Frustrated parents and community members packed a White Bear Lake Area Schools board meeting, demanding accountability from Superintendent Wayne Kazmierczak after a 22-year-old was able to enroll at the high school under a false identity.
The Oct. 13 school board meeting highlighted the growing distrust in district leadership as a state lawmaker has called for Kazmierczak’s resignation.
The controversy stems from last month’s arrest of Kelvin Luebke, who allegedly posed as an 18-year-old homeless senior named “KJ” at White Bear Lake Area High School.
Luebke, who was previously booked in the Washington County Jail, faces possible charges related to fraud, forgery, and unlawful conduct with minors, according to White Bear Lake police.
Authorities said Luebke admitted to using a Liberian birth certificate to enroll at White Bear Lake High School, “and has a MN birth certificate.” An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson confirmed to Alpha News that the agency is checking on Luebke’s citizenship status.
The superintendent has stated that Luebke was enrolled under a federal law called the McKinney-Vento Act, which requires schools to admit homeless youth without full documentation.
Teen girls knew something was wrong
A newly filed search warrant application provides new insight into the case, detailing police interviews with several teenage girls who were suspicious of Luebke from the start.
According to the affidavit, Detective Nathan Hook of the White Bear Lake Police Department wrote that “numerous teen girls … had contact with Luebke and were concerned about his advances.”
“Most of the contact was via SnapChat, wherein he tried to befriend girls as young as 14,” the affidavit said. “In most of the White Bear Lake High School cases, the girls rebuffed his advances and requests to hang out, get rides home, or go to their houses, and they blocked him on social media, after feeling badgered or coerced.”
“Some did their own sleuthing and discovered he was not in their peer group which made them uncomfortable and also blocked him,” the filing continued. “They came forward to speak [to police] realizing he was even older than he portrayed when his true identity was revealed via his public arrest information.”
“The girls believed his advances were sexually motivated and reported hearing rumors and seeing information from a juvenile female later identified as C.K.A who told her story on Instagram, warning other girls to stay away from him,” Hook wrote.
The affidavit added: “Open investigations, some of which involve sexual contact with girls under 16 is ongoing. It involves other agencies outside of Ramsey County and White Bear Lake. Luebke’s apparent predatory behavior involves ‘friending’ as many teens as he can, and then targeting girls he’s interested in via social media, some as young as 14, for sexual encounters at parties where alcohol is present.”
“A sex video, likely involving a minor, has been circulated via Luebke to girls in Farmington, and also Mahtomedi high school students, and the victim’s identity is being investigated,” the warrant said.
According to the affidavit, Luebke’s phone was seized “via search warrant and subject to further forensic examination.”
Parents call for accountability
At Monday’s meeting, the superintendent offered no new details on the ongoing investigation, stating, “I do not have any new information to share,” while expressing confidence in enrollment procedures and emphasizing student safety.
Several people spoke at the meeting, including one woman who listed off a series of controversies under the superintendent’s tenure.
“Under Dr. K’s [Kazmierczak’s] watch, this school district has made national headlines five times,” the woman said, citing incidents that included discarded library books in a dumpster in 2020, a racial hoax in 2021, a grading policy change to “combat systemic racism” later that year, a Title IX violation in September 2025, and the recent enrollment breach.
“All families and taxpayers from District 624 should be aware and concerned,” she added.
A former 2024 board candidate highlighted policy ambiguities, linking a “purposeful lack of clarity” to safety risks like the Luebke incident.
“We take a lot of pride in who we are, something we call Bear Pride,” he said. “At the moment, it doesn’t seem like many of us feel very proud … what we’re actually setting up for is not Bear Pride but bare minimum.”
He urged a “holistic overview” of district policies to close “loopholes that perpetrators might try to exploit.”
Board tension and political fallout
The meeting also revealed friction over a possible censure of board member Dan Skaar for social media posts calling for new leadership.
“This incident represents broken trust,” Skaar said in a video message that is no longer available. He said he previously asked for a security assessment of district facilities on Sept. 8, which would include measures to verify “who’s in the building.”
Josh Wicklander, a Hugo resident and parent of former district students, said after the meeting that “just as many school board members” had made similar “inappropriate” comments.
State Rep. Elliott Engen, R-White Bear Township, has called for Kazmierczak’s resignation, saying the incident a “catastrophic lapse” in enrollment protocols.
Engen, whose brother is a junior at the high school, told Alpha News earlier this month that parents are “livid and want answers,” pointing to Kazmierczak’s alleged silence and pattern of controversies.
“Every story consistently points to one main issue: the adults entrusted to lead our schools are incapable of leading effectively,” he said.
Wicklander proposed a performance improvement plan with measurable benchmarks.
“I don’t know if he (Kazmierczak) has to go yet,” Wicklander said. “But I do believe that a PIP [Personal Improvement Plan] needs to be put in place … and if you can’t do it, then we part company and thank him for his years of service.”
Wicklander urged community involvement ahead of school board elections.
“The race on the back of the ballot matters more than the ones on the front,” he said. “Hold them accountable and get involved.”
The school board’s next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 10.
Jenna Gloeb
Jenna Gloeb is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, media producer, public speaker, and screenwriter. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and on-air host for CCX Media. Jenna is a Minnesota native and resides in the Twin Cities with her husband, son, daughter, and two dogs.
