{"id":2222,"date":"2012-03-20T18:13:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T01:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2012-03-20T18:25:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T01:25:49","slug":"summer-classes-next-for-chopping-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/2222\/news\/summer-classes-next-for-chopping-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer classes next for chopping block"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Linh Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>and Olivia Payne \/\u00a0<\/strong>Times Staff<\/strong>
\nLarry Harris \/ C<\/strong>ontributor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summer classes are at risk of 40 percent cuts. The decision of summer school reduction was discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, March 13 at Evergreen Valley College.<\/p>\n

The most recent projection estimates show the district budget shortfall at approximately $4.3 million. This requires the district to propose rebalancing measures that may include cutting down summer classes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chancellor Rita Cepeda said she could have cut the summer classes down to 80\u00a0percent in order to meet her goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSummer is the most expensive term to teach. We\u00a0provide a full array of support services for a reduced amount of students,\u201d Cepeda said. \u201cIt costs $2.2 million to offer summer courses.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cepeda recommended reducing classes by 40 percent because the students need summer classes, and this 40 percent will save the district $879,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese decisions are the budget-driven decision, not the student-driven\u00a0decision,\u201d said David Yancey, instructor and\u00a0member of the academic senate, who spoke up against the reduction at the meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to encourage the trustees to look at that aspect to give students broader chances,\u201d Yancey said. \u201cWe can always scale down the summer school if the money we get turns out to be worse than we think it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yancey said 77 percent of students who attend the summer school are SJCC\u2019s continuing students. Once the students know the college does not offer the courses, they will want to go to other colleges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are some schools\u00a0offering full summer school, such as\u00a0Foothill, De Anza, West Valley and\u00a0Mission College.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the only one in our region that has taken a drastic step that quickly,\u201d Yancey said.<\/p>\n

English instructor Jessica Breheny shared her concern with the board about the way decisions are being made about the summer schedule without any faculty input.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very concerned about the short\u00a0notice for a number of reasons,\u201d Breheny said. \u201cMy email and comments to the Board of Trustees outline some of the ways this\u00a0violates the policies and practices of the\u00a0college, state law and the accrediting\u00a0agency\u2019s recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other members of the faculty are concerned about whether the cuts are worth the financial gains in the long term.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe seem to be so shortsighted of the impact, so if you cancel the summer classes, what\u2019s the effect of that? We save a lot of money, but what about the bigger picture?\u201d said Ronald Levesque, English as a Second Language instructor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Students will be affected by the\u00a0shortage of classes, if they want to follow their graduation plan or make up any class that they did not pass during the spring semester.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cClass reductions would be really bad for students who plan to transfer out fast,\u201d said Christopher Ducusin, 21, computer\u00a0engineering major.<\/p>\n

Ducusin took Chemistry and Oral Communication in the summers of 2010 and 2011. He said taking these classes during the summer definitely helped him move ahead with his education plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents really need those classes. They need them to develop their literacy skills like reading and writing,\u201d said Umu Smythe, 21, nursing major. \u201cInstead of canceling them, they should bring them back for students who need it.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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