Largest Deaf School in USA is....????? - Page 2

chirowife03 · 12-29-2005, 05:57 PM

well...I need that amount. We are to have 5000 each Doctor to make any money. So 20000 is goooooooooooooooooood.

I'm already packing my bags!! haha we still have three years. Ugh.

Minneapolis does really???????? how come?????

PENNI

sequoias · 12-29-2005, 06:18 PM

No one knows exactly how many deaf people who use sign language, though there are 28 million americans with hearing loss. The estimates are between 550,000 to 1 million who use sign language. So far I know that here in Washington state has about 10,000 deaf people in the state alone with about nearly 3,000 in King county alone (Seattle metro area)

Tousi · 12-29-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chirowife03

well...I need that amount. We are to have 5000 each Doctor to make any money. So 20000 is goooooooooooooooooood.

I'm already packing my bags!! haha we still have three years. Ugh.

Minneapolis does really???????? how come?????

PENNI

I suspect that my original number might be on the conservative side which is good. Then, too, don't forget the hearing friends and relatives which would most probably push your number to maybe twice what you need.

bbnt · 12-29-2005, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by deafclimber

are u kidding ? i passed by it. it has several buildings if i could remmy.

No, I am not kidding, at one time it was considered to have
the largest deaf population in the United States. I am not
sure where it ranks now

chirowife03 · 12-29-2005, 06:23 PM

I know!!! I think this is perfect. We are both so excited at the prospect I dont know that we can even eat our dinner tonight!!!

We have been trying for months to figure out how to use this deafness and his chosen profession to do good. To be successful. Not everyone would be comfortable having a Doctor who cannot hear them. This is purrrrfect. I am so hopeful right now. I cannot tell you.

Thing is.. so is my husband. It just makes sense!!!!

Tousi · 12-29-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by chirowife03

I know!!! I think this is perfect. We are both so excited at the prospect I dont know that we can even eat our dinner tonight!!!

We have been trying for months to figure out how to use this deafness and his chosen profession to do good. To be successful. Not everyone would be comfortable having a Doctor who cannot hear them. This is purrrrfect. I am so hopeful right now. I cannot tell you.

Thing is.. so is my husband. It just makes sense!!!!

Well, take your time to do your marketing analysis! I don't pretend to be an expert whatsoever!

chirowife03 · 12-29-2005, 07:52 PM

You grow where you are planted!! that is the market plan.

Thanks. We are not very cautious people.. We just jump in when we got a brain storm and we have faced things that many people would not do. We are risk takers.. gotta be.

Thanks!

Tousi · 12-29-2005, 07:56 PM

Yup, no pain, no gain....but still and all, do be careful where it's obvious.

racheleggert · 12-30-2005, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chirowife03

well...I need that amount. We are to have 5000 each Doctor to make any money. So 20000 is goooooooooooooooooood.

I'm already packing my bags!! haha we still have three years. Ugh.

Minneapolis does really???????? how come?????

PENNI

try www.tcdeaf.com, theres events listing in Twin Cities and Metro area.. Deaf school is down in Faribault, about an hour drive...

MsGiglz · 12-30-2005, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by dkf747

Minneapolis-St. Paul has a sizeable Deaf community. It seems to me that they have more going on than the Washington DC area community does.

The Deaf Community start to moving out to Eau Clarie, Wisc.. or Hudson, Wisc.. due to high living cost in Minnesota..

so far.. 6 friends (different) already moved there. some others moved to Texas..
we are planning to move West Va.. soon but dont know when..

MsGiglz · 12-30-2005, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by chirowife03

well...I need that amount. We are to have 5000 each Doctor to make any money. So 20000 is goooooooooooooooooood.

I'm already packing my bags!! haha we still have three years. Ugh.

Minneapolis does really???????? how come?????

PENNI

Yeah it was growing large.. how it started.. in 1980's... we had Techincal College which have deaf classes and mainstream classes.. then other community colleges start to have few mainstream classes.. thats how all over usa deafies went to college and most stayed afterward due to large interpreters and housing projects available.. Now since our ex Govern Ventura changed the ecomony and laws stuff like that.. make the living cost so high, deafies are still stay and struggle (like us)... some stayed because of jobs..

They are start to moving out slowly.. Looks like its going to be down size the deaf community lately..

Not just because of Minnesota weather.. it wasnt so bad.. as you guys thought.. lol..

Dennis · 12-30-2005, 08:55 AM

In my experience, the largest population of "signing deaf" in cities are:

1) Washington DC to Boston MA corridor
2) Rochester, NY
3) Los Angeles to Riverside to San Diego corridor
4) Austin, TX
5) Seattle, WA
6) Chicago, IL

rjr2006 · 01-03-2006, 07:07 PM

I am from Connecticut and I guess that Hartford, CT is the largest in CT but IMO, to be honest, I don't see a lot of deaf people near my town, and it is hard to look for deaf people around my age.

