The Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind laid out a more detailed plan to close its dorms, mainstream visually impaired students at local schools and relocate its campus in a letter to parents Monday evening.
The emailed letter included minor details for ASDB families and explained a “cooperative site model,” where school districts and ASDB will collaborate. It is working with the Tucson Unified School District to set up the first sites and will start in August, 2026, the letter said.
ASDB will move its hearing-impaired day students to Copper Creek Elementary in Oro Valley next school year. Of its 114 students, about 30 are visually impaired…