Several months into the school year, the policy's implementation is riddled with confusion.
Months into the school year, it is not clear to what extent the bilingual curriculum has actually been implemented. The district did not respond to questions from NPR about the number of children currently in the program, whether some parents opted their child out, or who is teaching the curriculum.district's Division of Special Education is"working with Local Districts to provide access to the adopted curriculum for all families.
NPR spoke to a group of LAUSD professionals focused on deaf and hard of hearing students who say they feel left in the dark about the plans for this program. Two of them are deaf themselves, including the assistant principal of the district'sSupport for LAist comes fromThey said they were not contacted about how to get involved, even though a committee of deaf and hard of hearing people is supposed to advise the district on how to implement the program.
"In many ways, Deaf communities still suffer the consequences of that vote in 1880," he said through an interpreter."It's entrenched in the medical system and in the educational system." Deaf and hard of hearing children suffer if they are denied access to sign language during the critical exposure period when babies can learn language most effectively, Hall added.
"Even with a cochlear implant, they are still deaf and they need to be able to communicate with deaf people and hearing people," Allison Jeppsen, a mother with a child who uses implants, wrote on thein support of the resolution."By doing this, they are given the ability to choose how they would like to continue communicating and which form of communication they want to continue.
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