Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) is a state education agency of Utah that educates blind and deaf children. It includes a boarding and day school in Ogden, which has the USDB headquarters, and sites in Salt Lake City and Springville.
Campuses[]
The Ogden campus has the Kenneth Burdett School for the Deaf and a School for the Blind, with about 50 students total.[1] The USBD main administrative offices are in the Ogden campus.[2] This campus has dormitories; the USDB states they can house "A very limited number of students".[3] In the 1980s, in addition to the boarders at the deaf school, some students stayed with host families.[4]
The Jean Massieu School of the Deaf in Salt Lake City integrated into the USDB after being founded as a charter school in 1999.[5]
The Elizabeth DeLong School of the Springville Campus is in Springville.[6] It construction begin in March 2019 with completion expected for January 2020. Jacoby Architects designed the school, which had a cost of $13 million.[7]
Transportation[]
In 1997 USDB gave a contract to Wasatch Transportation for school transportation services, leading to a protest from Quality Busing, a company which was not awarded the contract.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Facts at a Glance". Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Contact Us". Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
Schools & Administrative Offices USDB Ogden Campus and Administrative Offices 742 Harrison Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404
- ^ "Locations". Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Richfield Foster Family Needed Next School Year". The Richfield Reaper. Richfield, Utah. 1983-06-29. p. 3-C. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jean Massieu School of the Deaf". Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Springville Campus Location". Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ Dodson, Bradley (2019-11-22). "Springville getting school for the deaf and blind". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ Groutage, Hilary (1997-08-12). "Contract to Bus Deaf, Blind Students Angers Firm". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. D2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
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