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Approximately one-third of students are local, traveling up to an hour
each day to attend WRMS. The rest of the students' travel from all across
Ontario, by taxi, bus or plane with travel being fully funded by the Ontario
Ministry of Education. There is no cost to stay in our residences and other
than the typical incidental expenses involved with a public school, there are
no costs to attend WRMS.
WRMS students are a
mix of braille
users, students with low-vision and those
who are adjusting to a new reality of vision
loss. In order to qualify to attend WRMS, a
student must have a level of visual impairment that
would qualify them for a specialized program, as certified by an
Ophthalmologist. The primary exceptionality of the student must be blind,
visually impaired or deafblind and the student must benefit from our
programming.
The reasons why our students choose to enroll at W. Ross Macdonald
are varied, but they typically involve unaddressed academic, Expanded Core
Curriculum and/or socio-emotional needs. Some students struggle with their
student must have a level of visual impairment that
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