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Forest Lake board deadlocks on bundled policy changes after heated debate over legal defense and transparency
Summary
A motion to approve bundled changes to harassment/violence policy 04-25, the district's civil/criminal-assistance policy 12-11, and appointment of legal counsel failed on a 3-3 roll-call after hours of debate about "lawfare," legal review and transparency; members requested a written legal opinion before reconsideration.
The Forest Lake Area School Board debated and ultimately declined to approve a bundled set of policy changes and a legal-counsel appointment after extensive discussion about legal exposure and transparency.
The agenda item combined proposed edits to harassment and violence policy (04-25), a revision of the district's criminal/civil assistance policy (12-11) and a recommendation to appoint school district legal counsel. Board members…
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