Comments on: NCSD Director OUT

By: wakeup

wakeup — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:28:16 +0000

Are you all proud of yourselves now? You had Dr. Lindsey removed and had McDaniel take over and she swept abuse under the rug. Even though Dr. Lindsey didn’t know sign language and she was overly concerned about the school’s image, at least she didn’t hide the abuse and mistreatment of students. Way to go!

By: BILL McCOY of WV

BILL McCOY of WV — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:19:24 +0000

MISHKA ZENA,
Thank you for your outstanding efforts for keeping
everyone updated.
My real hope NCSD will remain there for many years to come. Look what happened to Nebraska
School for the Deaf in Omaha,NE.
I am wholly concerned about WVSD is NOT what we had Dr. Hugo Schunhoff during the years of 1953 to 1970. WVSD is lacking Deaf teachers and Deaf
dormitory supervisors. It is too numerous to mention further.

By: Mishka Zena

Mishka Zena — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:12:46 +0000

DeafNC,

Actually, the high enrollment of FSDB has nothing to do with Dillingham, but the governor who visited a classroom and witnessed the waste of precious resources. So, in an attempt to manage the limited resources the best to reduce the waste, he had created a program where Deaf kids are encouraged to attend the Deaf school.

Had you keep up with the media the last few years, Dillingham was found to have violated countless federal, state, and local policies, including multiple laws. He had brought a bad image to the school, media-wise.

By: DeafNC

DeafNC — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:02:54 +0000

Why cant you all get NCSD old former Elmer Dilligham back as ‘old fart president in 1982-1996′ then that way NCSD will have more grow number just same as FSDB does!!!

By: MOMMY

MOMMY — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:08:35 +0000

PTA meeting is a joke please when was the last time we had one? justamom???

By: morganton citizen

morganton citizen — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:10:55 +0000

First of all i have been reading all the comments and i understand all teh concerns. The complaint about services not being offered is untrue. NCSD offers all the services required by the state of NC. They even have some Life service offered that teach the students how to cook and shop for housing needs. They teach then how do do laundy etc. They have a PTA (parent/teacher association) for parents and educators to meet and voice and address concerns. They send out letters on a regular basis telling parents of upcoming events and opportunities that are offered to their children. The children are taking out of the dorm to movies, bowling, swiming and other activities. They are offered trips to plays, ball games and other places. They have a computer lab that they can use for homework or sending email. Students are never denied the ability to call their parents when they want to. Only during classes are cell phone use restricted. There have been problems of bullying but that has been student on student bullying and was delt with.

Students being told they arent college materail. Well you have to be honest. Some students just arent capabel of going to college, not becuase they are deaf, but because of other disabilities. You cant tell a student with the IQ of 60 that yes they can go to college. That is just leading then to heart ache. Instead that student needs to be directed to something that will be better suited to them. And yes there are program out there for that.

The problem is not that the programs for the deaf were not offered. The problem is that they were not used.

And there are some parents who just dont want to deal with their children. I have seen a letter where a parent requested that her daughter not call her during the week. Now what kind a parent is that?

All in all. I agree that there are problems with the NC school system whenit comes to educating deaf students. But until that system is changed. Protesting the ASL abilities of adminsitrators isnt going to do much good. Also if parents arent going to be involved in their childrens life and make a point to help them when the students are at home the student will fall behind.

The best teacher in the world can only do so much. It takes the support of the parents also to promote the well-being of the child. If a child is neglected at home then their chances of success dwindle.

By: MOMMY

MOMMY — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:06:24 +0000

high school not only got suspended but they can’t go to the prom or take drivers education class. WHy? because they tried to protest against the AUDIST IDIOT!

By: Mishka Zena

Mishka Zena — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:03:18 +0000

If you have issues with the administrators who are not doing a good job with the academic settings or you see serious concerns, please get together with the parents and work on these issues. Bring up these concerns in PTA meetings.

By: Mishka Zena

Mishka Zena — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:57:24 +0000

Justamom, do some reading before you jump into conclusion as it’s obvious you don’t know the real issues.

FYI, it is not just about the director not signing, she is not doing a good job as an administrator. Had you read the complaints, it is about inferior education, hiring of unqualified teachers, poor language access, pervasive audism, and no communication between the parents and children when the kids are on campus. Do read carefully before you jump and accuse parents.

Also your argument imply that the parents are doing a lousy job as so many deaf kids are not getting a qualified education in their deaf schools. That’s insulting to the parents and inherently unfair as it’s the system that is broken.

By: Brian Riley

Brian Riley — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:34:41 +0000

justamom,

You obviously understand very little about the history of deaf education where children themselves have always played a crucial role in the transmission of the culture.