on Brightside Lane, south of Louisiana State University. This 116-acre Brightside campus now holds the 22 major working buildings of the school. In 2009, the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) was relocated here. Campus The school has dormitories for students. Athletics LSD athletics competes in the LHSAA. Football and Homecoming was brought back in 2010. Other sports offered include: girls' volleyball, girls' & boys' basketball, girls' & boys track and field, and girls' & boys' powerlifting. Athletic facilities LSD has several gyms, an indoor swimming pool, and a racketball court along with tennis courts and bowling lanes. School mascots Mustangs (1???-1978): the first school mascot. Wolves (1938–1978): Southern School for the Deaf mascot. War Eagles (1978–present): When LSD and SSD merged, school officials asked the students to vote for a new mascot. Superintendents/Directors Note: * died in office, # reappointed, ^ longest years in service, @ acting, % superintendent title has been dropped and renamed director to the title as of 2006, **' retired as of October 10, 2008, & interim director References External links Louisiana School for the Deaf Educational institutions established in 1852 Schools for the deaf in the United States 1852 establishments in Louisiana Public boarding schools in the United States Schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Boarding schools in Louisiana Public K-12 schools in Louisiana