USD 489

Dane G. Hansen Foundation has awarded Hays USD 489 a grant to purchase an audiometer and tympanometer.

The grant was for $8,266.

The equipment will be used by to screen students in grades pre-K through 12 in all USD 489 schools.

The current hearing instruments were purchased in 2004.

Nurses will be trained on the new equipment before the beginning of the school year by a Hays High School alumna. The grant was written by Corina Beam, USD 489 Foundation secretary, with the assistance of current and former USD 489 nurses.