MSB is a non-profit, private,[1] statewide resource center providing outreach, educational and residential programs.

For students with severe and profound disabilities, academic programs often have an emphasis on functional life skills, including communication, and a strong multi-sensory approach to learning.

Students also receive instruction in content areas of the expanded core curriculum for blind and low-vision learners.

The educational program takes into consideration the complex health and physical needs of each student while developing age-appropriate adaptive skills to increase independence.

[3] In 2019, MSB began soccer as a varsity sport on a specially designed field with kickboards on the sidelines to keep the ball in play.

[3] After two years of training and practice, MSB played the first actual game against the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, on September 24, 2019.

The cottages are occupied and supervised by residential staff members including child and youth care specialists who assist the students with daily living routines.