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public school

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as in high school

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Recent Examples of public school Over the past year, Winters led AI training for over 7,000 teachers, almost a third of Utah’s public school instructors. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 The curriculum—a first for the local public school system—was also a bid to control communal loyalties in Hawaii, which the United States had annexed in 1898. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2026 Niche named North Star Charter School the best public school in Ada County serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade, according to Niche. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2022, the Newsom administration launched the California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS), a statewide initiative that provides eligible public school students with scholarships of up to $1,500 to pay for higher education. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for public school

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Noun

Frodin has a year left in high school and doesn’t know her plans after that.

— Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Here is the schedule and scoreboard for Week 3 games for Orlando area high school football teams.

— Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of high school

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Consider these private options What’s the best way to pay for trade school?

— Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
When participants come into the program, some want to finish a trade school, like HVAC or beauty school, while others may want to improve their grades.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026

Definition of trade school

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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

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The additional restrictions at these school districts come a few months after the school district and police department in Rocklin banned Class 2 and Class 3 e-bikes on elementary and middle school campuses.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Jena Johnson’s daughter can expect one heckuva wedding after lottery officials said the Chatham County middle school teacher won a $10 million jackpot on a North Carolina scratch-off ticket.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of middle school

Noun

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
In 2014, Boko Haram took almost three hundred girls from a secondary school in Chibok; the whereabouts of some ninety are still unknown.

— Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 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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