School Board

Membership on the School Board requires attendance at a variety of meetings held every month as well as participation on district committees and community group assignments. Unless otherwise allowable under state statute, all School Board Meetings must be open to the public so that the public has the opportunity to see and hear all discussion, testimony and vote. Regular meetings are held in the District Board Room located at 29678 Karmel Ave, Chisago City.

Minnesota School Boards Association School Board Meeting Guidance

Live Streaming

Regular meetings of the School Board will be live streamed on the district's YouTube channel. Click the link on the link to be re-directed to our YouTube page. 
 

Regular Board Meetings

The School Board holds official meetings open to the public in the District Office Board Room located at 29678 Karmel Ave, Chisago City.
 

Special Board Meetings

Special Board meetings are scheduled as needed and are open to the public. 
 

Closed Meetings

The School Board occasionally holds closed meetings, where the public is not present. Closed meetings can only be held for specific purposes under Minnesota State law, such as labor negotiations or to protect employee privacy or student data. 

Individual School Board members are assigned to serve on board and district committees, as board liaisons to Chisago Lakes schools and programs, and as district representatives on local and state educational organization committees and task forces. 

Click here to view the 2024 School Board committee assignments

School Board members welcome questions and conversations related to governing the District. Board members actively participate in many areas throughout the community, including attending advisory council meetings, serving on committees and attending school and community meetings and events. Board members welcome invitations to your events and will make an effort to attend.

There are formal and informal opportunities to communicate with the School Board as a whole, as well as with individual Board members.

• Email: If you wish to communicate with the Board, please use their individual emails linked above.
• Personal Meetings: Constituents who wish to meet with individual School Board members may arrange to do so by contacting individual members.
• Public Meetings: The Board meets at least monthly to conduct business and provide opportunities for public input.

The purpose of the Open Forum is singular time when a citizen is provided an opportunity for citizens to address the Chisago Lakes School Board on an item included in the school board meeting agenda. During Open Forum, the school boards’ role is just to listen, gather information, and allow administration to follow-up on the items.

Citizens who would like to address the board on a topic on the meeting agenda may email Michelle Kleist, Director of Community Engagement &  Outreach, at communications@isd2144.org  by 3:00 pm the day before the meeting.  Please include your full name, the agenda item you wish to speak to and your question or comment on the agenda item in the email.  Only those persons who have sent a request to address the board prior to 3:00 pm the day before the meeting will be allowed to speak during Open Forum.

Any discussion involving personnel, data privacy, comments that slander, or any violations to state or federal law is prohibited.  
 

Additional information about open forum from members of the audience: 

• Total time allotted for Open Forum is 15 minutes
• Each individual will be allowed to speak a maximum of three (3) minutes
• If more than one person is addressing the same topic, the School Board requests one spokesperson to speak on behalf of the group
• An individual speaker should not restate information from previous speakers
• All public participation must be in accordance with School Board Policy 206, School Board – Public Participation in School Board Meetings/Complaints About Persons at School Board Meetings and Data Privacy Considerations. Public complaints about individual Board members, employees or students must be submitted in writing in accordance with this policy. The Board Chair has the authority to terminate the remarks of any person who violates this policy
• There will be no Board discussion on the issues presented