School Leader Out

The superintendent of Utah's Schools for the Deaf and Blind won't be back and the state school board isn't saying why. The members met behind closed doors before taking a vote on whether to keep Steve Noyce. It was unanimous to not renew his contract. This upends Noyce's plans to work for one more year and then retire. He had come under criticism recently from ASL advocates who said he favored spoken instructions over sign language.