Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind

It is part of the agency Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB).

[1] The school covers a 40-acre (160,000 m2) area and provides dormitories for many of its students and has other facilities, such as a gymnasium and park.

In 1961, the Legislature of Idaho began allowing the school to admit students under the age of 6.

A clinic and cafeteria, a residence hall for female students, a swimming pool, an elementary school facility and administration building, and a library and classroom were established in 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, and 1975, respectively.

Some parents argued that the school should have emphasized more lip reading and speech instead of relying mostly on American sign language.