school district

noun

: a unit for administration of a public-school system often comprising several towns within a state

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Jason Black, who served as Collum's deputy, will take over as superintendent while the school district conducts a formal search for Collum's replacement. Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2025 No school district should ever use its authority to indoctrinate children or conceal information from their families. Jeffrey S. Trimbath, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025 Kobach argued the school districts violated parents’ federal rights by having policies that refrain from informing parents when their children asked to be addressed by different pronouns in class than at home unless that student gives permission to do so. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025 Champlin Park's school district provided a statement to Fox News Digital defending the decision to allow the athlete to compete on the softball team. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for school district

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school district was in 1809

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“School district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20district. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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