Tech center to add auto technology

Flint Hills Technical College will bring its automotive technology program to the LaHarpe tech center. Demand is high. Area students have attended a similar program at Garnett, but it tends fill quickly and has a waiting list.

April 12, 2022 - 3:25 PM

Kim Dhority, dean of instructional services for Flint Hills Technical College, and Steve Loewen, FHTC vice president of instructional services, tell USD 257 board members about their automotive technology program. The board voted to add the program to the Regional Rural Technical Center at LaHarpe, starting in the fall. Photo by Vickie Moss

An automotive technology program is coming to the Regional Rural Technical Center at LaHarpe.

USD 257 board members agreed to start the program next fall in partnership with Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, citing high demand for such training in this area.

The program will be the same as the FHTC auto program in Garnett, which brings in students from around the region and typically has a waiting list.

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