private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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Welcome to the Friday, April 24, 2026, private school baseball and softball edition of the Fastball, a Star-Telegram series highlighting Fort Worth-area teams.
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
Stovall started a local private school and hired Lee out to work for a few months.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Located in Lancaster, along with cities like Palmdale, Quartz Hill and Littlerock — and home to the Golden League — which is the athletic residence to all the public schools in the Antelope Valley School District, Paraclete is one of the very few private schools in the high desert.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
And everyone else was private school punks.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
Stovall started a local private school and hired Lee out to work for a few months.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Located in Lancaster, along with cities like Palmdale, Quartz Hill and Littlerock — and home to the Golden League — which is the athletic residence to all the public schools in the Antelope Valley School District, Paraclete is one of the very few private schools in the high desert.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
And everyone else was private school punks.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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