By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays USD 489 school district is considering moving The Learning Center back to Rockwell Administration Center.
Superintendent Ron Wilson discussed the move with the school board on Monday night.
The Learning Center was located in the Rockwell basement. However, heavy rains last year resulted in flooding in the basement.
The program was temporarily moved to the former Washington school building. However, that building is set to be sold in Decemeber.
Wilson proposed The Learning Center be moved back to Rockwell in space that is being used now by the HHS Helping Hands program.
Although the area in Rockwell that was affected by the flooding has been gutted, Wilson said the space is not an ideal space for learning.
He proposed building an addition to the HHS vocational wing for the commercial kitchen for Helping Hands. Wilson said this would mean the Helping Hands students would no longer need to be bused to Rockwell.
Wilson said he did not yet have firm numbers to present to the board on the construction of the new kitchen for Helping Hands.
"This serves us in getting The Learning Center back to a better spot," Wilson said. "It also serves Helping Hands in terms of being closer to the site all of those students attend. It makes it way more useful."
Until Helping Hands can be moved and its former space readied for The Learning Center, Wilson proposed finding space in the community to house The Learning Center.
Wilson said the district is about a year away from being able to complete both moves.
Wilson said he would like to convert the space in the basement that was used by The Learning Center into office space.
The school board took no action on the proposal Monday night. It will consider the project at a later board meeting.