Texas School for the Deaf

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Texas School for the Deaf

Location
1102 South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas
Information
Type	School for the Deaf
Established	1856
School district	Austin, Texas
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	Approx. 552 students (2009)
Languages	American Sign Language, English
Website	http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/

Texas School for the Deaf is a state-operated primary and secondary school for deaf children in Austin, Texas. It was first opened in 1857 "in an old frame house, three log cabins, and a smokehouse."^[1] The school struggled under inadequate funding during the Civil War and its aftermath with the students eating food that they grew themselves on the school farm. In 1851 the State Board of Education assumed oversight of the school.

Gallery

Texas School for the Deaf
Texas School for the Deaf

References

↑ Gannon, Jack. 1981. Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America, Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, p. 33 (PDF)

External links

Texas School for the Deaf
Texas School for the Deaf from the Handbook of Texas Online
History of Texas School for the Deaf

v t e Texas state agencies

Executive	Dept. of Agriculture Alcoholic Beverage Commission Animal Health Commission Dept. of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Attorney General School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Brazos River Authority State Cemetery Comptroller of Public Accounts School for the Deaf Board of Dental Examiners Commission on Environmental Quality Education Agency Employees Retirement System Ethics Commission Facilities Commission Dept. of Family and Protective Services Film Commission Forest Service Office of the Governor Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Health and Human Services Commission Dept. of State Health Services Higher Education Coordinating Board Historical Commission Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs Dept. of Information Resources Dept. of Insurance Commission on Jail Standards General Land Office Library and Archives Commission Dept. of Licensing and Regulation Lottery Commission Lower Colorado River Authority Dept. of Motor Vehicles Dept. of Parks and Wildlife Preservation Board Dept. of Public Safety Railroad Commission Real Estate Commission Residential Construction Commission Soil and Water Conservation Board State Fair Teacher Retirement System Texas A&M University System Dept. of Transportation Trinity River Authority University of Houston System University of Texas System Texas State University System Workforce Commission Juvenile Justice Department

Legislative	House of Representatives Senate

Judicial	Courts of Appeals Court of Criminal Appeals Dept. of Criminal Justice State Bar Supreme Court

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