private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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As public servants, your first loyalty should be to public school students whose parents cannot afford private schools even with a voucher.
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Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Darlington became the first boys or girls basketball team outside metro Atlanta to win a Private championship since Aquinas’ boys in 2018 and the second overall since smaller private schools began having their own championships in 2013.
—Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The program gives families public money to pay for expenses like private school tuition and homeschooling costs.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
The bookkeeper for a private school in Lone Tree brazenly used hundreds of thousands of school funds to make 800 purchases on Amazon, vacation in Cabo San Lucas, pay off credit card debts, add a hot tub to her home, and buy a ranch, according to that school.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Darlington became the first boys or girls basketball team outside metro Atlanta to win a Private championship since Aquinas’ boys in 2018 and the second overall since smaller private schools began having their own championships in 2013.
—Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The program gives families public money to pay for expenses like private school tuition and homeschooling costs.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
The bookkeeper for a private school in Lone Tree brazenly used hundreds of thousands of school funds to make 800 purchases on Amazon, vacation in Cabo San Lucas, pay off credit card debts, add a hot tub to her home, and buy a ranch, according to that school.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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