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HTML

<div class="markerDiv" id="maker_school">
    <label class="marker_label">School</label>
    <input class="marker_ckeckbox" name="markerType" value="school" type="checkbox" />
</div>
<br />

CSS

.markerDiv {
    width:200px;
    background:lightgrey;
}

JavaScript

$(".markerDiv").click(function () {

    if ($(this).find('input:checkbox[name=markerType]').is(":checked")) {

        $(this).find('input:checkbox[name=markerType]').removeAttr("checked");
    } else {
        $(this).find('input:checkbox[name=markerType]').attr("checked", true);
    }


   
});