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Cloquet board hears update on Northern Lakes Academy facility options, seeks legislative help for any new build
Summary
Superintendent briefed the board on Northern Lakes Academy operating across two sites, the cooperative’s inability to self-fund a new facility, and ongoing lobbying for legislative bonding to cover roughly half of construction costs; no formal decision was made.
Superintendent Dr. Michael Carey told the Cloquet Public School District board on Oct. 13 that Northern Lakes Academy (NLA) continues to operate across two sites, a setup the district and cooperative view as administratively difficult and suboptimal for special education programming. He said the cooperative has a facility subcommittee that has explored using existing regional facilities or building a new site, but that the member districts lack the tax base to…
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