free school
a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.
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How to use free school in a sentence
Deloitte CEO Joe Echevarria said he ate free school breakfasts and lunches during his youth in the South Bronx.
Study Says School Breakfasts Can Improve Graduation Rate for Kids | Eliza Shapiro | March 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe went to a regular, free school and is - gasp - 'the son of a retailer'.
Pippa Middleton's New Man Nico Meets The Parents in Mustique | Tom Sykes | February 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo mamma said I might go to a little free school opposite, half-a-day, when I felt like it, and perhaps that would amuse me.
Ruth Hall | Fanny FernAt the free school Street end new buildings have taken the place of old and antiquated ones.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century | Montague MasseyIn 1636 he contributed to the maintenance of a free school and in 1656 to the building of the town house.
Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs | Samuel Adams Drake
I went to the Jews' free school, which was turned into a synagogue, and passed the whole day in tearful supplication.
Ghetto Comedies | Israel ZangwillWhat music is sweeter than the singing of birds, the ringing of free school bells and the hum of machinery?
The Golden Censer | John McGovern
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