<div dir="ltr">i wish I would've had that sort of school in Pittsburgh. our "school for the blind" became null of academics in the mid 70's before my time. While I received preschool training at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children i was fully mainstreamed for all 12 years of grade schooling with a traveling vision itinerant who would go to two other districts around my area. I was the only blind student in both HS and my college graduation classes. How many true academic blind schools still exist arround the US? i'm just curious to know.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:44 PM Don via nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-880681394002141783WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">It is definitely truly a real school for the blind. All teachers are required to be braille certified. They have a viable program that prepares students for college, or just life. They have a post-high school program that helps students transition into college. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Don Mitchell <a href="mailto:donmi@q.com" target="_blank">donmi@q.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">360.281.0187<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Hatgelakas via nFB-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 16, 2021 5:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Talk Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Brian Hatgelakas <<a href="mailto:bhatgelakas@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhatgelakas@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Talk] A wonderful resource in the Washington state and Vancouver Washington community<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">is that school still a true "school for the blind" meaning they teach academics and braille to children who are college and career bound? Or is it blind and multi handycaped. <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:23 PM Don via nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Seasons greetings. Here is a link to a holiday greeting from the staff and students at the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver, Washington<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Season’s greetings! We hope you enjoy the video from our staff and students <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/1Zc2N6zpaug" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/1Zc2N6zpaug</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>nFB-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nFB-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/bhatgelakas%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/bhatgelakas%40gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Brian P. 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