[Nfbofnc] Fw: GMSAA Education Committee

Mon Nov 28 01:29:49 UTC 2011

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From: "Les Seitz" <jlseitz at pmpmail.com>
To: <rickyscott09 at gmail.com>; "Lawrence Carter" <yallowdogg at bellsouth.net>; 
"Lusi98" <Lusi98 at nc.rr.com>; "Karen Clark" <kiclark7 at gmail.com>; 
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Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 7:49 PM
Subject: FW: GMSAA Education Committee


> GMSAA members and friends,
>
> 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
>
>