Friday, June 12, 2015

Head of Deaf School Stepping Down

image from the
Illinois School for the Deaf website 
Leadership is changing at the Illinois School for the Deaf. Superintendent Janice Smith-Warshaw will take a position teaching at Fresno State University this fall after just two years at the helm of the school. Smith-Warshaw was the first deaf woman to serve as superintendent. A petition popped up on change.org against her earlier this year, suggesting she was the cause of adding cued speech into the school’s curriculum--something she denies. You can see the petition here and read the full story in the Jacksonville Journal Courier.