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in-school suspension

in-school suspension noun: a disciplinary method where a suspended student must attend school but is confined to an alternative setting to complete assigned work instead of attending regular classes.

Noun

in-school suspension (countable and uncountable, plural in-school suspensions)

  1. A disciplinary method where a suspended student must attend school but is confined to an alternative setting to complete assigned work instead of attending regular classes.
    Synonyms:
    ISS

Synonyms of in-school suspension

Forms of in-school suspension

pluralin-school suspensions

Questions about in-school suspension

What does in-school suspension mean?
In-school suspension means a disciplinary method where a suspended student must attend school but is confined to an alternative setting to complete assigned work instead of attending regular classes.
What part of speech is in-school suspension?
In-school suspension is a noun.
What is the plural of in-school suspension?
The plural of in-school suspension is in-school suspensions.

Words near in-school suspension in the dictionary

  1. in-patients
  2. in-person
  3. in-plane switching
  4. in-process
  5. in-processing
  6. in-school suspension
  7. in-school suspensions
  8. in-service
  9. in-serviced
  10. in-services
  11. in-servicing

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