school board
noun/ˈskuːl bɔːd/
/ˈskuːl bɔːrd/
(North American English)- (in the US) a committee that is elected to be in charge of all the public schools in a particular area
- School boards set policy and evaluate results.
- The principal and the school board have been discussing ways of dealing with the problem.
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