Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind | |
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State of Arizona Agency | |
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School type | Deaf, Blind, and Visually Impaired School |
Motto | Excellence and Innovation for Today and the Future |
Founded | 1912 |
Sister school | Phoenix Day School for the Deaf Arizona School for the Deaf – Tucson Arizona School for the Blind – Tucson |
Superintendent | Annette Reichman |
The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind(ASDB) is an Arizona state agency, with its administrative headquarters in Tucson. [1] It operates three schools for the deaf and blind, and five regional cooperatives throughout the state:
The first Arizona state legislature in 1912 enacted a provision forming the agency. Classes began in October 1912 with 19 deaf students on a converted residence on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson. The first principal was Henry C. White, appointed by Arizona's first governor, George W. P. Hunt. [2] Today, the school is a public corporation operated by a board of directors.
In May 2016, the ASDB Board of Directors announced Annette Reichman as the next ASDB Superintendent. She is the first deaf and visually impaired Superintendent in ASDB's 104 year old history.[ citation needed ] Due to the certification requirements for faculty, in 2017 the school system had a lack of teachers and it was making efforts to recruit more. [3]
The Tucson campus has two dormitories for students. [4]
Due to parents in the Phoenix metropolitan area wanting a local deaf campus, in 1967 ADSB opened its Phoenix campus, Phoenix Day School for the Deaf (PDSD). [4] On a December 1, 2016, visit of Paul Boyer to PDSD, students expressed that they wanted a dormitory. [5]
Perkins School for the Blind, in Watertown, Massachusetts, was founded in 1829 and is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. It has also been known as the Perkins Institution for the Blind.
The Louisiana School for the Deaf is a state school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge, the state capital. It was established in 1852 as a joint school for blind students. In 1860, its first purpose-built facility was completed and admired as an elegant monument to philanthropy. The schools were divided in 1898, and in 1908, Louisiana School for the Deaf was renamed.
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Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) is a PK–12 state-operated school located at 2888 Brightside Lane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The school has both blind and other visually impaired students, and shares its campus with the Louisiana School for the Deaf.
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