Great Bend school bond issue is in the hands of the voters

The USD 428 Board of Education moved ahead with sending a nearly $42 million school bond issue to the voters after passing the finalized proposal at Monday’s meeting. The outcome will be determined by registered voters within the Great Bend school district through a mail-in ballot sent to citizens later this summer.

USD 428 Superintendent Khris Thexton says the process to finalize a master plan started in February 2018 with gathering ideas, naming a steering committee, hiring SJCF Architecture, and conducting several community meetings to gather information from the voters.

“The resolution lets the voters decide if they approve of this bond or if they do not,” Thexton said. “We want to get it in front of the community. The steering committee has put a lot of time and effort into it.”

(Read more: Great Bend Post)