"Kindergarten is a legalized process, so the pressure was on to address keeping students in school," Gilliam said. "We are not there with preschool."



By the numbers

The following are the number of pre-kindergarten suspensions in the Baltimore-area school systems for the 2012-2013 school year:

Anne Arundel County: 19

Baltimore City: 33

Baltimore County: 1

Carroll County: 0

Harford County: 2

Howard County: 0

Source: Data provided by the individual school systems