Maryland School for the Blind
| Maryland School for the Blind | |
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| Address | |
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3501 Taylor Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21236 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°22′3″N 76°32′10″W / 39.36750°N 76.53611°WCoordinates: 39°22′3″N 76°32′10″W / 39.36750°N 76.53611°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Private, special needs (visually impaired) |
| Established | 1853 |
| President | Michael J. Bina, Ed. D. |
| Chairman | Edward J. Veilleux |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Age range | 0–21 |
| Enrollment | 185 (2/2/2012) |
| Website | MSB Website |
The Maryland School for the Blind, located in the northeast corner of Baltimore, (MSB) is a private, statewide resource center providing outreach, school and residential programs to children and youth from as early as the age of 5 to age 21 who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities. By the time students graduate when they are 21, they must leave the school because that is the age where public education is no longer free. This law regarding free education applies to all public school students, not just the students at MSB. Over 70% of the 1,800 students in Maryland who are blind or visually impaired attend the school every year.
The philosophy of the Maryland School for the Blind is to educate their visually impaired students on not only school subjects, such as history, math, etc, but to also teach them skills and independence that they can use at and outside of the home. These skills are taught through the Expanded Core Curriculum and are available during school, after school, weekends, and even over summer vacation. Parents and others interested in helping students like these can even take classes and train at the school to learn how to properly do so.
The Maryland School for the Blind is a large co-ed school with its own campus and dorms. There are several different academic buildings for the students’ specifics academic-needs, such as buildings for blind students, blind and deaf students, blind and autistic students, blind and mentally-retarded, etc. The dorms at MSB are called “cottages”. Each cottage houses five to six students and comes with bedrooms with 2 beds in each so that each person has a roommate, a kitchen, living room, and bathrooms. Though the students do live by themselves, there are cottages occupied by staff members so that if a student needs assistance, it is nearby. Like the academic buildings, some buildings are built for students with a specific set of disabilities, such as the Autism-Blind cottages. Though the majority of MSB students live on campus, many of them do choose to go home for the weekends or holidays just like college students.
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