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consolidated school

–noun
a public school formed from the pupils and teachers of a number of discontinued smaller schools, esp. in a rural district.
Also called centralized school.


Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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con·sol·i·dat·ed school   (kən-sŏl'ĭ-dā'tĭd)
n.  A public school serving pupils from several adjacent, often rural districts.
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