‘Impact Olathe’ brings agencies together to assist students in need [Video]

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Twice a month, during the school year, a collaborative event takes place withOlathe Public Schools, to assist its students and their families in need.

” In the Olathe School District, what we truly do is care about each and every student,” Director of Community Development for Olathe Public Schools, Heather Schoonver said. “So we have collaborated with all the social service agencies in Johnson County and what we do is make sure that they are getting access to work, healthcare, housing, child care assistance, food, utility assistance and any academic need they might have within the school district.”

Schoonover says the need is great.

“There’s a program called McKinney-Vento and McKinney-Vento is for those families that lack a fixed, regular, adequate regular nighttime residence,” Schoonover said. “Last school year, we saw 476 of those students within our school district alone.

She says that’s …