Forest Lake board OKs applicant form, Nov. 20 deadline for filling vacancy after Haglund resignation

The Forest Lake Public School District board approved an application and timeline Oct. 30 to fill the vacancy left by the Oct. 24 resignation of board member Luke Haglund.

The board voted to use a Minnesota School Boards Association model application, with local edits. The application will ask applicants to provide a professional resume if possible or "recent pertinent work or volunteer experience," will replace an individual board member’s contact information with the district email address for board inquiries, and will include a brief data-privacy notice referencing Minnesota statute 13.601 that explains which application fields are public data.

Board Chair said the template "came largely from the Minnesota School Boards Association," and that Superintendent Doctor Massey and board members helped adapt it for local use. The board approved the application by voice vote after several members asked the document be amended to make a resume optional and to add language asking applicants to describe community involvement and volunteer experience.

The board also confirmed…