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Student says Springfield schools failed disabled and low-income students, cites ADA and IDEA
Summary
A student identified as Miley told the Springfield School Committee that disabled and low‑income students have been repeatedly bullied and denied legally required supports, and school officials said Deputy Superintendent Jose Escobarano would follow up.
Miley, a student who addressed the committee during the public speak‑out, told the Springfield School Committee on Sept. 18 that school staff repeatedly failed to protect disabled and low‑income students and that accommodations required by federal law were not provided. "I was bullied relentlessly," Miley said. "And every single time, I waited for the adults to step in. But help never came."
The student said classmates and some school staff treated disabled students as if they "did not belong," and described being asked whether someone had to carry them into the building. Miley said the treatment was "dehumanizing" and asserted that the district had ignored rights guaranteed…
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