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public school

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as in high school

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Recent Examples of public school School officials and the mayor of New Haven are at odds over the safety of the city’s public school buildings, even as teachers are set to welcome students back to school on Monday. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 Traditional public school enrollment in the district is down from 352,000 in 2006-07 to about 217,000 to start this year. — Austin Horn august 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 Wiley and his team pushed to open in time for the new school year, which started this week for public school students. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 Public education reform Taylor Eowers is a public school teacher with a son who has special needs. — Maven Navarro updated August 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for public school

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Noun

Despite those difficulties, Fiesta Hispana remained free and continued its support of educational opportunities for high school and college students and nonprofit organizations.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
But the changes came after the early signing day for high school recruits and just before the transfer portal opened — not much time for new staffers to assess FSU’s personnel and fortify its roster.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

In 2020, a sheriff’s deputy shot trade school student Andres Guardado, 18, in the back several times, killing him.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Whether students are considering college, trade school or another path altogether, families increasingly want evidence that the choice will pay off.

— Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of trade school

Noun

From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.

— Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026
Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.

— Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of common school

Noun

His parents got divorced in middle school, and that forced him to find his independence.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
New York City's schools will ban elementary and middle school students from using generative AI tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday.

— Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of middle school

Noun

Seventy percent of Gen Z women who started playing sports continued through the end of high or secondary school, compared with 62% of Baby Boomers.

— Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.

— Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of senior high school

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