school committee

noun

: school board

Examples of school committee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Serino, the school committee chairman, said the group began considering updating its residency policy more than a year before migrants became an issue in the state. —

Jocelyn Gecker, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024 Reality check: The school committee still denied the existence of de facto segregation afterward and didn't consider those changes until more than a decade later, following the federal busing order. —

Steph Solis, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024 The school committee was meeting in executive session Saturday and planned a public vote Wednesday. —

The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 4 Feb. 2024 The law was enforced by agents of the school committee—truant officers—with fines of up to five dollars per week. —

Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for school committee

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Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of school committee was in 1787

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