The Voice for Greater Minnesota Education continued to grow this membership year as we maintained our focus on advocating for students across rural Minnesota. MREA represents 230 school districts in Greater Minnesota and more than 240,000 K-12 students.
Thank you to these members who joined us this year. Best wishes to our member superintendents moving forward to new opportunities.
New Members
School Districts
Hibbing Schools ISD #701
Maple Lake Schools ISD #881
Mountain Iron-Buhl Schools ISD #1808
Rock Ridge Schools ISD #2909 (merger of Eveleth-Gilbert and Virginia Schools)
Willow River Schools ISD #577
Associates
Circle of Life Academy
Donlar Construction
ISG
Proximity Learning
SitelogIQ
Superintendents Moving On
Thanks for your service and best wishes to these Greater Minnesota superintendents who are moving on to new districts or other opportunities:
Ashby Public Schools, Alan Niemann
Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public Schools, Dale Brandsoy
Breckenridge Public Schools, Diane Cordes
Byron Public Schools, Joey Page
Clearbrook-Gonvick Public Schools, Jeff Burgess
Climax-Shelly Public Schools, Michael Underwood
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Public Schools, Jon Fulton
Cook County Public Schools, Bill Crandall
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Public Schools, Bryan Thygeson
Floodwood Public Schools, Rae Villebrun
Greenway Public Schools, David Pace
Henning Public School, Barry Olson
Houston Public Schools, Krin Abraham
Lac Qui Parle Valley Schools, Greg Schmidt
LaCrescent – Hokah Public School, Kevin Cardille
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Public Schools, Tom Farrell
Lake Park Audubon Public Schools, Paula Henry
Lake Superior Public Schools, Bill Crandall
Lancaster Public Schools, Shannon Hunstad
LeSueur-Henderson Public Schools, Marlene Johnson
Madelia Public Schools, Tom Ames
Martin County West Public Schools, Allison Schmidt
Mesabi East Public Schools, Gregg Allen
Montevideo Public Schools, Luther Heller
Nashwauk-Keewatin Public Schools, Brenda Spartz
New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Public Schools, Dale Carlson
Pequot Lakes Public Schools, Chris Lindholm
Pine City Public Schools, Curt Tryggestad
Sibley East Public Schools, Jim Amsden
Tri-County Public Schools, Ryan Baron
Ulen-Hitterdal Public Schools, Todd Cameron
Wabasso Public Schools, Wade McKittrick
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Public Schools, Eric Pingrey
Contact the MREA Office for more information on joining MREA.
