The Voice for Greater Minnesota Education has continued to grow over the last year to help advocate for our students across rural Minnesota. MREA represents 230 school districts in Greater Minnesota and more than 240,000 K-12 students.

Along with new members, MREA welcomes new superintendents in 41 member districts.

Welcome New Members

School Districts

Hibbing Schools ISD #701
Maple Lake Schools ISD #881
New London-Spicer Schools ISD #345
Nicollet Schools ISD #507
Rock Ridge Schools ISD #2909 (merger of former Eveleth-Gilbert Schools and Virginia Schools)
Royalton Schools ISD #485

Associates

Battelle for Kids
Captivate Media + Consulting
Circle of Life Academy
Donlar Construction
HSR Associates, Inc.
ISG
Itasca Area Schools Collaborative
Minnesota Propane Association
Proximity Learning
SwedeBro
Widseth

Welcome Superintendents

Join us in welcoming new superintendents and those in new school districts this year:

Adrian: Molly Schilling
Alexandria: Rick Sansted
Browns Valley: Carmen Hills
Buffalo Lake-Hector- Stewart: Michelle Mortensen
Carlton: John Engstrom
Deer River: Jeff Pesta
Detroit Lakes: Mark Jenson
Fillmore Central: Heath Olstad
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop: Jeff Horton
Grand Rapids/Bigfork: Matt Grose
Henning: Barry Olson
Hermantown: Wayne Whitwam
Kelliher: Paul Grams
Kenyon-Wanamingo: Bryan Boysen
LeRoy-Ostrander: Jennifer Backer-Johnson
Lewiston-Altura: Gwen Carman
Maple Lake: Mike Rowe
Marshall: Jeremy Williams
McGregor: Brad Johnson
Minnewaska Area: Rick Ellingworth
Moose Lake: Billie Jo Steen
Mora: Dan Voce
Nashwauk-Keewatin: Craig Menozzi
Nett Lake: Peter Hardy
Nicollet: Stephen Malone
North Branch Area: Sara Paul
Ortonville: Cory Larson
Pelican Rapids: Brian Korf
Pine River-Backus: Jonathan Clark
Redwood Area: Becky Cselovszki
Renville County West: Doug Froke
Rock Ridge: Noel Schmidt
Rockford Area: Rhonda Dean
Sauk Rapids-Rice: Bradley Bergstrom
South Koochiching-Rainy River: Jeremy Tammi
St. Clair: Tim Collins
St. James: Steve Heil
Thief River Falls: Donita Stepan
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo: Kirk Thorstenson
Waseca: Eric Hudspith
Watertown-Mayer: Darren Schuler

View all members here.

Contact the MREA Office for more information on joining MREA.