[NFBK] FW: KSB Celebrating 184 years

Tue May 12 13:30:22 UTC 2026

FYI!

Todd

From: Ancona, Madeleine (ELC) <madeleine.ancona at ky.gov> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 9:03 AM
Subject: KSB Celebrating 184 years

Good Morning!

Please see the below article written about Kentucky School for the Blind.
The link to the article will be at the end.

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Kentucky School for Blind celebrating 184 years

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today May 10, 2026 Updated May 11, 2026 

KSB

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - The Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) will be
celebrating 184 years of serving visually impaired students, during an event
scheduled to take place at the school  Thursday.

This year's KSB Founders Day Program will celebrate the history of the KSB
Segregated Department (1884-1957), highlighting past administrators,
educators and alumni of the school. The school educated African American
students that were blind and visually impaired in a three-story structure on
the northeast side of the KSB campus for more than 70 years, until the U.S.
Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954 that mandated
the desegregation of public schools. KSB was one of the first schools in the
state to comply with this decision.

The Founders Day celebration will conclude with the presentation of the Paul
J. Langan Distinguished Service Award, which is given annually to a
Kentuckian who displays qualities that have had a strong, positive influence
on the lives of individuals who are blind or visually impaired and KSB. The
recipient of the 2026 Paul J. Langan Distinguished Service Award is Dr. John
E. Musick.

Dr. Musick is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School
of Optometry. He is a co-founder of the Ditto and Musick Eye Care Center in
Nicholasville, where he specializes in laser procedures for various types of
glaucoma. 

For nearly 50 years, countless Kentuckians of all ages have received
exemplary low-vision services under his care. In addition, he has provided
superlative training for ophthalmologists, optometrists and low vision
professionals. He served as a consultant and provided low vision evaluations
for KSB and the Charles W. McDowell Center for many years, traveling many
miles to do so. 

The 184th Founders Day Program, which begins at 1 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday,
will take place at KSB's Richie Auditorium, 1867 Frankfort Ave., in
Louisville.

https://www.kentuckytoday.com/news/kentucky-school-for-blind-celebrating-184
-years/article_e444b416-030d-4027-9d73-03580e997622.html 

Thank you!

Madeleine Ancona

KBE Administrative Assistant

500 Mero St - 1st Floor- 1SE WK #4

Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: 502-545-9795

 <mailto:madeleine.ancona at ky.gov> madeleine.ancona at ky.gov 

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