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Richard B. Primack/Special to the Tab For Kellie Meehan’s daughter Jenna, a seventh-grader at F.A. Day Middle School who is deaf, Newton’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program is a perfect fit. The regional program at Day and Newton North High School had been supervised and run by the EDCO Collaborative. However, the future of the program was in doubt when EDCO announced that it was dissolving. Luckily, the CAPS Collaborative agreed to take over the program starting the 2021-2022 academic year. Jenna Meehan is classified as deaf and has a cochlear implant. She communicates primarily with American Sign Language, and can also use spoken English as a back-up. Newton’s program provides her with an American Sign Language interpreter so she can participate in classroom activities. She is mainstreamed in three of her four subjects and is doing well. ....
Gardner News WESTMINSTER Officials at CAPS Collaborative said the organization that provides alternative education programs across Massachusetts is emerging from the pandemic shutdown stronger than ever, and with an announcement that they will be expanding their deaf and hard-of-hearing program. “It’s been challenging, that’s for sure,” said Executive Director Cindy Landanno. “We closed like everyone did last March when Gov. (Charlie Baker) closed down the schools.” CAPS, a special education school designed for students with a wide variety of disabilities, including autism and social-emotional issues, went to a remote learning model for all students for several months before returning to in-person instruction by August. ....
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. ....