{"id":707,"date":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:03:51","slug":"parents-of-blind-deaf-students-say-goodbye-to-historic-asdb-campus-in-tucson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Parents of blind, deaf students say goodbye to historic ASDB campus in Tucson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) &#8211; Parents and students at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind said goodbye to the historic Tucson campus as the school held its last day of classes on Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=705\">Man admits to starting brush fires in Tucson due to trash left by homeless<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The school announced in February that it would move to the old Copper Creek Elementary campus in Oro Valley. <\/p>\n<p>The closure marks the end of more than 100 years of service to differently-abled students at the Tucson location near Speedway and Interstate 10.<\/p>\n<p>Beata Tarasiuk said her daughter, Kasia, thrived during her first year at ASDB. Kasia is blind and non-verbal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose educators, the staff, the teachers, the supporting staff have been just miracle workers for her,\u201d Tarasiuk said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h5>PREVIOUS COVERAGE<\/h5>\n<div>\n<div>Parents frustrated over program cuts at ASDB due to \u2018budget shortfalls\u2019<\/div>\n<div>ASDB considers move of Tucson campus after 103 years<\/div>\n<div>ASBD to sign five-year lease to move to Copper Creek in Oro Valley<\/div>\n<div>ASDB parents told child will go to TUSD school instead of Copper Creek<\/div>\n<div>Blind students from ASDB frustrated that Oro Valley campus will not accommodate them<\/div>\n<div>Berger Performing Arts Center faces an uncertain future after ASDB set to close<\/div>\n<div>Tense community meeting about ASDB\u2019s planned move<\/div>\n<div>ASDB parents remain skeptical, confused over school\u2019s future plans<\/div>\n<div>ASDB board votes to relocate to Copper Creek in Oro Valley<\/div>\n<div>Parents of visually impaired students worried Tucson USD can\u2019t provide proper support<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The restructuring of the blind school means Kasia will return to a public school in the Tucson Unified School District, where she will receive services through cluster sites. Tarasiuk said she is worried Kasia may not get the same quality of education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the only school in the state for blind children, and not to have this around in 2026 is just unbelievable,\u201d Tarasiuk said.<\/p>\n<p>High school junior Monroe Stockton previously attended a TUSD school, and this year was her first at ASDB.<\/p>\n<p>She said she felt supported with her visual impairment.<\/p>\n<p>Stockton said she is worried about whether she will get the best accommodations for her visual impairment after ASDB. Stockton spoke to 13 News before playing the drums at the school\u2019s last celebration in Tucson.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=704\">Former Santa Cruz County employee accused of stealing nearly $200,000<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite her heartbreak, she said she tried her best to have a good day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad, but I\u2019m not going to let the school closing down stop me from having a good last day,\u201d Stockton said.<\/p>\n<p>Stockton made the honor roll in her first year at ASDB. Her mother, Lyza Ahumada, said she is concerned for her daughter\u2019s education now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know where we\u2019re going to put her, but it\u2019s like, what\u2019s going to happen? Is she going to lose all that progress? So, it\u2019s very frustrating,\u201d Ahumada said.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Smith, a mother to three deaf children attending ASDB, described the campus closure as a huge loss to the blind and deaf community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust having that safe space where we could just be and not worry about what other people view us, and we thrive in that kind of community, so to take that away from us, what are people doing?\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>ASDB\u2019s relocation to Copper Creek will happen throughout the summer. 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