The parents of students in Levittown have been very concerned with the academic inequities between the two schools in the district.

The problems of Division Avenue High School came to light after a problem with mid-year exams where students were unprepared for districtwide tests. This is not the first time that this has occurred at Division and it sent a red flag to parents whose children attend or one day will attend that high school. Parents are concerned that MacArthur High School's academic standards are so high when Division's seem to be so low. These parents spoke up about their concerns at the past two school board meetings. One parent said "It is unthinkable and incredible that for years the children attending Division Avenue High School have not been attaining the same academic heights as students at MacArthur High School."

This has been a concern of the district for a couple of years now which led them to reorganize the administration at Division Avenue High School. Superintendent Herman Sirois says that apart from the mid-year exams "the new administration at Division Avenue High School had been working with central administration in developing some plans for accelerating the academic improvement at Division Avenue High School." According to Sirois, the board of education authorized resources to enable the building administration to devote more of its time and energy to the direct supervision of instruction. The board asked central administration to put their plans to improve Division Avenue High School on the fast track and not wait until the next budget meetings. The board sought additional resources that would be needed to implement the improvement plans.

One of the plans to improve Division Avenue includes reorganizing the building administration so that they will no longer share department chairpersons with Wisdom Lane Middle School. Another plan is to hire teachers at a higher step so that they already have a teaching record when they come to the district. They will also hire some additional teaching staff to deal with the discrepancy between where Division Avenue High School is academically and where they should be. Funds were also authorized for the re-education of some teachers, in their field. Efforts will also be made to make sure that everyone knows much earlier when a student is in danger of failing. These are just some of the improvements that are planned for the school. Where the specific resources are going, and the distribution of them will be handled by the new principal of Division Avenue High School, Dr. Harry Chertok and the building administration.

Parents are appreciative of the efforts that the board and central administration are making but are concerned because it has taken so long for something to be done about the problems. A concerned parent wanted to know "why has it taken so long for something to be done when this problem has been known about for at least three years?" Another parent says "Since the academic problems have now been publicly addressed, I'd like to express the importance for the administrators and the board to support Dr. Chertok and his staff in their efforts to correct this problem." She urged them to "please make every effort to utilize all the resources necessary to bring our science department and the overall academics of this school up to a higher level."

At the last school board meeting the Levittown Board of Education officially approved additional resources for the academic improvement of Division Avenue High School. Board Trustee Gary Fisch stated that "It is good to see that where someone lives in the school district will shortly not determine the quality of their education and I hope that the school board and the school administration will not only move forward with this program once we adopt it but to make it stay, and work and improve." This is the hope not only of the board, but of the staff, parents, and students at Division Avenue High School.