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Colgan High School parents and students turned out in droves Sept. 17 to support Earl Parks, the school’s sign language teacher.

From their earliest years, children born deaf often find themselves grasping for ways to be understood. Gestures and expressions become lifelines, yet too often, those signals fall on uncomprehending ...