FBISD Denies Child Education

KEEP JEFFREY IN FLOUR BLUFF

Jeffrey Petty is a six-year old boy who has dreams and goals in his life.
He is being denied quality education at Flour Bluff Independent School
District (FBISD) in Corpus Christi, Texas simply because he is deaf.

The school district is turning him away because they do not want to provide
him with the appropriate communication access through a sign language
interpreter. However, this is not the first time this happened. In 1994, the
same situation happened to Katie Murch. However, because of the tremendous
support from the community, FBISD dropped the case. Katie went on to
graduate with honors while being involved with various student organizations
and activities. She also became Miss Deaf Texas 2007-2009, first-runner up
for Miss Deaf America 2008-2010, and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Texas A&M
Corpus Christi. She owes this success to the support of her family and
friends and the education she received at FBISD.

Imagine what Jeffrey could achieve at FBISD! Please help us change the
school’s attitude about deafness and to support his enrollment at FBISD.

What we have for the community to help us out:

* Sign the petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/supportjeffery

* Write a letter, e-mail, or call in a complaint to Flour Bluff through the
petition site or Julie Carbajal, Superintendent at:

** Address: 2505 Waldron Rd., Corpus Christi, Texas 78418

** Phone Number: 361-694-9000

** E-Mail: [email protected] (CC me at
[email protected] please!)

* Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/supportjeffrey. We might have a press
conference if the board will not hear us at the next ARD meeting on November
11, 2009

* Find our group on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=173823241049&ref=mf

* E-mail this to your family and friends and ask them to help too!

For more information, e-mail us (Katie Murch and Lesa Thomas) at
[email protected] or call us at 970-260-0909.

Together, we shall overcome!