Schools to Fight Plan

Administrators at the Oregon School for the Deaf are appealing a decision by state officials to combine it with the Oregon School for the Blind. The plan approved by State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo is to sell the land occupied by the Oregon School for the Blind and move students to the facilities operated by the Oregon School for the Deaf. Officials at both schools say they will appeal to the state Board of Education. The School for the Deaf is located on 52 acres in Salem, Oregon.