I think we get deemed in terms of the accjc because were not smooth, democracy is not smooth. You have arguments, you have debates, but at the end of the day you come out with an outcome that is justified. Were improving these accelerated skills courses so students who, yes, they did take three, four, five, six semesters to get out of basic skills. Now were going to hopefully see them get out of their basic skills courses a lot faster and that will lead to healthier outcomes. And so while were not perfect and i dont think any institution s we were at least trying to make an institution that is that has Educational Equity as well. But i also get back to the part that you cant have any student equity if you dont have access. There is no achievement to excel in the classroom. applause and, so, you know, the impact in terms of city college of San Francisco is you can demonstrate it. I would love to have an actual economic demonstration Economic Analysis of what that looks like. And id be v
All the students so i will support city college. Please keep open. Thank you. applause im going to call a few more cards. Alvin jah. Renato [speaker not understood]. Gordon mcclellan. Patrick [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. And kabin baras. Okay. Hello, thank you very much for having this meeting. We really need it. My name is holman turner, im a professional photographer. I also teach at city college. Ive done that for the past 17 years. So, ~ somehow i fell in love with students and they fell in love with me. And for months ive been Walking Around as if this was something surreal, that we could actually be thinking about shutting down city college. For months i kept asking myself if the accreditation firm that is seeking to close city college is so interested in the quality of their education, how could they possibly even consider putting 85,000 of them out on the street . The answer, of course, is contained in the question. Only by putting them in the street coul
Think that one service we might not need in terms of prioritization of resources is our real estate department. [laughter] i think we have a pretty good understanding of how valuable city college is in the altruistic part and the monetary part as well. And i dont think were for sale so i dont really need that applause i would just humbly request that we can, you know, shift the resources to other things other than our real estate. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this hearing and opportunity to speak. applause bravo. Thank you [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors. Thank you for having us here and giving us space for this conversation. One of the sad things about losing our locally elected board is that there is now no formal public space for these kind of conversations to happen. It wont be happening at city college for the foreseeable future. And, so, the fact that you all have stepped up and provided the space i think is extremely important. I will
Not need in terms of prioritization of resources is our real estate department. [laughter] i think we have a pretty good understanding of how valuable city college is in the altruistic part and the monetary part as well. And i dont think were for sale so i dont really need that applause i would just humbly request that we can, you know, shift the resources to other things other than our real estate. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this hearing and opportunity to speak. applause bravo. Thank you [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors. Thank you for having us here and giving us space for this conversation. One of the sad things about losing our locally elected board is that there is now no formal public space for these kind of conversations to happen. It wont be happening at city college for the foreseeable future. And, so, the fact that you all have stepped up and provided the space i think is extremely important. I will be brief. You all have been ask
Mayors office being involved with this process, but i do think that one service we might not need in terms of prioritization of resources is our real estate department. [laughter] i think we have a pretty good understanding of how valuable city college is in the altruistic part and the monetary part as well. And i dont think were for sale so i dont really need that applause i would just humbly request that we can, you know, shift the resources to other things other than our real estate. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this hearing and opportunity to speak. applause bravo. Thank you [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors. Thank you for having us here and giving us space for this conversation. One of the sad things about losing our locally elected board is that there is now no formal public space for these kind of conversations to happen. It wont be happening at city college for the foreseeable future. And, so, the fact that you all have stepped up and