Gearing up to face St. Peter
Ranked with Belle Plaine
Section warmup features familiar foes, before potential match against No. 2 seed
Jaguars go into big tournament tied with Belle Plaine at No. 4 in state rankings
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Officials iron out details of new library Clinic, senior housing in mix, but no pharmacy or museum – yet BY MATHIAS BADEN editor@jordannews.com
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Urban Works Architecture of Minneapolis developed a rendering of the facades of the proposed library, medical clinic and senior housing site in Jordan.
Don’t pin your hopes on a pharmacy or a museum coming to Jordan in conjunction with a proposed library, medical clinic and senior housing. Developers and operators are committed to three of the four proposed elements to a proposed site development in the Whispering Meadows business district, near Riverland Bank and the Triangle business district. The pharmacy is left up to St. Francis Regional Medical Center,
READ A RELATED STORY ON THE FORMATION OF A LIBRARY TASK FORCE ON PAGE 3
and the suggestion for a museum might be on the shoulders of a committee reviewing plans for a new library. Jordan and Scott County officials, along with Dunbar Development of Minneapolis, are ironing out the details of the proposal. The Jordan City Council reviewed but did not need to vote on the sketch plan for
the Scott County Community Development Agency’s property near the intersection of Seville Drive and Creek Lane. There, the proposal consists of 50 housing units on four stories, an 8,000-square-foot library with high ceilings and some meeting rooms, a 5,000-square foot clinic run by St. Francis Regional Medical Center, and a 2,000-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-through. “It is a work in progress,” said Frank Dunbar, president. “… We have not heard back from the pharmacist.”
Library to page 3 ®
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
State says district failed, but there’s a bright side
HOMECOMING ROCKS
While AYP list represents mixed bag for Jordan schools, scores keep improving BY DAVID SCHUELLER dschueller@swpub.com
It’s not all bad news when it comes to Jordan Public Schools and this year’s list of schools failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP). Jordan Middle School, which did not make AYP last year, did make AYP this year. “Their reading (scores) across the board went up, but particularly for those groups that are struggling,
PHOTOS BY DAVID SCHUELLER
Above – Cody Gavert (left), Dmitri Markham, Joel St. Martin, Nate Beckman and John Hiegel play during the homecoming parade.
they implemented a (Response to Intervention) program for remedial readers that has been remarkably successful,” Curriculum Director Carol Lagergren said. As for the rest of the district, Jordan High School, as well as the Jordan district, did not make AYP. Jordan Elementary School made AY P for the second consecutive year.
AYP to page 5 ®
HEFTY SUM FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Below – Jordan Middle School students, mostly from the sixth grade, show their spirit before the homecoming parade on Friday, Sept. 30.
PHOTO BY TODD ABELN
FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM HOMECOMING, TURN TO PAGE 5 OR GO ONLINE TO JORDANNEWS.COM
Fans at the Jordan High School homecoming football game saw a huge check, denoting a $40,000 donation for the Dollars for Scholars program. The money, donated from the Virginia Habegger estate, will be used for scholarships for students’ postsecondary educations. Jordan attorney Jim Terwedo presented the check to Jordan High School Guidance Counselor Robin Whiteside (left), Jordan High School Principal Barb McNulty, and Jordan Public Schools Superintendent Kirk Nelson.
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