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Grandparent asks board to reinstate middle- and high-school program for deaf, hard-of-hearing and nonverbal autistic students
Summary
A grandparent urged the board to investigate restarting middle- and high-school programs that serve deaf, hard-of-hearing and nonverbal autistic students so they can communicate directly with peers and teachers, and said state earmarked funds per student have been absorbed into broader special education funding.
"I'm here today to appeal to this board on behalf of the deaf, hard of hearing and nonverbal autistic children in middle and high school," Barbara Porter told the board during public forum, describing her grandson as a student in the district.
Porter said Cumberland County once operated middle- and high-school programs similar to an existing elementary program at Mary MacArthur Elementary that brings deaf and hard-of-hearing students together…
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