The Jordan School Board developed 14 interview questions to use when it first meets with the six candidates they will interview for the district’s open superintendent position.

The questions range in topic from managerial style and educational beliefs to financial background and negotiations experience.

The board will use the questions along with a ranking form to score each candidate’s answer during the interview process.

The Jordan School Board approved the district’s seniority list at its Monday meeting.

Secretary Laurie Jabs said the staff of the district had seen the list for six months and made only a few minor changes before it was approved.

The Jordan School Board approved the move to paying more for its special education director if the possibility should present itself.

The district pays for 40 percent of its special education director’s salary, with another 40 percent coming from Belle Plaine and 20 percent coming from Montgomery-Lonsdale.

If the option arises, the district would like to increase it’s portion to 50 percent, while Belle Plaine would increase its portion to 50 percent. In this option, Montgomery could share its director with the Minnesota River Valley Special Educational Cooperative.

The Jordan School Board renewed the district’s agreement with Minnesota State University at Mankato to allow student teachers in the district.

The college asks that the board renew the agreement every couple of years, Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich said.

With an already full plate in the coming months, the Jordan School Board voted to postpone its discussion of long-range planning for the district.

Board Member Joe Benko, who wasn’t able to attend the meeting, wrote in his comments that the long-range planning tied into the budget issues the district would be working with in the coming months, and that it needed to be addressed now.

The board voted to move the discussion until May, so that it could still involve Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich, but also involve the district’s new superintendent.

Jordan Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich isn’t receiving the help he had hoped for.

Kauzlarich said the ideas for reducing the district’s operating costs have not been coming in from the public like he expected. As it is, Kauzlarich said, most of the suggestions have been raised internally through the administration.

“From the community, I’m getting nothing in the way of suggestions,” Kauzlarich said.

The Jordan School Board will hear from a representative from Trane about what it can expect in fixing the air quality problems at the elementary school.

The district has already taken some steps to repair the air quality problems, but could be facing replacing the units on the school’s roof in the near future.

“As we put new units up on the roof, we want it to make a difference internally,” Kauzlarich said.

Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich told the Jordan School Board at their meeting Monday that Elementary School Principal Stacy DeCorsey was one of three principals being considered as principal of the year for Minnesota.

The winner will go on to represent the state at a national competition, Kauzlarich said. A winner will be announced in May.

The honor is awarded by DeCorsey’s peers, Kauzlarich said.

Jordan School Board treasurer Deb Pauly spent some time earlier this month training in the district’s financial process with the staff of the district office.

“I was very impressed with the whole procedures,” Pauly said.

Jordan School Board member Jim Donna said the board of the Minnesota River Valley Special Educational Cooperative welcomed two new members at its last meeting.

The board is beginning the search for a new cooperative director, Donna said.