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Originally Posted by Aberrrcrombie03
University? As in the University High School in California? Birmingham's the best place to chill out in Ala!!
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Honestly, EPIC Elementary School is went declining after mid 90's (around 1996) and many white kids are leaving for good due Birmingham City School changed dress code into uniform policy. That's nothing to surprised me that much differnet in 2001 from 1991. I attended EPIC Elementary School from 1991-1993 and it was very great before, around over 45 deaf students. We used lived in apartment that few min away from Century Plaza then leaving Birmingham due my dad got house in LA then my mom got job then finally moved to LA in summer 1993.
When back to 2004, we visited Birmingham again in spring and much changed that where neighborhood went ghetto and lost alot of business. That only I know about Downtown Birmingham and many suburb of Birmingham are booming. I visited EPIC Elementary School, that's very surprised that deaf students are declined from 45 in 1991 and down to 16 in 2004, many special classes are shut down as many special ed teachers are retired at same time. Deaf students are starting mainstream classes but their grade aren't good. Century Plaza (If u know this mall) is declining so much and many prime stores are closed, crime is went higher.
Finally, Thanks to god that I was leaving Birmingham in 1993 for good reasons like my mom's job. Education at EPIC Elementary School does sucked and kids are just stuck up with english sign language and not good social with white kids, EPIC is known as almost all black students. Just like Carver HS (this school had one special education with one teacher that's good with ASL) and training some deaf students in mainstream classes, nothing to be special. Most deaf white kids are going to school in suburb with fully mainstream classes but there's good special education at Hoover HS and Hewitt HS. Only one of my family (cousin) is from Trussville and he lived for many years as well.