MORGANTON – Twenty-four years ago, in 1986, Gov. James Hunt asked a task force whether North Carolina should consolidate the state’s three schools for the deaf.
The task force said yes, by 1991. Also, it said, the state should close the Western North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton by 2000.
Instead, the state closed the Central North Carolina School for the Deaf in 2001.
NCSD and its sister school in Wilson remain open, as does the Gov. Morehead School for the Blind.
