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Parent Evelyn Mendez was shocked to learn last week that the bathroom stalls at her 4-year-old daughter's preschool had been permanently removed. That means her daughter, along with the other students, now goes to the bathroom in open rooms, sometimes with other boys and girls. "My daughter is very sensitive about it," Mendez said. "Kids at that age have very fragile minds." Mendez has pulled her daughter out of school until the situation is fixed. But that's not likely to happen because this is the way preschool bathrooms have been for years, educators say. The state requires licensed preschools to monitor children at all times, including when they're in the bathroom, and that can mean boys and girls in one room with no stalls. The stalls at the preschool, the Claude W. Richardson Child Development Center for children ages 2 to 5, were taken down recently to better comply with those regulations, said Linda Hudson, director of child development...

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