Manhattan-Ogden School District – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com The Flint Hills Real Rock Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:45:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/1015krock.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/krock-fb-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Manhattan-Ogden School District – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com 32 32 43031150 USD 383 offered free 24/7 therapy for students, staff and family https://1015krock.com/usd-383-offered-free-24-7-therapy-for-students-staff-and-family/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:45:14 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=437338

By Cole Bertelsen

The Manhattan-Ogden school district may be granted free mental health services from a national over-the-phone therapy program. This service would extent to faculty, students and their families.

Assistant superintendent Nathan Downs said during Wednesday’s school board meeting that the district’s health insurance provider approached him with the potential to partner with National Telehealth Solutions.

He said other school districts across the country are also pursuing service from the federally-funded program.

“They volunteered to seek out funds on behalf of the school district to see if we would be able to be awarded potential funds to allow for free mental health services for all of our students, as well as our students’ families, as well as our staff, as well as our staff’s families,” Downs said.

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]]> 248787 USD 383 to outsource groundskeeping to local contractors https://1015krock.com/usd-383-to-outsource-groundskeeping-to-local-contractors/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:15:27 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=432071

The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously voted to outsource mowing and upkeep services to two outside companies, making up for staff shortages and saving the district some cash.

Previously, USD 383 employed three full-time groundskeepers to take care of nearly 310 acres across 24 district locations, but all three have shifted to other positions in the short-handed maintenance and transportation department.

On Wednesday, the school board agreed to groundskeeping contracts with Martin Lawn and Landscaping of Herington and Augusta Lawn Care Services of Manhattan totaling $174,112. District officials estimated that the previous cost of groundskeeper salaries and benefits, equipment maintenance and material requirements like seed, fertilizer and fuel totaled $180,715.

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