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Buena Park highlights preschool inclusion, reports progress reducing special-education disproportionality

Buena Park School District Governing Board · December 9, 2025
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Summary

District special-education leaders told the board the district serves 677 students with IEPs, has moved from significant disproportionality to targeted assistance on one indicator and is expanding preschool inclusion (preliminary inclusion up to ~33%).

Julie Linicki, the district’s director of special education, told the Buena Park School District board the department currently serves 677 students with individualized education programs and provides a continuum of supports including specialized academic instruction, speech and language, occupational and physical therapy and adaptive physical education.

“The numbers you see here reflect a snapshot as they are continually changing due to student needs, eligibility, and progress,” Linicki said, summarizing caseload and service models and…

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