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Forest Lake board directs administration to model elementary attendance-boundary adjustments
Summary
The Forest Lake Area School Board voted to direct district staff to research and model possible elementary-school boundary changes aimed at balancing enrollment across neighborhood schools; administration will return with scope and timeline focused toward the 2026–27 school year.
The Forest Lake Area School Board on Jan. 8 directed district administration to begin research and modeling for possible adjustments to elementary school attendance boundaries, aimed at evening out enrollment and strengthening neighborhood elementary schools.
Administration said demographic shifts and recent changes — including movement of sixth grade into middle school and consolidation of Forest Lake and Forest View elementary programs — left some schools projected to shrink and others to grow. Superintendent David Massey told the board that current projections show notable declines at Scandia and steadier or growing enrollment at other…
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