Reply When the EDCO Collaborative announced it was dissolving earlier this spring, it was unclear what would happen to the school district's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Students and families sent letters of support to the School Committee. (Jenna Fisher/Patch) NEWTON, MA — When the EDCO Collaborative announced it was dissolving earlier this spring, it was unclear what would happen to the school district's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Letters of support for the program from former participants and families poured in to the School Committee and the district praising the program and lobbying for Newton to keep it.