public school
nounDefinition of public school
1
: an endowed secondary boarding school in Great Britain offering a classical curriculum and preparation for the universities or public service
2
: a free tax-supported school controlled by a local governmental authority
Examples of public school in a Sentence
Both of their sons attend public school.
Recent Examples on the Web
Now that the state is in the process of taking control of Providence public schools, the time has come to do things differently. — BostonGlobe.com, "Dalia Gómez de Hernández: Providence failed my children. Now I want a seat at the table," 3 Sep. 2019 Although Thrive was a public school, its building is privately owned by a limited liability company affiliated with Thrive and essentially run by the Thrive Education Foundation. — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Effort to bring Thrive charter families back to their school building falls through," 2 Sep. 2019 According to the racial-privilege hierarchy of the New York City public schools, all those kids, with all their different backgrounds, skin tones and countries of origin, are the same as Alex. — New York Times, "Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?," 30 Aug. 2019 The Chargers rode the momentum from last season’s victory over Valley to a historic run for the Santa Clara public school, playing deep into December as the program won league, regional and state championships. — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, "Football: Valley Christian gets revenge against Wilcox," 30 Aug. 2019 Singh came to the school after working as a teacher and administrator in West Hartford public schools, most recently as principal of Wolcott Elementary School. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, "Principal of magnet school in East Hartford resigns," 29 Aug. 2019 Additional provisions of the agreement would require charter schools to meet the same performance standards as traditional public schools, the governor’s office said. — Los Angeles Times, "A battle over California charter schools ends — for now — with a deal in Sacramento," 28 Aug. 2019 The program is now expanding to all Bexar County traditional public schools, as well as some private and charter schools, with the help of a health equity group housed at UT Health San Antonio. — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, "‘Trauma doesn’t stop at 4 o’clock’," 28 Aug. 2019 Tony covers a wide range of football including six-man and 11-man football, private schools, charter schools, and public schools of all levels from Class 1A to 6A. Tony votes on the 6A, 5A, small school and private school polls. — Houston Chronicle Sports, Houston Chronicle, "Houston-area high school football media poll: Week 1," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'public school.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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