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Indiana School for the Deaf Superintendent David Geeslin to retire at end of school year

David Geeslin signs while making a speech. Geeslin is a White man with red and white hair and beard. He is wearing glasses and a gray suit, blue shirt and orange checkered tie.
Brandon Smith
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IPB News
David Geeslin has served as superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf since 2006.

David Geeslin, Superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf, announced Wednesday he will retire next June, at the end of the current school year.

Geeslin has led the School for the Deaf for nearly two decades and worked there for 33 years.

Under his leadership, the school became the first to provide American Sign Language and English instruction equally from kindergarten through 12th grade. According to the governor’s office, he also developed the nation’s first ASL assessment tools and diagnostic tests for school staff.

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In a statement, Gov. Eric Holcomb said Geeslin’s commitment will leave a “forever positive imprint” on the state.

Geeslin’s replacement will be chosen by the Indiana School for the Deaf Board and Indiana’s next governor.

Brandon is our Statehouse bureau chief. Contact him at bsmith@ipbs.org or follow him on Twitter at @brandonjsmith5.

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Brandon Smith has covered the Statehouse for Indiana Public Broadcasting for more than a decade, spanning three governors and a dozen legislative sessions. He's also the host of Indiana Week in Review, a weekly political and policy discussion program seen and heard across the state. He previously worked at KBIA in Columbia, Missouri and WSPY in Plano, Illinois. His first job in radio was in another state capitol - Jefferson City, Missouri - as a reporter for three stations around the Show-Me State.