[Blindtlk] Oregon votes to close school for the blind

[T. Joseph Carter]

They wanted the property, period.  If the Oregon School for the Blind 
had not been so starved of students, funding, and even building 
maintenance, they could not have pulled what they have.  Since there 
was a clear plan to improve the school, increase enrollment, and 
reduce the cost per student, this year was their best shot at 
stealing the property.

As it was, this was done with almost universal opposition from the 
public.  Stakeholders have met and begun forming legal strategies for 
moving forward.

Joseph

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 08:32:16AM -0700, Mike Sivill wrote:
>You mean they wanted to stop the expensive good program from being
>implemented?
>Mike
>
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>
>The Oregon school was working on establishing a program like the one 
>in Washington.  That's why the push to close and sell the school 
>right now-they had to make sure that the school did not have the 
>opportunity to do it.
>
>Joseph