New Campus Information

On behalf of Dr. Ed Corbett and Dr. Lou Mazzoli, the superintendents of the Ohio School for the Deaf and the Ohio State School for the Blind, welcome to an exciting new chapter in the history of our venerable schools.

With the passage of the Fiscal 2007 - 2008 Ohio Capital Budget, the state identified $4 million for the planning and design of a new, combined campus for The Ohio School for the Deaf (OSD) and The Ohio State School for the Blind (OSSB).  

It is important to note that the leadership of the two schools, in consultation with the State Department of Education, initiated this effort.  We are not being driven to this outcome, we are driving it.  The schools are looking to the future and want to ensure that our facilities will be available to serve Deaf, Blind, Visually Impaired, Hard-of Hearing, and multiply-handicapped students for many years to come.  This effort to build both schools on a combined campus will allow us to provide better services and support to our students, parents, and teachers with less distraction and greater efficiency than ever before.

You may have already begun to imagine some of the challenges and opportunities that we will face over the coming months and years.  We have a clear vision of where we have been, the schools each have over 170 years of history, and we have a lot of ideas about where we want to go.  We do not, however, have all the answers.  We don't want to limit our future to be just the best that we can imagine.  We want the future of our schools to be charted by the best and the brightest from all around the country.  Our students deserve nothing less.

This website is designed to keep all interested parties informed of our progress, and to allow a means of communicating documents, ideas, concerns, and opportunities to everyone in a timely manner.

What's New on the Site?

March 28, 2008 - New elevations are avaliable in the Documents section. The newest design drawings are available in the Design Section.