The Desert Sun 3/20 – College of the Desert welcomes public input on Palm Springs campus

The tide is now shifting since the last couple of years that Superintendent/President, Dr. Martha Garcia took her position. Her lack of transparency and attempt to pause the Palm Springs Campus and Cathedral City Roadrunners program created an uproar in the community, along with a lawsuit filed against COD last September from the City of…

At the first COD Trustees Board Meeting on January 20th at 9:30a, a review of the updated plans for the Palm Springs Campus along with the Cathedral City Roadrunners Motor Campus will take place. For the PS West Campus, the plans show one main building for student services and classrooms, while roughly half of the…

Garcia and trustees don’t seem to be listening — or perhaps they’re simply incapable of fixing some of these problems. The terms of two of the board’s five members, Chair Rubén AríAztlán Pérez and Aurora Wilson, are up this year. Voters need to think seriously about whether they deserve to continue.

PALM DESERT — Former College of the Desert Superintendent/President Joel L. Kinnamon announced in December 2020 that he was stepping down to spend time with his mom who he had learned probably had a year to live. He retired on March 31, 2021. Almost immediately, it appears wheels were put in motion to derail the COD campus…