Submitted photoJoe Kiesling recently petitioned for his property, the location of which is circled on this map, to be annexed into the Mahtomedi school district. His neighbors to the south and directly across the street are already in that district and he wants to see his grandchildren join the other neighborhood kids in the Mahtomedi schools. The Forest Lake Area School Board denied the request.
A detachment request filed by a resident who lives on the border of the Forest Lake and Mahtomedi school districts was a source of some controversy Sept. 8 as school board members questioned, discussed, and ultimately denied the measure.
Joe Kiesling lives on Homestead Ave. N. in Hugo and his property is in the Forest Lake Area School District, albeit right on the line. Several houses to the south of the Kiesling property as well as directly across the street are in the Mahtomedi Public School District.
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