Concern Grows Over C-K Students Attending Out-of-District Schools

The public comment portion of school board meetings gives citizens the chance to bring issues to the board’s attention, and at its Sept. 13 meeting, the Claysburg-Kimmel School Board learned of a concern about district students enrolling in other schools to play sports.

Claysburg resident Chris Burket told the board that there are multiple families in the district who are sending one of their kids to a neighboring school district while a sibling attends Claysburg.

“Most of these instances are because of extra-curricular activities,” Burket said.

Burket said the daughters of these fam...