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W.Va. Schools for Deaf, Blind plans improvements | CanadianBusiness.com
Officials at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind want to improve its aging facilities and expand educational opportunities.
The state Board of Education on Tuesday approved a $185,000 contract with an architectural firm to begin developing a 10-year plan for the school's facilities, The Charleston Daily Mail (Schools for deaf and blind to develop proposal - State News - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -) reported.
School officials also plan to establish vocational education and residential outreach programs.
Superintendent Lynn Boyer told the board that she wants to increase educational opportunities and boost enrollment. The Romney school has 125 students.
Last year, the state Office of Education Performance Audits cited the school for deficiencies in leadership, curriculum, safety and technology. Former Superintendent Patsy Shank stepped down in March and is now the school's director of finance.
Boyer, who replaced Shank in July, has implemented weekend programs that help deaf students learn to drive and help blind students practice walking with canes.
"We want to do more things that will bring students to our campus so that it becomes demystified and is a place with services and educational options students need, or may not even know they need," she said.
The facilities plan, which is expected to be completed in a year, will increase technology at the school and provide better ways for students to maneuver through buildings, she said.
Boyer also will work with the state school board's committee on year-round schooling.
"To watch these students be in these classes with teachers who are using (American Sign Language), you come to know quickly how important it is to be in that environment and to be in that constant communication mode," she said.
Officials at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind want to improve its aging facilities and expand educational opportunities.
The state Board of Education on Tuesday approved a $185,000 contract with an architectural firm to begin developing a 10-year plan for the school's facilities, The Charleston Daily Mail (Schools for deaf and blind to develop proposal - State News - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -) reported.
School officials also plan to establish vocational education and residential outreach programs.
Superintendent Lynn Boyer told the board that she wants to increase educational opportunities and boost enrollment. The Romney school has 125 students.
Last year, the state Office of Education Performance Audits cited the school for deficiencies in leadership, curriculum, safety and technology. Former Superintendent Patsy Shank stepped down in March and is now the school's director of finance.
Boyer, who replaced Shank in July, has implemented weekend programs that help deaf students learn to drive and help blind students practice walking with canes.
"We want to do more things that will bring students to our campus so that it becomes demystified and is a place with services and educational options students need, or may not even know they need," she said.
The facilities plan, which is expected to be completed in a year, will increase technology at the school and provide better ways for students to maneuver through buildings, she said.
Boyer also will work with the state school board's committee on year-round schooling.
"To watch these students be in these classes with teachers who are using (American Sign Language), you come to know quickly how important it is to be in that environment and to be in that constant communication mode," she said.