Copyright 1987 WPSD All rights reversed. Arthur Bork James Brown Shelly Clark Robert Kline John Cooper Michael Davies Nancy Dewitt John Dodson Scott Duessel Theodore Felix MarsbA Finnigan Rex Fink Latricia Higgins Susan Hunter Craig Kemmerer
Diane Lanyi Scon Oliverio Thomas Prechtl Daniel Pritz Richard Putt Bernard Rolewitz Judy Sargent Marilyn Simich Jeffrey Smith lanice Snyder Frank Sobina Thomas Stephenson Linda Tajc Linda Wilfong
Staff not returning for the 1980-1981 school year included classroom teacher Jane Almasy, who retired after 23 years; classroom aide Margaret Ozark, who retired after several years of service; Director of Services for Children Pam Herward, who accepted a similiar position at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf; Ruth Ann (Rinehart) Adams; Maro Avakian; Dyhan Cassie; Cecelia (Amorose) Clemente; Barbara Fox; Martha Goslin; Helen Kulish; LaDora Rose; Sandra Rossi; Jackie Walter; and Caryl Wolff. Deborah Fell, who had been a classroom teacher this past year, was named to replace Pam Herward as the Director of Services for Children, starting in June, 1980. 1980- 1981 The Task Force on Education of the Deaf, formed in August, 1979 at the request of Director, Bureau of Special Education and represented by WPSD Assistant Superintendent James Salem and WPSD Teacher RuthLudivico, concluded a two-year study and presented its recommendations for program placement and delivery of services to hearing-impaired children to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The report, which was edited by Mr. Salem and two other Task Force members, included the Pennsylvania Matrix for Educational Placement of Hearing Impaired Students. Through a grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 21 telecaption adapters were purchased for televisions located throughout the school. Three additional telecaption adapters were received as gifts, including one from the Greater Pittsburgh Deaf Lions Club and one from the WQED station in Pittsburgh. Closed captions, which are subtitles seen on television with a telecaption adapter, have been on television on a regular basis only since 1979. An ad hoc committee consisting of members of WPSD administrative and support teams met over the summer of 1981 to improve student behaviors and attitudes. As a result, a new Code of Student
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