school committee

noun

Examples of school committee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The law was enforced by agents of the school committee — truant officers — with fines of up to $5 per week. Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024 Meanwhile, Boston City Council has been meeting in person since Feb. 2022, and many other municipal boards and school committees around the state have long since resumed meeting in-person, albeit with now-routine hybrid set-ups. Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for school committee 

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Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school committee was in 1787

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“School committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20committee. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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