A nearly 140-year-old school providing education for the hard of hearing as well as the deaf is on target to receive some $875,000 for campus-wide facility projects.
Located near the Railyard District at 1060 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe, the New Mexico School for the Deaf is the only land-grant school for the deaf in the country and sits on a 30-acre tree-lined campus.
That campus is dotted with any number of historic residence and dining halls designed in the distinctive Santa Fe Pueblo architecture style.
Several weeks ago, members of the New Mexico State Legislature approved a capital outlay of $875,000, which is coming out of the state’s general fund, for site improvements at the school.
That appropriation has now won the approval of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
As officially designated, the $875,000 is to be spent between now and 2027, and must be used to “plan, design, renovate, and construct site improvements” at the school.
Moreover, those improvements must be concerned with “safe campus access and emergency evacuation and egress.”
The New Mexico School for the Deaf has an enrollment of around 150 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. Its campus includes residential cottages, a workout center, gyms, and football field.
By Garry Boulard
