[Ncabs] GMSAA Education Committee info

[Alan A. Chase]

NCABS,

I'm wearing my Chair of the Education Committee for The Governor Morehead School Alumni Association hat right now.  Please find below some things you can to do to help raise awareness about the issues facing the closure of Governor Morehead School.  Please note that you are welcome to use my name or say you got this information from me, but note that i'm not representing Wake County Public Schools in any fashion.  
 
 I informed you all last week of the announcement regarding the closure 
 and consolidation of Governor Morehead School.  On Thursday of this 
 week Dr. Atkinson, State Superintendent of Schools, will address the 
 State Board of Education regarding this decision.  I think it is 
 important that we begin a dialogue with the members of the State Board 
 of Education so they know what questions to ask of the Superintendent 
 during her presentation.  I also feel it is important we begin asking 
 questions of our state legislators since they are returing to Raleigh 
 for business on Monday.  They need to know the concerns too.  This 
 needs to be done this week!!!  Please take some time to call. 
 
 Below are some questions you may wish to ask of these individuals. 
 Below the questions are contact information for the State Board of 
 Education and the Legislative Education Oversight committee.  At this 
 point, we are not taking a postion, but only want them to consider the 
 implications of this action. 
 

 1.  How can ENCSD administrators trained in deaf education make 
 instructional decisions for students who are blind?  How will 
 resources and money be shared? 
 2.  Will students who are blind get equal access to resources since 
 they are a satellite campus? 
 3.  What assurances are there that 
 students who are blind will be kept in a stable environment in > Raleigh? 
 4.  What will the future hold for parents who wish for their children 
 to attend GMS? 
 5.  If, in the future, ENCSD decides to close the satellite campus in 
 Raleigh, how will be the students who are blind have access to 
 transportation or learn travel skills in rural Wilson County? 
 6.  How will these students access the many transition services in 
 Raleigh? 
 7.  What will happen to the one and only teacher education program for 
 teachers of the visually impaired in Raleigh? 
 8.  Doesn't it make more sense to have one school for the blind and 
 one school for the deaf along with a deaf satellite campus? 
 
 
State Board of Education 
 
William C. Harrison 
301 N. Wilmington St., 
6302 Mail Service Center 
Raleigh, NC 27699-6302 
919.807.3441 
 
June St. Clair Atkinson 
6301 Mail Service Center 
Raleigh, NC 27699-6301 
919.807.3432 
 
Jean W. Woolard 
6472 NC Highway 32 South 
Plymouth, NC 27962 
 
Reginald Kenan 
PO Box 472 Warsaw, NC 28398 
910.293.7801 
 
Kevin D. Howell 
NC State University 
Campus Box 7001 
Raleigh, NC 27695 
919.515.9340 
 
Shirley E. Harris 
229 Fox Den Road 
Troy, NC 27371 
1.800.801.7983 
 
Chris Greene 
811 Country Club Drive 
High Point, NC 27262 
336.882.3800 
 
John A. Tate 
1431 Biltmore Drive 
Charlotte, NC 28207-2556 
704.374.6451 
 
Robert Thomas Speed 
P.O. Box 432 
Boone, NC 28607-0432 
828.264.1191 
 
Wayne McDevitt 
PO Box 63 
81 Morlin Acres 
Marshall, North Carolina 28753 
828.649.2144 
 
Patricia (Tricia) N. Willoughby 
20301 Mail Service Center 
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301 
919.715.3535 
 
Melissa E. Bartlett 
Roxboro Community School 
115 Lake Drive 
Roxboro, NC 27573 
 
 
Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee 
 
Senator Jerry W. Tillman 
1207 Dogwood Lane 
Archdale, NC 27263 
(336) 431-5325 
 
Senator Tom Apodaca 
1504 Fifth Avenue, West 
Hendersonville, NC 28739 
(828) 696-0574 
 
Senator Andrew C. Brock 
160 New Hampshire Court 
Mocksville, NC 27028 
(336) 936-0180 
 
Senator Charlie Dannelly 
Legislative Building, Room 1127 
Raleigh, NC 27601 
(919) 733-5955 
 
Senator Linda Garrou 
3910 Camerille Farm Road 
Winston-Salem, NC 27106 
(336) 922-4192 
 
Senator Louis M. Pate, Jr. 
P.O. Box 945 
Mount Olive, NC 28365 
(919) 658-3637 
 
Senator Jean Preston 
P.O. Box 4640 
Emerald Isle, NC 28594 
(252) 354-6993 
 
Senator Gladys Robinson 
Legislative Building, Room 1120 
Raleigh, NC 27601 
(919) 715-3042 
 
Senator Robert Rucho 
Legislative Office Building, Room 300-A 
Raleigh, NC 27603 
(919) 733-5655 
 
Representative Bryan R. Holloway, Co-Chair 
1165 Sterling Pointe Drive 
King, NC 27021 
(336) 985-0826 
 
Representative Linda Johnson, Co-Chair 
1205 Berkshire Dr. 
Kannapolis, NC 28081 
(704) 932-1376 
Representative Hugh A. Blackwell 
321 Mountain View Ave., SE 
Valdese, NC 28690 
(828) 879-8454 
 
Representative Marcus Brandon, Jr. 
200 Oak Street, Apt. 3 
High Point, NC 27260 
(336) 987-3357 
 
Representative Ken Goodman 
832 Williamsburg Drive 
Rockingham, NC 28379 
(910) 997-2712 
 
Representative Mark K. Hilton 
1351 Northern Drive, NW 
Conover, NC 28613 
(828) 464-9006 
 
Representative James H. Langdon, Jr. 
10176 NC 50 Hwy. N. 
Angier, NC 27501 
(919) 894-5797 
 
Representative Marvin W. Lucas 
3318 Hedgemoor Circle 
Spring Lake, NC 28390 
(910) 497-2733 
 
Representative Gaston L. Pridgen 
1044 Mercer Mill Road 
Lumberton, NC 28358 
(910) 608-3277 
 
Senator Dan Soucek 
Legislative Office Building, Room 310 
Raleigh, NC 27603 
(919) 733-5742 
 
Senator Richard Stevens 
132 Lochwood West Drive 
Cary, NC 27518 
(919) 851-0228 
 
Representative Norman W. Sanderson 
269 Bennett Road, #4 
Arapahoe, NC 28510 
(252) 444-4404 

Representative Paul B. Stam 
P.O. Box 1600 
Apex, NC 27502 
(919) 362-8873 


Alan A. Chase, B.S. 
Chair, GMSAAI Education Committee 


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Alan A. Chase, B.S.
Cross Categorical Resource Teacher, Wake County Public School System
Secretary, GMS Alumni Association Board of Directors