double-f school

double-f school
 n.— «Schools in “certain” neighborhoods still have fewer advanced classes, more broken equipment, older facilities and less community involvement. They tend, in the parlance of modern education, to be Double-F schools, too.» —“We there yet? In Brown v. Education, no” by Ana Veciana-Suarez Miami Herald May 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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