[Blindtlk] Oregon votes to close school for the blind

[Steve P. Deeley]

Do you think it can be stopped with legal action?
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Oregon votes to close school for the blind


> 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
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:23 AM
>>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Oregon votes to close school for the blind
>>
>>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
>
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