Liene · 01-09-2006, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by chirowife03

OH REALLY?? yummy..................LA is not a desirable place to me but ........that would be an ideal location.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

Penni

Hello the americans!
I am a new here. Also I think that the school Manillaskolan in Stockholm is the small school but the oldest of the americans school.

web730 · 03-12-2006, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by deafclimber

i googled 'largest school in usa' in search engine within a few second and it says Florida School for Blind and Deaf is the largest in USA.

check this - http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/about/ and scrool yourself down below and you can see "the largest...." yourself.

Yes, FSDB teachers and friends told me that FSDB just surpassed as the largest deaf school in the U.S.

But we do know roughly that it has about 450-500 deaf students while it has about 250 blind students.

700 staffs and near 800 students altogether.
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I think TSD (Texas) held that before. Right?

Tousi · 03-12-2006, 12:58 PM

700 staff and 800 students!!?? What is that place, a zoo? LOL!

diehardbiker · 03-12-2006, 01:05 PM

700 to 800 staff:student ratio??? No way! Who is gonna pay for these staffing cost? I think 100 to 175 staff is about reasonable.

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Originally Posted by Tousi

700 staff and 800 students!!?? What is that place, a zoo? LOL!

Cousin Vinny · 03-12-2006, 01:47 PM

Yeah. I think the staffing figures may be off just a tad. During my time (1980's) there at FSD, it was at its zenith; Nearly 1,000 Deaf students were enrolled, due to the rubella epidemic. I had to sleep in bunk beds and we had four students per dormitory room!

web730 · 03-13-2006, 12:33 AM

I agreed so. Crazy.

I will ask my friends, FSDB teachers once more to make double sure then let you know ok .. about their staffs #. I was told about it few years back.

I know what you think. I laughed at one's post as if it's a zoo up there.

I should get the answer tmw then post it here ok.

By the way FSDB has nearly 800 students altogether in fact (for sure).

web730 · 03-13-2006, 07:46 AM

I asked one of my FSDB teacher friends this early morning and she said ...

Yes, it's 750 employees working at FSDB. (officially)

Tousi · 03-13-2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by web730

I asked one of my FSDB teacher friends this early morning and she said ...

Yes, it's 750 employees working at FSDB. (officially)

That is amazing, Web....off the point a bit, do you know a middle aged hearing woman who has worked for the deaf for many years but is? (was) inactive due to a rare sickness she got in a FL hurricane many years ago. Her sign name is "DB" on the opposite area of and just below the front of your shoulder?

web730 · 03-13-2006, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

That is amazing, Web....off the point a bit, do you know a middle aged hearing woman who has worked for the deaf for many years but is? (was) inactive due to a rare sickness she got in a FL hurricane many years ago. Her sign name is "DB" on the opposite area of and just below the front of your shoulder?

No, I don't know anyone who you described. How in the world did she get the rare sickness from the hurricane? It surprised me.

Tousi · 03-13-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by web730

No, I don't know anyone who you described. How in the world did she get the rare sickness from the hurricane? It surprised me.

Ok, off topic once more, my apologies. Dr. Ken Randall was Supt of the school for the deaf in St. Augustine for 10 years and left in the late 80's to the very early 90's to become the Supt of the CA School for the Deaf in Riverside. Anyway back in FL, this "DB" was his right-hand person and brought her to CA, too, where she became the Assistant Supt.

"DB's" specialist DR's opinion of her rare medical condition was that the powerful forces in hurricanes picked up a rare virus from another part of the world and was deposited in FL. During the time of this hurricane and it's aftermath, there was no electriicity, and other services for a long time. "DB" went to FL from CA to help out her partents, working long hours in the heat, etc and would daily refresh/cool herself off in a 55 gal drum of water that was perhaps containing this rare virus or bacteria and she eventually became sick.

web730 · 03-13-2006, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

Ok, off topic once more, my apologies. Dr. Ken Randall was Supt of the school for the deaf in St. Augustine for 10 years and left in the late 80's to the very early 90's to become the Supt of the CA School for the Deaf in Riverside. Anyway back in FL, this "DB" was his right-hand person and brought her to CA, too, where she became the Assistant Supt.

"DB's" specialist DR's opinion of her rare medical condition was that the powerful forces in hurricanes picked up a rare virus from another part of the world and was deposited in FL. During the time of this hurricane and it's aftermath, there was no electriicity, and other services for a long time. "DB" went to FL from CA to help out her partents, working long hours in the heat, etc and would daily refresh/cool herself off in a 55 gal drum of water that was perhaps containing this rare virus or bacteria and she eventually became sick.

