Legal Actions Against State By SSSD and Parents, SDSD
SSSD: Since the school is still slated to be closed on June 30th, SSSD filed a legal injunction at the federal courts against PA, asking the courts to stop the closing until legal proceeding against them are addressed. Three families of four SSSD students have filed a lawsuit due to the lack of transitional plans. The school actually made no plans for the education of students after the slated closing.
There will be a rally at Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg today, attended by SSSD administrators and others in an effort to increase support for SSSD.
SDSD: SDSD won’t be closed for now. However, the school will be facing significant changes in its programs and includes reduction of staff for next year
Links:
SSSD Families File Lawsuit Against State
School for Deaf files injunction | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader
SSSD: Since the school is still slated to be closed on June 30th, SSSD filed a legal injunction at the federal courts against PA, asking the courts to stop the closing until legal proceeding against them are addressed. Three families of four SSSD students have filed a lawsuit due to the lack of transitional plans. The school actually made no plans for the education of students after the slated closing.
There will be a rally at Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg today, attended by SSSD administrators and others in an effort to increase support for SSSD.
SDSD: SDSD won’t be closed for now. However, the school will be facing significant changes in its programs and includes reduction of staff for next year
Links:
SSSD Families File Lawsuit Against State
School for Deaf files injunction | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader
April 29th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Great, so more people would be more aware of this topic. And could help us if more deaf schools are slated for either reduction or/and closings and we could learn tactics in preventing the reductions/closures.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
i do agree with scranton state school for the deaf and we will keep fighting to save our school and the governor rendell is making too much mistakes and bob mellow turned his back on us and that is un acceptable because western psennslyvania school for the deaf is a private school it is not a state school cause we own scranton state school for the deaf for 129 years
May 13th, 2009 at 11:13 am
They should close more deaf school and make it s a Federal Standard on Education. There is too many loop holes and not giving the deaf kids the best education that they deserve