We are in the process of gathering bids for special education contracted services for next year at North Lakes Academy, a K-12 Charter School in Forest Lake, in its 25th year of operation.

We are interested in bids from our current providers, as well as additional providers who might be interested in serving our school, in order to fulfill the required bid process. The new procurement law requires that bids of over $25,000 now must be approved by the board.

 

We are looking for services in the following areas, with approximate service needs: 

• Speech Language Pathologist 1.0 FTE

• Occupational Therapist, REgistered  .7 to .9 FTE

• School Psychologist - 10 hours/week

• Due Process (primarily evaluations) - 2 days/week

• DAPE teacher - less than 1 day/week

• DHH teacher - 2 hours/week

• Audiology - minimal

• PI consultant - only needed if we get different students next year

• PT - only needed if we get different students next year

• ECSE consult - 1.5 hours/week

• Licensed School Nurse (general ed. also) - 8 hours/week

 

Please complete the GOOGLE FORM  to express your interest in working with North Lakes Academy in Forest Lake next year. You may include multiple services in one bid, if your company offers this. However please complete separate forms for each service if the details are different for each service.  Bids will be reviewed March 24, 2025.

 

If you need more details about the amount of time that is needed, or have other questions about the school, please contact Kori Ryan (kryan@indigoed.org) or Todd Nesvold (tnesvold@northlakesacademy.org).