Jane Herder

Missouri School for the Blind

Missouri School for the Blind offers educational and outreach services for legally blind Missouri children from birth through age 21 and their families. MSB is operated by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of the State of Missouri and its services are free of charge. MSB's services are concentrated in two areas – its centerbase kindergarten-grade 12 school in St. Louis, Missouri, and its Outreach services offered throughout the state. MSB's centerbase school is free of charge and open to all legally blind Missouri children ages five through 21; referral to MSB is a decision made jointly by the student's parents and the local education agency. For more information on MSB's centerbase programs and the admissions process, click on Centerbase or contact Joy Waddell, Assistant Superintendent, 314-633-3948 or Joyce.Waddell@msb.dese.mo.gov. Through its membership in the North Central Association of Schools for the Blind (NCASB), which includes 17 other schools for the blind, MSB offers a varsity sports program in wrestling, track and field, swimming, goalball, cheerleading, and forensics. A host of clubs round out the extracurricular activities available. MSB is fully accredited by the North Central Association. MSB's Outreach program serves as a statewide resource for families and educators on blindness and/or deafblindness.