DCHP-3

separate-school board

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a board, usually elective, of trustees responsible for the separate schools (def. 3a) in a given area.

See: separate school ((1))(def. 3a)

Quotations

1917
In 1866 the Separate School Board [of Ottawa] formed itself into two committees, one to control the French-speaking, the other the English-speaking schools.
1960
The Roman Catholic citizens who support the separate schools elect a Separate School Board of their own.