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Resolutions to Recall Laid Off Employees Are Stalled

May 10, 2023June 6, 2023 The Guardsman joe reyes, ccsf layoffs, shanell williams, anita martinez, Aliya Chisti, Chancellor David Martin, Susan Solomon, Renée Bartlett-Webber, board of trustees

Resolutions to recall all laid off faculty from 2022 were presented to the board budget and audit committee, but were quickly stalled. The absent author of the resolutions and policy confusion compiled to a stalemate and the resolutions are now on pause.

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Coming Together as a Community to Tackle Student Debt

September 14, 2022September 26, 2022 The Guardsman board of trustees, city college, Aliya Chisti, Student Debt, Lateisha Howe

Board Trustee Member Aliya Chisti tearing down the invisible wall between administration and students to join forces in tackling student debt.

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City College Faces $22.5 Million Budget Deficit and Threat of State Take Over

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman pandemic, cantonese, ESL, English as a Second Language, Other Post-Employment Benefits Retiree Trust, shanell williams, Aliya Chisti, AFT2121, Wynd Kaufman, Wise, Erin Blackwell, Sarah Berjan, CARES Act, Tom Temprano, OPEB, Tom Boegel, John al-Amin, board of trustees, Alan Wong, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, john rizzo, HEERF, academic senate, COVID-19, California Community College Chancellor’s Office

State auditors in early April warned the California Community College Chancellor’s office to act quickly in order to remain independent, deeming the college “not currently stable,” citing its ineffective attempts at reducing its costs necessary to supplement the 35% enrollment decline over the past eight years, which resulted in the college tapping into its reserves.

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Administration’s Plans to Reopen Campus Receives Backlash

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman staff, in person learning, administration, Richard Baum, AFT2121, board meeting, board of trustees, Thea Selby, City Mayor’s Office, faculty, Philippine Studies, CCSF, Jennifer Hsu, Women and Gender’s Studies, American Federation of Teachers, remote learning, class cuts, Aliya Chisti, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Malaika Finkelstein, funding, Ava Cohen, pink slips, Mary Bravewoman

Administration recently proposed a plan to reopen campuses to in person learning, but there have been discussions about delaying it due to frustration with the lack of consideration and planning.

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Board Approves 160 Full-time Faculty Layoff Notices as Part of Sweeping Cuts

March 10, 2021April 12, 2021 The Guardsman Alan Wong, Licensed Vocational Nursing, Vick Van Chung, Disabled Students Program and Services, Aliya Chisti, board of trustees, Malaika Finkelstein, Layoffs, ESL, multi-year Budget and Enrollment Plan, DSPS, John al-Amin, health education, Philippines Studies, Dianna Gonzales, Women & Gender Studies

The layoffs, if implemented, would represent a loss of nearly 30% of City College’s 541 full-time teaching staff and 74% of its administrators, part of the five-year budget plan passed by the board in November.