[Colorado-talk] Emily Griffith Opportunity School

[Beth]

Thanks, Diane.  To answer your questions, both stuents are 
totally blind and from Somalia.  One is an NFB member, the other 
just got introduced to the NFB.  Both have contacts in the U.S. 
that sspeak Somali.  One needs advanced English, the other may 
needs beginning English.  Both are refugees, so there shouldn't 
be a problem getting rehab to assist them with what Emily 
Griffith won't.  Also, Eddie, Diane may have said something good.
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane McGeorge" <rmcgeorge at comcast.net
To: "NFB of Colorado Discussion List" <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 18:51:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Emily Griffith Opportunity School

In reading your post, Beth, and in reading Eddie's post I think 
Eddie has
covered the situation very well.  As for rehab paying for English 
grammar
classes for the two students you mention, unless Eddie knows 
something I
don't know and he certainly could, I do not believe the students 
you mention
would be eligible for rehab funding unless they are citizens.  
Eddie's
suggestion of having a friend read and interpret the school 
policies sounds
very reasonable to me.  Do the students you speak of have 
contacts in the
U.S. from their native countries?  Their situation is difficult 
to say the
least but not "unsolvable" but they would need help from someone 
who speaks
their language and also knows English to help read and interpret.  
However,
I do not believe that under the circumstances rehab can give them 
any
assistance.  I'll be interested to see what others think.  Thanks 
for the
interesting information.  I hope you invited these two students 
to come to
an NFB chapter meeting.
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com
To: <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: [Colorado-talk] Emily Griffith Opportunity School


 Hi, guys.
 I've been asked to post the following statements on this list.  
I thought
 it would be appropriate to tell you guys about something that 
happened to
 one of our fellow CCB alumni while he was out downtown in 
Denver.  I was
 talking to him, and he said clearly that there was a 
discrimination issue
 going on.  I asked, "What discrimination isue?"  He said that 
the Emily
 Griffith Opportunities/Vocational School was not able to provide 
materials
 for his advanced English classes.  FYI: this ude is a refugee 
from Somalia
 and Kenya, and needs English skills to work in the workforce 
effectively.
 He and another potential CCB student also from Somalia are 
doomed to fail
 at Emily Griffith, and they may need to pay or use Rehab to pay 
for
 college classes in English grammar.  I don't feel this is quite 
right.
 What do you guys think?
 Beth

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