Your story is VERY familiar...... It sucks b/c NY state for some strange reason has decided that only kids with profound losses *need* Deaf ed, and Sign......
and yes.....hoh kids are for some reason supposed to "magically" assimulate into hearing society with very little "safety net" resources like Deaf ed, or Cued Speech, or ASL or even oral deaf ed.
Wish it would change.
Although I am 8 years older then you are, I experianced the same thing....I grew up HOH in the mainstream, with very minimal exposure to other dhh kids. As a matter of fact, when I was little I thought I was the only HOH kid in the world.
Welcome to the communinity!