Jon Costas

Last week's Valparaiso mayoral election will leave a vacancy on the Valparaiso Community School Board, and some community members already have ideas of who should fill it. Jon Costas will have to give up his school board seat when he returns to the mayor's office in January.

Republican Jon Costas will have to work with a majority Democrat city council when he returns to the mayor's office. Costas was victorious over Democrat Hannah Trueblood with 58 percent of the vote.

Valparaiso continues to attract young families, judging by the latest school enrollment data. The September count showed that Valparaiso Community Schools had about 6,471 students, 64 more than last September.