Lake Superior School District looks to funding changes, consultants for next year
Lake Superior schools hired the Costin Group and now face a November funding vote that could raise state aid without new taxes.
The Lake Superior School District voted unanimously on June 9 to bring in the Costin Group as consultants. Superintendent Gina Kleive backed the move. The district also faces a November ballot question on the state Permanent School Fund.
Jeff Anderson, an Ely native who lives in Duluth, represented the Costin Group and pointed to recent work in northeastern Minnesota, including the Minerals Article tied to Mesabi Metallics. He also pointed to Gov. Tim Walz’s regulatory framework for helium production, which gives Cook, Lake and St. Louis counties benefits and protections connected to Pulsar’s Topaz Project.
The November vote would update the Permanent School Fund so it can distribute more money to school districts while remaining sustainable. Leaving the question blank counts as a no. The proposal carries no cost to taxpayers.
The board approved continued membership for Two Harbors High School and William Kelley High School in the Minnesota State High School League and renewed its contract with ARCC, the Arrowhead Regional Computing Consortium, for the next school year. The board received its annual Q Comp report and accepted grants and donations, and discussed a grievance involving two teachers each covering roughly half of a classroom split during a third teacher’s leave of absence.
Four school board seats are on the November ballot, with Steve VanHouse, Tracy Tiboni, Dean Korri and Jeff Radle all due for reelection. Anyone seeking one of those seats will have to file affidavits of candidacy between July 14 and July 28.
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