The search for a new College of the Desert trustee is down to its final four candidates. On Tuesday, school officials sent News Channel 3 the final list of candidates:
The finalists have been invited to a special Board of Trustees meeting on Friday for in-person interviews.
Full broadcast report here
The College of the Desert Board of Trustees has named Laura Hope of Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga as COD’s interim superintendent/president effective July 1, pending an employment agreement. Hope was selected from four candidates that interviewed with the COD board at a meeting behind closed doors earlier in June, Board Chair Bonnie Stefan announced Thursday….
The City of Palm Springs has sent a proposal to the College of the Desert offering to buy the land originally planned to become the West Valley Campus, so long as the college completes the project in its new property. Listen to segment here
The City of Palm Springs is suing College of the Desert for what it alleges to be a lack of compliance with the California Public Records Act. The law requires public agencies to make public documents available upon request in a timely manner. The city says COD has not done that. Source: The Desert Sun….
Gonzalez said Thursday she wasn’t sure what project the board was even considering for Palm Springs. “Is it the one with the hotel convention center, private bungalows, presidential suites, culinary facilities, or even local organizations that are now claiming that the former president promised them office space there?” she asked, without elaboration.
Seriously. You can’t make this stuff up. Friday’s article in The Desert Sun, with one trustee bashing another publicly with innuendo and crazy claims about convention centers and presidential suites, was about the last straw for me.
The first College of the Desert Board of Trustees meeting with Joel Kinnamon as a trustee marked the beginning of an uncertain era for COD Superintendent/President Martha Garcia as three of the five trustees have now opposed her leadership. Source: The Desert Sun – read full article here for subscribers only.
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