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Published on 5/2/2018.

General Public Comments. Associate Faculty member Dawson Darling made a public comment relative to the Administration’s decision to not assign him classes in fall 2018.

Board Business. Trustee Mathews stated that she attended the budget open forum on the Del Norte Campus on April 23.  Trustee Emad commented that the President's Evaluation Committee met prior to the regular meeting and the evaluation results would be discussed in closed session.

Homelessness and Food Insecurity. If you remember, at the April Board meeting, the Trustees requested that I agendize a discussion of the District positon relative to homelessness in our service area. Let me provide some context to the discussion.

Representatives from a few local public agencies reached out to me after the fall semester concluded and the District was on winter break to discuss the possibility of erecting a temporary homeless shelter on the Eureka Campus.  The representatives noted that Humboldt County did not have enough shelters in the area to accommodate the large number of homeless during what was expected to be a cold wet winter. 

Homelessness is a very important issue to our area and one that deeply concerns me personally.  However, I made the decision to not move forward with the request to erect a temporary homeless shelter for the general public on District property for several reasons. I was extremely concerned that establishing a homeless shelter on District property would raise student and staff safety fears.  I was worried about the District’s legal and liability position the shelter would cause. 

The situation the local public services representatives presented late last Fall was not a “disaster” as that term is used in the Education Code and was not a crisis with the immediacy of a flood or the wildfires we saw last summer in other parts of the state. Education Codes § 82537 and § 82542, subd. (k) provides that there is a “civic center” at each and every community college in the State where various public and community organizations can, with the authorization of the Board, use the facilities for both recreational and other civic uses and we can use college facilities, grounds, and equipment to public agencies, including the American Red Cross, for mass care and welfare shelters during disasters or other emergencies affecting the public health and welfare, and may cooperate with these agencies in furnishing and maintaining services deemed by the governing board to be necessary to meet the needs of the community.

Additionally, our own BP 6700 delegates authority to the President to grant permission for access to the College’s facilities for this use, although, as a matter of comity, the President would first notify the Board of the proposal and seek their overt permission, because this could be a controversial step.

Importantly, erecting a homeless shelter on our campus would necessitate a District wide conversation on the merits of such a move. There was not sufficient time to have the important discussion with the Board of Trustees or the college community. Furthermore, I didn’t see the shelter as congruent with our Mission.  

We are however doing a lot to help our students who are experiencing homelessness. Whenever a student self-identifies as homeless, our staff offer students access to the food pantry and showers on the Eureka Campus and refer students to community services for housing, to sign up for MediCal and Cal Fresh. We also do what we can to make sure eligible students at each of our locations are referred to programs such as our EOPS, DSPS, and the TRiO Student Success Program.

By direction of the Board, the Administration’s primary focus moving forward is do what we can to serve the needs of CR students who self-identify as homeless or food insecure.  To that end, we will continue strengthening our internal and external referral process, enhance the food pantry service throughout the District, and explore setting aside dorm spaces for CR homeless students. The Trustees suggested investigating the use of portable buildings for homeless CR students, working with the Board of Realtors, and looking at potential non-general fund money sources to address the needs of our homeless and food insecure students.

Approve/Ratify Personnel Actions. We welcome several new colleagues to our College community. The Trustees approved the hiring of Silas Sarvinski as the new Farm Manager; Maria Friedman as the new Assistant Professor, Biology (Eureka); Elizabeth Jackson as the Student Services Specialist II (Eureka); Karen Pearson as the ECE Assistant I (Eureka); Rebecca Helms as the Budget Technician (Eureka); and Terry Mathis as a new Philosophy Associate Faculty (Pelican Bay State Prison).  

With the Board’s action, Julia Morrison begins service as the District’s new Vice President of Administrative Services/Chief Financial Officer.  Let me share a little of her background with you. Julia was born and raised in Humboldt County, earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from HSU in 2002, and completed her  Masters of Business Administration degree from HSU in 2007. She served in several management roles in the District. She managed our Arcata Instructional Site, worked in Community and Economic Development, served as Manager of the Payroll Department, and most recently functioned as our Controller.  

