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Louisiana School for the Deaf

The Louisiana School for the Deaf is a state school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge, the state capital. It was established in 1852 as a joint school for blind students. In 1860, its first purpose-built facility was completed and admired as an elegant monument to philanthropy. The schools were divided in 1898, and in 1908, Louisiana School for the Deaf was renamed.

Louisiana School for the Deaf
Location
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Striving for Excellence"
EstablishedDecember 8, 1852; 170 years ago (December 8, 1852)
School districtServes all school districts and deaf or hard-of-hearing children in Louisiana
DirectorHeather Laine
GradesPre-K -12, plus 0-3 years
Color(s)Kelly Green & White
AthleticsFootball, Basketball, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Powerlifting, Track & Field, Cross Country
Athletics conferenceMason Dixon Conference
MascotWar Eagles
AffiliationCEASD
Websitelalsd.org

Construction of facilities has continued over the years. In 1978, black students were absorbed when their school was merged into this one. The expanded school now has 22 major buildings, including a football stadium, on a 116-acre campus south of Louisiana State University on Brightside Lane. In 2009, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) was relocated here.

Admission/Enrollment

Louisiana School for the Deaf offers a comprehensive pre-K–12 education for Louisiana's deaf and hard-of-hearing children ages 3–18 at no cost to their families.

Enrolling at the Louisiana School for the Deaf is possible by:

  • Parental application: At each IEP conference, parents have the right to review the choices of educational placements available to their child. Louisiana law (Act 433) empowers parents to choose between the program offered by their local school system and the program offered by LSD. Parents can apply directly to LSD at any time during the school year.
  • State Department of Education (SDE) referral: The local school system can refer a deaf/hard-of-hearing student to LSD through the SDE.
  • The local school system can refer a deaf/hard-of-hearing student to LSD for an evaluation by the LSD Statewide Assessment Center for the Hearing Impaired (SWAC-HI) to determine levels of performance and program needs. The student attends LSD during the evaluation process.

History

Before 1838, wealthy families provided private tutors for their deaf children (as for their hearing children) or paid for the children to attend a school for the deaf outside Louisiana. There was no public education in the state. The 1838 Louisiana legislature passed an act on January 16, 1838, to provide state-supported education of deaf white children by enrolling them at other state schools. As a result, 11 children from Louisiana were enrolled at state cost at the Kentucky School for the Deaf.

In 1852, Francis Dubose Richardson, a member of the General Assembly, introduced a bill to provide $25,000 and empowered a Board of Administrators to oversee the establishment of the Louisiana Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. The bill was passed in March 1852 and approved by the governor. The seven board members were authorized to buy land, make contracts, and do whatever was necessary to begin the school.[1] The first school was held in the former Baton Rouge College (now the Mayflower North campus). The board recruited James S. Brown from the Indiana Asylum of the Deaf and Dumb as superintendent. On December 8, 1852, the 11 Louisiana students and Brown arrived in Baton Rouge.

 
Original front gate of LSD

Notable achievements during 1852–1860 were completion of the state Administration Building on the campus, just south of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The building was acclaimed as one of the most elaborate and elegant for that era. The new Administration Building was completed in 1858 and stood for 99 years. It was described by the Daily Gazette and Comet on July 21, 1857, as "the proud monument to the Christian philanthropy of the Sugar Bowl State."[2]

The school hired a woman teacher, and began to include vocational training as part of the program. At the request of the school, the legislature appropriated funds for the purchase of a printing press and fonts. The school taught printing as a vocational skill. A carpenter on campus was enlisted to teach carpentry skills.

In 1860, the school had 60 students. By 1862, there were 72 students. As the fighting of the American Civil War drew closer to Baton Rouge during the Mississippi campaign, parents pulled their children out and only orphans remained at the school. Early in 1862, staff and students spotted gunboats on the Mississippi. The invaders found the school an easy target. A cannonball was said to be shot through the wide first-floor hall, landing at the rear of the school. Principal Martin and matron Mary Dufrocq ran to the riverbank a half-mile away and begged the commander to stop shooting and save the school. The Union Army took over the school as a hospital to care for federal soldiers.

