As the historic Tucson campus of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind prepares to close its doors, a new school is stepping in to serve students who are blind or visually impaired and whose families have been searching for answers about their educational future.
The Tucson School for the Blind, a nonprofit private school founded by former ASDB educators, is scheduled to begin classes Aug. 3 in downtown Tucson, offering a new option for students affected by the closure and relocation of ASDB programs.
The transition follows a controversial decision by ASDB leadership to close its more than century-old campus at 1200 W. Speedway and relocate deaf and hard-of-hearing programs to the former Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley…