The Centralia High School Board of Education Thursday night has set graduation and the last day of school. Graduation will be held on Sunday, May 22 at 2 p.m. and the last day of school for students will be May 20th. A teacher’s institute will close the school year on May 23rd.
The board was told a number of other end-of-school-year events have also been set. Prom is scheduled for April 23. The IHSA Band and Choir event April 8 and 9; PSAT/SAT/Senior Career Fair April 13; Spring Break April 14 through 18; and National Honor Society induction April 27.
In other action the board:
Approved the annual IHSA agreement; moved to spend $12,815 for replacement of fire safety equipment; changed the April board meeting from 7 to 5 p.m. April 28; and approved the 2022-23 school calendar. The school year for students will start on August 17th. There will be a two-week Christmas break from December 22nd through January 4th. There is a four-day spring break.
Moved to employ: Ben Alli as a full-time annex security guard effective March 16, 2022; Isaac Wright as a full-time annex aide effective March 16, 2022; Ikenya Margrum as a full-time annex aide effective April 4, 2022; Callie Jackson as a volunteer assistant girls’ softball coach for the 2021-2022 school year; Lundyn Waith as assistant girls’ soccer coach for the 2021-2022 school year; and Gregory Graves as full-time annex aide effective April 7, 2022.
