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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...

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...

Does anyone know a DEAF personal athletic trainer in the Washington D.C. area? If not, does anyone know a personal athletic trainer with the knowledge of ASL? Names, references, suggestions will all be helpful. Thanks!