charter school

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Recent Examples of charter school The group applied to open a statewide online charter school serving kindergarten through 12th grade students beginning next school year. Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026 Florida has the highest rate of charter school closures of any state in the country. Jim Defede, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 In one public charter school — which has seen dozens of students quarantined for measles — the vaccination rate is a shockingly low 21%. Maria Godoy, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026 John Adams Academy is a tuition-free charter school funded based on average daily attendance. Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for charter school
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Noun
  • They are also required to hold two parent-teacher conferences annually, and students in those attendance zones receive priority points in the district’s magnet school admissions process.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • School breakfast While magnet school funding would decrease by $12 million, Lamont’s proposal for universal free school breakfast for all public school students would cost the same amount — $12 million.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Seals and Crofts were native Texans who had known each other since high school and played together in various groups before becoming a duo, Seals & Crofts, in the late 1960s.
    Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • An over-the-top hazing event involving members of a high school baseball team is under investigation in southeastern North Carolina, according to deputies.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Founded in 1935, the Lake Forest Caucus vets residents interested in serving on city boards and commissions and endorses candidates for local offices, including mayor, City Council, and the city’s two local public school boards.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Meyers’ father, Michael, coached for 23 years at grammar schools and high schools on the South Side of Chicago.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In August, fast-growing Star will welcome around 600 students to a new elementary school on North Pollard Lane.
    Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Cajon Valley is a growing elementary school district serving nearly 18,000 students, among them many refugees and recent immigrants.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.
    William McCorkle, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • United Teachers Los Angeles represents more than 30,000 classroom teachers, psychologists, attendance counselors, guidance counselors, nurses and secondary school librarians.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Once a student grew up, the account holding that starting contribution and any additional funds their family contributed could have been used to help pay for education after high school, including college or trade school.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The young teen was thinking about going to a trade school to learn about becoming a mechanic.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.
    Edie Kasten, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026

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