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SPS considers closing its only K-8 school for the deaf, public meeting lacks ASL interpreter

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Amid a budget crisis, Seattle Public Schools leaders are considering closing up to 21 schools, and one of them is TOPS, the only K-8 school in the district with a program for the deaf and hard of hearing. But at Wednesday's public Seattle Public Schools board meeting on the topic, the board did not provide something essential for those families: an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter. Laura Gramer, her husband Brendan, and their two children are deaf. Both of their boys attend TOPS K-8 and, understandably, now have questions about their future. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/education/seattle-public-schools-considers-closing-only-k8-school-for-deaf/281-9d7db04f-2eb5-47cd-a4e9-511a92f008c3

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