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    Texas doesn’t fund special education enough — and it’s hurting districts’ pockets

    By Caroline Love KERA News,

    2024-06-26
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    Dylan M. Rafaty, president of the North Texas Disability Chamber, attended the Plano ISD school board meeting on June 10, when board members voted unanimously to close four campuses, including Davis Elementary School, which hosts a program for deaf students. Yfat Yossifor/KERA News

    PLANO — Shawnda Kracja doesn’t want her daughter to be known as “the deaf kid.”

    Kracja’s daughter is an incoming third grader at Davis Elementary, which has hosted a regional day school program for the deaf and hard of hearing for decades. But the other deaf and hard of hearing students at Davis will be moving to Harrington Elementary for the 2025-26 school year. The Plano ISD board of trustees recently voted to close Davis and three other schools, citing budget concerns.

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    Families react as the Plano ISD school board votes to close four schools, including Davis Elementary, during a special session on June 10. Yfat Yossifor/KERA News
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    Parents react as the Plano ISD school board votes to close four schools, including Davis Elementary, during a special session on June 10. Yfat Yossifor/KERA News
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