a school board

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• School board (Scotland) — School Boards in Scotland were involved in determining the overall policies, objectives and ethos at the school. Boards have a special duty to promote good relationships between the school, its parents and the community and also form a channel… …   Wikipedia

• School board — School School, n. [OE. scole, AS. sc?lu, L. schola, Gr. ? leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation, lecture, a school, probably from the same root as ?, the original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See {Scheme}.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• School board — School School, n. [OE. scole, AS. sc?lu, L. schola, Gr. ? leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation, lecture, a school, probably from the same root as ?, the original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See {Scheme}.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• school board — or committee A board of municipal officers charged with the administration of the affairs of the public schools. They are commonly organized under the general laws of the state, and fall within the class of quasi corporations, sometimes… …   Black's law dictionary

• school board or committee — A board of municipal officers charged with the administration of the affairs of the public schools. They are commonly organized under the general laws of the state, and fall within the class of quasi corporations, sometimes coterminous with a… …   Black's law dictionary

• School board (England & Wales) — School boards were set up in England and Wales under the Elementary Education Act 1870 following campaigning by George Dixon, Joseph Chamberlain and the National Education League for elementary education free from Anglican doctrine.School boards… …   Wikipedia

• School Board — may refer to the education arrangements in different parts of the United Kingdom:* School board (Scotland) * School board (England Wales) …   Wikipedia

• school board — school boards N COUNT COLL A school board is a committee in charge of education in a particular city or area, or in a particular school, especially in the United States. [AM] Colonel Richard Nelson served on the school board until this year …   English dictionary

• school board — n. a local board of education in charge of a public or private school or school system …   English World dictionary

• School Board — (engl., spr. ßkūl bōrd, »Schulkollegium oder Ausschuß«), in England Bezeichnung der das Volksschulwesen überwachenden Ortsbehörde. Nach der Elementary Education Act von 1870 gilt als Bezirk des S. im allgemeinen das Kirchspiel (parish), bez. das… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• school board — school′ board n. edu a local board in charge of public schools …   From formal English to slang