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Superintendent says district reviewed enrollment procedures after fraudulent enrollment; investigation ongoing
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Kazmierczak told the White Bear Lake Area Schools board the district revoked a fraudulent enrollment, has reviewed enrollment procedures and is limited in what it can disclose while the investigation and privacy constraints continue.
The White Bear Lake Area Schools superintendent, Dr. Kazmierczak, told the school board that the district revoked an individual’s enrollment after investigators concluded the enrollment was fraudulent and that the district has reviewed its enrollment procedures.
Dr. Kazmierczak said the investigation is ongoing and that the district is “confident our processes are as strong as they can be under state and federal law.” He urged patience, noting that “details cannot be shared as quickly or as fully as people might wish” because of data privacy rules and the open investigation.
The superintendent thanked “students, families and staff members who came forward with information that led to our initial investigation and swift action to revoke the individual's enrollment,” and said student safety and maintaining a secure learning environment remain the district’s top priorities.
Board discussion included two proposed motions related to public engagement and enrollment oversight. A board member proposed suspending the public-forum lottery and extending the public forum by 30 minutes; that motion failed for lack of a second. A separate motion to add an agenda item asking staff to report “what actions the school district has done to mitigate the risk to our students at the high school due to this enrollment process” also failed for lack of a second. Those failed motions were raised during the agenda-approval portion of the meeting and did not result in formal direction to staff.
The board chair, Chair Arcand, and multiple board members emphasized that the district must balance transparency with legal limits on sharing student and personnel data.
No additional factual details about the fraudulent enrollment — such as the individual’s name, the school involved, or dates beyond the two-week review period referenced by a board member — were provided during the public meeting.
The board took no formal vote that changed district enrollment policy at this meeting; the superintendent said the district has reviewed procedures and believes them to be strong within legal constraints.
The board will consider other items at future meetings; the superintendent said the district will be “as transparent as possible within the limits of data privacy laws and the ongoing investigation.”
