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Recent Examples of public school
Enrollment in Broward public schools declined from 259,130 students in the 2004-05 school year to just over 201,000 in the 2023-24 school year, a 22% decrease, according to district data.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary follows the lives of dedicated teachers at an underfunded public school in Philadelphia.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025
Then Los Angeles Unified schools – the second-largest school district in the United States – announced Sunday evening that in-person classes would resume for most of the area’s public schools.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
In California, all students — regardless of immigration status — have the right to attend public school and the state offers many resources to students in the country illegally who are interested in attending college or a university, including scholarships and financial aid.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary follows the lives of dedicated teachers at an underfunded public school in Philadelphia.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025
Then Los Angeles Unified schools – the second-largest school district in the United States – announced Sunday evening that in-person classes would resume for most of the area’s public schools.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
In California, all students — regardless of immigration status — have the right to attend public school and the state offers many resources to students in the country illegally who are interested in attending college or a university, including scholarships and financial aid.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public school
- high school
- trade school
- junior high school
- common school
- middle school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- senior high school
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Teams will use Choctaw Stadium, and high school facilities in Mansfield and Southlake.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Jan. 2025
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Mueller, who transferred to South Elgin from Wheaton St. Francis at the semester break this winter, didn’t play football his first two years of high school, concentrating on basketball and track.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Scholarships are available exclusively to Fox Valley high school seniors, college undergrads, trade school and graduate students for the 2025-26 academic year, according to a press release about the program.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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As artificial intelligence rakes through the tech industry and beyond, some students also see some of the hands-on jobs taught in trade schools as less vulnerable to the machine-learning takeover.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
12 Dec. 2024
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The Castaic Union School District closed all schools, while the William S. Hart Union High School District shut down multiple campuses, including Castaic, Valencia, and Rio Norte junior high schools, impacting 21,000 students in the Santa Clarita Valley.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Here's what's changing for next school year: West Corridor Ethel M. Taylor Academy will become a junior high school serving students in seventh and eighth grades.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2024
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2024
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Someone who contributes to the 2034 World Series winner is currently a middle school student — heck, maybe your child will be the one leading the A’s to their first title in 45 years!—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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The upheaval comes on the heels of a successful year, with the chorale launching the High Notes, a choir for middle school students in Pasadena and Altadena , as well as the Pasadena Choral Society.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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The queen consort officially opened the Mulberry Academy London Dock, a secondary school that is part of the Mulberry Schools Trust family of schools.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
5 Feb. 2025
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On Monday, Fort Worth Independent School District confirmed to USA TODAY that it had been notified about a substitute teacher, implying the immigration law enforcement agency should visit one of its secondary schools.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.—
James Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Dec. 2024
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo all attended local grammar schools, high schools, and colleges.—
Christopher Sabatini,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Aug. 2022
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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