Palm Springs Post

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…

PALM DESERT — The ultimate 3-2 approval of the College of the Desert Palm Springs schematic design dated March 23, 2021, paled in comparison to the series of bombshells newly elected Area 4 Trustee Joel Kinnamon lobbed with a sense of calm, self-confidence and lack of theatrics. Kinnamon; Trustee Area 3 and Vice Chair Fred…

Martha Garcia, president/superintendent of College of the Desert since August 2021, has been selected as the new president of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, according to a release from the College. Director of Public Affairs Jill Dolan told Uken Report Garcia’s salary will not be made public until Wednesday after the contract is finalized. She will…

The College of the Desert Board of Trustees decided to postpone a vote Friday on the approval of new designs for the long-awaited Palm Springs campus due to the absence of Trustee Fred Jandt. Later, Trustee Joel Kinnamon asked the board to initiate a censure process against Trustee Ruben Perez. Read full article here for…

…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…

“There’s not one piece of data in this resolution we citizens can hold the board of trustees to its promises,” said Ginny Float, a former Palm Springs City Councilmember, who called into the meeting.