Sentence examples for using public school from inspiring English sources

FOR as long as anyone can remember, the Boy Scouts of America have been using public school buildings for their troop meetings.

On Dec. 5, the city announced that the congregations using public school space for services — roughly 160 last year — would have to stop doing so by Feb. 12.

You are simply using public school to your advantage.

The issue of using public schools for religious services has been a matter of debate for decades.

The deadline for dozens of religious congregations in the city to stop using public schools as their houses of worship is Feb. 12, this Sunday.

The most notable instance was in Broward County, Fla., where the school board voted unanimously in November to ban the Scouts from using public schools to hold meetings and recruitment drives.

Mr. Golden and other supporters said that churches were important parts of the community and that they were not using public schools to try to impose their beliefs on others.

State lawmakers want to require New York City to allow religious groups to use public school buildings for worship services.

And despite the rule against worship services, "religious congregations are able to use public school space for after-school programs and a host of other activities and events," Jane Gordon, a lawyer for the city, said in a statement.

She came to America as a twelve-year-old immigrant from Russia, and, like many Jewish immigrants, she used public school as a ladder of upward mobility and Americanization.

Mr. Levy said earlier yesterday that if a formal nondiscrimination policy could not be obtained from scout leaders, the Board of Education could invalidate contracts that let the Boy Scouts use public school buildings for meetings and recruiting.