Scanton State School for the Deaf to close and its students will attend the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf will start providing more students education in the 2009-10 school year. The school will take over the existing programs for the Scranton Sate school for The Deaf. Operations will continue to be offered on the Scranton site during the 2009-10 school year.
Over a three-year period, the Western Pennsylvania School will work with the community during the transition of closing down the Scranton School.