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Mark Gridley appears at his competency hearing Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Douglas County District Court.

A speech pathologist accused of molesting multiple students at Prairie Park Elementary School has bonded out of jail after his bond was reduced Monday from $1.5 million to $750,000.

Mark Gridley, 61, posted the reduced bond and was released from the Douglas County Jail Thursday. He is required to have GPS monitoring and had to surrender his passport as part of his bond conditions. He is also prohibited from entering any school grounds in Douglas County.

Gridley, who had been in jail for the past six months, since his arrest on Feb. 8, is accused of sexually abusing seven children under the guise of providing speech and language therapy.