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Tallwood senior urges expansion of American Sign Language electives across Virginia Beach schools
2802645 · March 26, 2025
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Summary
A Tallwood High School senior asked the board to expand elective American Sign Language (ASL) offerings beyond a single campus so all students in the division can learn sign language, citing career and inclusion benefits and personal experience as a child of a deaf adult.
Evangeline Offit, a Tallwood High School senior and child of a deaf adult, urged the school board on March 20 to expand American Sign Language (ASL) from being offered at a limited set of campuses to an elective available across…
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