City of PS Letter to Dr. Garcia 12/17

iting health reasons, Fred Jandt, College of the Desert Area 3 Trustee, on Monday evening submitted his resignation to Superintendent/President Martha Garcia and Chair Bonnie Stefan, Uken Report has learned. His resignation is effective March 31. “Recently I have experienced a change in health status,” Jandt stated in his letter to Garcia and Stefan. “It is my judgment…

We’re getting our first look at updated digital renderings of the planned College of the Desert (COD) campus in Palm Springs. Driving the news: On Wednesday morning, the Palm Springs Development Project Management Team convened to update COD representatives and the public on the project’s status. Looking back: Back in February, members of the Desert Community College District Board…

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…

Since 2004, Palm Springs residents have waited to see the completion of a College of the Desert campus in their city. 18 years later, and after almost a billion dollars in tax revenue collected, those residents are still waiting.

PALM DESERT — Much of Joel Kinnamon’s campaign was built on the platform of “Getting COD Back on Track” by expressing his commitment to the public of providing accountability, transparency and fiscal responsibility. He’s wasting no time in making good on that commitment. He boldly called for a forensic audit in January at his first meeting…