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News-Record.com - Greensboro, North Carolina: : Timeline: Central N.C. School for the Deaf
1975: School for the Deaf opens on a 75 acre site near Brown Summit that was donated to the state by rancher William Mericka.
Within a few years, efforts begin and continue for over 25 years to move deaf students into local schools and close the school.
1992: State tries to close the school due to declining enrollment.
1993: A legislative commission drops its recommendation that the legislature close the school. By 1993, three-quarters of the state's deaf students attend public schools.
1995: State officials again try to close the school. Guilford County commissioners endorse a resolution asking the state to seek budget cuts elsewhere. By June, the General Assembly agrees to keep the school open.
2001: The state considers selling the school property to developers.
2003: The School for the Deaf is one of two sites for the proposed Greensboro Center for Innovative Development, a joint venture between N.C.A&T and UNCG. The idea is modeled after N.C. State's Centennial Campus. The School for the Deaf will be the north campus of the Joint Millennial Campus and will be the site for the planned Institute for Training, Research and Development.
2004: Gov. Mike Easley signs into law a bill that includes funding for the Joint Millennial Campus.
1975: School for the Deaf opens on a 75 acre site near Brown Summit that was donated to the state by rancher William Mericka.
Within a few years, efforts begin and continue for over 25 years to move deaf students into local schools and close the school.
1992: State tries to close the school due to declining enrollment.
1993: A legislative commission drops its recommendation that the legislature close the school. By 1993, three-quarters of the state's deaf students attend public schools.
1995: State officials again try to close the school. Guilford County commissioners endorse a resolution asking the state to seek budget cuts elsewhere. By June, the General Assembly agrees to keep the school open.
2001: The state considers selling the school property to developers.
2003: The School for the Deaf is one of two sites for the proposed Greensboro Center for Innovative Development, a joint venture between N.C.A&T and UNCG. The idea is modeled after N.C. State's Centennial Campus. The School for the Deaf will be the north campus of the Joint Millennial Campus and will be the site for the planned Institute for Training, Research and Development.
2004: Gov. Mike Easley signs into law a bill that includes funding for the Joint Millennial Campus.