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Board of education   /bɔrd əv ˌɛdʒəkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Board of education

noun
1.
A board in charge of local public schools.  Synonym: school board.






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"Board of education" Quotes from Famous Books



... three trustees, as a district decides. If a board of education, it may be not less than three nor ...
— Civil Government for Common Schools • Henry C. Northam

... composed of the following members: George F. Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; Harrison W. Graver, Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board of Education, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, New York; together with the Editorial Board of our Movement, William D. Murray, George D. Pratt and Frank Presbrey, with Franklin K. Mathiews. Chief Scout ...
— A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" • Russell Doubleday

... 1855 the Board of Education elected me to the office of secretary of the board. The position was offered to Mr. George B. Emerson, who declined to accept it for the reason that he was unwilling to perform the necessary labor. My predecessor was Barnas Sears, who resigned to accept the presidency ...
— Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 • George Boutwell

... of the City Park Superintendent of Baltimore, sections of ground in some of the parks are placed at the disposal of the Board of Education for school gardens, and the privilege of cultivating these gardens is granted to teachers in an ...
— Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools • Virginia McGaw

... silent, moody child, wanting love more than anything else in the world and not getting it. When she was fifteen she went to live in Winesburg with the family of Albert Hardy, who had a store for the sale of buggies and wagons, and who was a member of the town board of education. ...
— Winesburg, Ohio • Sherwood Anderson


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