Picks school and votes (7)
I believe the answer is:
selects
'picks' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'school and votes' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'S'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'votes' becomes 'elects'.
's'+'elects'='SELECTS'
(Other definitions for selects that I've seen before include "Chooses" , "Picks out" , "Blocks" .)