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school board

noun

  1. a local board or committee in charge of public education.


school board

noun

  1. (formerly in Britain) an elected board of ratepayers who provided local elementary schools between 1870 and 1902
  2. (in the US and Canada) a local board of education


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Word History and Origins

Origin of school board1

First recorded in 1820–30

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Example Sentences

A Buddhist family sued Sabine Parish School Board for violating their right to religious freedom.

But it arguably scored an emotionally more important win in Bridgeport, Conn., where it took over the school board.

“Early on, back when [de Blasio] was just on the school board, we saw him as someone we could hitch our wagon to,” Cantor said.

And San Diego has a collaborative approach where the school board worked with the principals and superintendents.

The turnout in such votes typically resembles the turnout in off-year school-board elections.

Macnamara, the man 'oo polled the 'ighest votes in the School Board Election—and look at him now!

It reminded him sharply of some teachers' committee about to beard a school-board with an unpopular and expensive recommendation.

She is president of the school board here in the city, and she is also a member of the city council.

Agriculturists of all shades of political opinions are usually averse to a School Board.

He served on the school board for several years and has ever been a champion of the cause of public education.

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