I have great faith in Julia and appreciate her willingness to take on this important leadership position. She is very familiar with the District and understands where we need to go.

Ericka Barber also begins service as the Director of Administrative Services.  She will be responsible for overseeing Dining Services, Bookstore, IT, two account clerks, two budget technicians, a lead cashier, a purchasing specialist, and an administrative office coordinator.

Ericka's background is perfect for her new role. Ericka is a graduate of Humboldt State University where she received her B.S. in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting.  She went on to obtain a Master of Science in Accountancy from CSU, Sacramento.  Her background includes working in varying capacities of accounting, in several fields such as construction, leasing/property management, and engineering.      

I want to congratulate Tanya Anderson for her reclassification from Student Services Specialist II to Administrative Office Coordinator (Del Norte). This is well-deserved.

The Board also ratified Erica Silver’s resignation as the Student Development Advisor, TRiO in Del Norte effective April 13, 2018. I know that she will be missed on the Del Norte campus.

Approve/Ratify Contracts, Agreements, MOUs. Several contracts and MOUs were forwarded for approval or ratification. I want to call your attention to the SoftChalk, LLC license subscription renewal. This important contract will allow faculty to create digital learning experiences effectively evaluate student engagement.

Approve Emeritus Faculty Nominations. The Trustees approved conferring the title of Faculty Emeritus to Bill Hole and Jeff Hogue. Professor Hole served as a construction technology professor from 1991 to his retirement in spring of 2018. His many contributions to the District and students include:

• Founder, professor, and director of the Historic Preservation and Restoration Technology program at College of the Redwoods from 1995 to 2014
• Recipient of the California Preservation Foundation and State Governors’ Preservation Awards in 2000, 2007, and 2016
• Preservation design consultant and workforce trainer for Eureka’s Carson Block restoration (2014 – 2016)
• Presenter at International Trades Education Symposiums in Ohio, Sweden, Colorado, and England (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
• Consultant and workforce trainer for the Samoa Pacific Group at the historic Samoa Lumber Town restoration/rehabilitation project (2007 - 2009)
• Preservation consultant and workforce trainer for Point Cabrillo Light Station restoration (2003 – 2006) project which earned both the California Preservation Foundation and State Governors Award in 2007
• Developed, administered, and taught custom hands-on historic preservation federal workforce training program for College of the Redwoods at the Presidio of San Francisco (2001 – 2003)
• Service on a variety of College of the Redwoods committees including Curriculum Committee, Facilities Planning, and Industry Advisory Committees
• Community service for a variety of organizations including: Board Member, Preservation Trades Network; Commissioner, Eureka City Historic Preservation; Board Member, Ryan Family Historic House and Garden Association; and Board Member, Humboldt County Historical Society

Jeff Hogue served as a biology from fall 2000 (his seniority date) to his retirement in 2017. Furthermore, his contributions to the District and students include:

• Authoring and revising laboratory manuals for General Biology and Botany courses based on extensive teaching experiences at the community college and university level
• Promoting awareness of local environmental issues through class involvement with various entities including Friends of the Dunes and City of Arcata, in addition to federal agencies such as Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Initiating and organizing a multi-year effort with CR students to successfully eradicate English Ivy along the Elk River trail leading to the Headwaters Preserve
• Participating in faculty committees such as Academic Standards and Policy Committee, Budget Committee, and multiple terms on the Academic Senate
• Actively developing the Humboldt Botanical Garden through volunteer efforts with CR Environmental Science students including planting several garden sections, etc., in addition to authoring bimonthly articles for the HGBF newsletter for five years
• Participating in CR Science Night including presentations on topics including fern biology, history of chocolate, Arthropods, Entomology, and Botany of the north coast.

Thank you to the Academic Senate for recommending Professors Hole and Hogue for the title of Faculty Emeritus. Congratulations to Bill and Jeff!

