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Subject: Article from Hampshire Review News Section 2021 03 10
Date:
14 Mar 2021 15:24:11 -0500

WVSDB to combine schools . $13.5 million, 10-year facility plan supports
operational changes

ROMNEY  The 10-year facilities plan for the West Virginia Schools for the
Deaf and the Blind shows major changes in the operation of the 150-year-old
schools starting this fall.

WVSDB plans to group all students up through grade 5  deaf and blind
together  in the current School for the Blind building and grades 6-12 in
the current School for the Deaf.

In addition:

All residential students will be housed in Keller Hall starting this
August;

Administration will move to Seaton Hall in 2022;

The oldest building on campus, the Blue-Gold Caf, will be renovated next
year as a recreational activities center; and

A technical assistance center for accessibility serving the entire state
is being established at the Instructional Resource Center.

Approval of the Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan is on the
agenda for the State Board of Education in Charleston today (Wednesday,
March 10). The plan was finalized last week after a public hearing held via
Zoom last Wednesday.

The plan outlines the projected physical needs for the school over the
next 10 years, which began, acting Superintendent Pat Homberg noted, with
the schools goals and objectives.

We were able to go building by building and identify what the needs of
each building was and marry that with the educational needs of the school
moving into the next decade, she told the 4 dozen people in the hour-long
meeting.

The bottom line is a $13.5 million proposal to renovate and shore up
buildings.

Our CEFP is not that grand, Homberg said. She compared it to WVSDBs 2010
plan, the 1st in the history of the schools, which sought $45 million and
included new construction. Most of it never occurred.

Homburg said the bulk of the funding through 2029  $11 million-plus
would come from the schools existing legislative allocation each year.

The rest, a little over $2 million, would be supplied by the School
Building Authority, which cannot give more than $250,000 to WVSDB in any
given year.

Homberg said that the plan helps the schools spend their funds the most
effectively and positions WVSDB for growth.

Part of the plan calls for expanding career-technical education
offerings, either on campus or in conjunction with Hampshire High School.

And she pointed to the states establishment of the accessibility
technical support program at the IRC as a sign of its commitment to the
schools and Romney.

Both the State Board of Education and (State School Superintendent)
Clayton Burch very much want the school to be brought up to speed, to
increase enrollment, she said. Thats 1 reason the technical assistance
center is being placed here.

The center will include 2 counselors from the Department of
Rehabilitation Services to work with the visually and hearing impaired here
and across the state.

Much of the funding is earmarked for structural projects. Fire alarm
systems are being upgraded in both school buildings, both residence halls,
the IRC, administration and maintenance buildings this year.

The 6-12 school, IRC and a wing of the old Elementary Deaf building are
due new roofs next year with Keller Hall being reroofed in 2023 and a 2027
date for roofs on Seaton Hall, the pre-k-5 school and the P.E. building.

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems are being upgraded at
the IRC this year, the pre-k-5 school next year, Seaton Hall in 2025 and
the 6-12 school in 2027.

Administrative offices will move to Seaton Hall because the 121-year-old
Administration Building needs the central entrance replaced and extensive
structural repairs to the foundation.

Seaton Hall will also house lodging for visiting adults as well as
students attending short courses on campus.

In 2023, a parking lot beside the IRC will be established where the
Arnold House was demolished 3 years ago during a summer-long National Guard
project.

Three buildings are slated for demolition in 2029  the boiler house,
Hines Hollow house and the transportation building.

The plan also includes transferring a lot fronting Depot Street to
Hampshire County Schools to be included in the site of Hampshires new West
Elementary.

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