Dan Trefz News Today

The shortage of teachers has touched every corner of South Dakota. That includes the specialists who can provide a top-quality education to students despite visual or auditory handicaps.

Dr. Jessica Vogel, an assistant professor of education at Northern State University, will become the next superintendent for the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

A Northern State University professor has been named the next leader of the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

The Board of Regents announced two big leadership shifts for their special school and services branches Monday afternoon.

After the departure of longtime superintendent Marje Kaiser and the hiring of Dan Trefz, who recently resigned, advocates say the specialty school needs help from lawmakers to reach its past heights.

Having moved into a new building last year, the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired uses technology to help students type in braille, enhance images or hear what's displayed on a screen.