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A 10-year-old boy spent up to two months in solitary confinement at Peckham Public School, isolated from his schoolmates and cooped up in a 5-by-7-foo(...)
A 10-year-old boy spent up to two months in solitary confinement at Peckham Public School, isolated from his schoolmates and cooped up in a 5-by-7-foo(...)

A 10-year-old boy spent up to two months in solitary confinement at Peckham Public School, isolated from his schoolmates and cooped up in a 5-by-7-foo(...)

Date3/12/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: A 10-year-old boy spent up to two months in solitary confinement at Peckham Public School, isolated from his schoolmates and cooped up in a 5-by-7-foot room his father likens to a jail cell. The parents of Donald Perovic did not find out about their son until he told tehem last Friday. [Incomplete]
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0073160F
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