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Board of Directors Meeting Agenda: May 21, 2024

Meeting Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Due to severe weather, tonight’s board meeting will take place online.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84850999572?pwd=RitZUDNRNWxZTTBGZ0ZmWTVIQXdjZz09

  1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Recognition of Visitors and Board Co-Chairs
  2. Conflict of interest check
  3. Approval of the Agenda for this meeting
  4. Read the Nasha Shkola Mission and Vision and Vision:
    • Mission: Nasha Shkola aspires to be a multi-cultural charter school committed to exceptional education in all areas of academic inquiry with an emphasis on Russian Language and Culture, providing structured and responsive learning environment based upon educational best practices for all students and their families.
    • Vision: To be an academically rigorous school preparing students for continued success as motivated learners and global citizens.
  5. Reports
    1. April 2024 Financial Report
    2. Revised Budget FY24
    3. Executive Director report
  6. Consent Agenda
    1. Minutes of April 16, 2024 Board meeting
    2. Financials April, 2024
    3. Revised Budget FY24
  7. Old Business
    1. FY25 planning:
      • Enrollment Projections
      • Budget planning
      • Staffing
      • Vendors & Contractors
      • School Meal Contract (bidding process)
    2. FY25 Academic programming:
      Groves Literacy Partnership
      Intermediate Reading Intervention for grade 4 (in FY25) delivered through GLP
FastBridge (Minnesota READ Act approved literacy screening tool for grades K–3)
      IXL
      Science from Scientists
      TWILL Sports
    3. Board elections 2024.
      Candidates for election:
      Lydia Tonoyan (parent)
      Mark Eilers (community)
  8. New Business
    1. IOwA (Identified Official with Authority) designation for 24-25
      The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) requires that school districts annually designate an Identified Official with Authority to comply with the MNIT Enterprise Identity and Access Management Standard which states that all user access rights to Minnesota state systems must be reviewed and recertified at least annually. The Identified Official with Authority will assign job duties and authorize external user’s access to MDE secure systems for their local education agency (LEA). The Board recommends to authorize Yelena Hardcopf to act as the Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) and add name to act as the IOwA to add and remove names only for Nasha Shkola Charter school 4208-07
    2. Review and update board policies:
      Policy 7.14 Credit Card Use (first reading)
      Policy 8.1 Dissolution and Closure
      Policy 8.2 Complaint Process
      Policy 8.3 Crisis Management
      Policy 8.4 Health and Safety Policy
  9. Other
  10. Adjourn

The Nasha Shkola Board meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM.
The Finance Committee meets at 5:45 PM prior to the board meeting.

About Nasha Shkola

Nasha Shkola — Russian for Our School — is an academically rigorous K-8 charter school, providing a highly-structured learning environment for students interested in Russian language and culture.

Contact Us

    School Info

    Nasha Shkola
    6717 85th Ave North
    Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

    Phone: 763-496-5550
    Fax: 763-424-8520

    School Hours
    Monday – Friday:
    8:30 am – 4:30 pm

    Office Hours
    Monday – Friday:
    8 am – 4 pm