Forest Lake school board deadlocks on filling vacancy, holding up other business

Forest Lake school board deadlocks on filling vacancy, holding up other business

The Forest Lake Area School Board met for nearly eight hours Thursday night and Friday morning, but remains deadlocked 3-3 in the picking of a new school board member. The lack of a majority vote in favor of any of the candidates meant that all of the agenda items that followed were not resolved either. That means bills were not paid, the levy was not certified, and the audit was not accepted. When three board members, Gail Theisen, Jill Christe…