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Resident urges Levittown board to address special-education outcomes, requests August meeting
Summary
During public comment Maddie Buckus urged action on special-education inequities, citing a 72% high-school graduation rate and roughly 20% bachelor'degree attainment for students with disabilities and asked to meet with board members in August.
Maddie Buckus addressed the board during the public-comment period on July 8 to urge attention to special-education services and outcomes. "My name is Maddie Buckus. I live at 1297 Shaw Place in Seaford," Buckus said. She asked for a follow-up meeting in August to discuss concerns about equity in special education.
Buckus cited outcome figures during her remarks: "72 percent graduate with a high school diploma, but, unfortunately, only around 20 percent graduate with a bachelor's degree," and said parts of the system remain "inequitable." She thanked newly seated trustees and expressed a desire to meet with district leaders "probably sometime in August to discuss matters with special education."
Board members thanked Buckus for speaking and the president noted appreciation for regular public commenters. The superintendent read prepared letters of thanks to other recent public commenters earlier in the meeting. The transcript does not record any immediate board commitments to specific policy changes as a result of Buckus''s comments; Buckus asked to be scheduled for further discussion in August.
