Deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Milwaukee Sign Language School, 7900 W. Acacia St., could move next year to Neeskara School, 1601 N Hawley Road.
Layli McLaughlin, an American Sign Language interpreter at Milwaukee Sign Language School, said the decision isn’t just about moving a school, it’s about ending the district’s failed model of deaf education.
“This is a move that represents just a monumental step into the (deaf and hard of hearing) education reform,” McLaughlin told the Milwaukee Public Schools Board of Directors on March 10. “We will not be able to do anything more that we need to do, which is a lot, if we do not move this program.”…