RSD Town Hall Meeting April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

RSD Town Meeting set for April 28 at 6pm

Rochester School for the Deaf will host another in a series of Town Meetings, April 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the RSD Learning Resource Center in Westervelt Hall. Light refreshments will be served at 6 p.m. with the Town Meeting starting at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda will include:• An overview of RSD’s recent accomplishments and challenges; and• A general discussion about the issues raised by those in attendance.

Go to: www.rsdeaf.org/townmeetings.asp for summaries of all past RSD Town Meetings.

As many members of the RSD community are encouraged to attend the Town Meeting on April 28.

More Video Clips from First Town Hall Meeting

Speaker 16

Speaker 17

Speaker 18

Speaker 19

Speaker 20

Speaker 21

Speaker 22

Speaker 23

Speaker 24

Speaker 25

Speaker 26

Speaker 27

Speaker 28

Speaker 29

Speaker 30

Speaker 31

Speaker 32

Speaker 33

Speaker 34

Town Hall Meeting November 2, 2006

TOWN MEETING HELD

in the RSD Auditorium from 6 to 8PM

Thursday, November 2, 2006

You can find more information about

Town Hall Meetings section on RSD's website, www.rsdeaf.org.

Any comment about this meeting?

Management by Intimidation at RSD

To the community of RSD who care about this deaf school.

The protest at Gallaudet University did open our eyes to our problem with RSD. There are so many blogs on the internet to discuss the deep problems they have with Gallaudet University. Many of us are paying attention to this news reporting by the deaf bloggers on the new site, www.deafread.com. The deaf community in the world is evolving and finally takes charge of their own fates. We easily agreed that we, the deaf community, have been oppressed and being ridiculed for a long time. We are also struggling to be accepted as the deaf person and our native language, ASL. We noticed the same pattern we are experienced at RSD. It is amazing that we have the same problem like Gallaudet University.

We were so frustrated and finally vented it on our RSDBLOG last spring. After reviewing the comments, we noticed that we have the problem with the administration. It is Management by Intimidation (MBI) and Apparatus of Oppression (AOP). You should know about this because we already discussed the problems we had with RSD at the town hall meetings last spring.

Recommend to read a professor Robert Johnson’s 17 pages letter.

Or

Watch ASL translation of Robert Johnson’s letter on Gallaudet crisis

Video Clips From the First Town Hall Meeting

Greetings !

I’m going to leave the links here for you to watch the video clips from the first town hall meeting. Some of the problems the speakers mentioned about were taken care of by the administration. There are some issues ongoing discussed by the committees and administration. The quality of some clips are not good but at least viewable. More clips will be added at a later time.

Please click each link below; it will take you to the Google video.

Introduction by the moderator

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

Speaker 6

Speaker 7

Speaker 8

Speaker 9

Speaker 10

Speaker 11

Speaker 12

Speaker 13

Speaker 14

Speaker 15

Still concerned about RSD?

Do you see any improvement at RSD?

Are you satisfied with the changes Dr. Mowl and Board of Directors made for RSD?

Are you concerned about the declining enrollment?

Do they have the plan for the retention?

Guidlines for Deaf Schools by FSSA

Guidelines for Deaf Schools
Written by FSSA Editorial Team
Wednesday, 10 May 2006
Working at a Deaf school? Children interested into the protest? Here are some ideas and topics of discussion that can be related to the Gallaudet protest and the updates that come.

• Ways to peacefully disagree
• First amendment
• Fairness
• Respect
• What is an Ally?
• What mean to take responsibility?

Quotes to discuss

• "Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of Justice" Martin Luther King Jr.
• "Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness." Martin Luther King Jr.

