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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 Minutes

Date: 02/15/2021

Time: 6:30-7:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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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:

Present: Ahmed Abdi, Jerry Sparby, Jemal Farah, Abdirizak Siyad and Hassan Yussuf

Absent: None

  1. Conflict of Interest Declarations
  2. 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)
  3. Executive Director/ Principal Report
    1. Enrollment Report:
    2. Building/Lease update
    3. Other matters
  4. Action Items:
  5. Hiring Executive Director

-A motion to discuss of hiring the Executive Director was made by Ahmed Abdi- the Board Chairman and was seconded by Hassan Yussuf. The board members unanimously agreed it is the best time to hire an Executive Director that will execute the mission and vision of Kandiyohi Academy.

  1. Formation of hiring sub-committee (Roll Call)

-The Members also discussed the formation of sub-committee for hiring the Executive Director. The Board Chairman moved the motion to recruit and appoint members to the hiring committee and

was seconded by Jemal. Ahmed, Jerry and Bryan (Education Consulting Services) to be the hiring subcommittee. All were in favor. The motion carried.

  1. Identifying Official with Authority (IOwA (Roll Call)
  • Hassan made a motion to elect Ahmed Abdi- as Identifying Official with Authority (IOwA). Jerry seconded the motion. All were in favor. The motion carried.
  1. Announce date/ time of next meeting: TBA
  2. Any further business
    1. Public Comment, if any:

None.

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