Monthly Financial Status Report. Noted in the report were several important budget changes:

• A decrease in the Federal revenue due to diminishing forest reserve funds;
• A decrease in State SB 361 State Support and Prop 30 EPA budgets to reflect amounts reported on the Chancellor’s Office P1 Apportionment Report;
• An increase in the Property Tax revenue budget per the P1 Report;
• An increase is CA State Lottery, State Other, and Enrollment Fee revenue budgets to reflect current year-end estimates; and
• An increase is Local Other revenue budget to reflect the receipt of interest from funds held in the County Treasury;
• An increase the budget for salary and benefit expenses to reflect current year-end estimates;
• An increase in expense budget adjustments to transfers in and out in order to maintain the 7.4% ending fund balance; and
• An increase is capital set-aside funds to cover the actual cost of the 16-17 2% retro-active pay.

The transfer in from capital set-aside funds was increased to cover the actual cost of the 16-17 2% retro-active pay, and a transfer in of $300,000 from the set-aside funds was added. Please note that once the transfers have been processed there will only be about $61,000 unallocated set-aside remaining in the capital fund and the STRS/PERS set-aside will be 0.  The transfer to the STRS/PERS set aside fund was cancelled since we included it in the unrestricted general fund to make sure we maintain an ending fund balance of 7.4%. Transfers out now comprise the following:

• $90,000 Child Development Center
• $50,000 Farm
• $300,000 OPEB fund
• $440,000 Total

I commented that the transfer out from the general fund to the Farm will increase to $90,000 in 2018-19.

ACCJC Annual Report and Annual Fiscal Report. The District submitted the obligatory annual report and a fiscal annual report to the Commission.  Thank you Angelina Hill, Paul Chown and Julia Morrison for submitting the reports on time!  The ACCJC reviews these reports and notes areas that need improvement.

First Read of Board Policies and Administrative Procedure. The Board conducted a first reading of BP 2015, BP 2200, BP 2432, BP 2750, BP 2800 and AP 2712.  All but BP 2800 were reviewed and revised in accordance with our 4-year comprehensive review timeline.  

BP 2800 General Fund Reserve is a new BP created to comply with a Board request and to address FCMAT recommendation #14. The FCMAT recommendation called for us to develop a new board policy to specifically document the desired level of unrestricted reserves and clarifications to other board policies. The purpose of a general fund reserve policy is:

• To build and maintain an adequate level of unrestricted reserves to protect the District during periods of unanticipated changes in revenues or expenditures;
• To ensure institutional stability and long-term fiscal integrity;
• To help mitigate the effects of economic and fiscal downturns and material changes to financial forecasts by creating one-time financial options to reduce any adverse programmatic effects;
• To maintain stable programmatic operations and budgets during times of unpredictable and volatile revenue streams, fiscal emergencies or “unexpected costs;”
• To provide stability and flexibility to respond to unexpected adversity and/or opportunities;
• To maintain a reserve comfortably over 5%; and
• To provide the liquidity necessary to accommodate the District’s uneven cash flow inherent in its apportionment funding schedule.

The BPs and the AP will go to the Board for a second read in June and then to College Council for constituent review.

Second Read of Board Policies and Administrative Procedures. Trustees approved thirty four BPs and APs as a second read: AP 2220 Audit and Finance Committee; BP 2435 Evaluation of the President/Superintendent; AP 2435 Evaluation of the President/Superintendent; BP 2715 Code of Ethics/Standards of Practice; BP 1100 The Redwoods Community College District; BP 1200 District Mission; BP 1201 Philosophy; BP 2010 Board Membership; BP 2100 Board Elections; BP 2105 Election of a Student Trustee; AP 2105 Election of a Student Trustee; BP 2320 Special and Emergency Meetings; AP 2320 Special and Emergency Meetings; BP 2410 Board Policies and Administrative Procedures; AP 2410 Board Policies and Administrative Procedures; BP 2430 Delegation of Authority to President/Superintendent; BP 2431 President Superintendent Selection; BP 2610 Presentation of Initial Collective Bargaining Proposals; AP 2610 Presentation of Initial Collective Bargaining Proposals; BP 2710 Conflict of Interest; AP 2710 Conflict of Interest; BP 2714 Distribution of Tickets or Passes; AP 2714 Distribution of Tickets or Passes; AP 2715 Board Protocols for Effective Trusteeship; BP 2716 Board Political Activity; BP 2717 Personal Use of Public Resources; BP 2720 Communications Among Board Members; BP 2725 Board Member Compensation; BP 2730 Health Benefits; BP 2735 Board Member Travel; BP 2740 Board of Trustees Professional Development; AP 2740 Board of Trustees Professional Development; BP 2745 Board Evaluation; and AP 2745 Board Evaluation. 

