[Scpg] URGENT: Dr. Serban Evaluation FRIDAY TODAY 3:00/ SBCC BD of TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING

Fri Jun 4 08:55:43 PDT 2010

URGENT: Dr. Serban Evaluation FRIDAY TODAY 3:00/

hi everyone
    just got this announcement that  Board of 
Trustees of SBCC has called a ìspecial meetingî 
to evaluate President Serban in a closed session, 
you can come at the beginning of the meeting to 
add your voice at the public comment part of the 
meeting and also you can email board members 
(emails below for your input)
wes

A public notice was sent TODAY about this special 
meeting, barely 24 hours before the meeting. 
Almost all of the faculty is GONE on break, and 
they donít give enough notice for anyone to plan 
to speak or attend. Plus, there are some faculty 
members that are rallying support to write 
letters and speak on her behalf, and they somehow 
knew a few days ahead of the public notice date.

The Board of Trustees has called a ìspecial 
meetingî to evaluate President Serban in a closed 
session. There is public comment before they 
break for the closed session. If you have an 
opinion about our President and/or the direction 
she is leading us, you can address the BoT, or 
attend to let the Board know that WE ARE PAYING 
ATTENTION. You can also email the Board members 
directly (see below).

Talking points, courtesy of ACES:

URGENT UPDATE

This afternoon the SBCC Board of Trustees gave 24 
hour notice and posted an agenda on the college 
website stating that the Board will hold a closed 
session to evaluate President/Superintendent 
Andreea Serban. A link to the agenda is here: 
<http://www.sbcc.edu/boardoftrustees/files/bot2010agendas/6-4-10%20Agenda.pdf> 
www.sbcc.edu/boardoftrustees/files/bot2010agendas/6-4-10%20Agenda.pdf 
We urge each of you to contact the Board before 
the meeting tomorrow, Friday, at 3 pm to express 
your views. [email as early as possible]

Points you may wish to consider in preparing your communication include:

Dr. Serban has not supported or allowed 
meaningful participation by faculty, student, and 
classified stakeholders in major policy decisions 
despite state and Board requirements to do so. 
[give examples]

Dr. Serban's adminstration lacks transparency on 
facts and important budget and policy decisions. 
Critical information is not openly communicated 
to the community. This includes information on 
the true amount of the college's discretionary 
reserve funds which currently exceed in total $38 
million,  while the state of CA only requires 
reserves of 3% of budget which is about $2.6 
million.

Dr. Serban has been unable to rally the community 
to support the college and has instead alienated 
the community at a time when the college most 
needs its support, in good will and for future 
giving.

Dr. Serban's highly controlled top down 
management style has excluded the Board and 
stakeholders from important policy decisions at 
the college and has intimidated many faculty, 
staff, classified and other employees from 
expressing their concerns about those policies 
for fear of losing their jobs, valuable programs 
or other resources. 

The community has lost trust in the truthfullness 
and credibility of Dr. Serban's administration 
and in the Board itself as a result of the 
problems described above as well as  the poor 
handling and unfair application by the 
administration of cutbacks and erroneous 
information given about the reasons for them.

The college needs and deserves better leadership 
to repair and maintain the community support 
necessary to its success.

Given the concerns expressed by the community to 
the Board a 24 hour special meeting notice  for 
Dr. Serban's evaluation is inappropriate as it 
does not provide stakeholders an opportunity to 
comment and express their views to the Board on 
this important matter.

The Board members may be reached by email at the following addresses:

Maury Jurkowitz        <mailto:CWalsh at bssmco.com>CWalsh at bssmco.com
Joan LIvingston          <mailto:jmlsba at yahoo.com>jmlsba at yahoo.com
Joe Dobbs                 <mailto:joewdobbs at cox.net>joewdobbs at cox.net
Kay Alexander            <mailto:kalexand at sbceo.org>kalexand at sbceo.org
Des ONeill                 <mailto:oneill at silcom.com>oneill at silcom.com
Sally Green                <mailto:saldg at aol.com>saldg at aol.com
Luis Villegas               <mailto:villegas52 at aol.com>villegas52 at aol.com

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in 
new directions, in order to grow." - Anonymous
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