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Recent Examples of kindergarten
School closures are impacting a number of communities in North Texas, including Keller, Fort Worth and Grapevine-Colleyville independent school districts, as the number of incoming kindergarten students continues to drop amid low birth rates across the nation.
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
Her father was an elementary school principal, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2026
Her son, Brooks, is a kindergarten student in the district.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
The couple is survived by their two children, a daughter who is in kindergarten and a 6-month-old baby, who was in the vehicle and survived the crash, according to WECT and a GoFundMe started by a close friend of the family.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
Her father was an elementary school principal, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2026
Her son, Brooks, is a kindergarten student in the district.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
The couple is survived by their two children, a daughter who is in kindergarten and a 6-month-old baby, who was in the vehicle and survived the crash, according to WECT and a GoFundMe started by a close friend of the family.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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For years, they have been drawn by zero income tax, security, international schools, and a glamorous lifestyle.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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But these three high school students aren't arranging bouquets in a floral shop.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.—
OCVarsity sports staff,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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The first day of New York City public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released Tuesday — forcing families to scramble for child care at the end of summer break.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Catawba County commissioners voted Monday to merge the county’s three public school systems, starting a yearslong consolidation despite strong opposition from educators and residents.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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People stand at the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The secondary school was briefly placed on lockdown before the pursuit continued.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Our contract enabled the school district to implement mandatory recess for elementary school students; codify smaller class sizes; expand access to honors, arts, music and sports; and establish dual language schools in the Black community on the West and South sides.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Jarvis and Rosen first rubbed elbows in elementary school.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Two days after the hearing a class of junior high school students unrolled a fifty-foot-long petition down the middle aisle of the city council chamber in nearby Baytown.—
Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
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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
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These key distinctions make AI education more than a buzzword, highlighting the real-world difference between pupils learning career-ready technical skills versus efforts to force the nascent technology into primary school classrooms.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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Among the casualties of Operation Epic Fury’s first day were more than a hundred and seventy-five people, most of them little girls, at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, in the southern city of Minab.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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That happened one day during a middle school game.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Newport Mesa Unified School District has voted to ban e-bikes at all elementary and middle school campuses beginning in the 2027-28 school year.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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