In January 1863, the federal troops again seized Baton Rouge and the school, using it as a temporary hospital. Schooling continued. The soldiers ruined the printing equipment. But there was an advantage to having troops on site; General Augur permitted full rations to the school. From 1863 to 1867, the children had enough food and fuel.

On October 15, 1869, a fire destroyed the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy at Pineville. After the fire, governor Warmoth asked the board and administrators and superintendent J.A. McWhorter to use half of the deaf school for the seminary.

Major John Patton, professor of Greek at Louisiana State University, was appointed superintendent. Among his first tasks was to arrange for the deaf students to be relocated to another location. They used the former Heroman Building, on Church and Florida Streets (opposite the former State-Times and Morning Advocate building), as the third location of the school.

In 1884, the school had 56 students when Dr. John Jastremski was appointed superintendent. On taking office in 1885, he appointed Edith S. Rambo, who was trained at the Clarke School for the Deaf, as the first oral teacher. The student-operated Deaf Mute Pelican, the forerunner of The Pelican, began publication in 1859. In 1892, the print shop and sewing department were enlarging. Carpentry, cabinet making, and glazing were taught. In 1892, another articulation teacher was hired, and a shoe shop installed.

The 1898 act separated the two schools for deaf and blind students and set up two boards. It established goals of both sets of children receiving a good education, instruction in hygiene and physical culture (physical education), and industrial (vocational) training, felt to be the key to the changing industrial society. Basketball was brought for the girls and the boys played football. Superintendent S.T. Walker lobbied to change the institution's name to reflect its mission. On July 8, 1908, a bill changing the name to the Louisiana School for the Deaf became law.

Southern School for the Deaf (SSD) (1938-1978)

The segregated State School for the Blind and Deaf for Blacks, founded by the Reconstruction-era legislature in the late 1860s with other welfare institutions, was later put under the supervision of Southern University, a historically black college. In 1938, it was separated into two schools, as had been done for white children: the School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf. That year, superintendent Dr. J.S. Clark was succeeded by his son, Dr. Felton G. Clark, at the School for the Deaf.

In 1978, state of Louisiana merged the Southern School for the Deaf with LSD. Black students were relocated to the Mayflower Campus (North Campus). They occupied this area until 1985, and completion of more of the new buildings on what is now described as the South Campus on Brightside Lane, south of Louisiana State University.

This 116-acre Brightside campus now holds the 22 major working buildings of the school.[3] In 2009, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) was relocated here.

Campus

The school has dormitories for students.[4]

Athletics

LSD athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Football and Homecoming was brought back in 2010. Other sports offered include: girls' volleyball, girls' & boys' basketball, girls' & boys track and field, and girls' & boys' powerlifting.

Athletic facilities

LSD has several gyms, an indoor swimming pool, and a racketball court along with tennis courts and bowling lanes.

School mascots

  • Mustangs (1???-1978): the first school mascot.
  • Wolves (1938–1978): Southern School for the Deaf mascot.
  • War Eagles (1978–present): When LSD and SSD merged, school officials asked the students to vote for a new mascot.

