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After vacation, enliven school board (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entrain

'board' is the definition.
(entraining is a kind of boarding)

'after vacation enliven school' is the wordplay.
'after vacation' suggests removing the centre (the inside letters must vacate).
'school' becomes 'train' (training is a kind of schooling).
'enliven' with its centre taken out is 'en'.
'en'+'train'='ENTRAIN'

(Other definitions for entrain that I've seen before include "Pop on the coach" , "Bring about as consequence" , "Put on board at the station" , "Go on board at the station" , "Board a rail service" .)

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