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Need Facilities for Deaf, BlindLaura Bergt Pens Concern to State LegislatureBy NORMA BOWKETT Staff WriterBlind, deaf, hard of hearing and multiple handicapped children in Alaska should have educational facilities provided for them in this state.That’s the opinion of Mrs. Neil Bergt (Laura), and she’s doing something about it.Citing statistics provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the State Department of Education, Mrs. Bergt wrote a letter last week to members of the Alaska State Legislature asking them to “take steps this year towards establishing a State school for the handicapped.”At the present time, she told the Tundra Times, handicapped children in Alaska must go out of state to receive education geared to their handicaps.This costs the state, BIA and school districts from $5,000 to $6,000 for each child right now,she said, and this figure does not include round trip transportation for students and escorts.She believes the annual cost per child in a residential school in Alaska “(if we had one which would include tuition, board and room)” would be $6,000.And, she said, it would be easier for parents of handicapped children to visit their children if they were closer to home.(Continued on Page 6)
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Fairbanks Tundra Times
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Wed, Feb 09, 1972
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