Debate on suspensions starting at pre-K shows a deeper problem. Schools need help

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When Tunette Powell’s son was 4 years old, he was sitting at the breakfast table at his Bellevue preschool crying. Then, he was suspended.

“They asked him to get away from the table because he could spread germs,” Powell said. “They didn’t ask him why he was crying or anything. When they asked him to do that, he pushed the chair. He didn’t hit anybody with the chair, and he also didn’t throw the chair, he pushed it.”…

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