{"id":30106,"date":"2015-02-19T13:16:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=30106"},"modified":"2015-02-19T13:16:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:16:32","slug":"asl-interview-with-senator-whitmire-and-senator-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/02\/19\/asl-interview-with-senator-whitmire-and-senator-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"ASL Interview with Senator Whitmire and Senator Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ASL Interview with Senator Whitmire and Senator Watson by DeafNation &#8211; Joel Barish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Senator Watson on TSD Rumors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deafnation.com\/dn360\/texas-senator-watson-on-tsd-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/02\/19\/asl-interview-with-senator-whitmire-and-senator-watson\/deaf-nation-watson-interview\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-watson-interview.png?fit=471%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"471,366\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deaf Nation watson interview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-watson-interview.png?fit=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-watson-interview.png?fit=471%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-watson-interview.png?resize=471%2C366\" alt=\"Deaf Nation watson interview\" width=\"471\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-watson-interview.png?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-watson-interview.png?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With rumors of Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) being possibly sold, Joel Barish gets a talk with Senator Watson, who says TSD is a valued part of Austin and will not be sold. Rather, Watson reveals that TSD has been the Texas legislative\u2019s focus over the last few weeks. Watson hopes of good outcomes from the meetings such as revitalizing the facilities and more. (Captioned)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deafnation.com\/dn360\/texas-senator-watson-on-tsd-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/deafnation.com\/dn360\/texas-senator-watson-on-tsd-rumors\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Texas Senator Whitmire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deafnation.com\/dn360\/interview-with-texas-senator-whitmire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30108\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/02\/19\/asl-interview-with-senator-whitmire-and-senator-watson\/deaf-nation-whitmire-interview\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-whitmire-interview.png?fit=470%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deaf Nation whitmire interview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-whitmire-interview.png?fit=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-whitmire-interview.png?fit=470%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-whitmire-interview.png?resize=470%2C360\" alt=\"Deaf Nation whitmire interview\" width=\"470\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-whitmire-interview.png?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Deaf-Nation-whitmire-interview.png?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joel Barish interviews Senator Whitmire about the fate of Texas School for the Deaf and gets some cold hard facts about the school\u2019s priorities: the declining quality of the facilities and the lack of Spanish-speaking family service support for Hispanic students and their families. (Captioned)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deafnation.com\/dn360\/interview-with-texas-senator-whitmire\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/deafnation.com\/dn360\/interview-with-texas-senator-whitmire\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASL Interview with Senator Whitmire and Senator Watson by DeafNation &#8211; Joel Barish Texas Senator Watson on TSD Rumors With rumors of Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) being possibly sold, Joel Barish gets a talk with Senator Watson, who&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/02\/19\/asl-interview-with-senator-whitmire-and-senator-watson\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1629,23,292,8037,23246,23247,604,80,39,23249,23248],"class_list":["post-30106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-american-sign-language","tag-asl","tag-captioned","tag-deaf-nation","tag-joel-barish","tag-rumors","tag-texas-school-for-the-deaf","tag-tsd","tag-video","tag-watson","tag-whitmire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-7PA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33651,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/06\/02\/senator-kirk-watson-tsd-commencement-speaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":30106,"position":0},"title":"Senator Kirk Watson TSD Commencement Speaker","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF PRESS RELEASE Contact: Keena Miller Phone: 512-462-5328, cell: 512-658-4444 Email: Keena.miller@tsd.state.tx.us FOR RELEASE JUNE 2, 2016 SENATOR KIRK WATSON TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Austin, Texas \u2013 Texas Senator Kirk Watson will serve as the keynote speaker for Texas School for the Deaf\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30025,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/asl-video-texas-lawmakers-discuss-possible-sale-of-tsd-interview-with-superintendent-claire-bugen\/","url_meta":{"origin":30106,"position":1},"title":"ASL Video: Texas Lawmakers Discuss Possible Sale of TSD &#8211; Interview with Superintendent Claire Bugen","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"February 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Texas Lawmakers Discuss Possible Sale of Texas School for the Deaf N360 VIDEO: February 9, 2015 Last Monday, the Texas legislators proposed selling the Texas School for the Deaf to cover badly needed maintenance fees. 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