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Recent Examples of public school
In its review of the 300 largest public school districts in the U.S., the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that 87% of sampled districts contract with payment processors.
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Adriana Morga and Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Look at the state of North Carolina public schools.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Correa is a longtime Orange County resident, growing up in Anaheim public schools.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
But for most of his career, Walz worked as a public school teacher and football coach, the type of middle-income job that doesn't lend itself to building a large nest egg.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adriana Morga and Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Look at the state of North Carolina public schools.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Correa is a longtime Orange County resident, growing up in Anaheim public schools.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
But for most of his career, Walz worked as a public school teacher and football coach, the type of middle-income job that doesn't lend itself to building a large nest egg.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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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 organization, created in 2002 after four students at a Jefferson County high school died by suicide in a nine-month period, is branching out beyond the Front Range.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The property was once envisioned as the site of a high school but now sits vacant.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The electronics retailer, which employs 1,750, including 200 part-timers, runs its own training program, works with trade schools to find workers and also receives applicants by referral.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Interest in these programs is growing, with trade school enrollment increasing by 16% since data tracking started in 2018.Chris Moore, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kids at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would then go to Frederick Douglass instead.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
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Those who leave child care have gone on to work as elementary or middle school teachers, teacher's assistants, nurses, home health aides, or even cashiers, the MTF wrote, citing a recent Rappaport Institute report.Steph Solis, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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In the film, Lizzie graduates from middle school and travels to Rome with her classmates.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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All twelve of Gaza’s universities, and some eighty-five per cent of its primary and secondary schools, have been irrevocably damaged.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Upon graduating from Harvard, John Adams became a grammar school teacher.Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
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Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At Wayne Local Schools, Shelby Herlihy is the new assistant principal at the junior/senior high school and Kevin Wright is the new director of student services and special education.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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