WRAL Reports

Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced its plans Monday to close a school for the blind in Raleigh, but still keep the campus operational as a satellite to the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf in Wilson.

State Superintendent June Atkinson said that students will be minimally impacted by the change. It wasn't clear how staff would be affected.

The Governor Morehead School for the Blind's administration and programs will be consolidated with the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, but visually impaired students who currently attend the Morehead school will be able to stay at the satellite campus in Raleigh, Atkinson said.

Three residential schools currently serve 220 disabled students in the state. State budget cuts mandated that, by July, one of the three schools had to close.

Source: http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/10410178/

Reporter: Adam Owens ~ Photographer: Bill Herrero