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The Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine,
Florida is an 80-acre campus for students with visual and/or hearing
impairments. It is the longest standing program of its kind in the
state of Florida and is the only public school in Florida devoted to
educating eligible children with visual or auditory impairments. It is
free to Florida residents. Some students commute on a daily basis;
others, who live too far away for a daily commute reside on campus
during the week. Charter buses arrive every Friday afternoon to
transport them home each weekend.
Safety is a priority at FSDB. The school has its own police
force, fire station, and security gate. Passing through this gate
provided us with our first glimpse into the "expanded core
curriculum." For students with visual impairments, the expanded
core curriculum provided a variety of opportunities to learn essential
skills for independence. Some of the subjects and skills we
observed were: compensatory academics, orientation and mobility,
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