WILSON — The Central Plains USD 112 board of education took no action Monday on a request for a Wilson senior day. The senior class plans a day trip to Kansas City, Mo. on May 22, a week after they graduate from high school.

However, concerns were raised about liability issues and the use of a school bus and driver for what is technically a non-school sponsored event. Several board members also raised concerns after they heard the senior class, as a group, recently skipped a day of class, unannounced to teachers and administration, for which they received unexcused absences.

In other business:

• Approval was given to dissolve the Central Plains/Wilson volley ball agreement.

Board member Tony Zink said the agreement worked well. “The only reason I bring that up is if future agreements are needed, we just want to be able to reference back that this went fairly well for all that were involved,” he said.

It was noted that both Central Plains and Wilson now have enough interested students to field individual volleyball teams, and Wilson wants their own team.

• Approval was given to lists of both certified and classified positions for the 2021-22 school year.

• The resignations of Adam Niedens as Wilson School principal and Tristen Denham of Wilson School were approved.

• Sheri Girard was approved for summer lunch delivery, Angie McGuire was approved as a fifth grade teacher at Wilson School and Kyrstyn Kinzie was approved as the junior high cheerleading sponsor at Central Plains Junior-Senior High School.

• Sabrina Bourbon, a second grade teacher at Wilson School, gave a brief presentation on the Wilson reading program known as Cracking the Code.

The program is designed to improve the ability to read complex text by junior high and high school students. Bourbon said this is critical to be better prepared for the ACT and SAT tests. She also said there has been a drop in these reading skills as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bourbon plans to involve a few students this summer in the four week Cracking the Code course.

“Reading is essential,” she said. “I really feel I can make a difference. We need to support our students and their ability to read.”

“I’m excited to see what it brings,” Superintendent Greg Clark said.