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San Francisco City College to get special trustee
City College of San Francisco is out to prove that even a behemoth can be nimble when being chased by a predator. Late Thursday afternoon, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors approved CCSF’s voluntary request for a special trustee to help the country’s largest community college hold on to its accreditation. The application is online, the deadline to apply is Tuesday, October 9, and interviews begin next week. Acting Chancellor Erik Skinner wants the job … Read entire article »
Filed under: California Colleges, Community Colleges, Featured, Reporting & Analysis
Agency prescribes SF City College trustees tough medicine
San Francisco City College trustees appeared grateful, albeit somber, last night as they listened to a lengthy assessment of the college district’s finances and heard tough recommendations on how to stave off insolvency and keep from losing its accreditation. “Thank you for an extremely comprehensive and extremely depressing report,” said trustee Rodrigo Santos, just half-heartedly in jest. In a 150-page report, the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) warned that CCSF is in “a perilous financial position,” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Community Colleges, Featured, Reporting & Analysis
Report finds San Francisco City College in financial peril
City College of San Francisco, is in a “perilous financial position,” according to an independent analysis conducted by the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) and released today by City College. FCMAT, a state agency that provides emergency oversight, criticized City College’s financial and management decisions, including “granting salary increases and generous benefits with no discernible means to pay for them” and using “temporary one-time measures to mitigate its operating deficits, thus deferring difficult decisions to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Community Colleges, Featured, Reporting & Analysis
Despite perilous finances, state laws help schools avert insolvency
Despite having to endure the worst economic crisis in almost a century, only a small number of school districts in California are officially designated as financially troubled. In a report issued by the California Department of Education, seven districts — including Inglewood Unified near Los Angeles, Paso Robles Joint Unified in San Luis Obispo County, and Vallejo City Unified north of San Francisco — have received a “negative certfication,” meaning that “based on current projections” a school district … Read entire article »
Filed under: Reporting & Analysis
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