OIC .. I think I met her once, but I forgot her name, though. Probably I will meet her again someday. I did meet the FSDB Supt twice.

Liza · 03-13-2006, 01:39 PM

chirowife, love your sense of humor

good luck with your planning!!

Tousi · 03-13-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Liza

chirowife, love your sense of humor

good luck with your planning!!

Liza, this lady has flown the coop! Hasn't been in here in months! Just a FYI tid-bit.

Cousin Vinny · 03-13-2006, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

That is amazing, Web....off the point a bit, do you know a middle aged hearing woman who has worked for the deaf for many years but is? (was) inactive due to a rare sickness she got in a FL hurricane many years ago. Her sign name is "DB" on the opposite area of and just below the front of your shoulder?

That would be Mrs. Deborah Boles. AFAIK, she went with Dr. Kenneth Randall to CSDR and probably to ASDB, too. I haven't seen her since the 1980's and I sincerely hope she's doing great, wherever she may be. I didn't know she contracted a rare illness from a hurricane, of all things!

Tousi · 03-13-2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Eyeth

That would be Mrs. Deborah Boles. AFAIK, she went with Dr. Kenneth Randall to CSDR and probably to ASDB, too. I haven't seen her since the 1980's and I sincerely hope she's doing great, wherever she may be. I didn't know she contracted a rare illness from a hurricane, of all things!

Yeah, Eyeth, that's the name and, no, she didn't go with Randall over to FL. She quit and moved back to FL because, at the time, it was said that her medical prognosis wasn't to be good, that her debilitation would be life-long. So sad to see someone so brilliant cut short at such a young age.

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chirowife03 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 91	well...I need that amount. We are to have 5000 each Doctor to make any money. So 20000 is goooooooooooooooooood. I'm already packing my bags!! haha we still have three years. Ugh. Minneapolis does really???????? how come????? PENNI

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12-29-2005, 06:23 PM	#35 (permalink)
chirowife03 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 91	I know!!! I think this is perfect. We are both so excited at the prospect I dont know that we can even eat our dinner tonight!!! We have been trying for months to figure out how to use this deafness and his chosen profession to do good. To be successful. Not everyone would be comfortable having a Doctor who cannot hear them. This is purrrrfect. I am so hopeful right now. I cannot tell you. Thing is.. so is my husband. It just makes sense!!!!

12-29-2005, 07:52 PM	#37 (permalink)
chirowife03 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 91	You grow where you are planted!! that is the market plan. Thanks. We are not very cautious people.. We just jump in when we got a brain storm and we have faced things that many people would not do. We are risk takers.. gotta be. Thanks!

12-29-2005, 07:56 PM	#38 (permalink)
Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,922	Yup, no pain, no gain....but still and all, do be careful where it's obvious.

12-30-2005, 08:55 AM	#42 (permalink)
Dennis \/ It's a computer patch. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Death Star HQ Posts: 1,733	In my experience, the largest population of "signing deaf" in cities are: 1) Washington DC to Boston MA corridor 2) Rochester, NY 3) Los Angeles to Riverside to San Diego corridor 4) Austin, TX 5) Seattle, WA 6) Chicago, IL

01-03-2006, 07:07 PM	#43 (permalink)
rjr2006 RJR2K6 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon moving to Rochy Posts: 1,821	I am from Connecticut and I guess that Hartford, CT is the largest in CT but IMO, to be honest, I don't see a lot of deaf people near my town, and it is hard to look for deaf people around my age.

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Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,922	700 staff and 800 students!!?? What is that place, a zoo? LOL!

03-12-2006, 01:47 PM	#48 (permalink)
Cousin Vinny Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 681	Yeah. I think the staffing figures may be off just a tad. During my time (1980's) there at FSD, it was at its zenith; Nearly 1,000 Deaf students were enrolled, due to the rubella epidemic. I had to sleep in bunk beds and we had four students per dormitory room!

03-13-2006, 12:33 AM	#49 (permalink)
web730 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 862	I agreed so. Crazy. I will ask my friends, FSDB teachers once more to make double sure then let you know ok .. about their staffs #. I was told about it few years back. I know what you think. I laughed at one's post as if it's a zoo up there. I should get the answer tmw then post it here ok. By the way FSDB has nearly 800 students altogether in fact (for sure).

03-13-2006, 07:46 AM	#50 (permalink)
web730 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 862	I asked one of my FSDB teacher friends this early morning and she said ... Yes, it's 750 employees working at FSDB. (officially)