Stop suspending students under the age of six. It is inappropriate and ineffective to exclude children so young from school.
Why is this important?
It was recently reported that more than 1,967 students under the age of six have been suspended from school - and that's just in the schools that have reported.
The trend was extreme in a few charter schools like Achievement First Hartford Academy Elementary School, which reported 114 suspensions last school year out of a total school population of just 430 students.
No child that young should be excluded from school. Such a punishment is inappropriate. We should be trying to help young children learn, not excluding them from the classroom.
We need to make it clear that this practice is unacceptable and set an example for other schools.
Demand that Achievement First Hartford stop suspending students so young!
Connecticut Working Families