Community school may refer to different types of school in various countries:
- Community school (England and Wales), a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority employs the school's staff, is responsible for the school's admissions and owns the school's estate
- Community school (Ireland), a type of secondary school funded directly by the state
- Community school (United States), a type of publicly funded school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life
Some individual schools are also called Community School:
- Community Magnet Charter School, Los Angeles, California
- Community School (Idaho), Sun Valley, Idaho
Famous quotes containing the words community and/or school:
“As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moral development, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to feel a normal amount of guilt will victimize their parents, relatives and community first. They are unlikely to be involved in social action to improve the black community. Their self-centered personalities will cause them to look out for themselves without concern for others, black or white.”
—James P. Comer (20th century)
“I’m not making light of prayers here, but of so-called school prayer, which bears as much resemblance to real spiritual experience as that freeze-dried astronaut food bears to a nice standing rib roast. From what I remember of praying in school, it was almost an insult to God, a rote exercise in moving your mouth while daydreaming or checking out the cutest boy in the seventh grade that was a far, far cry from soul-searching.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)