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Protect West High's American Sign Language Program

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Jaxon Stock
6 months ago

I love asl and this class was amazing and it’s crazy that west is trying to cut it

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Chance Johnson-Kildee
6 months ago

ASL education is incredibly important and keeping it accessible in public schools is vital.

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Corinne Youngberg
6 months ago

Please don’t cut this course

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Emma Campbell
6 months ago

Lori is very good with her job.

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Kim Murray
6 months ago

Stop cutting important programs.

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Pettit Peggy
6 months ago

This is a very valid program. Shame on the west high administrators for this decision.

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Emily Ohman
6 months ago

Keep West High’s ASL program strong!

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Janna Kingston
6 months ago

ASL is very important to our community and the people who use it! West provides a special program that lets students interact in ways that wouldnt be possible otherwise.

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Dean Pettit
6 months ago

ASL is a much needed program for the community and a life long skill for the students. Teaching ASL at the high school goes way beyond the walls of the school. Having students that lean ASL helps a part of our society that have have far fewer resources than many.

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Cynthia Bestvina
6 months ago

My daughter took 2 years of ASL at West and would have taken more, if it had fit into her schedule.

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Karen Harris
6 months ago

I am in support of keeping ASL at West High. I work for USPS and some of my coworkers are deaf. They are always thrilled when they find someone who knows ASL. It is a much needed and useful skill, and it's wonderful that West High students have the opportunity to learn it at a young age.

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Riley
6 months ago

Out of all of the classes I took at West High, doing ASL for 6 years, including my years as an ELPer, has been the only true skill that has helped me out in the real world. I use American Sign Language more often than I use advanced math. Making ASL harder to access creates an even larger barrier between not only hearing and deaf/HOH students at the school, but out in the real world as well.

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Enrique Arce-Larreta
6 months ago

Let's go

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Anonymous
6 months ago

This was one of my daughter’s favorite classes at West high and was instrumental in her learning another language, despite her dyslexia

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Tessa
6 months ago

This program is so helpful!

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Linda Holyoak
6 months ago

Yay!!

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Jess Baker
6 months ago

I loved when my sister took ASL at west high and I gained greater respect for the ASL community when I took the course as well!

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Talon Levenduski-Johnson
6 months ago

Why even consider defunding this program?

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Greta Betts
6 months ago

Don’t cut the ASL classes

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Regina Kim
6 months ago

Keep the program!