[nfbwatlk] OSB One Step Closer to Demise

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

According to some of the articles, the legislature has now tentatively
decided that the money obtained from a sale of the school property will
go into the general education budget of the Oregon Department of
Education, with a portion devoted to education of blind students.  It
was first thought that the money would all go toward the education of
blind students, but now that's apparently not the case.

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Mike Sivill
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] OSB One Step Closer to Demise

Does anyone know what is happening exactly to the money that is supposed
to
be going to the students when they go back to their sighted schools?
Is the teacher's association going to "hold" it for them or something?
Mike

-----Original Message-----
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On
Behalf Of Kevin LaRose
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] OSB One Step Closer to Demise

It seems that there is more to the equation here than money concernes, 
although certainly money shapes the debate. There are some who actually 
believe that places like schools for the blind are somehow regressive.
I've 
seen the term "segregation" used, even by some blind people. Full
inclusion 
is a great ideal, and it works well in a vast majority of cases, but not

all. The bottom line is, schools for the blind are still very much
needed, 
and closing them will cause untold harm to the individuals these
legislators

are professing to help.
Kevin L. 


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