alternative school

noun

: an elementary or secondary school with a nontraditional curriculum

Examples of alternative school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Graciela Miranda, an English language learner’s teacher at Pike High School, is part of the top three, along with Chet Dixon, an alternative school teacher at Mooresville High School, and Ellie Minogue, who teaches fourth and fifth-graders at Klondike Elementary School in West Lafayette. Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2024 Incorrigible youth like Babe Ruth are kept in public school classrooms with little attention to meet their needs other than an alternative school or a special needs classroom. Ed Martin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024 The district office will then be used by students at Canyon Springs High School, the district’s alternative school. Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024 Her companies past and present have included a private alternative school, a vegan grocery store, a vegan fashion line, a property company and a music production studio. Laura Coburn, ABC News, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for alternative school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alternative school was in 1969

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“Alternative school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternative%20school. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.

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