Desert Sun 8/14 – Palm Springs, don’t buy back the land you gave to COD. You can press them further

As you have been reading in our previous emails, Promises made, Promises Broken has made it our mission to keep you informed of the actions of the COD Board Of Trustees and report on what progress they are making to fulfill the promises they made to the students and taxpayers of our Valley. Unfortunately at…

College of the Desert Board of Trustees approved a motion today to combine aspects of two separate schematic designs for the proposed Palm Springs Campus Development Project. The motion was written and proposed by current Trustee and former COD Superintendent/President Dr. Joel Kinnamon, and reads as follows: Motion that the Palm Springs schematic design dated March…

The College of the Desert Board of Trustees will vote Thursday on a contract extension and pay raise for Superintendent/President Martha Garcia. The move comes as votes are counted in an election that could shift COD board politics in a new direction and possibly create uncertainty around Garcia’s future at the college.  Read full article here

The vision for the campus, which is a combination of the 2021 and 2023 schematic designs, includes: opportunities for “learning on display” like a culinary space that is visible from the street, an outdoor learning space, cultural center and even an entertainment center. Read full broadcast here

Response Letter dated 5/19

Both sides in the battle over the future of a planned College of the Desert campus in Palm Springs traded jabs Monday, with only one thing becoming clearer: taxpayers will continue to be caught in the middle. Read full article here