A North Carolina House Appropriations Subcommittee will this week be weighing closing the North Carolina School for the Deaf as one of the options to achieve cost savings relating to the state's two schools for the deaf and a school for the blind, according to a story in the News Herald of Morganton, NC.
The consolidation of the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton and another in Wilson, and the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh is among the potential outcomes.
Opponents of the closing cite among its arguments the school’s long and rich history, as it was the only state school for the deaf from 1894, when it opened, until 1965. The school has also received around $20 million in upgrades over the last eight years. But the most important reasons for opposition are the potential loss of jobs (the school employs 221 people) and the impact it would have on the deaf community.
A decision on consolidation is expected within about two weeks.
Read the full story from the News Herald here.
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