preparatory
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In one version, Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy is “chronically underperforming” so poorly that its 1,000 students would be better off if Locke High was returned to the control of the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
Preparatory discussions in Geneva, where the WTO is based, revealed that the United States and India especially were not satisfied with the proposed roadmap.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
He retired from practicing law in September 2023 and started teaching American government at West Catholic Preparatory High School that same month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Other teachers, however, continue to assign homework, which introduces a new tension in the learning relationship, said 10th-grader Aaliyah Herron, 15, who is one of Bolden’s students at City Honors International Preparatory High School.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
The son of a Nicaraguan diplomat, he set Good Boys in a world he knew well: a posh suburb of Washington, D.C., and an elite high school he called St. Joseph’s Preparatory School for Boys.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: pre-
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