Activity ideas

• Create a mural of your diverse community
• Poetry writing about social justice, community, self
• Role playing conflict resolution and peaceful disagreements
• Create signs and posters for a rally about first amendment rights
• Create a commercial about freedom of speech, first amendment, diversity, what is deaf, how to voice your opinion
• Develop a collective text (all write together)
• Collage
• Develop a Bill of Rights
• Create a comic strip
• Analyze a piece of literature or text from class for racial, class, social bias and or stereotypes
• Review the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights (www.nad.org/deafchildrights) what would you change, what do you agree with? How would you revise it? If you agree with it how could you work to get it recognized in your area?
• Organize a "Day of Respect" at your school,
• Brainstorm ways to show respect
• Make a class "I Am" book (see Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy's book Authors in the Classroom)
• Draw a picture of, tell a story about or write a description of someone who is a strong ally.
• Create a story or book about "how it is and how it could be"

Resources
• www.rethinkingschools.com
• Ada, A. F. and Campoy, F. I. (2004). Authors in the Classroom: A Transformative Education Process. Boston: Pearson publishers (www.ablongman.com )

Children's books for discussion

• Swimmy by Leo Lionni• The Red Comb by Fernando Pico
• The Streets are Free by Kurusa

Failing performance

Is Dr. Harold Mowl responsible for the RSD failure?

Should he be fired for his poor performance?

They are the two questions I kept hearing from the Deaf community.

Open Forum

Open Forum
on
RSD's Current
Communication Philosophy Statement

You are welcome to join the concerned members of the RSD community as we host an open forum to discuss RSD's current communication philosophy that will be shared with members of the Communication Philosophy Committee. The forum is open to all interested members of the RSD community.

Please join us at RRCD on Tuesday, May 16
From 6:30 PM to 8:30PM.

Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University Protests

Michelle McAuliffe Blog (Many good pictures and slideshows of the protest)
http://michellemcauliffe.com/contact/

Unity for Deaf Kids (Our Deaf children are the future)
http://www.unityfordeafkids.com

SignupComics (Cartoons by deaf artists)
http://www.signupcomics.com

(Very good article from the famous hearing blogger)
Deaf Blogging the Revolution
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/8/20248/85651

Jesse Thomas (Powhog Blog)
http://www.xanga.com/powhog

(California deaf community) Bay Area Perspective on the Gally Presidential Selection
http://www.xanga.com/jennycat88

(Very Popular) Best reporting
http://www.xanga.com/elisa_abenchuchan

(Very Popular) Strong opinions and good reporting
http://www.ridorlive.com/

Unity for Gallaudet Faculty Staff Students Alumni (FSSA)
http://www.gallyfssa.org/index.php

Gallaudet Bison TV (Very Good Video Clips)
http://www.bisontv.com/

Deaf articles (Many comments to reply their articles)
http://www.deafdc.com/

More comments from Gally students and other links
http://www.notwithoutus.org/

The Deaf professional network
http://www.deafprofessional.net/

Video Clips (ASL but don't know if included the voices)
http://www.joeybaer.com/

Tthe alumni of Gallaudet University and members of the Deaf community, on-line petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/654622934?ltl=1146616169

Third Town Hall Meeting?

Do we need the third town hall meeting?

I heard a lot of comments in the RSD and deaf communities that we need to have the third town hall meeting. There are so many issues which are not yet discussed in the last two town hall meetings. So, do you want the third?

RSD Town Meeting (3/23/2006)

Post Discussion:

What are your opinions and/or questions about RSD Town Meeting?

Bi/Bi Education

Discussion: ASL/English Bilingual Education

Next Meeting

Rochester School for the Deaf

RSD Auditorium

1545 St. Paul Street

Rochester, NY 14621

MARCH 23 at 7 pm.

The Supt and Board will be there to present their replies

to the issues addressed at the meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend.

March 2006 means 18 Years Anniversary DPN

Reactions: Town Hall Meeting.

Rejected Comments

Greetings!

I have been receiving powerful messages that I had to reject. They were not acceptable because of the attacks on individuals/groups working for/at RSD. However, these messages can be posted as long as the writers leave out inappropriate comments. One way to throw out inappropriate comments is to have a neutral person read and edit the message. Edited messages can be resubmitted for posting if they are deemed as acceptable.

Thank you!

Risky Discussion

Many of us are so afraid to discuss the hot issues about RSD because we fear reprisals such as losing a job at RSD or worrying about RSD students being picked on if the parents challenge RSD frequently. Many of us have different issues about RSD. More and more students of RSD are leaving because of the deteriorating quality of education and poor relationships between the RSD staff and the parents of RSD students.

It is hoped that this blog will help the RSD community to discuss their concerns without revealing themselves to capture the attention of the RSD Superintendent and the RSD Board of Directors.

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