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West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind

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West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Faculty, Staff Gather to Sing School Song

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WVSDB Campus Tour

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Students moved to virtual learning after school fire at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and t

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West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Prom 2014

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WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind perform for Gov. Tomblin

The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (WVSDB) were established by an Act of the Legislature on March 3, 1870. The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind offer comprehensive educational programs for hearing impaired and visually impaired students respectively. There is also a unit for deafblind and multihandicapped children. Students are eligible to enroll at the age of three, must be residents of the state of West Virginia and exhibit a hearing or visual loss sufficient to prevent normal progress in the usual public school setting. The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind are located on a campus in Romney in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Locally, the schools are referred to simply as The state school.