NCSD Suspends 7 Students and 5 Staff Members
State investigates actions surrounding threats of a protest
Few excerpts:
It’s not about cafeteria food and athletics. The problems at the North Carolina School for the Deaf are more serious than that, said North Carolina Association of the Deaf Representatives Everson and Cook. Everson said the association is concerned that the deaf students’ civil rights have been violated.
At issue are complaints about communication with administration and quality of education.The association has heard about problems at NCSD over the past few years,
She said there are complaints from students that NCSD Director Linda Lindsey and administration threatened them with suspension if they protested. Everson said school administrators told students that suspensions would lead to them never graduating, going to college or having a career.
Cook said seven students they know of have been suspended and about five staff members have been sent home. Cook and Everson said they are trying to make contact with the students’ parents.
Dwight Pearson, superintendent of the Office of Education Services, which is the central office for NCSD, said he is investigating the matter and the administration’s actions surrounding the planned protest.
Abundis said she has heard about problems not being addressed for the past couple of years, and her daughter was hoping a protest would help get something done.
Everson and Cook said students also complain about not receiving the same quality of education that students in public school get. Other complaints are that there is no way for students, parents and staff to voice their concerns.
Houpe said one teacher told her it doesn’t matter if the students finish a grade because they probably won’t go to college.
He said NCSD used to have a board similar to the Burke County Board of Education, but it was abolished by a statute in the 1990s. Pearson said NCSD does have a human rights committee and people can comment at those meetings.
To read the full article: NCSD suspends staff, students – The Morganton News Herald
Commentary: It doesn’t surprise me to hear the heavy-handed approach used by the administrators, including the threats that the students will never graduate or go to college if they protest. This reflects the oppressive atmosphere on campus where apparently healthy discourse between the administrators and students aren’t encouraged, reinforcing the complaints of audism practiced on the school grounds. At least the media coverage of this foiled protest had caught the attention of the state investigators. The allegations of illegal activities, including destruction of incident reports, are disturbing and need to be checked into. Hopefully the administrators will be held accountable for their negligence in permitting illegal activities on campus, ignoring the grievances of both the students and the staff and the illegal handling of the students prior to the protest. Also that the results will lead to positive changes for the students: better communication access and improved quality of education. MZ
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First MZ report: Mishka Zena » Blog Archive » NCSD Students’ Civil Rights Violated
Second MZ report Mishka Zena » Blog Archive » Foiled NCSD Protest On News
State investigates actions surrounding threats of a protest
Few excerpts:
It’s not about cafeteria food and athletics. The problems at the North Carolina School for the Deaf are more serious than that, said North Carolina Association of the Deaf Representatives Everson and Cook. Everson said the association is concerned that the deaf students’ civil rights have been violated.
At issue are complaints about communication with administration and quality of education.The association has heard about problems at NCSD over the past few years,
She said there are complaints from students that NCSD Director Linda Lindsey and administration threatened them with suspension if they protested. Everson said school administrators told students that suspensions would lead to them never graduating, going to college or having a career.
Cook said seven students they know of have been suspended and about five staff members have been sent home. Cook and Everson said they are trying to make contact with the students’ parents.
Dwight Pearson, superintendent of the Office of Education Services, which is the central office for NCSD, said he is investigating the matter and the administration’s actions surrounding the planned protest.
Abundis said she has heard about problems not being addressed for the past couple of years, and her daughter was hoping a protest would help get something done.
Everson and Cook said students also complain about not receiving the same quality of education that students in public school get. Other complaints are that there is no way for students, parents and staff to voice their concerns.
Houpe said one teacher told her it doesn’t matter if the students finish a grade because they probably won’t go to college.
He said NCSD used to have a board similar to the Burke County Board of Education, but it was abolished by a statute in the 1990s. Pearson said NCSD does have a human rights committee and people can comment at those meetings.
