Missouri School for the Blind

Missouri School for the Blind
Missouri School for the Blind sign
Location
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3815 Magnolia Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri, 63110

United States
Coordinates38°36′30″N 90°14′42″W / 38.60821°N 90.24489°W / 38.60821; -90.24489
Information
TypePublic
Established1851; 173 years ago (1851)
SuperintendentGeoffrey Barney[1]
GradesK–12
Enrollment67
Websitehttp://msb.dese.mo.gov/

The Missouri School for the Blind (MSB, Braille: ⠍⠊⠎⠎⠕⠥⠗⠊ ⠎⠉⠓⠕⠕⠇ ⠋⠕⠗ ⠞⠓⠑ ⠃⠇⠊⠝⠙) is a school for the blind and visually impaired in St. Louis, Missouri, operated by the State of Missouri. It has served the state of Missouri from the Greater St. Louis area for more than 150 years as a governmental agency of the state of Missouri. In 1860, the Missouri School became the first educational institution in the nation to adopt the braille system. It also owned, developed and operated one of the nation's earliest braille printing presses.

  1. ^ Missouri School for the Blind (2014). "MSB Welcomes New Superintendent" (PDF). Msb.dese.mo.gov. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.