school zone

noun — 2 senses

school zone

noun
1

Streets near or surrounding a school that have reduced speed limits during certain hours of the day for the protection of young pedestrians and cyclists.

  • Driving 45 in a school zone is not the same thing as vehicular homicide.2019, Dennis Prager, Mark Joseph, No Safe Spaces:
2

A designated geographic area that determines which school children will attend based on their home address.

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