To read the full article: NCSD suspends staff, students – The Morganton News Herald
Commentary: It doesn’t surprise me to hear the heavy-handed approach used by the administrators, including the threats that the students will never graduate or go to college if they protest. This reflects the oppressive atmosphere on campus where apparently healthy discourse between the administrators and students aren’t encouraged, reinforcing the complaints of audism practiced on the school grounds. At least the media coverage of this foiled protest had caught the attention of the state investigators. The allegations of illegal activities, including destruction of incident reports, are disturbing and need to be checked into. Hopefully the administrators will be held accountable for their negligence in permitting illegal activities on campus, ignoring the grievances of both the students and the staff and the illegal handling of the students prior to the protest. Also that the results will lead to positive changes for the students: better communication access and improved quality of education. MZ
email contact: mishkazena@aol.com
First MZ report: Mishka Zena » Blog Archive » NCSD Students’ Civil Rights Violated
Second MZ report Mishka Zena » Blog Archive » Foiled NCSD Protest On News
February 27th, 2008 at 11:01 am
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February 27th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Wow! Sound very harsh penalty on them? It beef up Linda Lindsey request removed her postion as soon possible. Get action from NAD.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:37 am
*shaking head*
I still need to read more into this, but just from the surface – it’s no wonder why we get bad reputation for having poor education for the Deaf.
Ugh! The attitudes and expectations of the deaf children to have higher education are still the same to this day… 2008!!!! 2008!!!!!
Kudos to those students for trying so hard to bring it up and made it to the media!
And thank YOU, Elizabeth, for doing this!
I am wondering if NAD has heard of this and what are they saying?
February 27th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Sign!!!! They are really so wrong to give the students and staffs suspenions. I bet they have been tried to express their concerns about the deaf education for years. I don’t think they don’t deserve it to get suspenions for stupid reasons. Keep fighting and don’t give up with your goals for best education at NCSD in the future. Good Luck
February 27th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Please post the first name of Cook and Everson.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I don’t understand keep as long in past problems at NCSD report for discipline incidents like hearing staff did not get qualify with ASL users? How come can tell you with staffing ratios, certification status of teachers, years of expereince of professional staff also advanced degrees??? not make any sense improved quality of education? Let find out doing on at NCSD. Good for media attention.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I know 2 of my friends who used to go same school with me at NCSD.. NOW IT IS TIME NCSD got to PROTEST…
DEAF POWER
DEAF POWER
DEAF POWER
February 27th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Have been wondered if Linda Lindsey wanted NCSD to close School for the Deaf and sell to A board school and Linda can keep the job and owned the school to give a education to hearing kids and the land of beauty history? maybe her sneaky plan to destroy our deaf school and history? That is only my thought!!
dunno. just to say to see why did she wanted to take the job at DEAF SCHOOL. We expect a person takes a job to IMPROVE and ACCESS the quality of education!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
By the way, my grandmother and great aunt attended NCSD.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
What happened Sunday night with the students were wrong. Dr. Linda Lindsey should be suspended along with other who were involved til further investigate. Why are staffs suspended?? Dwight Pearson needs to call Dr. LL and send her home and not to come back til we know for sure what happened!!!!!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
MZ
Darn…
I googled up and there was not enuff information about the numbers of the students enrolling the NCSD!
Can you pleeze investigate and provide the status of these students who participate the protests?
I reckon that these students who are in the process obtaining college scholarships are afraid of the protests.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
please don’t get me wrong, i am all for empowering the rights to deaf staffs and deaf students for better education.
honest, i dislike “deaf power” because it reminds me of “white power” against black in history. it should be about unity. how about “deaf now”, “asl now” or something better than “deaf power”?
buzz
February 27th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Quality of Education for deaf students is known for lousy and low expectations. NCSD is an example that needs to be address and investigate. State of Education dept. are also need to be educated about language and education to diminish or remove attitudes and expectations. Boy they are in mess and hopefully they’re awakening.
Wonder if the quality of education was not bothered with because state have some hidden agendas? Attitudes of Admin at NCSD must be stopped. *shaking-head*
Thank you MZ for brings the news to us. Keep on blogging.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Hi,
I live in Morganton and my daughters goes to school there.
Yes it is pathetic at the school. Deaf rights are being squashed like a bug.
Dean of dorm doesn’t sign and she treats the children like they are dumb which isn’t the case.
Director of school Linda Lindsay doesn’t have what it takes to run the school.
