Maui mom sues again over education for hearing-impaired girl
WAILUKU >> The mother of a hearing-impaired girl is again suing over education services.
Coty Luke says daughter Taysia-Lee Alexander is being denied summer services as well as programs after school, the Maui News reported.
Luke had settled a lawsuit against the education department last year, warning that she would sue again if the proper services were not provided.
Department of Education spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said in email last week that the agency is confident it is providing appropriate services.
Luke said a schedule set by the education department splits her daughter’s time between preschool and kindergarten. She says that shouldn’t make Alexander ineligible for after-school programs.
“There’s nothing in the law that says she has to be in kindergarten full time in order to be in the after-school program,” Luke said. “They’re just changing it based upon the weather and how they feel.”
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The lawsuit filed Feb. 7 says the department will not provide needed summer services for her daughter.
“We hear things and do things and remember it,” Luke said last week. “Kids with cochlear implants, they don’t do so well. You might have to tell them 10 times more than normal and if you have a break for nine weeks you don’t get that.”
The two sides could not come to a resolution during a meeting last week.
Luke expects a court date in the coming months.
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She will win in the court of public appeal………but lose in the Court of Law…..stay tuned.
I think you got it backwards.
“You might have to tell them 10 times more than normal and if you have a break for nine weeks you don’t get that.” Then perhaps you can step in and tell her 10x what ever she needs to know.
Sounds like Coty Luke is one of those lazy mothers who thinks everyone else should do her job, take care of her daughter.
Coty needs to understand her responsibilities as a parent, spend time with her daughter after school hours and during school breaks. Not the school’s responsibility to provide 24/7 care.
Sad to say Coty sounds more like a “Gold Digger” than a truly responsible adult/parent.
Why depend on the State? Why didn’t she hire her own tutors?
I suspect that this is Coty Luke’s “early retirement” fund. Garren-ball bearing, this woman is creating public sympathy in preparation for an ultimate lawsuit.
Next she’ll be asking for a home nurse due to the child’s disability. Or perhaps she intends to use the child as a meal ticket by suing the state. Either way, it looks like she expects all of her problems to be solved by the state. She needs to step up and take responsibility for her own situation. She should provide the care her daughter needs, not taxpayers.