The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind will soon have its first woman president. The board picked Jeanne Glidden Prickett, who is currently serving as superintendent of the Iowa School for the Deaf takes over in May of next year from L. Daniel Hutto, who held the president's post since 2007. Prickett holds a doctorate in special education from Illinois State University. The 126 year old Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is located in St. Augustine and includes 47 major buildings on nearly 80 acres of land.
