Deaf child has to change his name

[philip964]

Well at least it isn't a Houston, Texas school making a boy cut his hair that covered up his deformed ear.

[SewTexas]

why is a 3! year old going to school????? why???? he should be home!!!! being a baby!!!!! Mama, don't let the gov't schools get your baby before his time!!!!

ugh!!!! and people wondered why I started homeschool 15 years ago

[jocat54]

I couldn't help myself......had to send them an email asking if they had lost their minds. Well not quite that blunt.

Email for school if you want to reply to them:

jsheard@gips.org

[chasfm11]

I can split hairs, too. If you follow the logic that a finger is an instrument because the 3rd definition in the Free Dictionary lists an instrument as an "implement to do work", then every one attending the school is breaking the rule. Any finger is a "concealed instrument" just waiting to be put into the gun imitating configuration. Students could be flashing their concealed instruments behind their backs. The horrors!

There is a solution. Someone in the school should have to accept responsibility from creating and maintaining this policy. When that individual is located, there should be a public flogging.

It sure would cut down on the likelihood of additional absurd policies.

[Birdie]

why is a 3! year old going to school????? why???? he should be home!!!! being a baby!!!!! Mama, don't let the gov't schools get your baby before his time!!!!

ugh!!!! and people wondered why I started homeschool 15 years ago

Children that have some kind of illness/disability can receive needed benefits from an early childhood program through the age of three. At three, you begin to receive services through the school districts.

That being said, this school district is being ridiculous. Given that the young man's name is Hunter, I wouldn't be have been surprised if his name sign was a rifle, or shooting a bow and arrow. But his name sign is merely the letter "H". Someone needs to familiarize themselves with sign language. I'm wondering if they have any other deaf students in the district and if they are allowed to order Coca-Cola or Mountain Dew at football concession stands.

[Jim Beaux]

why is a 3! year old going to school????? why???? he should be home!!!! being a baby!!!!! Mama, don't let the gov't schools get your baby before his time!!!!

ugh!!!! and people wondered why I started homeschool 15 years ago

My youngest brothers (twins) where born profoundly deaf. They had to start school early because they needed to learn to communicate from outside traditional family resources. It's a tough learning curve for the entire family as all have to play catch up. We hearing people are not conscious of the lessons we learned from verbal cues and nuances until we watch the challenges for the deaf.

“Blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people.”
Helen Keller

[sjfcontrol]

This was just shown on Fox News.

[Jaguar]

...We hearing people are not conscious of the lessons we learned from verbal cues and nuances until we watch the challenges for the deaf.

Several years ago I worked with a woman who was mostly deaf from a very young age due to illness, but used hearing aids and could communicate well as an adult. She was one of my favorite people I've had the pleasure to know, and my absolute favorite person to tell jokes to. Jokes rely on verbal cuews and nuances to be funney, and I could tell her a joke and she would sit there looking confused for hours trying to piece it all together. Sometimes she would "get it" before the end of the day, but more than once she told me she had to explain to her husband why she started laughing for no reason after she got home, as it just dawned on her and she "got it" out of nowhere. I understand the challenge, but at the same time enjoyed putting her to the test. She always got a kick out of it as well, most people would explain it to her and it wasn't as funny as getting it on your own.

[sjfcontrol]

...We hearing people are not conscious of the lessons we learned from verbal cues and nuances until we watch the challenges for the deaf.

Several years ago I worked with a woman who was mostly deaf from a very young age due to illness, but used hearing aids and could communicate well as an adult. She was one of my favorite people I've had the pleasure to know, and my absolute favorite person to tell jokes to. Jokes rely on verbal cuews and nuances to be funney, and I could tell her a joke and she would sit there looking confused for hours trying to piece it all together. Sometimes she would "get it" before the end of the day, but more than once she told me she had to explain to her husband why she started laughing for no reason after she got home, as it just dawned on her and she "got it" out of nowhere. I understand the challenge, but at the same time enjoyed putting her to the test. She always got a kick out of it as well, most people would explain it to her and it wasn't as funny as getting it on your own.

Sound like my wife. You can't tell her a joke on Saturday, 'cause she'll bust out laughing in church on Sunday! Bar-rum-dum!

[Jumping Frog]

If the parents are forced to change his name, they should change it to "the school board is run by idiots with a mass cranial-rectal inversion". Then they should teach him how to sign "The school board is #1" whenever he signs his name.

[i8godzilla]

I guess a little publicity goes a long way.

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Grand Island Public Schools sent this response:

Grand Island Public Schools has not changed the sign language name of any student, nor is it requiring any student to change how his or her name is signed. The school district teaches American Sign Language (“ASL”) for students with hearing impairments. ASL is recommended by the Nebraska Department of Education and is widely used in the United States. The sign language techniques taught in the school district are consistent with the standards of the Nebraska Department of Education and ASL.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits the school district from disclosing personally identifiable information concerning any student without the prior written consent of the student’s parent.
Therefore, the school district cannot discuss any particular student or identify any particular student.

Grand Island Public Schools is not requiring any current student with a hearing impairment to change his or her sign language name. Our mission remains: Every Student, Every Day, a Success!

I tried to read the letter from the ACLU but was not very successful. The above link quotes part of it as:

"A parent's choice of name for his child is one of the most personal aspects of the parent-child relationship and the district cannot step into the middle of that constitutionally protected relationship."

[Jim Beaux]

I am expecting heck soon, today was day three of pre-k for my middle child...
The teacher had pre-printed tags on the desks and coat hooks, she was nice enough to "correct" my daughters name on all of this. When i pointed it out she told me that nicknames were not allowed and proper names must be used.
It took a few minutes to explain that KIMBER is not short for KIMBERLY - Kimber is her name.
Probably have less trouble with her little sister - Sierra (unless I send her in a match-king shirt lol)

I am just waiting for someone to recognize the pretty monogram on her water bottle and her hat.

Someone should explain to this obviously confused teacher that she is not authorized to determine the name our children will be addressed by....heck a twisted person could insist that Kimber be called Glock...