There are more to this only 82 students enrolled. Because of the principal lies to parents and community members.
They do have human rights but it is closed door most of the time. I went once and all hearing only 1 deaf member and they treated her like trashed.
It is oppressive there. IT is getting worst. Those staff who are being sent home are risking their job to help these students.
More than half of the teachers and staff can’t sign. And they are “certified” please let me roll on the floor and laugh my buns off.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Reading blogs about NCSD situation and commenting about it does not shake the ground. Any ideas as of how I can be a part of the change? Write a letter to whom?
It is 2008 and there’s NO excuse for deaf/hoh students to graduate with low reading levels. No excuse! This should no longer be tolerated. Low expectations among teachers and administrators is the problem. Deaf/hoh students CAN learn to read and write juyst like their hearing peers on the same grade level.
Now, what can I do? Just continue to read and comment? That’s not good enough.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Write a letter to newspaper to Raleigh suptendient (sp) of schools etc….
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
mz email me privately
February 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
It was encouraging to hear that the students were protesting for equal education, same as that given to hearing students.
This has been a problem in schools for the deaf and the reasons may be laziness of the teachers, overattention to hearing training and speech development for too many years, or underestimation of students’ abilities.
Many attempts to work down from above improvements to education have failed. To see students demanding it from the bottom up is sure to revolutionize education of the deaf.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Buzz,
I agree! Deaf power can be “oppressive” hearing people. We can find a way to say something that hearies would have agreed and give the best equality of the word.
However, for a long u-haul we had been oppressive by a group or an organization that strongly and religiously believe in an oral(focus hear and speak). That’s enough! Just like race issue, religion issue, foreign issue, etc…they said “That is enough!”
hearing people got information from and put a lot of loopholes which they did not want them(hearing parents of a deaf child and hearies studies on deafness education)to know about.
We fight back for our rights to receive the quality of education what public schools have received!!
We also show that we are able to educate those hearing people without any fear.
Like AGB and AVT group feed hearing people’s mind with fears when they have a deaf child–real SAD!
February 27th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
#9 White Ghost,
Good question information about the numbers of the students and staff at the NCSD! I have sheet list with perectage of Deaf Schools in States of USA, I looked up state of North Carolina nothing appear up the report with the number was blank very interested to me thanks
WG check up the information. Why to do that with the systems Deaf Schools in North Carloina
not tell us how many enrolled? God help us!
February 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
what happpened to Bush’s NO CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND LAW? Laws toothless? Or deaf just not important?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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February 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
[...] a report by MishkaZena, North Carolina School for the Deaf suspended 5 staff and 7 students in retaliation to planned prote…. The reasoning behind the protest there seems more fuzzy than clear-cut. The institution promptly [...]
February 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
NCSD exposed at last. Telling the students they cannot graduate or obtain a career means NCSD is not an educational center. The way they resort to this means they have nothing of substance. Institutional audism. State of NC should be ashamed of themselves for having people in this environment that children cannot sign with them either in school or dorm. Suspended staff went the beyond for them apparently or pentalized for letting this happen. If special ed students act up, something is clearly wrong. Good riddance.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
i like “no children left behind” law comment by h…. this proves they have forgotten our deaf children as second class. unfair!
buzz
February 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Yeah, and I bet those oppressors also pronounce the word, “deaf” as “death”. That, in a microcosm, is what I think is wrong with the system there in this modern day and age. Time to get out the brooms!
February 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Hey KBJensen,
Pls consider sending your child to MSSD in Washington, D.C. It’s a great school, there’s a good number students from NC that are currently attending this school. Check out their website, http://www.mssd.info.
Go Eagles!
February 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
One thing that does bother me – why doesn’t NCSD have a board? It needs oversight. This is a sign that something IS wrong. Have the students and parents gotten an attorney? It sounds to me like they need to get lawyers involved.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Hey what do yall think about Federal Law for Deaf schools to required SCPI ( SIGN COMMUNICATION PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW) ? I hate to say this but what i have see and (heard) some people just work there to earn money and retirement, not care about deaf kids’ education.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
To #26.
