By Jessica Steeley
Clarkston News Staff Writer

From 20-25 out-of-district Kindergarten students could soon be joining Clarkston schools.
The Clarkston Board of Education discussed limited open enrollment at their April 17 meeting, allowing a limited number of students into the district for their K-12 education.
“I could get to a limited kindergarten proposal for a couple of reasons,” said  Board Secretary Kelli Horst. “One, it’s welcoming students to our district and our culture and our way of doing things and our standards at a very young age, the youngest age, and so they sort of grow up in Clarkston Schools. I think I could get there and I could even get to allowing siblings to come and pay tuition just to keep a family together.”
Horst opposed general open enrollment, though.
“I don’t think I’ve made it any secret in the last few years about my lack of support for an open school of choice,” she said. “I think it’s expensive, I think it diverts resources, I think it’s a zero sum game when every district is trying to steal from each other. And so moving toward that kind of model is nothing I’m particularly interested in.”
Board President Steve Hyer said they have some time to discuss the issue before they have to make a decision.
“If it didn’t work or we decided to try it and it went south, we could immediately eliminate that the next year,” Hyer said.
There was no proposal or action taken, it was only a discussion item amongst the board.