Superintendents/Directors

Name Duration Years in Service
James S. Brown 1852–1860 8 years
W.W. McCain April–October 1860 6 months
Dr. L.L. Laycock 1860–1862 2 years
Adolphins Martin 1862–1869 7 years
J.A. McWhorter 1869–1877 8 years
Major John Preston* 1877–1880 3 years
Adolphins Martin*# 1880–1883 3 years
R.G. Ferguson 1883–1884 1 year
Dr. John Jastremski*^ 1884–1904 20 years
S.T. Walker 1904–1908 4 years
S.M. Robertson* 1908–1912 4 years
W.S. Holmes 1912–1916 4 years
Grover C. Huckaby 1916–1931 15 years
A.J. Caldwell* 1931–1935 4 years
Mrs. A.J. Caldwell@ April–May 1935 1 month
Louis R. Divine 1935–1940 5 years
Lang Russell@ Nov. 1940-Jan. 1941 3 months
Spencer Phillips 1941–1950 10 years
John Patton* 1950–1961 11 years
Lillian Jones@ Oct. 1961-Feb. 1962 4 months
Dr. Lloyd Funchess 1962–1972 10 years
Dr. Harold Denning 1972–1973 1 year
Lt. Col. Jimmie Wax@ June–July 1973 2 months
Elton Lampkin 1973–1976 3 years
Ben Phillips@ November 1976-June 1977 7 months
Dr. Harvey J. Corson 1977–1990 13 years
Dr. John Radvany 1990–1993 3 years
Luther B. Prickett 1993–2006 13 years
Kenny David@% 2006–2008 2 years**
Kevin Lemoine& 2008–2009 1 year
Dr. Donna Alleman@ 2009–2010 1 year
Dr. Monita G. Hara 2010–2012 2 years
Dr. Nancy Benham 2012 - 2015 3 years
Dr. Donna Alleman 2015–2018 3 years
Ralph Thibodeaux 2019 1 year
Pat Cooper 2018-2019 2 years
Ernest E. Garrett, III 2019–present

Note: * died in office, # reappointed, ^ longest years in service, @ acting, % superintendent title has been dropped and renamed director to the title as of 2006, **' retired as of October 10, 2008, & interim director

References

  1. ^ Gannon, Jack. Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America, Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, 1981, pp. 29-30 (PDF 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine)(PDF 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ "History: Monument", Louisiana School for the Deaf
  3. ^ "Facilities", Louisiana School for the Deaf website
  4. ^ "Residential Life". Louisiana School for the Deaf. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

