Sunday, August 23, 2009

Just Six Students

Enrollment at the South Dakota School for the Deaf has fallen from 30 to only 6 students this fall. The governor wanted to close the facility but the school was saved by federal stimulus funds. The Brandon Valley School District took over deaf school's auditory-oral program. It serves a dozen students at an elementary school. The South Dakota School for the Deaf has a 14-acre campus worth an estimated $10 million.