S.F. City College students, faculty protest impending massive cuts to classes and teachers
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Students exit classes inside the Creative Arts building at City College of San Francisco s Ocean Campus in San Francisco on February 12, 2020.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
City College of San Francisco students and faculty are planning to protest against major cuts to the school’s staff on Thursday night. The proposed cuts follow reports that City College is at risk of insolvency and a takeover by the state because it hasn’t cut its payroll enough to compensate for a huge loss of students.
The demonstration is part of continued pushback to the impending budget cuts, and comes just a few weeks before City College’s trustees are set to vote on cuts to full-time faculty on May 10. Last month, officials sent out 163 layoff warnings to full-time teachers, and expect to lay off an additional 447 part-time teachers for next fall, slashing hundreds of classes in the p
State s fiscal crisis team sounds alarm on the ability of CCSF to stay afloat
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Students enter Cloud Hall through damaged doors at CCSF’s Ocean Campus last February.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Young and old gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday to protest the elimination of hundreds of classes across all disciplines at City College.Nanette Asimov / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Students descend the staircase leading from Science Hall at City College of San Francisco;s Ocean Campus last February.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
City College of San Francisco is at risk of insolvency and a takeover by the state because it has lost control of its payroll expenses, a new report obtained by The Chronicle says.
An Oakland-based community college district may soon be forced to cede power to the state if its Board of Trustees can’t quell concerns about its ability to properly govern the district.
Intervening at the Peralta Community College District, home to four East Bay colleges serving almost 30,000 students, would be a drastic step. Only twice previously has the state chancellor’s office and the systemwide Board of Governors assumed power from a locally-elected governing board: At the City College of San Francisco in 2013 and at Compton College in 2004.
The colleges in Peralta, one of 73 districts in California’s vast 116 community college system, are Laney College and Merritt College in Oakland, Berkeley City College and the College of Alameda.