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School for deaf, blind to close -- -- dailypress.com
The Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled in Hampton will close at the end of June, clearing the path to consolidate the state's two schools for students with visual and hearing impairments.
The state Board of Education voted Wednesday to end state-operated programs at the Hampton school, including residential and day-program services, on June 30.
Forty students are enrolled in Hampton's programs this school year, and all but 14 are graduating or moving to Staunton, according to state Department of Education spokesman Charles Pyle. School officials plan to work with those 14 families to arrange for their continued education in their home districts, Pyle said.
The decision is part of a plan approved by the General Assembly 2006 to consolidate the Hampton school and the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton onto the Staunton campus.
The estimated price for the construction and renovation project is $71 million, Pyle said.
The legislature decided during the 2008 session that no state funds would be available for construction or renovation in Staunton until the Hampton program shut down.
The Hampton campus will become surplus state property on July 1, 2009.
The Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled in Hampton will close at the end of June, clearing the path to consolidate the state's two schools for students with visual and hearing impairments.
The state Board of Education voted Wednesday to end state-operated programs at the Hampton school, including residential and day-program services, on June 30.
Forty students are enrolled in Hampton's programs this school year, and all but 14 are graduating or moving to Staunton, according to state Department of Education spokesman Charles Pyle. School officials plan to work with those 14 families to arrange for their continued education in their home districts, Pyle said.
The decision is part of a plan approved by the General Assembly 2006 to consolidate the Hampton school and the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton onto the Staunton campus.
The estimated price for the construction and renovation project is $71 million, Pyle said.
The legislature decided during the 2008 session that no state funds would be available for construction or renovation in Staunton until the Hampton program shut down.
The Hampton campus will become surplus state property on July 1, 2009.