and yet maybe that's why they're downsizing. I seriously wonder if they wouldn't have had to downsize if parents knew that aided kids or even kids with less then profound losses could attend. I think that's what's making me pound my head against a wall. The best program is a bi-bi program with good oral resources. (I think we all agree there) But, some kids (especially HOH kids) might not cotton to ASL. Clarke could serve those kids. I know that if my parents had known that HOH kids could attend Deaf School, they would have sent me in a FLASH. Of course I prolly would have ended up at READS, the local Deaf Ed collabrative instead. But say if I hadn't cottoned to ASL, they would have sent me to Clarke. I'm a huge fan of ASL but I do think there are some kids who may not really cotton to ASL, but who need a private school. I think too that it also irrirates the eff out of me that the experts seem to assume that inclusion/mainstreaming is THE BEST.
I have a feeling this generation of CI and oral deaf kids will come to Deaf get togehters and hear stories about Clarke/CID/St. Joseph's and say " Gee that sounds GREAT! I wish I had known about that!"
