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.

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.

The Jordan School Board held its first meeting of 2008 Monday, and the first order of business was to set the board officers and reorganize the board.

Dan Buresh was selected as the board chairman, replacing Ira Beckman. Jim Donna was named the vice chairman. Tammy will was named as the board clerk, replacing Bob Vollbrecht. Deb Pauly was named as the treasurer, Will’s previous position.

Here is a list of the committee assignments of each board member:

The Minnesota River Valley Special Education Cooperative (MRVSEC) has finalized a contract with its employees.

Jordan School Board Member Jim Donna, who represents the district on the MRVSEC board, said the contract negotiations took several meetings.

Donna has tried to get the minutes from the MRVSEC meetings sent to the members of the Jordan School Board so that they will better know what’s happening in the cooperative.

During their first meeting of the new year – and the first meeting with Sheila Bauer as an elected official – the members of the Jordan School Board took some time to introduce themselves to their fellow members and to the public through the video camera.

Joe Benko asked for the introductions, and he started things off.

He is a retired educator who drives a school bus for the district, which offers him a fun chance to get to know the kids and to get to know the district better.

Jim Donna and his family moved to Sand Creek Township in 1978.

Jordan School Board Member Jim Donna said the Minnesota River Valley Special Educational Cooperative (MRVSEC) is working on a remodeling project at its Shakopee building.