississippi — the highest in the nation — and just 7% in New York, the lowest, per USA Facts.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s also pressure from City Hall to help address funding woes within the city’s public school system amid tense contract negotiations with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closest political ally, the Chicago Teachers Union.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s broad consensus among education researchers that the best way to teach students in early elementary school how to read is through explicit phonics instruction.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Feb. 2025
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Soon the boys were enrolling at Pasadena Unified elementary schools — and all three would eventually attend Muir.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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Instead, the hardline Islamist group has done an about-face and banned women from going to university, closed secondary schools and beauty salons, and stopped women from working at NGOs, including at the United Nations.—
Salma Abdelaziz,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Historic buildings, elementary and secondary schools, manufacturing buildings, agricultural buildings and federal buildings can apply to be exempted.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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The company sold software to schools, which relied on manual processes and paper checks to make payments.—
Ryan Lawler,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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This is about the same as the previous school year, but lower than the 94% seen in the 2020-22021 school year and the 95% seen in the 2019-2020 school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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