Suspension

Hi Magda,

Is my sentence correct: "He received an in-school suspension"?

Grammatically, it's fine. In terms of meaning, I've not heard the term 'in-school suspension'. I just hear 'suspension', meaning he is not allowed to come to school for some time. Perhaps an in-school suspension means that he can come to school, but certain of his rights are susp

Seems standard fare at this US school board site:

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Third offense - confiscation of the paging device or mobile telephone
and after a conference with the parent/legal guardian, the paging
device or mobile telephone will be returned to the adult 60 days after
the confiscation and the student may be subject to additional
disciplinary consequences includ

My high school (back in the 80's) had in-school suspension. Rather than giving the offending students a few days off to do whatever they wanted when suspended, they spend the entire day in a room, where they could study or read, but nothing else. They could not talk, watch tv, hang out at the mall, play video games (not that we had those back in the dark ages) or otherwise do the things they could

Thank you all. Is the article correct " receive an in-school suspension" or "receive in-school suspension"?

MagdaThank you all. Is the article correct " receive an in-school suspension" or "receive in-school suspension"?

You need an article there because the word suspension is countable in your sentence.

the student may be subject to additional
disciplinary consequences including: detention (during or after
school),

I see. It is clear now. Thank you