Significant Change
By 1970, the Matheny School was a source of significant pride for the Matheny family. The school provided both highly specialized education and intensive medical therapies to all of its students. The school’s provision of these essential healthcare services to its students qualified the facility as a “special hospital.” But Walter and Marguerite still weren’t satisfied. As the Matheny School approached its 25th Anniversary in December 1971, Walter began plans to turn his dream of building a high school for physically disabled students into a reality. At $2.6 million, the proposal was the school’s most ambitious expansion project yet.
