Great Bend Post

GREAT BEND -The USD 428 Board of Education meeting was full of media and visitors Tuesday evening at the district office.

Under new business, school administration read through the changes in policies in the student, teacher, activities, and athletic handbooks.

As the alleged assault on a Great Bend High School bus was under investigation, USD 428 stated they were in the process of revising bus policies.

Great Bend High School Athletic Director David Meter told the school board there was a proposed policy change for supervisors riding on the bus. The changes include having staff sit in the front, middle and back of the bus and separating boys and girls during coed trip.

Approval of the proposed changes will be requested at the school board’s April meeting.

An investigation conducted by the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office found five instances of suspected battery and three of criminal restraint by members of the Great Bend High School boys’ swim team returning from Manhattan on February 6.

The Ellsworth County Attorney will decide whether or not to execute the recommended charges.

A separate alleged assault involving the swim team on February 3 is still under investigation by the Barton County Sheriff’s Office.