How to Use school committee in a Sentence

school committee

noun
  • The suggestions will be forwarded to school committees which will narrow the list down to the top three for each site.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The law was enforced by agents of the school committee—truant officers—with fines of up to five dollars per week.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The law was enforced by agents of the school committee — truant officers — with fines of up to $5 per week.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Even more are running for more modest offices like local planning board and school committee.
    — Jeff Karoub, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2018
  • Her review found how the school district, school committee, and even the police failed to protect students from harm.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
  • The school committee will take another look at the contract with the bus company at their meeting next week.
    — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Last year, the Medford school committee crafted a new lunch policy.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • Before becoming mayor, Menard served for a decade on the city council and four years on the school committee.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And two school committee members were forced to resign for sending out questionable text messages.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2021
  • Two school committee members did not respond to requests for interviews.
    — Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
  • The tug of war over exam school admissions has led to the awkward and abrupt departure of three members of the school committee.
    — New York Times, 15 July 2021
  • Oliver-Davila is the second school committee chair to resign in less than a year in Boston.
    — Steve Leblanc, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
  • The school committee was under pressure from many parents, who rallied last weekend in support of in-person learning.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The bill leaves discretion for schools to choose what to teach, which is one of the reasons the state’s school superintendents and school committees support it.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Chiaradio complained to the school committee -- the chairwoman was his sister -- and the committee sided with the school.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The union and the school committee have agreed on financial terms but are stalled on language in the contract involving school safety, officials said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Regardless, the controversy did not appear to hurt Lynch's campaign for the school committee race.
    — NBC News, 5 Nov. 2021
  • As their time on the school committee ends, their work to lift up equity in Boston Public Schools must continue.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021
  • Other school committee members like Keegan are devastated by the current state of the budget.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Testa, the school committee chairperson, said the school system never agreed to let the city hold onto extra state education funding this year.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The school committee’s lawyer is exploring the legality of the governor’s order.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The mayor is effectively the council president, leading its meetings and also serving as chair of the city’s school committee.
    — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The issue has provoked fiery debate at school committee meetings and in online forums around the region in recent months, as well as calls and e-mails to principals and school nurses.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022
  • Essaibi George supports a school committee with members appointed by both the mayor and the City Council.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • District leaders will bring their own recommendations and implementation plan to the school committee this fall, a spokesperson says.
    — Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2022
  • The school committee is expected to vote next week on extending her three-year contract to 2024 because of her positive job review.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2021
  • Western Mass News reported the search is expected to be discussed at a school committee hearing on April 25.
    — Kristina Sgueglia, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The school committee was meeting in executive session Saturday and planned a public vote Wednesday.
    — The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The council also discussed a sample resolution in support of gun violence prevention, and asked that the city/schools committee work on the wording and return it to the council.
    — Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • 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

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