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Riley Elementary students continue to strive for English Language proficiency
It's only 11 days into the USD 428 school year and Riley Elementary students in Great Bend are already setting goals. At the end of January, 135 English Language (EL) students at the school took the Kansas English Language Proficiency Assessment (KELPA). Riley Elementary has 18 certified EL staff members, including teachers Kelsey Scheuerman and Traci Miller, who administer the test. Miller described how students are using last year's results to prepare for this year's KELPA test during Wednesday's board of education luncheon at the school.
USD 428 chooses Freedom Claims as new TPA after BMI closure
The sudden closure of Benefit Management Inc. (BMI) in Great Bend on Aug. 8 put several area businesses in a bind. The Great Bend school district was one of the large employers that used BMI as a third-party administrator (TPA) of its insurance plan. During Wednesday's USD 428 Board of Education Luncheon at Riley Elementary School, Assistant Superintendent John Popp announced the district has hired Freedom Claims Management as its new TPA.
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