Kentucky School for the Blind

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Kentucky School for the Blind
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Address
Kentucky School for the Blind
1867 Frankfort Avenue

Louisville
,
Kentucky
40206

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtKentucky Department of Education
PrincipalPeggy Sinclair-Morris
Enrollment64 [1]  (2023-2024)
Color(s)Red and white    [2]
Nickname Wildcats [2]
Website ksb.k12.ky.us

The Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) is an educational facility for blind and visually impaired students from Kentucky who are aged up to 21. [3] [4] [5] The school provides a dormitory setting for its students. [6]

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KSB is a member of the North Central Association of Schools for the Blind (NCASB). [7] It receives no basic school funding from the state government, and instead must "rely on money from the state’s general fund." [8] [9] [10]

History

Bryce McLellan Patten founded the Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind in 1839 in Louisville, Kentucky. [11] In 1842, it was chartered as the Kentucky Institution for the Blind by the state legislature as the third state-supported school for the blind established in the United States. [11] In 1855, it moved to its present location on Frankfort Avenue in the Clifton neighborhood. [11] [12] About this time, it was renamed the Kentucky School for the Blind.[ citation needed ]

The school separated African-American students under de jure educational segregation until it desegregated circa 1954. [13]

In 2018, an ex-principal of the school accused the Kentucky Board of Education of gender discrimination. [14]

Notable alumni

Grammy winning bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland is a previous student of the facility. [15] Another previous student became a notable advocate for others with visual impairments. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky School for the Blind". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Kentucky School for the Blind". Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Complaints turn to praise at Kentucky School for the Blind". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rachel and Terry visit the Kentucky School for the Blind". WHAS11. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Blind students 'touch' the eclipse with help of technology". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Kentucky School for the Blind. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Athletics". Kentucky School for the Blind. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ground broken for new elementary school at the KSD". www.lanereport.com. March 14, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Education board gave Stephen Pruitt a glowing evaluation. Four months later, it ousted him". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ James, Mike. "Superintendent: Bevin's education budget proposals "devastating"". The Independent Online. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 Tobe, Carol Brenner (2001). "Kentucky School for the Blind". In Kleber, John E. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 478–479. ISBN   0-8131-2100-0. OCLC   247857447.
  12. ↑ Ellis, Laura (August 11, 2017). "Curious Louisville: Does Louisville Have The Highest Blind Population In The U.S.?". 89.3 WFPL News Louisville. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ "1884 — Kentucky School for the Blind Colored Department, Louisville; Kentucky School integrated, ca. 1954". Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind . Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  14. ↑ Wheatley, Kevin. "Ex-principal at Ky. School for the Blind accuses Ky. Department of Education of gender discrimination" . Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ "S. Indiana bluegrass star nominated for first GRAMMY". WHAS11. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  16. ↑ Porter, Emily. "Blind lawyer advocates for visually impaired". The Independent Online. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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