I would not be surprised to see some lawsuits filed against the college. The trustees have been negligent in their mishandling of the issues at hand. Rather than confront and fix the problems, they denied there were problems and fired those who revealed the problems. And then they act surprised that the community is fed up with them, and the students and parents are frustrated, to say the least. The president of the college brought these problems upon himself, along with his cohort. There was no witch hunt. There were alleged problems and then documentation was provided to prove there were problems. Yet, here we are, with even a bigger mess. Any word that begins with the word “trust” that is part of your job description is pretty much a misrepresentation of everything, isn’t it? It’s very telling that among a dozen people, a majority could not do what is right. Three trustees will be due to come off the board this year. I hope the selections are more cautious next time. You would be doing the people a disservice to keep placing admirers and friends on these boards. The board should be comprised of people who will stand up, no matter who, what, when or where and say something is not right, if the situation should arise. It’s time you started using sickles instead of brooms. Stop sweeping and begin cutting this mess out. Now!
Below, you will see the minutes, at least partially, to the things that are pertinent to these issues that are in the news currently. As I said earlier, these problems have been ongoing for more than a year, yet, all they have done is deny, deflect and continue to kick the can down the road. It will be a travesty if the president of the college, and his assistant, are still employed there, at the end of a another week.
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