Great Bend USD 428 held a Back-To-School Celebration for its employees last Thursday. Superintendent Brad Reed told them that Kansas educators – and especially those in Great Bend – can take pride in what they do.Earlier in the week, at Monday’s Board of Education meeting, Reed provided this list of district-wide accomplishments in 2014-2015:1. Restructured the Human Resources Department at the district level to include primary administrative responsibility, consolidation of tasks, and new procedures.2. Contracted with new third-party vendor on HR software and data collection.3. Implemented on-line enrollment district-wide.4. Conducted a comprehensive staffing audit which allowed for staffing upgrades and new programming with a coinciding reduction of four staff positions district-wide.5. Created a new position of ACT/Career Counselor at Great Bend High School.6. USD 428 became a United Way Pacesetter organization by finishing as the fourth highest United Way contributor in the community.7. Increased communication with the community at large using technology, through 12 installments of the “Supe Talk” video magazine.8. Put in place the pieces to administer the One District-One Book program this fall.