Lakes International provides a choice within the public school system for parents and students. We are held accountable for student results and fiscal responsibility by the Minnesota Department of Education. Our parents, teachers, and staff elect the school board, and the school is managed as an independent school district (#4116). "We must strengthen public education by empowering parents with choice¡The world is moving toward more choice, not less. Our education system must change to reflect these times-for all parents and all education, from all income levels."