The sun shined on the practice field on Friday afternoon as the girls from the varsity soccer team prepared for their first game. A strong wind blew in to give the girls another component besides Waterford Mott to get ready for this week. ‘I am excited for the team to start,? said Sarah Wasilk, head […]
Eva Hernandez-Rosas held up the crayfish to her classmates in her group. They observed how their crayfish responded and put it back down into the basin and wrote down what they saw. Around them Andersonville Elementary fourth-graders were doing the same thing in Kelly Willard’s class. The students were learning about the structures of life […]
For more than a month, March 22 was billed as the time school board members could make their mark on a list of 119 budget cut items. It wasn’t much. The Clarkston Board of Education voted 5-1 at Monday’s meeting to approve the entire list, cutting $10 million. ‘The items are brought forth from administration […]
Deciding $13 million in budget cuts is too deep, Clarkston Schools are opening its savings account. ‘We are relaxing the zero deficit parameter,? said Steve Hyer, president of Clarkston Board of Education during the board’s special meeting on March 15. The board voted unanimously to have a $2.7 million deficit for the 2011 fiscal year. […]
I have noticed a trend and after talking to quite a few people througout the community during the last week – it’s not just me. Since Clarkston Board of Education Trustee Rosalie Lieblang filed a Freedom of Information Act request in February the board members now go through President Steve Hyer to get information or […]
Deciding $13 million in budget cuts is too deep, Clarkston Schools are opening its savings account. ‘We are relaxing the zero deficit parameter,? said Steve Hyer, president of Clarkston Board of Education during the board’s special meeting on March 15. The board voted unanimously to have a $2.7 million deficit for the 2011 fiscal year. […]
The Wolves? Jungle put their plan to action as Clarkston took a time out, less than two minutes to go in the final round of district playoffs. They chanted ‘just like football? as they stared at Lake Orion’s student section, reminding their opponents of Clarkston’s other big game against them. Senior Tyler Scarlett admitted the […]
A thought on senior Jordan Zendejas? mind for three years has been the state championship in diving. After his first visit in his sophomore year he has focused his training on it. Last year he missed it – placing sixth. On his final visit to the MHSAA State Finals he was victorious – taking the […]
Applause and cheers erupted throughout the Clarkston Junior High School auditorium Monday night, as Trustee Joan Patterson finished her comment. She had just addressed administration on an issue bothering her since $13 million in cuts to the school budget came up this past January. ‘I want to respectfully disagree on your analysis,? she said. ‘Over […]
For weeks Meredith Clark and her roommate have been collecting socks and various school supplies. The 2007 Clarkston grad volunteered to spend her winter break with Central Michigan University’s Volunteer Alternative Breaks program. She spent her days with 11 CMU students at the Internation Community School in Atlanta, Georgia helping in the language arts support […]