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Virginia has a high rate of suspension of preschoolers. What is the state doing about it?
In kindergarten, Alexander Campbell was either sent to the office or suspended for 35 days of the school year. In first grade, this continued — he was removed from the classroom for 27 days. “I felt like the school was trying to get rid of me,” said Alex, a student at Flatrock Elementary School in Poittan, a town west of Richmond. He is now 16 years old and is an advocate against the use of …