CCSF withdraws 23.5% pay raise for executive amid outrage at the financially troubled college
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Rally organizers hold sign board effigies of the CCSF trustee members who have shown support for massive cuts to the college during a rally opposing the cuts hosted by the CCSF Student Collective, and for AAPI and Black solidarity at Mission High School in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May 6, 2021.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
City College of San Francisco trustees said Monday they will no longer consider paying their interim chancellor a $20,000 bonus on top of his regular $340,000 salary, a move that students and faculty strongly opposed.
CCSF seeks 23.5% raise for executive as faculty take steep pay cuts during fiscal crisis
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Rally organizers hold sign board effigies of the CCSF trustee members who have shown support for massive cuts to the college during a rally opposing the cuts hosted by the CCSF Collective, and for AAPI and Black solidarity at Mission High School in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May 6, 2021.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
City College of San Francisco trustees will consider paying their interim chancellor an additional $20,000 on top of his regular $340,000 salary so that he’ll stay through September while they seek a permanent replacement.
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Classes and jobs are on the chopping block at City College of San Francisco, as nearly 200 faculty and staff members may be laid off pending an upcoming vote of the college s Board of Trustees slated for Monday.
The school, which faces a $33 million budget shortfall for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year, sent preliminary layoff notices to 163 faculty members and 34 administrators in early March. Monday s vote by the trustees could begin the process of sending finalized layoff notices.
College administrators have said the cuts are necessary to stave off a state takeover should City College not meet its fiscal responsibilities. In a time of financial uncertainty, they ve argued publicly, the college must focus its mission on who it can best serve. According to the American Federation of Teachers 2121, the union that represents CCSF faculty, the cuts could also affect hundreds of additional part-time workers, which would bring total layoffs to between 500 and 600 people
Members of City College of San Francisco s extended community are speaking out about proposed layoffs that would lead to cuts in classes and programming.
It is anticipated that the college s board of trustees will vote at its May 10 meeting to go forward with the plan. It already approved the sending of layoff notices to 163 faculty members and 34 administrators across 39 departments as a way of dealing with a projected deficit of $33 million.
Now, the faculty union, the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, and members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are advocating the city provide emergency funding to the institution, which has struggled with budgetary problems for years.