How to Use charter school in a Sentence

charter school

noun
  • Last week, a Boston charter school rented a party bus complete with neon lights and stripper poles to take students on a field trip.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Some parents removed their kids from neighborhood public schools and moved them to other types of schools, including private schools, home schools and charter schools.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Respondents also offered complaints about charter schools as well as public schools, but none of the charter school complaints were included.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Chang, a math teacher at a Valley public middle school, had even more financial support — from backers of charter schools and those allied with them.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
  • As an education advocate nine years ago, Janey cheered the addition of a new in-district charter school in Roxbury.
    BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Despite an initial approval from the state Board of Education, some charter schools can get delayed or stuck in the legislative process if lawmakers decide not to fund them.
    Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Commissioner Ditas Yamane also raised concern over the café’s proximity to the charter school.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The news comes less than a month after Acero, one of the largest charter school networks in Chicago, welcomed students back for full-time, in-person learning Aug. 19.
    Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The first is a lawsuit over a charter school’s dress code.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Watch next for the Supreme Court to decide to take the case of the Oklahoma Catholic charter school.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Note that all but four work in a city school district or a charter school.
    al, 25 July 2022
  • Of those who transferred out, about 85% went to charter schools, state records show.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This could be in a charter school, private school, or home-school co-op.
    Hanna Skandera, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • None of the funds were used to benefit the charter school, according to the DOJ.
    Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Search for a charter school by name, or for all schools in a county, by county name.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In other words, once again, the court ruled that the charter school is a private business and not a public school.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • But the Dos had also applied to a nearby charter school.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
  • Tuition is free at the public charter school, the only one of its kind in Oregon.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Under district plans, a charter school or preschool might move into the other schools on the list.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • In Delaware, a charter school offered to pay parents $700 to take their children to school and pick them up at the end of the day.
    Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022
  • But Edwards researched that, and his charter school is a for-profit school.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That number jumps to around 50% in the Southern Section, which includes a wider range of private and charter schools.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Kentucky is one of the few states where charter schools are legal but not funded by the state (Amendment 2 could change this).
    Jennifer Vilcarino, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Across charter schools, 726 truant teens were referred to court.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • One local charter school group is going against the current grain.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • More School news:IPS school board candidates are split on charter schools.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The one charter school that attempted to open was rejected, in part, due to its lack of funding.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2022
  • In March 2023, Gov. Tim Walz signed a measure into law making all meals served at the state’s public and charter schools free.
    Juliana Cohen, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
  • In the midst of new condominiums, a charter school and a Whole Foods, old D.C. once again makes an indelible mark.
    Michael J. West, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • In 2016, parents sued the charter school over that requirement.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021

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