What does public school mean?

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pub·lic school

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. public schoolnoun

    a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board

  2. public schoolnoun

    private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition

Wiktionary

  1. public schoolnoun

    A fee-charging private or independent school.

  2. public schoolnoun

    A publicly administered school.

  3. Etymology: From public (in the English sense, "open to all members of a community"; in the North American/Australian sense, "carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the people") + school.

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  1. public school

    A public school is a free institution, funded by the government through taxpayers' money, which provides primary or secondary education to children within a certain area. These schools are overseen by a school board, which sets policies and regulations, and are required to adhere to certain educational standards set by the state. Admittance to a public school is typically based on the geographical location of a student's home. The term "public school" can vary in meaning between countries.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of public school in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of public school in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of public school in a Sentence

  1. Stephanie Lundquist-Arora:

    They are getting into areas that are parental rights areas, and you should be able to have conversations with your children based on your own personal values, about what you think about gender identity or any kind of identity affirmation as it pertains to your children, and they're basically what we're seeing is public school is crossing into a jurisdiction where they don't belong in.

  2. Amy Paternite:

    They still want good restaurants, but now it's also about space, affordability and being able to send their kids to a good public school.

  3. Kerrie Dallman:

    School districts and public school supporters end up begging for the leftover money at the end of every legislative session.

  4. Georgia Clark:

    [ Fort Worth ] ISD is loaded with illegal students from Mexico, i really do need a contact here in FW who should be actively investigating removing illegals that are in the public school system.

  5. Kevin Carey:

    Certainly something that everyone who is engaged in education agrees on is that it has been an extraordinarily difficult last three years to be a public school teacher, the pandemic was a real body blow to the whole education system.


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  • koulu, yleinen, peruskouluFinnish
  • សាលាសាធារណៈ, សាលារដ្ឋKhmer
  • [[escola]] [[pública]]Portuguese

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