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<blockquote data-quote="fulminty" data-source="post: 2184422" data-attributes="member: 68788">All great issues that you've brought up about applied linguistics/second language acquisition, but a few more issues that might push your cause one way or the other:Budgetary/Capacity Constraints- If this school makes space for three hearing kids, do they take the spots of three deaf/HOH kids?&nbsp; This is the principal negative issue I can see with your situation from the viewpoint of administration.Community-Would the deaf community benefit directly from more hearing folks being fluent in ASL?&nbsp; A resounding YES of course!&nbsp; In case you haven't noticed, the &quot;Annoying Ignorant Hearing People Stories&quot; and &quot;What Ticks You Off (Most) About Hearies&quot; threads are amongst the largest in this entire forum, and combined account for 2750 posts.&nbsp; From a numbers viewpoint, .096% of the threads of the &quot;Our World&quot; sub-forum accounts for 4% of all posts, which points out the obvious- legions of deaf people are out-numbered by ignorant/bigoted/&quot;benevolently negligent&quot; hearing people.&nbsp; More hearing people who can communicate with deaf folks=less crap deaf folks deal with. WIN for KODA and WIN for Deaf!This might be way out of left field, past the parking lot, and across the street, but I also thought of the Hetrick Martin Institute's operating Harvey Milk High in NYC.&nbsp; It exists largely as a safe haven for kids who have bullied for being LGBTQ or simply seeming LGBTQ, or being an ally.&nbsp; That is to say, the school, while dedicated to providing a safe educational environment for an at-risk population, also does have kids who while not part of that population, but are part of that community, much like a KODA could be.&nbsp; And 'linguistically delayed&quot; would certainly be a hallmark of &quot;at-risk&quot; to me, in any event.Good luck to you!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fulminty, post: 2184422, member: 68788"] All great issues that you've brought up about applied linguistics/second language acquisition, but a few more issues that might push your cause one way or the other: Budgetary/Capacity Constraints- If this school makes space for three hearing kids, do they take the spots of three deaf/HOH kids? This is the principal negative issue I can see with your situation from the viewpoint of administration. Community-Would the deaf community benefit directly from more hearing folks being fluent in ASL? A resounding YES of course! In case you haven't noticed, the "Annoying Ignorant Hearing People Stories" and "What Ticks You Off (Most) About Hearies" threads are amongst the largest in this entire forum, and combined account for 2750 posts. From a numbers viewpoint, .096% of the threads of the "Our World" sub-forum accounts for 4% of all posts, which points out the obvious- legions of deaf people are out-numbered by ignorant/bigoted/"benevolently negligent" hearing people. More hearing people who can communicate with deaf folks=less crap deaf folks deal with. WIN for KODA and WIN for Deaf! This might be way out of left field, past the parking lot, and across the street, but I also thought of the Hetrick Martin Institute's operating Harvey Milk High in NYC. It exists largely as a safe haven for kids who have bullied for [I]being[/I] LGBTQ or simply [I]seeming[/I] LGBTQ, or being an ally. That is to say, the school, while dedicated to providing a safe educational environment for an at-risk population, also does have kids who while not part of that population, but are part of that community, much like a KODA could be. And 'linguistically delayed" would certainly be a hallmark of "at-risk" to me, in any event. Good luck to you! [/QUOTE]

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