Abdi is running for Mankato (ISD 77) School Board. His community involvements include membership on the Region Nine Development Commission, Mankato Public Safety Advisory Board, Blue Earth County Child Protection Advisory Board, and Habitat for Humanity Family Selection Committee. He has been instrumental in improving English as a 2nd language educational programs in the Mankato school district, is a leader of the Mankato Somali community and a trusted friend to many in greater Mankato.
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Abdi wins!
Sabrie joins incumbents on Mankato school board
Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 8:00 am
By Trey Mewes tmewes@mankatofreepress.com
MANKATO — Abdi Sabrie knocked on a lot of doors over the past few weeks as a candidate for one of four open Mankato Area Public Schools Board seats. His daughter, Sarah Sabrie, 8, went with him through several neighborhoods.
Abdi was on his third campaign for a school board seat and really didn't want to disappoint Sarah.
"I wouldn't be able to live with her," he said with a laugh Tuesday night at the district's election gathering inside the Intergovernmental Center. "She door-knocked with me a lot and she had to deal with some dogs."
Dad came through in the Sabrie family — Abdi joins Ann Hendricks, Judi Brandon and Sara Hansen as Mankato's newest school board members. Sabrie was the only non-incumbent to be elected to a board seat Tuesday, and is the first Somali immigrant elected to Mankato's school board.
"Being an immigrant is not a barrier," Sabrie said. "That point has been proven tonight."
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