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Recent Examples of public school
And arguing before Locher in February, the attorney representing Iowa said that the state, in its mission of educating children, has legitimate reason to ensure public school materials are appropriate.
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Hannah Fingerhut, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Telecommunications companies are charged a Universal Service Fund fee – passed on to customers – that boosts phone and internet service to households and hospitals in rural areas, to low-income families across the country, and to public schools and libraries.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Close believes public schools will be OK because state coffers are fairly full, while elite schools will continue to get stronger.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: In two decades, 84% more students from the North attended public schools in the South, per a Wall Street Journal analysis last year.
—Thomas Oide, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Fingerhut, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Telecommunications companies are charged a Universal Service Fund fee – passed on to customers – that boosts phone and internet service to households and hospitals in rural areas, to low-income families across the country, and to public schools and libraries.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Close believes public schools will be OK because state coffers are fairly full, while elite schools will continue to get stronger.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: In two decades, 84% more students from the North attended public schools in the South, per a Wall Street Journal analysis last year.
—Thomas Oide, Axios, 24 Mar. 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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The pair went to different Frisco high schools, but were both at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2 for a track meet, where the alleged stabbing occurred.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In a series regular role, Pietz will play Donna, the no-nonsense high school secretary.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Last year, Courtney said EB hired 300 new employees directly out of trade school or high school and the recruitment and training model is being imitated elsewhere in the country.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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Promote a skilled manufacturing workforce by partnering with agencies, trade schools and private sector stakeholders to create a pipeline of skilled workers to support manufacturing.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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But then in junior high school my world was rocked by one man: Bobby Caldwell.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 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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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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Size 4 is another size suitable for youth ages but in the 10- to 14-year-old range, as this size is commonly used in middle school and some high school leagues.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the Coachella Valley, a team of middle school girls is helping keep escaramuza alive Las Valentinas del Valle de Coachella are a group of middle and elementary schoolers who are taking on the sport of escaramuza — an essential component of Mexico’s national sport of charrería, or Mexican rodeo.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even Princess Catherine was bullied at a secondary school.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 Apr. 2025
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The district will also close two secondary schools: West Middle School and the Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.—
Jenna Russell,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 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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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 23 Apr. 2025.
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