Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD) is a public school for the deaf in Wilson, North Carolina. Its service area is defined by the state as the 54 counties to the east.[1]

There were parents in the east of the state wishing for their deaf children to have a school closer than the North Carolina School for the Deaf. A bill to establish the school passed in 1960, and a referendum to fund it passed in 1961. R.M. McAdams became the first superintendent effective October 1963. In January 1964 the authorities began preparing the facility, with the school itself opening in August and with dormitories opening in spring 1965. The initial group of students numbered 88.[2] Under desegregation, black deaf students from the Garner campus of the Governor Morehead School were moved to ENCSD.[3]

The school has dormitory facilities. About 121 soldiers of the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base repainted them in 2016.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "About Our School". Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  2. ^ Batts, Lisa Boykin (2011-11-13). "Fighting then, fighting now". Wilson Times. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. ^ "$89,927 Blind-Deaf School May Lose U.S. Aid". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. 1966-09-15. p. 18A. - "Morganton and Wilson" refer to North Carolina School for the Deaf and the East North Carolina School for the Deaf - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Davis, Brandon (2016-10-05). "Signs of thanks". Goldsboro News-Argus. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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