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Hundreds filled Barton College’s Hardy Alumni Hall last month to tell their personal stories to a group of people on why the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf should remain open. Students, families, teachers and officials poured their hearts out at the public hearing supporting the...

WILSON, N.C. – Some parents of children who are deaf say their anxiety is rising as they wait to hear which of the state's three schools for the deaf and blind will close. Due to budget cuts, state lawmakers are forcing the Department of Public Instruction to close one of three schools for...

The N.C. Department of Public Instruction will hold the first of three public hearings on Tuesday to determine which of the state’s special-needs schools should be shut down. The budget approved by the Republican-controlled N.C. General Assembly over the summer directs NCDPI to make...

MORGANTON -- “We love our school,” said Rebecca Carson, a student at the North Carolina School for the Deaf. “Please don’t close it.” These simple but powerful words from an elementary school student were echoed countless times Tuesday night at CoMMA as the N.C. Department of Public...

Students at the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton might have to find a new place to learn by the end of the year. There are only three schools like it in the state, but lawmakers say they can't afford to keep them all open and they are ordering one to be closed. Parents said NCSD...

The General Assembly finds that the operation of the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, the Governor Morehead School for the Blind, and the North Carolina School for the Deaf (collectively, the "residential schools") no longer meets the needs of the populations they serve in an...

Brittany Jones Published: May 26, 2009 Greensboro, NC - I am a senior and president of Student Body Government at the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton. I am strongly disagreeing that NCSD should be closed. I formerly was a student at Central North Carolina School for the...

The perfect place for consolidation was at Central North Carolina School for the Deaf in Greensboro, North Carolina. Unfortunately that school closed back in '01. NCSD is way west in Morganton while ENCSD is way east in Wilson. So if NCSD is closed, some kids in the Western part of the state...

Thanks! Every bit helps! The state legislature in Raleigh will find out that the deaf community will not go silent on this issue!

Yeah its a pretty campus. It almost looked like Harry Potter the movie was filmed there. They have everything, even former railroad tracks that were used to transport students and supplies back in the days. Its not too late, we just have to fight for NCSD's survival. They almost closed it...

Correction-must be done by May 27, 2009. Its a typo, my bad lol.

Bob.England@ncleg.net, Verla.Insko@ncleg.net, Jeff.Barnhart@ncleg.net, Jean.Farmer-Butterfield@ncleg.net, William.Brisson@ncleg.net, Justin.Burr@ncleg.net, Pearl.Burris-Floyd@ncleg.net, Nelson.Dollar@ncleg.net, Wil.Neumann@ncleg.net, Randy.Stewart@ncleg.net Just send those folks above an...

We can't just cross our fingers an hope for the best. We have to speak up and educate the legislators in why they should spend money to keep the deaf school open.

Typo. I meant May 27, 2009. That's on next Wednesday.

Huggins urges those in the community to contact members of the N.C. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services through their e-mail address. They are: • Beverly M. Earle (Chairman) - Beverly.Earle@ncleg.net • Bob England, M.D. (Chairman) -...

Huggins urges those in the community to contact members of the N.C. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services through their e-mail address. They are: • Beverly M. Earle (Chairman) - Beverly.Earle@ncleg.net • Bob England, M.D. (Chairman) -...

It is not too late. Now it is the time to contact legislators in NC to keep NCSD open. Email addresses are provided above. North Carolina General Assembly HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK’S OFFICE (919) 733-7760 FAX (919) 715-2881 NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FAX NUMBERS 2007 (H) HOME FAX...

By Sharon McBrayer | The News Herald Published: May 20, 2009 Morganton - Heath Huggins believes all of Burke County needs to rally around the North Carolina School for the Deaf to keep it open. The school is being threatened with closing due to budget cuts. A recommendation has been made...

By Sharon McBrayer | The News Herald Published: May 20, 2009 Morganton - The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is having to find $1 billion to cut from its budget. Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler said on Wednesday it costs about $30 million a year...

By Sharon McBrayer <smcbrayer@morganton.com> | The News Herald Published: May 19, 2009 Morganton - North Carolina School for the Deaf is in danger of closing. An N.C. House appropriations subcommittee will hear options today on cost-saving moves concerning the state's two schools for the...