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School for Blind Musicians Evicted by Charity for the Blind (nytimes.com)
submitted by cajwalkman
Harmonex 10 points 4y ago
From the linked article:
> "In addition to several performance groups, the school has an archive of roughly 25,000 Braille and large-print musical scores that it said is second in size only to the collection held by the Library of Congress."
Shutting something like that down is bullshit. After reading this next bit, I have to wonder what this charity is even doing.
> "The Guild has also closed the Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn School for students who are blind and have other severe disabilities. Its 33 workers were laid off this month and its 53 students were placed in other schools."
> "In addition to several performance groups, the school has an archive of roughly 25,000 Braille and large-print musical scores that it said is second in size only to the collection held by the Library of Congress."
Shutting something like that down is bullshit. After reading this next bit, I have to wonder what this charity is even doing.
> "The Guild has also closed the Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn School for students who are blind and have other severe disabilities. Its 33 workers were laid off this month and its 53 students were placed in other schools."
cajwalkman [OP] 1 points 4y ago
And it seems like the Guild wants both the schools to shut down rather than giving them a resonable amount of time to find new locations and a chance to raise funds
Guild needs to remember who it is supposed to serve
Guild needs to remember who it is supposed to serve
sw4400 1 points 4y ago
The guild has over $100 million in assets! Think about how crazy this really is when you consider that fact.
FencingJester 5 points 4y ago
Thought this was r/nottheonion for a second. Ugh.
FrankenGretchen 3 points 4y ago
Interesting choices for the closures. Wonder if any Guild programs will share their fate or if this is just one fish taking successive bites out of another until only one remains.
It's a crying shame.
It's a crying shame.
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