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New Sweetwater Union financial officer has controversial past

And according to his LinkedIn page, he was on faculty of Drexel University DURING same time he was Vice Chancellor at YCCD (overseeing all those departments) while also titled CFO in charge of that budget. (While getting that "replacement" Ed.D.) Vice Chancellor Yuba Community College District Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry July 2009 – Present (3 years 8 months) Chief Financial Officer of Yuba Community College District responsible for the management of 45 million budget Faculty Drexel University Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry 2009 – 2012 (3 years) board TCSIG 2003 – 2012 (9 years) Director of Human Resources Yuba Community College District Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry July 2003 – June 2009 (6 years) Director of Personnel Feather River College Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry July 2001 – July 2003 (2 years 1 month) director of resource management synapta 2001 – 2001 (less than a year)
— February 4, 2013 8:37 p.m.

Sweetwater board succumbs to public outcry

From what I heard on the audio tapes, it was a collaborative compromise. Lopez couldn't start earlier than 4:30, and the student representative couldn't start before 5:30 or 6. Along with the public, it was a decent compromise to do the closed session work earlier, and either finish or break for the public session at 6. Nice to see communication working.
— January 30, 2013 11:11 a.m.

Sweetwater board meeting times may change

WTFEd- I believe you may have misinterpreted my meaning, but that may have been due to an item that I chose at random that may itself be improperly worded. At least, in my mind. The agenda item I referred to states the district is "designating" the month of February in that way, rather than "recognizing" the month of February as National African-American History Month. It is already nationally known as such. I do thank you for the reminder about Awards and Proclamations. As I did mention, if there is not enough time during the meetings to cover the agenda items and receive public comments, why not suggest changing the by laws to have meetings twice a month, or more.that way, there would be more than enough time to complete business, while hearing from the public, whom the board is supposed to be representing. The board would have more time having comprehensive discussions about topics, such as campaign contribution limitations in its ethics policy. (Did that ever get properly voted on? I didn't hear on the audio files where it was, unless it was inadvertently "edited out",) Yes, we should grab the bull by the horns, and get such things as All of our schools off Program Improvement, before we venture out to try to teach pre-schoolers. And we shouldn't divert our energy to such things as the agenda...except where someone is proposing to change the schedule to a time where it is more difficult for a schedule juggling family to attend. Then we focus our attention. And while I have no problems in emailing any concerns to any on the board or staff, I don't recall hearing comments spoken at the meetings like, "and Mrs. Such and such has this to say about this topic via twitter..." Social media only goes so far in broadcasting to and from a meeting. And even in this time of technology advances, there is still a Digital Divide where many do not have access to email, Internet, or any social media.
— January 27, 2013 7:07 p.m.

Sweetwater board meeting times may change

WTFEd- no doubt we would get some sort of explanation like that. It's to OUR benefit, so that we can have our allotted public speaking time. Of course, we must remember that the board can not legally discuss or take action on subjects not on the agenda that are brought up during that period. If the board feels that they are unable to manage district issues AND listen to public comments, maybe they could suggest meeting twice a month instead of once. Or possibly cutting out frivolous agenda items like taking time to designate the month of February as National African-American History Month. Isn't February already designated as such? Nationally?
— January 27, 2013 11:18 a.m.

Sweetwater board meeting times may change

Looks like glasses.
— January 26, 2013 7:42 p.m.

Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion

Hmmm, let me think about this for a moment... Bertha, "Hey, y'all, I went to the DA to report on wrongdoings in our district." DA, "Um, like, no she didn't. Liar,liar, pants on fire!." (True story)(Really happened)(Yeah, right) Since I haven't seen that plastered all over the news, I'm just going to stand over here on the side of "Tending to believe Bertha on this matter." I'm not saying she is golden, and didn't do anything wrong. I am going to wait and see. And if Pearl and Arlie and all the others are found to be not guilty, I'm pretty sure Bertha's 19 indictments will go away as well. As for her house, why not "raid" it. It was probably a good source of material to see the extent of her involvement. Not just her 19 indictments, but others as well. I do seem to remember they didn't charge her immediately after the raid like Pearl and Arlie. I'm going to wait to see how this all plays out in court, instead of looking to judge the group.
— January 25, 2013 1:12 p.m.

Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion

If a board member is not being given necessary information to do their job, how can they effectively perform their job. Before we can determine whether someone is "playing dumb", we must be able to ascertain whether they are being given all the details before we can judge their performance. While I do not recall ever fanatically putting my support behind Mrs. Lopez, I believe I have once mentioned the little fact that she was one who went to the DA to report wrong doings in our district. While that does not entirely absolve her in any wrongdoing she had participated in, that does kind of raise her status over Pearl and the others. She realized that those actions were wrong and set about amending the situation. The others have yet to come to the realization that what they did was wrong in any manner. Wow. Seriously? Only four or five posters with mutliple id's? With different writing styles and everything. Wow. Hmm, I wonder...maybe there is only one of us on this site entirely. Maybe instead of timtim being McCann or Grossman or The Easter Bunny, MAYBE timtim is actually anniej arguing with herself. Great Job Anniej. You had me fooled.
— January 25, 2013 11:45 a.m.

Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion

timtim - A good possibility as to why Bertha knew nothing about this could be that nobody is sending her any information. Whenever I hear her state that she knows nothing about an issue, nobody seems to jump up and say "Hey, I sent you emails regarding this." Communication is a key that somehow goes awry in this district. And yes, this is just a choice, it is not required for students to use. However, does this choice, aligning our district with a christian based college, open the district up for litigation? While Brand, so far, has not had any charges levied on him, he seems to make choices that end up costing the district more in the long run.
— January 25, 2013 10:27 a.m.

Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion

One of my child's teachers received an email regarding this. Allegedly, at the upcoming board meeting, a request to change the times for future meetings will be voted on. We shall see.
— January 24, 2013 9:56 a.m.

Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion

I don't see the meeting posted on the Board's website yet. What day is the meeting being held on? It wouldn't happen to be, oh, say Thursday? Around the time the parent meeting for this college would be taking place?
— January 23, 2013 11:13 a.m.