“I hate to say this but what i have see and (heard) some people just work there to earn money and retirement, not care about deaf kids’ education.”
This is a powerful statement. Eow!
deafk
February 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I found this information about Hearing/Deaf Staff
at NC schools not know for sure include NCSD and ENCSD answer is
Hearing Staff 203
Deaf Staff 44
Total 247
Deaf Staff 18% work at deaf schools report by Dec 2007.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Hi,
responding to sending kids to mssd. that won’t fix whats going on in ncsd. beside im sure the mother wouldnt want to send her babies who are 8 and 11 years old.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
#32 I second it!
To #27 MSSD Alumni
I am disagreed with you please careful not to tell drag all students go to MSSD for purpose best school I dunno it otherwise good for mental development there I am honest with you. One thing importmant that we don’t want NCSD is closed school by State school board like this happened Nebraksa already closed school that why we want to keep deaf schools in States to be pride by hometown and folks also good for deaf community and Deaf leadership will do help them make better school in future. It that clearly.
We don’t want only one nation best school in DC area let have growth deaf schools in any cities. I am sure that parents, alumni and staff will do work on it. Think about it.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Parts of the e mail from ACLU:
Elizabeth, the only issue with which we might be able to help is the free speech issue.
You might want to contact the following folks:
Disability Rights of NC at 2626 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, NC 27608 or by calling (919) 856-2195 or (1(877) 235-4210. Disability Rights is a part of a nationwide system of protection and advocacy agencies dedicated to protecting the rights of persons with disabilities.
You may also wish to contact the North Carolina State Board of Education to convey your concerns. The State Board of Education can be reached at 6302 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6302, phone: 919/807-3304, fax: 919/807-3198. Further, you may wish to share your concerns with the North Carolina School Boards Association, PO Box 97877, Raleigh, NC 27624-7877, phone: 919/841-4040, fax: 919/841-4020.
You may also wish to contact the North Carolina Human Relations Commission, which provides services and programs aimed at improving relationships among all citizens of the state, while seeking to ensure equal opportunities in areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, recreation, education, justice, and governmental services. For more information regarding the NC Human Relations Commission, please visit the website at http://www.doa.state.nc.us/hrc/hrc.htm or contact: NC Human Relations Commission, 121 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733_7996, 866_FAIRHSG (866_324_7474) ~ toll_free
You may also wish to contact the Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center (ECAC). The ECAC is a non-profit, full-service parent training, information, and resource center for families of children with disabilities. The ECAC provides information to North Carolina families free of charge. For more information, visit http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org or contact: Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center, 907 Barra Row, Suites 102/103, Davidson, NC 28036, 1-800-962-6817, information@ecac-parentcenter.org
With regard to the free speech issue….
We’d need to hear from a parent or a student with specific details.
Hope this helps,
Katy
Katherine Lewis Parker, Legal Director
ACLU of North Carolina
P. O. Box 28004
Raleigh, NC 27611-8004
Phone: (919) 834-3466
Fax: (866) 511-1344
E-mail: acluncklp@nc.rr.com
Website: http://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org
February 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
To MSSD Alumni,
Are you crazy?!?!? I do not agree with you at all. Let NC deaf kids go to NCSD where they belong in NC.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I have to be in agreement with what Sankt brought up to the words of “Board of Education” and “State of North Carolina”.
A Deaf Pundit, I have a friend who gave me deep detail of MSD situation a month ago; therefore, she took a lawyer for fighting to let her son get out of MSD and transfer to the other mainstream school. MSD (Michigan) isn’t qualified.
I suggested for her to join a group of parents to discuss about the experienced MSD, but she doesn’t want to work together with the parents of MSD children and she says it wasted her time for nothing. That is all.
She realized that Ryan Commerson took a stand and went on strike against MSD two years ago.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I know NC Board of Education will not do any actions against Director. Favorism is still on the air as they cover things up each other to protect their state position. I have been witnessed how system works under NC DSHH, CAP and NC DVR.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
MZ –
Reagarding the message via ACLU,
it does not help anything….at least you tried!
February 27th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Where is our FREEDOM OF SPEECH? Deaf have right.Teachers and staffs must communicate with ASL.If there is one teacher who can’t communicate at Deaf School,he’s or she’s out!Waste state’s wages!
