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Originally Posted by Nickelplate
My son went to school here for 15 years and graduated in 2021. I understand the challenges of the deaf. Besides this being an iconic school in the Deaf community and a cultural beacon nationwide. It is also a historical place in Texas History older than than the Capital building. The Deaf have been persecuted and this is their place of refuge for over 150 years. They will never give it up nor should they. There are plenty of places to build generic housing other than this sacred plot of land.
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Are you saying that the land itself is older than the Capital building, and that's why it's historic? Because the oldest still-standing buildings on the campus were built in 1925 and 1928, and everything else was from between the 50's and 80's. TSD's own master plan speaks several times about how functionally none of what the school was in the 19th century (when it operated as an asylum) is around today.
If you mean the school itself has been on the same plot of land, then the capital is still older, as it was originally built 3 years prior to TSD's founding (just torn down and replaced by a new building).
Either way, I've yet to see any proposals that didn't involve the full approval of TSD administration as part of it, as would be expected. If the school never wants to do anything with the acres of unused land, no one has been looking to force them into it.