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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are on school" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be "are at school" when referring to being present in a school setting.
Example: "The children are at school learning new subjects today."
Alternatives: "are in school" or "are attending school".
Dictionary
are on school
verb
To switch on.
synonyms
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Jack The kids are on school dinners now, so we don't have any control over what they eat at lunchtime.
The school also said that "all students who are traveling to and from school by themselves or on public transport or while they are on school trips, have been discouraged from displaying 'Britishness' in public".
Seventy percent of local kids are on school lunch programs.
The facility has around 25,000 visitors each year, many of whom are on school tours.
The Commission believes that graffiti and damage to stonework are usually the pursuits partaken by young people, noting the number of incidents increases when schoolchildren are on school holidays.
The Barkers also allege that the school board did not implement a plan to "discourage the dangerous activity of threatening and attacking other students while in possession of actual knowledge of said threats and prior attacks while the students are on school grounds".
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"My focus was on school.
Her last piece for the Los Angeles Times was on school lockdowns.
Officers at the scene approached Hutchings' car and determined he had no legal reason to be on school property.
After food, the second place Bacho families spend is on school fees, followed by clothing, then medical.
His first film project was on school dropouts, which only shows how much his previous decision affected him.
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