Clarkston Community Schools received life-saving lessons that may have been unimaginable a few decades ago.

CLARKSTON, Mich. – Clarkston Community Schools says it has 35 positive COVID-19 cases in the school district and hundreds of staff in students in quarantine. Because of that, and a recommendation from the health division, all Clarkston Community Schools will be shifting to distance learning. “The virus rates in our community continue to rise exponentially, and what we are experiencing as a district is a reflection of this,” Clarkston Community Schools Superintendent Shawn Ryan said. Because of that advisory all face-to-face instruction in all buildings is paused and the schools will transition to distance learning. Click here to learn more about the distance learning school schedules.

CLARKSTON, Mich. – With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic still having a big impact in the Metro Detroit community, some school districts are pushing ahead. They’re making a gradual return to in-person learning. The Clarkston school district is slowly welcoming students back to school. The district of 7,200 students and 400 teachers has an intricate schedule that has the youngest coming back first. COVID-19 has managed to do what years of trying to has not -- and that is forcing smaller class sizes.

CLARKSTON, Mich. Students at Clarkston Community Schools helped a single mother who couldnt afford to get her roof replaced. The Clarkston Construction Tech Student Builders teamed up with community partners to help Dawn Pineda. Depending on which way the rain was coming, it was leaking in one spot, and if the rain came another way, it was coming in another spot, so it was very stressful, Pineda said. Pineda said she works full-time to pay her bills and there was no way she could afford to replace the roof. Roofer Terry Burr, the Clarkston Community Church Handy Ministry, the Great Lakes Ace Hardware on Sashabaw Road and My Habitat Clarkston helped the students with the project.