Omaha Hearing School To Close

[deafdyke]

Yeah.

Looks like maybe the oralists have lost one. The kids need more services than they can provide!

It does seem like formal private oral education is dying. Even the PRESCHOOLS (which a few years ago were a growth industry) are dying. I know I read that CID and St. Josephs are shells of their former selfs. Same with Tucker Maxon etc. I think the only private oral schools that are super healthy are Clarke in Northampton and Sunshine Cottage.

 

[Buffalo]

About 20 years ago, Nebraska closed their school for the Deaf in order to save money and force students to enroll in mainstreaming schools or other schools for the Deaf in neighboring states. Another reason is they felt that the mainstreaming schools with interpreters would be more suitable and affordable.

Oops! Last year or so, they realized that the mainstreaming programs with interpreters were going to cost their department of education about 2.5 times more than school for the Deaf operational budget annually.
Know what they did? They had consolidated some mainstreaming programs and laid off some teachers and interpreters.

Is there an article on this online????