External links

  • Louisiana School for the Deaf

Coordinates: 30°23′35″N 91°11′17″W / 30.39306°N 91.18806°W / 30.39306; -91.18806

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Louisiana School for the Deaf news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Louisiana School for the Deaf is a state school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Louisiana located in Baton Rouge the state capital It was established in 1852 as a joint school for blind students In 1860 its first purpose built facility was completed and admired as an elegant monument to philanthropy The schools were divided in 1898 and in 1908 Louisiana School for the Deaf was renamed Louisiana School for the DeafLocationBaton RougeInformationTypePublicMotto Striving for Excellence EstablishedDecember 8 1852 170 years ago December 8 1852 School districtServes all school districts and deaf or hard of hearing children in LouisianaDirectorHeather LaineGradesPre K 12 plus 0 3 yearsColor s Kelly Green amp WhiteAthleticsFootball Basketball Volleyball Cheerleading Powerlifting Track amp Field Cross CountryAthletics conferenceMason Dixon ConferenceMascotWar EaglesAffiliationCEASDWebsitelalsd wbr orgConstruction of facilities has continued over the years In 1978 black students were absorbed when their school was merged into this one The expanded school now has 22 major buildings including a football stadium on a 116 acre campus south of Louisiana State University on Brightside Lane In 2009 the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired LSVI was relocated here Contents 1 Admission Enrollment 2 History 2 1 Southern School for the Deaf SSD 1938 1978 3 Campus 4 Athletics 4 1 Athletic facilities 5 School mascots 6 Superintendents Directors 7 References 8 External linksAdmission Enrollment EditLouisiana School for the Deaf offers a comprehensive pre K 12 education for Louisiana s deaf and hard of hearing children ages 3 18 at no cost to their families Enrolling at the Louisiana School for the Deaf is possible by Parental application At each IEP conference parents have the right to review the choices of educational placements available to their child Louisiana law Act 433 empowers parents to choose between the program offered by their local school system and the program offered by LSD Parents can apply directly to LSD at any time during the school year State Department of Education SDE referral The local school system can refer a deaf hard of hearing student to LSD through the SDE The local school system can refer a deaf hard of hearing student to LSD for an evaluation by the LSD Statewide Assessment Center for the Hearing Impaired SWAC HI to determine levels of performance and program needs The student attends LSD during the evaluation process History EditBefore 1838 wealthy families provided private tutors for their deaf children as for their hearing children or paid for the children to attend a school for the deaf outside Louisiana There was no public education in the state The 1838 Louisiana legislature passed an act on January 16 1838 to provide state supported education of deaf white children by enrolling them at other state schools As a result 11 children from Louisiana were enrolled at state cost at the Kentucky School for the Deaf In 1852 Francis Dubose Richardson a member of the General Assembly introduced a bill to provide 25 000 and empowered a Board of Administrators to oversee the establishment of the Louisiana Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind The bill was passed in March 1852 and approved by the governor The seven board members were authorized to buy land make contracts and do whatever was necessary to begin the school 1 The first school was held in the former Baton Rouge College now the Mayflower North campus The board recruited James S Brown from the Indiana Asylum of the Deaf and Dumb as superintendent On December 8 1852 the 11 Louisiana students and Brown arrived in Baton Rouge Original front gate of LSD Notable achievements during 1852 1860 were completion of the state Administration Building on the campus just south of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge The building was acclaimed as one of the most elaborate and elegant for that era The new Administration Building was completed in 1858 and stood for 99 years It was described by the Daily Gazette and Comet on July 21 1857 as the proud monument to the Christian philanthropy of the Sugar Bowl State 2 The school hired a woman teacher and began to include vocational training as part of the program At the request of the school the legislature appropriated funds for the purchase of a printing press and fonts The school taught printing as a vocational skill A carpenter on campus was enlisted to teach carpentry skills In 1860 the school had 60 students By 1862 there were 72 students As the fighting of the American Civil War drew closer to Baton Rouge during the Mississippi campaign parents pulled their children out and only orphans remained at the school Early in 1862 staff and students spotted gunboats on the Mississippi The invaders found the school an easy target A cannonball was said to be shot through the wide first floor hall landing at the rear of the school Principal Martin and matron Mary Dufrocq ran to the riverbank a half mile away and begged the commander to stop shooting and save the school The Union Army took over the school as a hospital to care for federal soldiers In January 1863 the federal troops again seized Baton Rouge and the school using it as a temporary hospital Schooling continued The soldiers ruined the printing equipment But there was an advantage to having troops on site