school board

noun

: a board in charge of local public schools

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While legislators disagreed on how much control the local school boards should have, there seemed to be universal agreement that phones are a major distraction. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 Teachers at International Newcomer Academy, the Fort Worth school district’s only school designated for immigrant and refugee students, are pleading for district leadership to keep it open as the school board prepares to vote on closing the campus at a meeting Tuesday evening. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026 The Ann Arbor Education Association also held a watch party during the March 25 school board meeting, during which community residents spoke in support of the educators. Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 That proposal made national headlines and led to months of reckoning with racial bias after a Center School parent was caught on a hot mic during a remote school board meeting. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for school board

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school board was in 1836

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“School board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20board. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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school board

noun
: a board in charge of local public schools
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