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Part of school collapses following regular expulsions (5)

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I believe the answer is:

class

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'part of school' is the definition.
(I know that school has part or parts class)

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(Other definitions for class that I've seen before include "sort" , "Opportunity to learn" , "Fine" , "showing stylish excellence" , "Standing" .)

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