February 27th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Many of NCSD’s staff are wonderful, very qualified, excellent signers, and care deeply for the children. Just too bad that a few rotten apples sour the whole school. It just happens that these wonderful staff are at the bottom of the pecking order.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
To MSSD students and alumni,
We can not sweep the NCSD situtation under the rug by sending NCSD students to MSSD. We need to see the problems being resolved at the local level.
February 27th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
[...] do you think? Mishka Zena
February 27th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
The information from the ACLU *is* useful and shows that the Deaf Community does have places where it can turn to for help other than NAD and protesting.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
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As I indicated earlier, I have no interest in continuing the dialogue with you, not with that hostile attitude of yours and your unwarranted accusations. It’s not productive, just like you recently proved again.
The documents I have is for me only and not to be shared with the public. Don’t like it? too bad @ @
February 27th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
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February 28th, 2008 at 10:54 am
number 37 is right…. they wont do anything nc board dhhds whatever agency they don’t do nothing many many many meetings with them and ignored swept under rugs.
MSSD is not the best school.. No deaf school is immune to oppressive. hearing or Deaf oppressed one way or another. Deaf family vs Deaf family bullies does that give you idea of how wonderful maryland school for the deaf is or indiana.
we need to stick it out and stay with ncsd fight… there is a parent meeting today with the supt of all residential school nc has two deaf school and a blind school so i plan to go and say what i feel because i just had an iep meeting yesterday about my daughter i was pissed how low expectation the teacher had for my girl.
February 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
“My daughter’s supervising teacher (of ISD’s elementary school) used to teach at NCSD before moving to Indiana… so I will ask her if she knew anything about it…”
February 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Oh i am sure she knew and tried fighting tirelessly for the children sake…
February 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
In a time crisis, it is best that we all remain calm. Dr. Linda Lindsey will be stepping down as the director of NCSD effective April 1. The only concern is that she will take a state position with OES in Raleigh. This is a small battle won, but the remaining powers to be are corrupt. Make no mistake, a series of plans have been set in motion that will address these powers to be at high levels of government. Patience and fortitude will be in our best interest in this manner. A rather large group of NCSD’s employees (hearing and deaf) are extremely dedicated and focused to put children first,educate, care, and advocate for their benefit. Emotional attachment to an issue is a very overwhelming feeling. We must continue to stay focused and fight the good fight.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I want to clear something up. There are many great staff at NCSD both deaf and hearing. There are some bad staff at NCSD both deaf and hearing. Being deaf doesn’t automatically make you a great teacher so saying that all of the hearing staff need to be replaced is ridiculous and discriminatory which is what we are working to stop right? We all need to stick together in this and stop thinking hearing verses deaf and start thinking productively as group that supports deaf people and deaf culture regardless of if you are hearing or deaf. I would like everyone to know that it was a DEAF staff member that informed the administration about the protest and that is why it was prevented from happening. I also know that there are some parents that want to complain about the education of the students. However, these are the same parents that I have seen NOT support their child at home and fail to show up when they are asked to attend meetings at the school. Everyone is very quick to assign blame instead of admitting that they are actually some of the problem. As far as low expectations of students, I have not seen that here. However, we do have the job of telling parents the sometimes harsh realities that they do not want to face. Many of our students are functioning way below grade level and it is not appropriate to mislead parents into thinking otherwise. Because of the special education laws in NC, students are required to pass the same state mandated tests as their hearing peers if they are left in the high level programs. This is absolutely unfair, but it is the reality. Because of this some students in the past have not earned diplomas. It is not that we have low expectations, but that the system is flawed and unfair for our students. If they can’t pass those tests, they have to be moved to a lower program in order to earn a diploma.
