The Texas School for the Deaf flies their students home every weekend to three cities... Laredo, Amarillo, and El Paso. The rest are put on buses and shuttles. Texas is a big state.
I'm originally from Houston. Three hours west of TSD. I moved to Austin because I wanted my son to go to TSD. It's the best place for him. It's the best place for him to grow as a person and the school is an excellent one. I'm not a fan of Austin. I don't like it here much. It's just not my kinda place. Yet I preserved and lived here for 7 years simply because he was not old enough to be sent to a boarding school. Besides, I wanted to raise my boy.
Not some minimum wage earning houseparent.
This weekend... I'm moving a long way out of Austin. I'm ready and he's ready for some boarding school. He's at the right age. Middle school. So I'm outta here. The best time and the most personal growth happened during those years when I went to TSD myself... Same age as him. He's gonna grow and I can't wait to see what he learns about himself as a Deaf person and having full communication access in aspects that he cannot get elsewhere. I want him to have what I had. I loved the weekends at TSD. Wish they kept the kids but in the meantime I'm fine with seeing him every weekend.