board school

noun

1. (formerly) a school managed by a board elected by local ratepayers

Example Sentences

An amusement park, a gothic coastal villa, one of the world's first tennis pavilions and a former board school have been named as some of the country's most at-risk Victorian buildings.

From BBC

Bayer shared the results with the school board, school staff and the facilities committee.

From Salon

Srikanth soon returned to a state board school and studied his beloved maths and science, averaging 98% in his exams.

From BBC

You really came through for local students, with more than 1,000 of you donating an eye-popping $203,570 to this year’s Seattle Times editorial board school supply drive.

From Seattle Times

"There's people coming to our board school board meeting, saying that they don't want the kids wearing masks, protests at the local high school, a whole group of people online saying that they're just going to send their kids without masks and say that they don't have to wear them."

From Salon