All I am asking is that you know all of the facts before you make accusations.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Someone also said that there should be no excuse for our students reading below grade level. Does anyone know how the system works in NC? When someone has a deaf child they do not have a choice where to send them to school. They go directly to the public schools. The public schools keep them where they only have an interpreter to communicate with. They keep them there until they fail out and start to hurt their test score percentages. Then they come to us (around middle school). They don’t have a full language and can’t read because their interpreters have been doing their work for them. Research shows that parents of deaf students are the BIGGEST predictor of thier reading success. More than 90% of our kids parents do not sign fluently or at all. WHich means they had a MAJOR language delay to begin with. If you don’t have language you can’t read. Our students start out at a disadvantage because of this and it makes it nearly impossible to catch them back up. The students that are able to succeed and pass tests are kept in the public school and we never see them. It is easy to blame the school, but you need to look at the bigger problem- the law concerning placement of deaf students in NC. If there is anything that needs to be protested it is that.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Dear Know the Facts…
I completely agree with what you said. Based on what you wrote, it seems like you are an insider of the school system. The information you shared are valuable and it rang the truth of what was really going on at North Carolina School for the Deaf. It is not about the director’s signing skills, or squelching student’s right to express. It is much bigger problem that very few people are able to understand.
I am sure that lots of other people who are working for school (i.e. teachers, administrators or support staff) are itching to tell the actual truth, but I can imagine they are struggling with how to share the information out.
Thank you so much for sharing the facts with us. I am in a full agreement to what you said.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Opening the can of worms, and revealing the true facts at NCSD.
want to know more visit the link below
http://factsuncoveredncsd.blogspot.com/
February 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
FYI, some of the statements made by #53 don’t match what I’ve been told by the NCSD insiders… so keep in mind we don’t know the real agenda of this person’s propaganda
February 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am
“Know the Facts…what you said paint a sadly-familiar picture of the majority of deaf schools. Even Indiana School for the Deaf is not immune to it… there are MANY students who struggle at the deaf schools and that there are many parents who are NOT involved. I wondered that about NCSD when the first news of protest came out and hoped that we would become more aware of the needs of deaf children to be met, not to be ignored… with the state budget cuts, etc… it is getting more of a challenge for the staff, administrators, and the teachers to make sure that the students accomplish the academic goals set up the the state (academic standards.)
Also I read “Factsuncovered@NCSD” blog which makes sense to me. It does not happen at NCSD only, but at other deaf schools and blind schools and other schools as well. As long as people who work at the kind of schools with heart, kudos to the students for having them.
Ahhh… school politics. *sigh*”
February 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
factsuncovered@ncsd is power hungry person. the deaf person who told on the students has very audist attitude toward a lot of Deaf staff and teachers and student. that person should be encouraging students rather than placing blames on parents.
we are parent and we do all we can for our kids being visible reading with them talking to them everything that a parent could do. we bring our kids to school expect the teachers to do their job not to hurt our kids self esteem. i have a daughter who comes home crying because the teacher mind you hearing teacher who signs shit tells her signing is wrong. that very same teacher lied to us in our face in iep meeting and we blasted her for it.
the students suffered it was not about hearing vs deaf geez get that out of your mind it is about the quality of education and dorm life!!! these students are very special very vocal and factsuncovered is being blind. illegal activities were going on changing grades so their report looks good enrollment dwindling only 82 students how is that such improvement factsuncovered??? Yes Local Education Agency is the blame and many parents are fighting this too. They have so much battle to fight and you are just sitting htere collecting nice pay and benefits!!!
Lindsay need to get out period no tranfer to another cushy job and jody self needs to resign she treats those students as they were in reform school. she used to work for reforms school.
there is a staff who fix IQ score to make some students smarter than they really are or not smarter but they are smart. ask about that school psychologist!!
there are many GREAT staff who are hearing and deaf are ready to quit because of the audism attitude!!! so its Deaf and Hearing are working together to fight this.
People like factsuncovered and der sankt shouldn’t say anything because really you both have no ideas what it is like. rather to put kids in public school ncsd should be = the public school standards of education.
bilingual bi culture works best and the students are not even getting that!!!! the very interim director said its a deaf thing they wont get it and dont expect them to get it…. what kind of attitude is that!
March 5th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
7 suspended? yeahh i am proud that i stood up for my school (NCSD)! that sad bec ause i was suspended too.. all girls who tried with me that were my heros because they did with me same time. that moment i will never forget because i was suspended with 6 girls and 5 staff at ncsd.