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TUCSON - A local company is helping a deaf and blind school boost their spirits after fears that budget cuts would take away their school.

CCS Presentation Systems granted one deaf classroom with new technology to make learning a little easier.

Step inside Kristina Manning's 2nd and 3rd grade classroom and you can see the love for her students.

She along with her accountability specialist applied for a grant from CCS to help her deaf pupils learn more efficiently.

"To have smart boards with the monitors so I can read over the children's heads and read what they are reading and not turn my back to them is mind blowing, wonderful," said Manning.

She says it can be time consuming to get visual answers from each student.

"She had a great plan for what she would do with this classroom and her students so we just amped it up a little bit after we saw her application," said CCS marketing coordinator Julie Solomon.

The classroom now features an interactive white board, projector, and a preview monitor which allows her to read a monitor in front of her all while signing to the students.

"When I started we had no smart boards at all so reading a book with a child using sign language meant trying to get a way to hold the book with your chin and sign with your hands and it was impossible," said Manning.

"Kristina is a fabulous teacher and she has done amazing, amazing work with our elementary school kids building language she has been at the forefront for a lot of the technology we have been able to bring to campus," said principal Samuel Ace.

CCS estimates they put around $15,000 to $20,000 of technology in Manning's classroom and with budget cuts it is technology the school would not be able to afford.

"It's exciting for any student to be able to use technology, but especially exciting in a classroom like this," said Solomon.

Technology that gives a quicker response time to help kids learn the most they can while in the classroom.

This is the second year CCS provided the grant. They say they plan on doing it again next year.