{"id":38378,"date":"2018-11-08T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=38378"},"modified":"2018-11-08T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T18:40:14","slug":"san-antonio-mother-leads-fight-to-improve-learning-accommodations-for-deaf-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2018\/11\/08\/san-antonio-mother-leads-fight-to-improve-learning-accommodations-for-deaf-students\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio mother leads fight to improve learning accommodations for deaf students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Local mother leads fight to improve learning accommodations for deaf students<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Darian Trotter<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO – A local mother is fighting for improved accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing students including her daughter.<\/p>\n

Regina Johnson says changes at Braun Station Elementary School are hampering the education of the hearing impaired.<\/p>\n

Leaders with Northside Independent School District tell Fox San Antonio they’re aware of the concerns and they’re actively working to address them.<\/p>\n

“It’s exhausting having to make your child going to school, knowing that she’s being isolated and feeling embarrassed to be deaf,” Regina Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Regina Johnson says her 6-year old daughter Mylyana is normally fun-loving, full of life and excited about school, but that hasn’t been the case this year.<\/p>\n

Johnson says changes at Braun Station Elementary are hindering her daughters education.<\/p>\n

“She no longer wants to sign anymore which is her means of learning,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

She says the auditory impairment classroom has been removed this year, making it difficult for deaf and hard of hearing students to interact and learn from each other.<\/p>\n

“And it’s very , very important that they have that,” Johnson said. “Deaf hard of hearing between them because they are the only ones in the school, they’re not supposed to be mainstreamed completely.”<\/p>\n

Johnson says her daughter is being isolated with a special education instructor in the back of general education classroom.<\/p>\n

“She’s supposed to have access to her hearing peers and then she’s also supposed to have access to her non-hearing peers,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Johnson says she’s voiced concerns to school leaders who according to her have refused to remove Mylyana from the class for special ed coaching.<\/p>\n

“They’re violating the IEP which is against the law,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

In a statement Northside Independent School District Executive Director of Communications, Barry Perez said, “Campus and district administrators are working actively to address parent concerns and they are committed to finding a solution that is in the best interest of students.”<\/p>\n

Johnson said, “I want them to stop isolating our deaf and non-hearing children. I want them to just do what they’re supposed to do.”<\/p>\n

The district says it has provided concerned parents the chance to express their views.<\/p>\n

Parents of deaf students at Braun Station and their supporters are planning a 3-day deaf awareness rally beginning Wednesday, November 14th – Friday, November 16th between 7 am-3:15 pm at 8631 Tezel Rd, San Antonio, TX 78254.<\/em><\/p>\n

Connect with Darian on Facebook @DarianTrotterTV and Twitter @DarianTrotter<\/p>\n

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