New Work: Governor Morehead School

Due to the huge budget deficit being faced by the state, North Carolina legislators have proposed the closing of several special needs schools, one for emotionally troubled students, and another for the visually impaired.

The above photos are from an hour or 2 that I spent with Paige Strickland, and her mother Jennifer, who graduated from the Morehead School an now is able to go to a standard public elementary school. Her mother, and others, insist that without the initial special schooling their children received, it would be impossible for the kids to enter mainstream society without an even greater handicap than they already have.