nating Council, the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, and the Attorney General
of Maryland. The Governor designates the
chairperson (Code 1957, Art. 27, secs. 742-755).

MARYLAND SCHOOLS FOR THE
DEAF

BOARD OF VISITORS

President: Daniel W. Moylan

First Vice-President and Chairperson of Executive
Committee: Richard L. Steiner

Second Vice-President: Jacob M. Yingling
Secretary: Arthur Potts
Treasurer: Joseph D. Baker

Jereleigh A. Archer, Sr.; James A. Barrack; Leon
Bridges; Mrs. Robert Cameron; William 0.
Carr; Mrs. James dark, Jr.; Charles H.
Conley, Jr., M.D.; James H. Daugherty;
Sheldon F. Greenberg; Rudolph C. Hines; J. V.
Jamison III; Margaret S. Kent; James
McSherry; Mrs. John N. Maguire; Richard S.
Mullinix; Malcolm J. Norwood; Alfred P.
Shockley; Sara Simon; Ross V. Smith; James E.
Soul; W. Jackson Stenger, Jr.; Edward P.
Thomas; Nancy Underbill.

David M. Denton, Pd.D., Superintendent

Frederick Campus
P. 0. Box 250
101 Clarke Place
Frederick 21701 Telephone: 662-4159

Columbia Campus
P. 0. Box 894
Columbia 21044 Telephone: 465-9611

The Maryland School for the Deaf was estab-
lished in 1868 as a free public residential school
for deaf and hard-of-hearing children who reside
in the State. The Governor appoints the thirty
members of the Board of Visitors for indefinite
terms (Chap. 247, Acts of 1867; Chap. 409, Acts
of 1868; Chap. 19, Acts of 1880; Chap. 76, Acts
of 1916; Chap. 148 as amended, Acts of 1957).

Chapter 462, Acts of 1968, established a
branch of the Maryland School for the Deaf to be
located near the population center of the State
and to be administered and operated as part of
and subject to the Maryland School for the Deaf.

The first phase of this branch school, which is
called Columbia Campus Maryland School for

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the Deaf, opened in September 1973 (Code Edu-
cation Article, sec. 8-304).

The school offers an academic education simi-
lar to that of public schools and in addition pro-
vides thorough instruction in communication
skills, including speech and speech reading, signs
and fingerspelling, auditory training, and use of
individual hearing aids. In addition to the aca-
demic program, courses of study in vocational ed-
ucation are also offered to both male and female
students. The vocational training includes indus-
trial arts, homemaking, woodworking, auto-body
shop, and electro-mechanics. The school offers a
broad athletic and physical education program,
including such major sports as football, baseball,
track, gymnastics, wrestling, and swimming, as
well as a wide range of social and recreational ac-
tivities. Vocational rehabilitation services are
available to all graduating students to assist them
in seeking employment, vocational or technical
training, or higher education.

Information pertaining to the program is avail-
able upon request.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

President: Joanne T. Goldsmith, 1985
Vice-President: G. George Asaki, 1987

Mary Elizabeth Ellis, 1983; May B. Bolt, 1984;
Verna M. Fletcher, 1984; Fred Schoenbrodt,
1985; Rosetta G. Kerr, 1986; Albertine Lan-
caster, 1986; Herbert L. Fishpaw, 1987.

David W. Hornbeck, Secretary-Treasurer of the
Board and State Superintendent of Schools

Joseph L. Shilling, Deputy State Superintendent of
Schools

Richard M. Petre, Assistant Deputy State Superin-
tendent of Schools

200 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 659-2000
Public Information: 659-2205

A centralized administration of the Maryland
public schools was attempted in 1865, but the
General Assembly did not establish the State
.Board of Education until 1870 (Ch. 311, Acts of
1870). The Board makes policy for the public
school system and passes the bylaws and regula-