Business Partners

Adopt-a-School Partnerships are connection between a school and business, faith, civic or parent organization to develop an Adopt-A-School partnership to provide resources or monetary support to a specific school for a specific purpose.

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A connection with businesses to provide training opportunities for ninth- through 12th-grade students with handicaps to practice job skills. Student placement at the job site is one to three hours per day for up to five weeks, with no pay. Job coaches supervise 100 percent of the time. Student rotations to various sites occur every nine weeks. Transportation is provided by the school district. Students who have demonstrated employability and job skills, may be placed at a site closely paralleling employment. These may be paid or non-paid positions, for two to three hours per day for extended periods of time. Job coach support is provided as needed.

Connects the Olathe district, businesses and the community to provide career awareness, career exploration and work-based learning opportunities for students in high school. For more information, contact the Career Pathways office at 913-780-8042.