Filling virtually every vacant teaching spot before the first day of school is no easy task, but Great Bend USD 428 was able to do it, Superintendent Brad Reed said.There are 35 new employees this year. USD 428’s public relations director Jennifer Schartz asked all of them to share some information about themselves. While each teacher could be the subject of a story, we’ve included just a bit about each of them here: Stacy Novak has been assigned to Lincoln Elementary as the English Language Arts instructional coach.