Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alternative school offering specialized or one-on-one instruction.
- noun A small school serving as an addition to or an extension of a larger one.
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- noun A
school with a very smallstudent population .
Etymologies
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mini- + school
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Examples
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PS 128 in Washington Heights rose up in outrage to protest the DOE's recent decision to use a former Manhattan minischool building, located directly across a narrow street from the elementary school's main building, as a suspension site for older middle school children.
Edwize 2009
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The Calumet County Sheriff's Department said the woman, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives, was headed north on Calumet County BB at 3: 19 p.m. when she was struck by a minischool bus driven by Elroy R. Lemke, 60, of Reedsville.
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a minischool in September that would teach half its classes in Arabic and include study of
Elder of Ziyon 2010
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