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Other colleges use deans who are part of the admin istration, and therefore non-union. The accrediting agency—no surprise here—recommends that this democracy be dismantled, that more administrators be hired to do the work that union department chairs are presently doing.
To hear the corporate media know-it-alls, one might think that teachers are overpaid and underworked. You be the judge: A beginning full-time instructor makes less than $50,000 per year, hardly a princely sum in the expensive Bay Area. But the accrediting agency recommends a temporary pay cut of nearly 9% and permanent pay cuts of 5% to be established for the next school year.
Does the community support City College? Last No vember San Francisco voters approved Prop A with a 73% “yes” vote, allocating $16 million yearly to help maintain the college, money to be spent in the class room, on student services, and staff. But the interim chancellor, who is paid the queenly sum of $1000 per day, has ruled that Prop A funds cannot be used as they were intended, another testament to the premeditated injustice being perpetrated. This is anoth er example of the immoral and illegal operations at play. Also, California voters approved Prop 30, which allocates close to $400 million for the state’s junior colleges.
A student delegation met with the interim chancel lor, Dr. Scott-Skillman, in late February to present their demands:
1) Call on the Board of Trustees to reverse the cuts to classes, services, staff, and faculty. Stop downsiz ing the mission of CCSF and promote equity.