Suring Superintendent Kelly Casper made her initial appearance on six counts of false imprisonment related to the Jan. 18 strip searches of students for vaping devices or cartridges. Casper, who was placed on paid administrative leave March 2 after a special meeting of the Suring School Board, was surrounded in court by more than 40 people who attended the hearing in her support. District Attorney Edward Burke asked Judge Michael T. Judge to set a $5,000 signature bond for Casper, 51, of Coleman, and that she has no contact with the students or their parents. Judge ordered the signature bond and the conditions, also set April 28 for a hearing on a motion to dismiss the charges made by Casper’s attorney. The girls were between the ages of 14-17 at the time. The district is currently being led by former Shawano and Gillett superintendent Todd Carlson, who was named interim superintendent.
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