By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

USD 489’s Director of Buildings and Grounds Rusty Lindsay will present a prioritized list of needed repairs to district buildings at the Board of Education work session Monday.

Administrators will also present a technology update, following the approval of the USD 489’s Digital Learning Plan at the March 9 BOE meeting.

Director of Curriculum Shanna Dinkel had said the DLP will serve as a guideline as to how technology can be implemented into the classrooms.

The work session will end with an update on  presentation for next week’s board meeting on “Buddy the Humanoid Robot.”  Fort Hays State University’s Dr. Paul Adams and Monica Dreiling, along with Carol Murray, school psychologist for USD 489 and the Hays Special Education Cooperative are scheduled to speak at the March 30th board meeting.

According to the FHSU website, “Buddy” is a Nao (pronounced now) robot housed in the Science and Mathematics Institute.

Naos are utilized worldwide for research and assistance in medical and educational fields.

A full agenda for Monday’s 6:30 p.m. work session at Rockwell Administration Center can be found on the USD 489 website HERE.