How to Use private school in a Sentence

private school

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  • The Thomases sent the child to a series of private schools.
    — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And yours for just the cost of one year of private school!
    — Curbed, 14 July 2023
  • But the private school powerhouse has played one of the toughest schedules in the state.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • So, with the help of a scholarship, Gray transferred Amani to a private school.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The top teams in Class 4A received five points, and private schools received 10 points.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • As a private school, the school obtained funding through donors and tuition.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The scholarships cover the cost of private school tuition.
    — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Smith said Caruso has helped send her daughter to private school.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Their kids go to a private school – which unlike Kansas City’s public schools – did not shut down the day of the parade and rally.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Mitchell’s first audience of the day was a class from a private school in Greenville, a city three hours away in upper South Carolina.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 29 July 2023
  • Harvard-Westlake and other private schools are not governed by the law.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • At that time, school choice, and particularly private school choice, was stuck in a pattern of slow growth.
    — Mike McShane, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Through God, hard work, and a good private school education, the kid from Brooklyn had achieved the American dream.
    — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The city has also seen soaring costs for children’s private school tuition.
    — Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Crow also purchased Thomas’ mother’s home and paid private school tuition for the child Thomas was raising as his son.
    — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In almost all states—New Jersey and Iowa being the exceptions—it's allowed in private schools.
    — Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Families alone know what is best for their child whether public school, charter school, private school, or home school.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But in recent years he has been reduced to taking part-time work as a night security guard at a private school for $20 per hour.
    — Ethan Ward, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Roberts, writing for the court's majority, noted that a state doesn’t have to provide money to private schools.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • The first question that drew a sharp contrast between Vallas and Johnson came early in the forum, when they were asked to opine on private school vouchers.
    — Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Down on his luck and earning only $3,000 a year, the single father also needed money to help pay for his son’s pricey private school.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Some will be 'losers' Last year, a bill that would have allowed students at small private schools to try out for public school sports teams failed in the House after passing the Senate.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The idea is to allow parents to use public education tax money to fund tuition to a private school.
    — Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The funds can be used for private school tuition, home-schooling expenses, tutoring, and more.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
  • His parents then sent Sam and Harry to private school, too, but private school had an effect on the family’s finances.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Read more Ed Lab: Alabama parents could get $6,900 for homeschool, private school costs.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Being the country’s first private school to go public with a tax exemption gave rise to a string of controversies.
    — Yoojung Lee, Fortune, 6 July 2023
  • Double-check with your public school district or private school for closures.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • And that has included a pitch for more school choice, whether through charter schools or vouchers to help public school students attend private schools.
    — Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That total doesn’t include students who left the district for homeschooling, those who transferred to a private school, those who transferred out of state or high school dropouts.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024

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