NYSSB is a state-operated school with oversight by the VESID Office of the NYS Education Department.

 

Celebrating 140 Years
educating children with visually impairments!
1869 to 2009

 

Welcome to the
New York State School for the Blind

Our mission, through day and integrated residential programming in a safe and nurturing environment, is to provide a foundation of learning to enable each student to become a contributing member in a diverse society, to achieve their highest level of independence and to afford them the ability to live in a least restrictive environment.

NYSSB will do this by providing excellence in education and in residential programming, and by promoting a learning environment that puts achievement and independence within reach of each student.