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Teacher urges board to list American Sign Language as high‑school world language
Summary
Teacher Carrie Sluga told the board that adding ASL to the high-school world language list opens cultural and career pathways for students; district leaders told the board the addition was approved through curriculum council and personnel action.
At the public‑comment portion of the April 20 meeting, teacher Carrie Sluga (S7) identified herself as a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing and asked the board to note roll-call action 12.1, section e, line 23, which she said approves American Sign Language as part of the district’s world-language offerings for high school students.
Sluga credited…
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