By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
ELLSWORTH COUNTY —The 2023 Primary Election may not have garnered much interest across much of Kansas, but an important matter was decided in Central Kansas as voters in USD 112-Central Plains voted overwhelmingly against disorganizing the school district.
According to the Ellsworth County Clerk, there were 1179 no votes and 587 yes votes.
The USD 112 school district will stay the same, keeping the tax rate and schools intact. The district covers portions of five counties, including the communities of Wilson, Holyrood, Bushton, Claflin, Dorrance, Lorraine, Beaver and Odin.
In January, the school board voted to close Wilson Jr. Sr. High School.
Last October, the Wilson High School Future Committee was formed in an effort to keep Wilson High School open. On May 9, the official petition to disorganize the district was filed in Ellsworth County after the USD 112 Board of Education declined a request to keep Wilson High School open for another year.
The results are unofficial until an Aug. 7 canvass.