Editing Bushton, Kansas (section)

==Education==
The community is served by [[Central Plains USD 112]] public school district.  Central Plains Middle School was located in Bushton, but closed in 2019.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190612055114/https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Central-Plains-school-district-closing-middle-school-511152801.html Central Plains school district closing middle school; KWCH; June 11, 2019.]</ref>

School unification consolidated Bushton schools into Quivira Heights schools in the 1980s. The Quivira Heights High School mascot was Thunderbirds. Quivira Heights High School closed in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | title = Quivira Heights High School | publisher = Public School Review | url = http://www.publicschoolreview.com/quivira-heights-high-school-profile | accessdate = 3 January 2017}}</ref>

Bushton High School was closed through school unification. The Bushton High School mascot was Trojans.<ref>"Holyrood unable to stop consistent Bushton rush", Great Bend Tribune, 20 October 1974, p.21.</ref>

===Sports===
The Central Plains Oilers won the [[Kansas State High School Activities Association|Kansas State High School]] 8-Man DI football championship in 2014.<ref name="football">{{cite web | title = Football | publisher = KSHSAA | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/History.cfm | accessdate = 3 January 2017 | archive-date = December 20, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220184508/http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/History.cfm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Quivira Heights Thunderbirds won the [[Kansas State High School Activities Association|Kansas State High School]] 8-Man DII football<ref name="football" /> and 1A boys basketball<ref>{{cite web | title = Basketball | publisher = KSHSAA | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/History.cfm | accessdate = 3 January 2017 | archive-date = January 2, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170102171800/http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/History.cfm | url-status = dead }}</ref> championships in 1983.