school

An institution or place for instruction or education.

@ common schools

Schools maintained at the public expense and administered by a bureau of the state, district, or municipal government, for the gratuitous education of the children of all citizens without distinction.

See also public schools.

@ consolidated school district

A common school district where two or more existing schools have consolidated into one single district.

@ district school

A common or public school for the education at public expense of the children residing within a given district; a public school maintained by a "school district."

See School district, below.

@ private school

One maintained by private individuals, religious organizations, or corporations, not at public expense, and open only to pupils selected and admitted by the proprietors or governors, or to pupils of a certain religion or possessing certain qualifications, and generally supported, in part at least, by tuition fees or charges.

@ public schools

Schools established under the laws of the state (and usually regulated in matters of detail by the local authorities), in the various districts, counties, or towns, maintained at the public expense by taxation, and open, usually without charge, to the children of all the residents of the city, town or other district. Schools belonging to the public and established and conducted under public authority

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