carebear_ch's Blog

I just wanted to talk about our deaf/hard of hearing students in the GBCHI(Galveston/Brazoria Coop for the Hearing Impaired). They start school in Sante Fe ISD then go to Clear Creek ISD finally they go to Alvin ISD. We are wanting them to change the way it is set up now(4 schools in 3 districts) to them staying in one district. The Coop has 10 different school districts in it...* in Galveston County and 2 in Brazoria County. It is better on the gas situation with the buses and the staff that has to travel daily to the 4 different schools. I am talking about the interpreters,counsolors,audiologists,speech theropists, teachers,etc. If they were all in one district the students would also have the continueity with the othe children in the schools. They would be able to go from grade to grade with their friends.Our kids right now are not allowed to have this option. We(the parents to these kids) have formed a group named P.A.S.S(Parent Advocacy for Succesfull Students with Hearing Impairments). We have been to the school boards meetings and talked to everyone that we can to get this changed and no one wants to change it.Even though they all agree it would be a better way of doing things. We have started an online petition and are looking for more parents to join in our group. There is about 120 children in the Coop.We would like to have close to that many families in our group. We do have get togethers every couple of months at different places.Our website is www.passhi.org. Please feel free to check out our site. The site to the online petition is http://thepetitionsite.com/petition/698076146 Please pass this addy along to everyone you know that would also be willing to support this wonderful cause. If anyone is an attorney or mediator that is willing to help we could use the help. We also have a bank account set up for donations if you are interested in helping in our legal fight to get this changed. We can use everyones support for this cause in one way or another. Our account info is .. Wells Fargo Acc. # 5993223816 make all donations in the name of P.A.S.S. also if you would like any further information please email me personally at herrc1975@hotmail.com ... Thank you in advance for your time and support.