School division
A school division is a geographic division over which a
school board
has jurisdiction.
Canada
In Canada the term is used for the area controlled by a school board and is used interchangeably with
List of Alberta school boards
.
United States
In the
town (e.g., West Point
).
Although the term "school district" is popularly used, a school division in Virginia differs from a
political subdivision
of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia statute authorizes a school division to contract with a neighboring school division for school functions. One example of such an arrangement is in Northern Virginia, where the City of Fairfax has contracted with surrounding Fairfax County to run the schools owned by the city (see Fairfax County Public Schools).