By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
At last week’s USD 431 Board of Education meeting, school board president Dean Stoskopf said several community members approached him about the disarray of the retaining wall on the east side of the Hoisington High School football field.
USD 431 Superintendent Patrick Crowdis said the wall is not caving in, but it just looks bad. The school district is looking at possible solutions to repair the wall.
"The other thing we have to consider as well is I have to put in an application with the Kansas Historical Society to make that change," said Crowdis. "I'm also going to reach out to the Historical Society to see if there is any grant money that we might be able to utilize. This could be a $50,000 project."
Stoskopf noted the rough appearance of the wall and also the safety issue of children running along the stone wall. Crowdis said he has reached out to one individual that has a masonry background but will contact others to get more estimates.
