Stop The Merger Of Oregon School For The Deaf & Oregon School For The Blind

Several bills are moving forward affecting the proposed merger of the Oregon School for the Blind and the Oregon School for the Deaf. We have blogged about this struggle previously.

House Bill 2114 provides for needed repairs to OSB and OSD. It should pass. House Bill 2113 provides for the merging of the two schools and House Bill 2834 closes OSB. A movement to defeat these two bills needs to be built quickly and win the point.

You can read 2113 here.

You can read 2114 here.

You can read 2834 here.

The House Education Committee needs to hear from us. Brian Clem serves on this committee and is progressive. His e-mail is rep.brianclem@state.or.us. Sara Gelser also serves on the committee and seems to be supporting the closure of OSB and the school merger. As noted here previously, Gelser lacks the ability to visualize and help lead a progressive movement for change at the grassroots--the kind of movement we need in Oregon right now. Contact her at rep.saragelser@state.or.us. Representatives Komp (rep.bettykomp@state.or.us), Sprenger (rep.sherriesprenger@state.or.us), Roblan (rep.arnieroblan@state.or.us) and Dembrow (rep.michaeldembrow@state.or.us) should also be contacted and held to voting with the people on this one.