Desert Sun 12/15 – Article

PALM DESERT — Joel Kinnamon isn’t waiting on formalities to get a jump on his new role as the representative for Area 4 on the College of the Desert Board of Trustees. With the Riverside County Registrar of Voters having completed its certification of the 2022 General Election results, Kinnamon was sworn-in by incoming Board…

The College of the Desert’s Board of Trustees meeting originally planned for Friday, March 17 has been canceled due to a lack of a quorum, COD officials have confirmed. They cited “unforeseen circumstances, but did not identify the circumstances. Trustees Rubén Pérez and Bea Gonzalez reportedly could not be at the meeting, though no reason…

College of the Desert will host a series of four public meeting through June to welcome input on design plans for the planned Palm Springs campus. The first meeting is at 9:30 a.m. this Wednesday. The meetings are scheduled to take place in the multi-purpose room at the Donald and Peggy Cravens Student Services Center…

Adjunct instructors at the College of the Desert have called a vote of no confidence against the school’s four trustees: Bea Gonzalez, Joel Kinnamon, Ruben Perez and Bonnie Stefan. COD Adjunct Association President Catherine Levitt says the symbolic vote is a result of concerns over how the board has handled personnel matters related to two…

…several employees who spoke at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting or submitted written comments, morale is flagging.  “You are currently dysfunctional and you’re hurting our college,” adjunct accounting professor Julie Rescigno told the board. “You do not respect or trust each other and you let the community see it. You do not accept any responsibility for…