GREAT BEND — Brad Reed has been hired as the new Great Bend USD 428 superintendent of schools.In a 7-0 vote Monday, the board of education extended a contract to Reed for the 2014-2015 school year.

He has been the director of student services for Bentonville, Ark., public schools since 2007.

Reed has also served as the principal at Minneapolis (Kan.) High School, Oskaloosa High School and Southeast High School in Cherokee. He was an assistant principal at Great Bend High School during the 1991-92 school year.

Reed is working on his doctorate degree in education administration from the University of Kansas, with only his dissertation remaining. His bachelor’s degree in secondary education is from Arizona State University and his master’s degree is from Northern Arizona University.

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