The BPs and APs will now go to the College Council for constituent review. The documents will go back to the Board as a second read again once they've been reviewed by College Council.

Award Contract on Public Bid for Demolition of the Stadium at the Eureka Campus. The Board approved awarding the demolition of the stadium contract to Resource Environmental, Inc. of Long Beach, California, for $385,000.

Five bids were received. The low bid was $385,000, the next to lowest bid was $409,928, and the highest bid was $638,960. By State law, the contract must be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder, or the District must reject all bids.

Approve Student Trustee Privileges for 2018-19. The Board approved the student trustee privileges for next year.  Trustee Dorn asked a question related to the compensation of the student trustee. I committed to follow-up on whether the student trustee receives a stipend if he or she is absent from a meeting.

Community Education Presentation - Prudence Ratliff. Prudence delivered a wonderful summary of the great work of our Community Education program. I want to highlight a few of the great things Pru and her staff have achieved:

• They collaborated with industry partners to improve the truck-driving program. CE worked with local logging companies and the Redwood Logging Conference to attract potential employees to the industry.
• Three local body shops – Fred’s, Myrtletown and Quality – worked with CE to develop the new Auto Body Collision Repair program. This is employer driven training to meet local employment needs.
• Community Education joined with the County of Humboldt to submit a Slingshot Health. Our portion of this grant involves offering Medical Assisting Certification Review classes to those currently working as Medical Assistants (MA), but lack certification as a MA. 
• In collaboration with the Job Market, CE offered the Managing People, Projects and Departments classes. The class was offered twice – once in Garberville and once in Eureka – and several businesses enrolled 18 students total. 
• Through the AB2060 grant with the Workforce Development Board and the Employment Training Department of Humboldt County, CE has been able to help offenders diverted from jail time to a training program.
• CE offered eight sections of the Fireline Safety for Hired Vendors in Eureka, Fortuna, Ruth Lake, Garberville and Hoopa. Hoopa was so popular that we offered the class twice and the popularity of the program prompted requests to add another session in Eureka on April 21.
• At the Klamath Tribal Offices, a free Yurok Community Language class was offered to 14 Tolowa Dee-ni' Tribal members, which was taught by Barbara McQuillen who is also a tribal member.
• CE collaborated with the Business Department and CTE Entrepreneurship to offer Manage the Chaos class as part of the Venture Collaborative activities with HSU, SBDC, and CR. Over 25 students enrolled in ten classes designed to provide students with the tools and resources to manage the chaos of life and work.
• The Administration of Justice department offered eight sections of Perishable Skills serving 62 students and one Firearms Instructor Update course enrolling 17 students.
• CE offered Improv Music, Mindfulness, and Women’s Health through the ages in Garberville. 
• CE is collaborating with the SoHum Chamber of Commerce and community members exploring other classes for the future.

Update on Capital Projects. Steven Roper provided an update on several capital projects including: UIR work, the Creative Arts and PE Complex buildings, PE fields, track and tennis court repair, the stadium demolition, and the scoreboard replacement. Here's a summary:

Stadium Demo: The Trustees approved accepting the bid to demolish the stadium. Work will start no later than May 30 with a projected completion date of mid-August.

UIR: Department of Finance accepted our bid package on April 23, 2018 and fully funded the project at $30,000,000 on April 27.  We expect to send bids out by May 30. The first project will be the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Once completed, CR will no longer be a surface discharger. This will greatly decrease our State Water requirements and save the District more than $100,000 annually off our operating budget.

Tennis Court Rehabilitation: Dean Davidson, our Project Manager, was able to get Prop39 dollars (PG&E) to pay for the new lighting and a new lighting control panel at no cost to the District.  The resurfacing of the five courts is scheduled to start the second week of July. Completion should be the first week of August.

