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The day before they were to graduate from the school that had been their home, the six members of the class of 2006 at the Oregon School for the Blind lined up on the stage in the school's dimly lit auditorium to practice for their moment in the sun.
One by one, they ran through their speeches and turned toward the audience, beaming, to bask in the applause from teachers and schoolmates whose faces they cannot see.
The six could be one of the final classes to graduate from the small, residential school. That's if Oregon adopts a plan to move their campus to the crosstown Oregon School for the Deaf.
In Iowa and around the country, legislators are wrestling with similar questions about state-run residential schools for the blind and the deaf. They are extremely expensive to operate and serve ever-dwindling populations. More families opt to keep children at home and search out help from their local school district.
Efforts are under way in Iowa to cut back on long-term stays at the residential schools. That's in favor of shorter stays that give students the skills they need to better cope at home.
The day before they were to graduate from the school that had been their home, the six members of the class of 2006 at the Oregon School for the Blind lined up on the stage in the school's dimly lit auditorium to practice for their moment in the sun.
One by one, they ran through their speeches and turned toward the audience, beaming, to bask in the applause from teachers and schoolmates whose faces they cannot see.
The six could be one of the final classes to graduate from the small, residential school. That's if Oregon adopts a plan to move their campus to the crosstown Oregon School for the Deaf.
In Iowa and around the country, legislators are wrestling with similar questions about state-run residential schools for the blind and the deaf. They are extremely expensive to operate and serve ever-dwindling populations. More families opt to keep children at home and search out help from their local school district.
Efforts are under way in Iowa to cut back on long-term stays at the residential schools. That's in favor of shorter stays that give students the skills they need to better cope at home.