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Kandiyohia Academy Board of Directors

Charter School #4288

1501 College Park Circle NW

Willmar MN 56201

https://www.kandiyohiacademy.org

 

Topic: Board Meeting

Date:  March 22, 2021

Time: 6:30-7:30 PM Central Time

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  1. Call to Order

Reading and Reflection on the school’s Mission Statement: To serve the needs of all its students as they prepare for becoming life-long learners and contributing members of society. KA will utilize best practice in both traditional and STEM curricula as well as effective whole child development to ensure that all children learn to care for others while becoming scientific, technological, and logical thinkers.

  1. Roll call of Directors:

Members present included the following;

  1. Ahmed Abdi- Chairman
  2. Jerry Sparby- Vice Chairman
  3. Abdirizak Siyad- Member
  4. Jemal Farah- Treasurer
  5. Hassan Yussuf- Secretary

For management and Employees:

  • N/A

Absent: N/A

The quorum was met.

  1. Conflict of Interest Declarations

None.

  1. Consent Agenda: The consent agenda consists of routine matters that the Board considers without debate. Any Director may remove an item from the consent agenda and add it to the ACTION ITEMS by requesting removal of the item at the time the consent agenda is moved for approval.  (Roll Call)
  2. Unanimously adopted.
  3. Update from TAG (TheAntonGroup)- Scott Brown

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  1. Chairman’s update and progress
    1. Candidate & Interviews- The hiring subcommittee conducted virtual interviews from four candidates. The Academy’s consultant ( Dr. Bryan) will present a letter of recommendation to the board. The board Members has the ultimate decision to either approve the recommendation for hiring the school executive director.
  2. Bryan Rossi will present letter of recommendation for hiring the Executive Director.
  • Bryan joined the virtual meeting (zoom) and thanked the board members for their work and understanding. He reiterated the work of hiring an Executive Director is not easy decision and the Committee worked hard to find the best candidate who can execute the mission and the vision of the school.
  • Bryan gave a background of the task and work the Committee did-
  1. The committee was comprised of Ahmed Abdi, Jerry Sparby, and myself, Bryan Rossi. We had posted an ad for the Executive Director position with EdPost at St. Cloud State University in January of 2021. Other avenues including word-of-mouth were also employed. As a result, the Committee chose four highly qualified applicants and met with them via Zoom on March 15 and 17 to interview them.
  2. The Committee was very happy with the results of the interviews and after discussion and deliberation, we are pleased to recommend to the Board Abdirahman (Kadar) Abdi for the position of Executive Director of Kandiyohi Academy
  3. Any questions about the process and procedures that the Hiring Committee followed can be directed to me and I will be happy to share those with the Board.
  4. If the Board accepts and acts on this recommendation, the Committee shall consider its work complete and be dissolved. Thank you for your kind attention.
  5. Action Items:
  • Accepting & reviewing recommendations for hiring Executive Director from the hiring committee.

-Ahmed Abdi- The board chair made a motion to accepts and acts on this recommendation, Jerry Sparby seconded the motion. No members opposed, all in favor, motion approved. The board accepted the recommendation and adopted with no amendment.

  • (Roll Call) – All in favor-The motion was adopted unanimously. The new Executive Director is Abdirahman Abdi- (Kadar)

 

  1. Announce date/ time of next meeting:
  • TBA
  1. Any further business:
  • N/A
    1. Public Comment: None

-None.

  1. Adjourn: A motion was made to adjourn the meeting. This was duly seconded and carried unanimously.