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Recent Examples of public school
Mission Viejo’s football team erupted for 17 points in the fourth quarter Friday to rally past host Lincoln of San Diego 34-24 in a clash of top public school programs in Southern California.
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Dan Albano, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
The court found that as a charter school, the school was in fact a public school and state actor.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The enrollment slide at the three schools and others in the area was partly the result of decisions by previous mayors and public school administrations who labeled North Lawndale’s schools as failing and opened new ones — many run by private entities — that drew families away.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Van Schoales is a former public school teacher, Denver school principal and education improvement (sometimes reform) advocate.
—Van Schoales, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
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Dan Albano, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
The court found that as a charter school, the school was in fact a public school and state actor.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The enrollment slide at the three schools and others in the area was partly the result of decisions by previous mayors and public school administrations who labeled North Lawndale’s schools as failing and opened new ones — many run by private entities — that drew families away.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Van Schoales is a former public school teacher, Denver school principal and education improvement (sometimes reform) advocate.
—Van Schoales, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 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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Marshall started training in Muay Thai, a martial art, after high school and began a career as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter while taking classes at her local community college.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Nearly five months after Frisco, Texas track star Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death at a high school competition, members of the public are continuing to pressure local authorities to release video of the attack.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It was always expected that my siblings and I would either go to college or trade school.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
15 Sep. 2025
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Wesley Gratzer earned his FFA American Degree by way of Wyotech, a trade school focused on auto and diesel skills in Laramie, Wyoming.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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In this program, families of elementary, middle school and high school children come to a local Target, shop for school clothes and hygiene products of their choice and Assistance League pays for their purchases.—
Jessica Peralta,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Last year’s grants included projects such as math games for elementary students, a stream table to model erosion and deposition at a middle school, 3D printers for a high-school industrial technology program and broadcasting equipment for a middle school.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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During a soccer game in secondary school, Kamara accidentally fouled his friend, who fell and broke his arm.—
Sophia Li,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2025
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But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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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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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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