(The Oakland Press/TIM THOMPSON) Clarkston Junior High School on Waldon Road in Clarkston was used to film an HBO TV show pilot that has caused some concerns in the district.

If the HBO pilot, “Hung,” makes it to the TV screen, local viewers may recognize some scenes shot at Clarkston Junior High School.

The recent filming at the school raised some eyebrows after Internet reports described the show’s storyline as being about a well-endowed middle-aged man.

“All they did was tape in a locker room, gym and one classroom,” said Anita Banach, communication coordinator for the Clarkston school district. “Everything they taped was very appropriate.”

The main character of the dark-comedy reportedly plays a high school athletic coach who was a sports legend during his own days as a high school student. Battling the woes of middle age eventually leads him to better his life by making use of his physical gift — at least that’s what the Internet reports are saying.

Internet reports also released that the pilot’s name — unknown to the school district at the time of filming — has appropriately been coined, “Hung.”

“What’s surfacing on the Internet is far worse than what the show is about,” Banach said.

Officials at the district did review the script for the scenes being shot at the junior high school and were given the premise of the story.

Though details can’t be released, Banach said the script was both appropriate and followed exactly during filming.

“We had staff members there the whole time and the extras, some of whom were our students, were both adults and kids and all of them seemed to think it was fun and worth doing,” Banach said.

Following the Internet rumors, the district received only one phone call of complaint, Banach said.

“And I spoke to several others calling to say, ‘My child went, I was there the entire time and it wasn’t as bad as people are making it out to seem,’” Banach said.

Despite the racy storyline being circulated online, the show also has been portrayed as a creative comedy that won’t include nudity.

“Internally, we take pride in our work and in our buildings and never want to jeopardize or hurt the reputation of our district,” Banach said. “We had no reason to anticipate anything that would create any community attention.”

If the HBO pilot sees the light of day, it’ll likely be hard to pick out which scenes were shot in Clarkston.

“The school is not mentioned by name, nor is the exterior of the school ever seen,” said a spokesperson for HBO, who declined to give any details about the show’s content.

HBO policy does not allow details to be released about pilots because it is unknown if they will air.

A decision about whether this particular pilot program will get TV time will likely be made within two or three months.

“Unfortunately, there is some misinformation being circulated due to the Internet,” confirmed the spokesperson, though she did not elaborate.

HBO followed the school’s facility rental guidelines, though they paid more for the rental than the usual nonprofit groups, such as churches and recreation leagues.

The school charged $10,000 for HBO’s use of the school on Sept. 13 and also billed them for staff time in the amount of $4,700.

“They came to us completely unsolicited,” Banach said. “We’ve heard of plenty of cases in which this becomes a revenue stream — I’m referring to out-of-state examples — but I don’t anticipate us doing any soliciting.”

This is the first time the school has been approached for the filming of a pilot. Banach predicts that the state’s tax incentives for filming will continue to draw more producers to the Michigan.

“My impression on why we chose to shoot in Michigan is that while the incentives were part of the reason we were there, the story is set on a lake in the Midwest and (Clarkston) was the best location,” said the HBO spokesperson. “The tax breaks were an added benefit.”