[Tn-talk] Schools

[H. Field]

Dear Ann Marie,
I'm glad you found our website and wrote to us.

Unfortunately, I haven't got lots of good news for you. Schools in TN 
are very patchy in their provision of services to blind students. My 
county, Williamson county (just south of Nashville), did have a good 
program but, because of refusal of the bureaucrats to listen to the 
teachers, they've just lost four top-notch teachers and the program 
is, effectively, in a shambles.

The Davidson county setup isn't bad, this area includes Nashville. 
Also, I've heard that Wilson county, Cities are Watertown, Lebanon and 
Mt. Juliet, has a good program for braille reading students. Like most 
places service quality depends on a number of factors including 
teacher competency and expectations of blind students, attitudes of 
school district officials and district finances.

Perhaps you could give us specific locations where Publix stores are 
located in TN and I could do some more specific enquiring about 
schools for you.

Warmest regards,

Heather Field

President
Middle Tennessee Chapter
National Federation Of The Blind
615-790-9765
president at nfbmidtn.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Marie Deverson" <pnutzmom728 at yahoo.com>
To: <tn-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 10:42 PM
Subject: [Tn-talk] Schools


Hi,

I'm new to this site, so I'm hoping I'm doing this correctly!!  My 
husband and I are interested in relocating to TN.  I'm trying to 
research the schools for our daughter.  She is going to be 6 and 
entering 1st grade.  She is blind in one eye and the other she has 
@20/360.  She can see large objects and color, but is primarily a 
Braille reader and uses a cane (at least she is supposed to but she 
fights it!!) to travel.  I'm trying to look at the different school 
systems in TN, but can't seem to find much information as far as the 
number of Vision teachers, or O & M instructors if any are available. 
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions for us as to where to 
look?  My husband currently works for Publix, so we are trying to stay 
within an area that he can transfer to a Publix.  Thank you so much 
for any help and suggestions you can give us!!

Ann Marie


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