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Utah Schools for Deaf and Blind to merge with SLC charter school
OGDEN - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind and the Jean Massieu School, a deaf-student charter school based in Salt Lake City, are merging, as was encouraged by the 2004 Legislature.
''It will be better financially for both parties, and there won't be as much overlapping,'' said Joe Zeidner, a Jean Massieu board member.
The merger is expected to be finalized this spring, with the transition occurring over the summer and full implementation by fall, school leaders said.
The schools will maintain their own names and locations.
At Jean Massieu, students are taught to appreciate and value both American Sign Language and written English, and to value both the hearing and the deaf cultures. Some students are not hearing-impaired but wish to learn ASL.
Jean Massieu started in 1999 because USDB did not teach ASL at that time, and the schools did not have the same philosophies.
USDB now teaches ASL but focuses on total communication of voice, along with sign. The school teaches reading lips and signed English, which is signing out each word using English grammar. ASL has its own grammar system.
The schools have been meeting for about a year to identify key issues.
OGDEN - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind and the Jean Massieu School, a deaf-student charter school based in Salt Lake City, are merging, as was encouraged by the 2004 Legislature.
''It will be better financially for both parties, and there won't be as much overlapping,'' said Joe Zeidner, a Jean Massieu board member.
The merger is expected to be finalized this spring, with the transition occurring over the summer and full implementation by fall, school leaders said.
The schools will maintain their own names and locations.
At Jean Massieu, students are taught to appreciate and value both American Sign Language and written English, and to value both the hearing and the deaf cultures. Some students are not hearing-impaired but wish to learn ASL.
Jean Massieu started in 1999 because USDB did not teach ASL at that time, and the schools did not have the same philosophies.
USDB now teaches ASL but focuses on total communication of voice, along with sign. The school teaches reading lips and signed English, which is signing out each word using English grammar. ASL has its own grammar system.
The schools have been meeting for about a year to identify key issues.