General Augur permitted full rations to the school From 1863 to 1867 the children had enough food and fuel On October 15 1869 a fire destroyed the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy at Pineville After the fire governor Warmoth asked the board and administrators and superintendent J A McWhorter to use half of the deaf school for the seminary Major John Patton professor of Greek at Louisiana State University was appointed superintendent Among his first tasks was to arrange for the deaf students to be relocated to another location They used the former Heroman Building on Church and Florida Streets opposite the former State Times and Morning Advocate building as the third location of the school In 1884 the school had 56 students when Dr John Jastremski was appointed superintendent On taking office in 1885 he appointed Edith S Rambo who was trained at the Clarke School for the Deaf as the first oral teacher The student operated Deaf Mute Pelican the forerunner of The Pelican began publication in 1859 In 1892 the print shop and sewing department were enlarging Carpentry cabinet making and glazing were taught In 1892 another articulation teacher was hired and a shoe shop installed The 1898 act separated the two schools for deaf and blind students and set up two boards It established goals of both sets of children receiving a good education instruction in hygiene and physical culture physical education and industrial vocational training felt to be the key to the changing industrial society Basketball was brought for the girls and the boys played football Superintendent S T Walker lobbied to change the institution s name to reflect its mission On July 8 1908 a bill changing the name to the Louisiana School for the Deaf became law Southern School for the Deaf SSD 1938 1978 Edit The segregated State School for the Blind and Deaf for Blacks founded by the Reconstruction era legislature in the late 1860s with other welfare institutions was later put under the supervision of Southern University a historically black college In 1938 it was separated into two schools as had been done for white children the School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf That year superintendent Dr J S Clark was succeeded by his son Dr Felton G Clark at the School for the Deaf In 1978 state of Louisiana merged the Southern School for the Deaf with LSD Black students were relocated to the Mayflower Campus North Campus They occupied this area until 1985 and completion of more of the new buildings on what is now described as the South Campus on Brightside Lane south of Louisiana State University This 116 acre Brightside campus now holds the 22 major working buildings of the school 3 In 2009 the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired LSVI was relocated here Campus EditThe school has dormitories for students 4 Athletics EditLSD athletics competes in the LHSAA Football and Homecoming was brought back in 2010 Other sports offered include girls volleyball girls amp boys basketball girls amp boys track and field and girls amp boys powerlifting Athletic facilities Edit LSD has several gyms an indoor swimming pool and a racketball court along with tennis courts and bowling lanes School mascots EditMustangs 1 1978 the first school mascot Wolves 1938 1978 Southern School for the Deaf mascot War Eagles 1978 present When LSD and SSD merged school officials asked the students to vote for a new mascot Superintendents Directors EditName Duration Years in ServiceJames S Brown 1852 1860 8 yearsW W McCain April October 1860 6 monthsDr L L Laycock 1860 1862 2 yearsAdolphins Martin 1862 1869 7 yearsJ A McWhorter 1869 1877 8 yearsMajor John Preston 1877 1880 3 yearsAdolphins Martin 1880 1883 3 yearsR G Ferguson 1883 1884 1 yearDr John Jastremski 1884 1904 20 yearsS T Walker 1904 1908 4 yearsS M Robertson 1908 1912 4 yearsW S Holmes 1912 1916 4 yearsGrover C Huckaby 1916 1931 15 yearsA J Caldwell 1931 1935 4 yearsMrs A J Caldwell April May 1935 1 monthLouis R Divine 1935 1940 5 yearsLang Russell Nov 1940 Jan 1941 3 monthsSpencer Phillips 1941 1950 10 yearsJohn Patton 1950 1961 11 yearsLillian Jones Oct 1961 Feb 1962 4 monthsDr Lloyd Funchess 1962 1972 10 yearsDr Harold Denning 1972 1973 1 yearLt Col Jimmie Wax June July 1973 2 monthsElton Lampkin 1973 1976 3 yearsBen Phillips November 1976 June 1977 7 monthsDr Harvey J Corson 1977 1990 13 yearsDr John Radvany 1990 1993 3 yearsLuther B Prickett 1993 2006 13 yearsKenny David 2006 2008 2 years Kevin Lemoine amp 2008 2009 1 yearDr Donna Alleman 2009 2010 1 yearDr Monita G Hara 2010 2012 2 yearsDr Nancy Benham 2012 2015 3 yearsDr Donna Alleman 2015 2018 3 yearsRalph Thibodeaux 2019 1 yearPat Cooper 2018 2019 2 yearsErnest E Garrett III 2019 presentNote died in office reappointed longest years in service acting superintendent title has been dropped and renamed director to the title as of 2006 retired as of October 10 2008 amp interim directorReferences Edit Gannon Jack Deaf Heritage A Narrative History of Deaf America Silver Spring MD National Association of the Deaf 1981 pp 29 30 PDF Archived 2012 03 28 at the Wayback Machine PDF Archived 2012 03 28 at the Wayback Machine History Monument Louisiana School for the Deaf Facilities Louisiana School for the Deaf website Residential Life Louisiana School for the Deaf Retrieved 2021 05 21 External links EditLouisiana School for the Deaf Coordinates 30 23 35 N 91 11 17 W 30 39306 N 91 18806 W 30 39306 91 18806 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louisiana School for the Deaf amp oldid 1124713539, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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