Boarding Services
The FSDB Boarding Services program provides a homelike environment, free of charge for enrolled Florida students.
Welcome
Boarding staff are teachers, mentors, advisors, and surrogate family members for children who live away from home. Beginning with the youngest students at age five and continuing to adult students up to age 21, the Boarding Program focuses on teaching life skills essential for successful transition to the adult world of independent living, employment, postsecondary training, and community involvement.
FREE
for Enrolled
Students
75%
Live on Campus
Monday - Friday
89
School Clubs &
Extracurricular Activities
80+
Acre Campus Located
in Historic St. Augustine
975+
Deaf/HH & Blind/VI Children
Served Campus & Statewide
Boarding Program
The Boarding Program provides FSDB students with a safe and secure home-like residential environment during the school week. The goal of the Program is to provide support for each student’s academic success, along with training on relevant student life topics and instruction focused on the development of independent living skills. Boarding students also have the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of recreational and leisure activities after school and during evening hours.
14
Residential Halls
& Apartments
Apartment program
The Apartment Program is an Independent Living Learning Center for High School seniors and Continuing Education students from both the Deaf and Blind schools. Between four and six students live in each apartment, which includes bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, and bathrooms.
Students prepare breakfast and dinner in the apartments with assistance from staff members. Students often share cooking responsibilities with their apartment mates so that they do not have to cook every day.
Apartments
Apartment Boys
Deaf and Blind Seniors
PH: 904-827-8247
VP: 904-201-4532
​
Apartment Girls
Deaf and Blind Seniors
PH: 904-827-2510
VP: 904-201-4550
Contact
For more information about Boarding Services, contact:
​
Kathleen Grunder
Administrator, Boarding Services
PH: 904-827-2603
VP: 904-201-4660
Blind Dorms
Kramer Hall
Boys and Girls Elementary
PH: 904-827-2736
​
Cary White Complex
Boys and Girls Middle School
PH: 904-827-2851
​
Koger Hall
Girls High School
PH: 904-827-2733
​
MacWilliams Hall
Boys High School
PH: 904-827-2725
Deaf Dorms
Vaill Hall
Boys and Girls Elementary
PH: 904-827-2806
VP: 904-201-4461
​
Gregg Hall
Girls Middle School
PH: 904-827-2628
VP: 904-201-4506
​
McLane Hall
Boys Middle School
PH: 904-827-2624
VP / 904-201-4562
​
James Hall
Girls High School
PH: 904-827-2635
VP: 904-201-4485
​
Rhyne Hall
Boys High School
PH:904-827-2771
VP: 904-201-4565