Voters approved a proposal for a 10-year, 19.2491 non-homestead millage by Clarkston Schools and chose Joseph Armstrong as the next member of the Clarkston School Board on May 2.
The millage passed with 2,623 votes for and 1,154 votes against of 3,777 voters, a 69-31 margin. Only 10 percent of approximately 37,140 registered voters in the district turned out for the election.
A 1,997 ? 1,109 victory came for Armstrong, 60, after a quiet campaign against Renata Erickson. Armstong will replace Secretary Sheila Hughes, who did not seek reelection.
Armstrong is a resident of Springfield Township and has lived in the Clarkston area for 30 years. Armstrong and his wife Linda have four children ? Josh, 30; Troy, 28; Rachel, 26 and Tyler, 16. Tyler is currently a junior at Clarkston High School.
Though he lives in the Clarkston area, Armstrong worked as a teacher for the last 34 years at West Bloomfield High School.
Look in future issues of The Clarkston News for more on these results and what they mean for the district.