Director District Boundary Changes Proposed
Affects school board elections only, not schools
Clarkston, WA – Every ten years, after each U.S. Census is completed, school districts must review the boundaries of their board of director districts to ensure equitable geographic representation. Clarkston School District is divided into five geographic regions or districts, one for each board seat. Candidates for school board must run for the seat of the director district they live in. By creating five equal director districts, geographic diversity is ensured on the school board. Each position is elected by all district voters, so each of the five directors represents the entire district in their board actions.
These boundaries are completely unrelated to school attendance boundaries: this process will not change any neighborhood school boundaries.
In April 2022, the district contracted with Sammamish Data Systems to develop a proposal for new director district boundaries based on the latest census data. Since the last realignment of director districts, there has been a considerable shift in population growth. Currently, our director districts vary in population from a low of 3,716 in District 1 to a high of 4,014 in District 5.
The proposed new director district boundaries would balance these populations so that all five districts would have approximately 3,825 residents.
| District | Current Population | Population under the proposal |
| 1st | 3,716 | 3,821 |
| 2nd | 3,742 | 3,828 |
| 3rd | 3,733 | 3,810 |
| 4th | 3,918 | 3,837 |
| 5th | 4,014 | 3,827 |
A presentation, public hearing, and potential adoption of this proposal will be held at the November 14, 2022, school board meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Clarkston High School library. Current and proposed maps are available on the district website at: https://www.csdk12.org/page/board.
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