Owens helps students find success

Aurora grad helped create Kearney’s HACS alternative school

  • Prior to becoming the principal at Hanny Arram Center for Success, Jason Owens worked for 18 years as a social science teacher with six years dedicated to Kearney High School. He also served for six years at Kearney as a high school counselor.
    Prior to becoming the principal at Hanny Arram Center for Success, Jason Owens worked for 18 years as a social science teacher with six years dedicated to Kearney High School. He also served for six years at Kearney as a high school counselor.

    by Elizabeth Hunter

    When Hanny Arram Center for Success (HACS) opened its doors to students as part of Kearney Public Schools, Principal Jason Owens was among the new administration members eager to help build the school.“Most of the time you take a job and you inherit a building, you inherit a culture, you inherit what was left before you. I actually got to create this,” the Aurora native said. “I…