Meanings
nounschool board (plural school boards)
plural school boards
- A governing body of people elected (a board of directors or board of trustees) to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents.
Synonyms: board of education, school committee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA governing body of people elected (a board of directors or board of trustees) to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan administració escolar
- administració escolarschool board
Dutch schoolbestuur
- schoolbestuurschool board
Finnish koululautakunta
- koululautakuntaschool board
French commission scolaire, conseil scolaire
- commission scolaireschool board
- conseil scolaireschool board
- division scolaireschool board
- district scolaireschool board
German Schulkommission, Schulbehörde
- Schulkommissionschool board
- Schulbehördeschool board
- Schulausschussschool board
- Schulausschußschool board
- Schulpflegeschool board
- Schulamtschool board
- Schulaufsichtsratschool board
Indonesian komite sekolah
- komite sekolahschool board
Norwegian Bokmål skolestyre
- skolestyreschool board
Swedish skolstyrelse
- skolstyrelseschool board
Vietnamese ủy ban học khu, ủy ban học chánh
- ủy ban học khuschool board
- ủy ban học chánhschool board
Cite this entry
APA
school board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20board
MLA
“school board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20board. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “school board,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20board.
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