Editing Gooding, Idaho (section)

===Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind===
The [[Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind]] (ISDB) was first established in 1906 in [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] and operated there until it burned down on December 8, 1908. The Idaho Legislature passed an act on March 16, 1909, establishing a permanent state school.<ref>Gannon, Jack. 1981. ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'', Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, pp. 53-54 ([http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_53.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328141714/http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_53.pdf |date=2012-03-28 }})([http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_54.pdf PDF]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328141817/http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_54.pdf |date=2012-03-28 }})</ref>  Governor Frank Gooding donated land for the ISDB so it was moved to Gooding and started accepting students in September 1910.<ref>[http://www.isdb.idaho.gov/history.htm ISDB History]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The school covers a {{convert|40|acre|m2|adj=on}} area and provides dormitories for many of its students and has other facilities, such as a gymnasium and park.<ref>[http://www.goodingidaho.org/Schools/schools.html Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026190520/http://www.goodingidaho.org/Schools/schools.html |date=2008-10-26 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.isdb.idaho.gov/residential.htm Cottage Program]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>