They have let their grievances be known to help the hearing officials understand and wake up to the fact that total communication should be used with normal deaf children in school to give them the chance to communicate and learn rather than forcing them to imitate hearing children. The new philosophy has really helped many deaf children. It has changed the whole way of thinking in schools. It may be total communication, with a teacher who knows sign language or maybe with the help of an interpreter. But that still isn't enough.
Standards vary in different school districts.
Some school districts are conscious of what the deaf children need and they give every support service they can, like interpreters, speech training, lipreading, tutoring, and, maybe, help outside the classroom. They are starting to understand the value of socializing with others, those kinds of things. But they are never going to be on a par with the residential schools. That's for the best of the mainstream programs. They'll find themselves with a few other deaf children of all different ages from the oldest to the youngest, trying to learn all different subjects in that one little classroom.