school district
noun
: a unit for administration of a public-school system often comprising several towns within a state
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Advertisement Meta launched a campaign to connect with school districts and paid organizations like the National Parent Teacher Association and Scholastic to conduct outreach to schools and families.
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Nov. 2025
The bills would offer state aid to school districts that merge in the next three years and provide four-year grants to schools that enter into a whole-grade sharing agreement.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
East Palo Alto, the historically Black community surrounding the Meta campus, is one of the least gentrified, most impoverished places in the Valley—a 2017 study found that 42 percent of students in the local school district were homeless.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
The complaint alleges that the problems between the student's family and school district date back to August 2023, when the student was attending Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, a city located approximately 50 miles southeast of Orlando.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Nov. 2025
The bills would offer state aid to school districts that merge in the next three years and provide four-year grants to schools that enter into a whole-grade sharing agreement.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
East Palo Alto, the historically Black community surrounding the Meta campus, is one of the least gentrified, most impoverished places in the Valley—a 2017 study found that 42 percent of students in the local school district were homeless.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
The complaint alleges that the problems between the student's family and school district date back to August 2023, when the student was attending Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, a city located approximately 50 miles southeast of Orlando.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
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“School district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20district. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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