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The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) is an Arizona state agency, with its administrative headquarters in Tucson. It operates three schools for the deaf and blind, and five regional cooperatives throughout the state:

• Phoenix Day School for the Deaf-Phoenix Campus (PDSD)
• Arizona School for the Deaf-Tucson Campus (ASD)
• Arizona School for the Blind-Tucson Campus (ASB)
• Regional Cooperatives: These regional cooperatives are voluntary partnerships between public education agencies (school districts and charter schools) throughout the state and ASDB. The Cooperative staff serve students and families in five regions: North Central, Eastern Highlands, Desert Valleys, Southwest and Southeast. School staff and the Cooperative staff work together in local schools to promote success for students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired.

History

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. 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. 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.

Campuses

The Tucson campus has two dormitories for students.

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). On a December 1, 2016, visit of Paul Boyer to PDSD, students expressed that they wanted a dormitory.

References

1. "Home". Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Retrieved July 10, 2021. Tucson (Main Admin Location) Administrative Offices 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85745
2. Gannon, Jack. 1981. Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America, Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, p. 54 (PDF Archived March 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine)
3. "Schools for deaf, blind feel effects of teacher shortage". Seattle Times. Associated Press. December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2019. – Also at KPNX (12 News NBC) // Also at The Arizona Republic// Also at Washington Times - Associated Press standalone link
4. ^ "About ASDB". Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
5. "Roadrunner Review –Q2/Q3 2016-2017" (PDF). Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

External links

• Official website

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