Parents appeal SD Deaf School decision

[Miss-Delectable]

Parents appeal SD Deaf School decision

Parents who lost a legal fight over the South Dakota School for the Deaf are appealing.

They'll ask the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a judge's Sept. 30 ruling that allows the state to close the main campus in Sioux Falls in favor of outreach programs and contracted services in local schools.

Enrollment at the school has fallen because technological advances such as cochlear implants and hearing aids enable students to attend mainstream classes.

Parents of 8 deaf or hearing-impaired students filed the lawsuit. The Board of Regents oversees the School for the Deaf.

 

[deafdyke]

That's good!!!!! Deaf Schools ARE needed.
Again, I am surprised that NDSD doesn't have a lot of students from Native American schools in residence. One would think that even hoh kids from Native reservations would be sent to res school to get them away from what can be a VERY negative enviroment. Not saying that reservation life can't be good, or that Native Americans are "welfare drunks/addicts" but, reservation life can be really bad.