# October 22, 2026 - School Board Meeting of Forest Lake Area Schools


**Body:** FL Boardroom
**Date:** October 21, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure


The Forest Lake Area Schools Board meeting on October 22, 2026, included two procurement-related actions. The board approved a joint powers agreement with Forest Lake, Fridley, Centennial, and Chisago schools to combine purchasing volume for nutrition-services food supplies. Forest Lake will administer the process, and the district expects to seek approval to issue an RFQ in November for a prime vendor; Lakes Foods is the current vendor, with other suppliers potentially invited to compete. Each district will place and pay for its own orders, with no shared financial obligation among districts. The board also approved permission to bid the Forest View Elementary project, planned across two summers, including windows, roofing, doors, mechanical systems, flooring, and lighting. The bid notice is expected to appear in the Pioneer Press in early November. No project cost or contract award was stated.

The board also discussed rising diesel fuel prices and the district’s participation in a state fuel contract; staff offered to provide more details on the contract’s price protections and timing. Other reports covered Wyoming Elementary renovations completed with bond and long-term facility-maintenance funding, audits, enrollment, and a possible change to the self-insured employee health plan to cover cochlear implants, which remains under review. The board approved the consent agenda and the two procurement actions; no vendor selection or spending amount was reported.

**Source:** FL Boardroom