By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays school board will discuss its Mental Health Intervention Team Program during a work session Monday.
A mental health liaison was hired for Hays Middle School in September 2019 with assistance from a grant from the Kansas Department of Eduation.
School-based mental health therapy services started in January.
This fall USD 489 added a second mental health liaison at the Hays High School.
Board vacancy
The school board will also discuss the procedures for appointing a new board member to replace Sophia Rose Young, who resigned from the board in July after she moved out of the school district.
HMS Principal Tom Albers is also set to give an update on HMS.
Monday's meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Rockwell Administration Center. The school board's original calendar had the meeting set at 11:30 a.m. at Hays Middle School. However, because of COVID-19 concerns, all of the work sessions set at schools have been moved back to Rockwell until further notice.