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Board of Education recognizes school nurses
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On Monday, the Great Bend USD 428 Board of Education presented ROSE Awards (Recognizing Outstanding Service to Education) to the district’s nurses and certified nursing assistants. Front row: Linda Johnson, RN; Libbie Merritt, RN; Keshia Causey, RN; Cadie Cass, CNA; Emily Young, RN. Back row: John Popp, assistant superintendent; Gracie Guereca, CNA; Sharon Denney, CNA; Kalyn Blessing, CNA; and Khris Thexton, superintendent. Wednesday, May 12 is National Nurses Day.

School nurses and certified nursing assistants at Great Bend USD 428 received ROSE Awards (Recognizing Outstanding Support of Education) during Monday’s board of education meeting. The recipients were school Registered Nurses Keshia Causey, Linda Johnson, Libbie Merritt and Emily Young, and CNAs Cadie Cass, Gracie Guereca, Sharon Denney and Kalyn Blessing.

A statement was read by Superintendent Khris Thexton:

“From last March, the nurses for our school district have taken on an extreme burden and have worked above and beyond for students, parents and staff to support everyone in the midst of the pandemic. Nurses have taken on the roles of contact tracing, community health liaison, deliverer of 14-day quarantines, and all of their regular duties. They have done all this with patience and grace, supporting crying students, upset parents, and overwhelmed teachers. They have worked weekends, late into the nights, even on days off when their support was needed. 

“Our nurses have been calm under pressure, cool in the face of adversity and reassuring to so many who this pandemic has negatively impacted. The USD 428 school nurses have truly risen to extraordinary levels in supporting education.”