School Board Resignations

The Rhode Island School for the Deaf is in tourmoil after three of the nine trustees recently resigned from the board of directors. The assistant director of administration and operations has also been fired. Board chairman Marc Gursky had a vote of confidence from the teachers’ union before he resigned. He offered no explanation as to why he choose to leave at this time. There is a division over teaching methods to be used with the more than 100 students.