Tera Spangler became the first deaf superintendent of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind earlier this year. It’s a big deal, considering the school was founded 150 years ago, two years before statehood.

Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind new superintendent Tera Spangler poses for a picture in her office Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at the Colorado Springs school. Spangler is the first deaf superintendent in the school 150-year history. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)

Tera Spangler, who became deaf at age 10 and did not want to leave home in Iowa for deaf school, became superintendent of the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind this year

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