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 Sheila Bauer attended her first session of financial training as a new board member.

“I learned that I have a lot to learn,” Bauer said.

The Jordan School board held a small ceremony to swear in its two new members Monday.

Scott Erickson was gone during last regular meeting of the board, so he was officially sworn in Monday, while Sheila Bauer had already taken the oath of office of a school board member. She restated the oath with Erickson as part of the ceremony.

Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich said he has seen other schools use the swearing-in ceremony and thought it would be nice to bring to Jordan.

“It’s nice to let people know who the new members are,” he 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:

Jordan School Board member Sheila Bauer was sworn into office Monday night, and the time between her swearing in and reports from board members, Bauer didn’t find much on which to report that the board didn’t already know.

“Nothing yet,” Bauer said.

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.

Two newly elected members of the Jordan School Board took their oaths of office at the board’s first meeting Monday night.

Sheila Bauer and Tammy Will swore in as members of the board through 2011. Bauer is new to the board, while Will is beginning her third term.

Scott Erickson, the third board member elected during the November election, was not at the meeting. He will be sworn in at the next school board meeting, Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich said.