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http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_3819098
Protests over the naming of a new president to head the nation's only college for the deaf have reverberated through the halls of the California School for the Deaf.
The Fremont-based school has dispatched two staff members to Washington, D.C., to participate in student and faculty demonstrations demanding that Gallaudet University's board of trustees withdraw the appointment of Jane Fernandes as its next president.
"She is not new to the community," said Joey Baer, a teacher and curriculum specialist at the California School for the Deaf. "We've been watching her, and we don't think she has the capacity to be a leader for deaf people."
This week, Gallaudet University's faculty voted 93-43 in a non-binding no-confidence vote against Fernandes.
The president of Gallaudet is more than a college administrator. The post carries with it the weight of being one of the leading deaf figures in the country and a representative of deaf people to the hearing world.
Fernandes was born deaf, but can speak and read lips. She attended regular schools and did not learn to sign until graduate school.
Her detractors, who include those interviewed at the Fremont school, counter that their main issue with Fernandes is that they believe she is incompetent and aloof.
"Dr. Fernandes has treated many individuals and groups with what is known as 'management by intimidation,'" California School for the Deaf Administrator Diana Herron said in an e-mail. "If she were an effective leader, her (learning sign language in her 20s) would not have been an issue."
The controversy at Gallaudet has been a major conversation topic in classes at the Fremont school, where six out of 36 graduating seniors are planning to attend Gallaudet in the fall.
"I'm a little bit less excited about going there after all of this," said senior Mallory Malzkuhn.
Blair Rasmus said she would join
Protests over the naming of a new president to head the nation's only college for the deaf have reverberated through the halls of the California School for the Deaf.
The Fremont-based school has dispatched two staff members to Washington, D.C., to participate in student and faculty demonstrations demanding that Gallaudet University's board of trustees withdraw the appointment of Jane Fernandes as its next president.
"She is not new to the community," said Joey Baer, a teacher and curriculum specialist at the California School for the Deaf. "We've been watching her, and we don't think she has the capacity to be a leader for deaf people."
This week, Gallaudet University's faculty voted 93-43 in a non-binding no-confidence vote against Fernandes.
The president of Gallaudet is more than a college administrator. The post carries with it the weight of being one of the leading deaf figures in the country and a representative of deaf people to the hearing world.
Fernandes was born deaf, but can speak and read lips. She attended regular schools and did not learn to sign until graduate school.
Her detractors, who include those interviewed at the Fremont school, counter that their main issue with Fernandes is that they believe she is incompetent and aloof.
"Dr. Fernandes has treated many individuals and groups with what is known as 'management by intimidation,'" California School for the Deaf Administrator Diana Herron said in an e-mail. "If she were an effective leader, her (learning sign language in her 20s) would not have been an issue."
The controversy at Gallaudet has been a major conversation topic in classes at the Fremont school, where six out of 36 graduating seniors are planning to attend Gallaudet in the fall.
"I'm a little bit less excited about going there after all of this," said senior Mallory Malzkuhn.
Blair Rasmus said she would join
