But at Wednesday's public Seattle Public Schools board meeting on the topic, the board did not provide something essential for those families: an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.

At Olathe Public Schools, ... OLATHE, Kan. — Recently, there has been a push in the local deaf community to increase the use of American Sign Language beyond the deaf and hard of hearing.

In addition to American Sign Language, School District 186 offers Spanish, French, German and Latin. Around one million people use ASL as their main way to communicate, according to Communication ...

SEATTLE — Amid a budget crisis, Seattle Public Schools leaders are considering closing up to 21 schools, and one of them is TOPS, the only K-8 school in the district with a program for the deaf ...