school committee

noun

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Boston alone has proposed slashing 568 positions in a budget proposal passed by the local school committee in March, resulting in slashes to currently vacant positions but also including hundreds of layoffs. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026 The next North Smithfield school committee meeting is on May 19. Jacob Rousseau, The Providence Journal, 6 May 2026 Other school committee members like Keegan are devastated by the current state of the budget. Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 Stay-in-school committees, made up of parents and members of the community, have also been mobilized to work with school officials to identify and monitor the students at risk of dropping out. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for school committee

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First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of school committee was in 1787

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“School committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20committee. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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