The Forest Lake Area School Board voted 6-1 the evening of April 20 to name Steve Massey, the current principal of the Forest Lake Area High School, the next superintendent of Forest Lake Area Schools. The naming of Massey to the position is the culmination of a process that began in December 2016, when current superintendent Linda Madsen announced that she’d be retiring in July of this year.
The school board held a second interview of its final three candidates – Massey, Century Junior High Principal John-Paul “JP” Jacobson, and Cambridge-Isanti Schools Director of Teaching and Learning Gregory Winter – on April 19, and during the board’s regular April 20 meeting, members discussed the strongest qualities of each candidate. Though the board cited many positive aspects about Winter, including his past superintendent tenure and his experience with successful bond campaigns, when asked to state their preference, all of the members selected one
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