Definition of School board

1. Noun. A board in charge of local public schools.

Exact synonyms: Board Of Education
Generic synonyms: Board

Definition of School board

1. Noun. A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of School Board

scholical
scholion
scholium
scholiums
scholzite
school-age
school-age child
school-band
school-marm
school-marms
school admission criteria
school band
school bell
school board (current term)
school book
school books
school bus
school bus yellow
school counselor
school counselors
school crossing
school crossing attendant
school day
school dentistry
school dictionary
school district

Literary usage of School board

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. No. 1173. VOL. XXIII. 7. That it is desirable that the school board should divide the metropolis into districts for the purpose of ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1879 Bishop Joseph Dwenger of Fort Wayne, Indiana, organized a school board, consisting of eleven members and a secretary, all being priests. ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"He represented a school board district with a population of 250000 which had ... Their school board was admitted to be one of the best in Scotland and they ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Under this plan, the school board rented the Catholic school buildings for a nominal sum, and accepted the two Catholic schools of the place as public ..."

5. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"The school board Member, January Research Bulletin of the National Education ... The fiscally dependent school board might seem to be an exception to this ..."

6. The Nineteenth Century (1882)
"NOTES ON school board QUESTIONS. ONCE every third November the London School Board elections bring to the front the question of elementary education; ..."

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