Walled Lake Schools touts Schools of Choice File photo Advertisement WALLED LAKE — Since 1996, parents in Michigan have had more flexibility as to where their children attend school. That is when the state’s Schools of Choice program began, and it allows for parents to move their children from one school to another within a given district, as well as to a district in which they don’t reside. Each district decides whether or not it will accept Schools of Choice students. A local one that did opt to allow for the program is the Walled Lake Consolidated School District. According to Judy Evola, the director of community relations and marketing for the WLCSD, Schools of Choice began in the district 19 years ago.