charter school

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Recent Examples of charter school Should anything change about how the county handles charter school approvals or oversight? Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Trakel sued the Idaho Department of Education and his children’s public charter school, the Idaho Home Learning Academy, over its refusal to reimburse his family for its selection of a religious curriculum. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026 Ferreira is a current board member for the charter school and still collects income from the school separate from his state retirement pension, according to a campaign finance disclosure. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Rivas also has worked in the district’s charter school office and focused on education research while earning her master’s and doctorate. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for charter school
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Noun
  • To the left, drivers pay no mind to a flashing beacon announcing the school zone, said Gerardo Sandoval, a parent of a student at the south Charlotte magnet school.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Those margins are substantial at the elite high school level.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Those of us who paid attention in high school social studies know that only Congress can declare war.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • On a recent episode of The Howard Stern Show, Antonoff reminisced about his struggles to fit in at public school in New Jersey around the turn of the millennium.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • So, after just one year at public school, Benyamin’s parents decided to homeschool him through an online program.
    Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some other basics include pull-ups, squats and endurance challenges, like running a mile — the kind of basics included in an elementary school fitness assessment.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • Watson and Williams were friends since elementary school, ran track together in high school, and stayed close during their college years—during which Watson was a student athlete at UIC.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
  • After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • With only about a month left before graduation, eligible high school seniors across Los Angeles County still have time to claim scholarship funding worth up to $1,500 to pay for college, trade school or other education expenses.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • An online streamer raising money to build a trade school program for underserved kids was hit by a car during his cross-country fundraising walk — and his livestream captured it all.
    Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Next year, the city’s junior high school campuses will have a more restrictive policy that includes limiting cellphone use during lunch.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026

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