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Recent Examples of public school
Debra Whiteley used it for home internet and a printer for her 12-year-old daughter, who attends public school in north-central Idaho.
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
What supporters and opponents say about vouchers Supporters say education savings accounts are needed to give parents more say in their child’s education, while opponents say the money would be better used on public schools.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Over the past year, themes of communication and collaboration have been preached in the La Jolla Cluster Association, which includes principals, parents and teachers from the five local public schools in the San Diego Unified School District.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Miami-Dade public schools are set to receive roughly $3.5 billion in property taxes this year to educate more than 300,000 students.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
What supporters and opponents say about vouchers Supporters say education savings accounts are needed to give parents more say in their child’s education, while opponents say the money would be better used on public schools.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Over the past year, themes of communication and collaboration have been preached in the La Jolla Cluster Association, which includes principals, parents and teachers from the five local public schools in the San Diego Unified School District.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Miami-Dade public schools are set to receive roughly $3.5 billion in property taxes this year to educate more than 300,000 students.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public school
- high school
- trade school
- junior high school
- common school
- middle school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- senior high school
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Before attending Princeton, Blackburn was a standout high school student chosen as one of 2,500 students for the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, according to WAVE.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In high school in Idaho, Loveland was all-everything.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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In exchange for their volunteer service, members receive modest living stipends and money for college or trade school expenses.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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The national scholarship is paid directly to the American college, vocational, technical or trade school of the winner’s choice within five years after high school graduation.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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And in a third incident, Sobel said, a junior high school student in Weston found two swastikas in his football locker.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2025
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But then in junior high school my world was rocked by one man: Bobby Caldwell.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 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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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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Size 4 is another size suitable for youth ages but in the 10- to 14-year-old range, as this size is commonly used in middle school and some high school leagues.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the Coachella Valley, a team of middle school girls is helping keep escaramuza alive Las Valentinas del Valle de Coachella are a group of middle and elementary schoolers who are taking on the sport of escaramuza — an essential component of Mexico’s national sport of charrería, or Mexican rodeo.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even Princess Catherine was bullied at a secondary school.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 Apr. 2025
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The district will also close two secondary schools: West Middle School and the Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.—
Jenna Russell,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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