Track Resurfacing/Repair:  A year and a half ago, we had five trees fall directly onto the track severely damaging 20% of the surface. We have finally been able to contract with a reputable firm to replace the damaged 20% of the track as well as resurface the remaining portion of the track. We must drop a small group of Redwood trees that are locating practically on the track. The roots from these trees are causing further damage. The tree removal and resurfacing of the track will begin at the end of May and be completed by the second week of July.

Scoreboard Replacement: The current scoreboard is outdated and replacement parts are difficult to find.  Bob Brown was able to get money from Pepsi to fund the new scoreboard. We anticipate completing this project by August 1.

Creative Arts (CA): We are awaiting Phase P and Phase W funding. According to the Chancellor’s Office, the State Department of Finance is hoping we can complete both phases in a single year. In order to facilitate this, we have had our Geologist (LACO) performing Geo-Hazard studies at the location for both the new CA and new Gym complex. We have a request from CGS to perform additional resistive testing (no trenches, but 75 foot deep bore holes).

Gymnasium Complex (Gym and Field House): Our Final Project Plan was accepted by the Chancellor's Office. We anticipate having $4,334,000 on the Governor's May Revised Budget to fund our project.

Recognition of College Accomplishments, Student Successes and Employee Honors. One of the many honors I have in serving as President of CR is recognizing the wonderful accomplishments of our departments, students and colleagues.  I provided a brief list of some of those accomplishments in an informational report to the Board.

I attached the full report to this blog article. You can will find pictures of the artwork for Jessie Wiedel, Alexis Bowen, and David Wilson that I noted in my informational report attached to the blog article: Jesse 1.jpg, Jesse 2.jpg, Jesse3.jpg, Alexis Bowen.jpg. Alexis Bowen druid.jpg, David Wilson 1, David Wilson 2 and David Wilson 3. 

We have a lot of exceptional faculty, staff, and managers in our College community. I am proud to work with all of them.

I commented that I submitted a My Word opinion article to the Times-Standard summarizing our accomplishments.

Update on FCMAT Recommendations. Last year, I asked the Fiscal Crises and Management Assistant Team, also known as FCMAT, to come in to review and provide guidance on the District’s general fund budget and multi-year financial planning for the current and two subsequent fiscal years. Another part of the engagement was for them to conduct a Fiscal Health Risk Analysis and give the Administration an overview of the fiscal condition of the District.  FCMAT found that:

• Enrollment decreases were contributing to the District’s fiscal problem;
• Although several initiatives to increase FTES were implemented compre­hensive plan to address the decline in FTES was not developed;
• The fund balance was unstable because of ongoing revenues and/or expenditure reductions
• The District will not be able to maintain our reserves for economic uncertainty based on current revenue and expenditure trends;
• Although FTES and enrollment projections appear reasonable based on the assumptions used, the relationship between budgeted and actual revenue, expenses and ending balance numbers was not easily assessed or transparent;
• The District should focus financial resources on supporting the highest priority programs and offer programs that meet the needs of the community.

FCMAT ultimately provided fourteen recommendations for the District to discuss. The District has been actively addressing those recommendations. The progress we’re making to address the fourteen recommendations is included in an attachment to this article (see FCMAT Update 040618.pdf).

Four FCMAT recommendations, noted on the attachment as "ongoing" will be included in the District's annual plan. In case you don't want to look through the attachments the four recommendations are: #1 Pursue every possible option to regain FTES before the funding is permanently lost; # 5 Investigate innovative K-12/Community College initiatives in California and the rest of the country; # 6 More vigorously and uniformly implement AP 4020, Program and Curriculum Development; and #7 Fully implement AP 4021, Program Revitalization and Discontinuation Process. The status of our actions to address the four recommendations will be reported to the Board in our established annual plan reporting process.

Status Update on Tracking of ACCJC Recommendations. A thirteen-member accreditation team conducted a comprehensive review of the District last fall or the purpose of determining whether the College continues to meet Accreditation Standards, Eligibility Requirements, Commission Policies, and USDE regulations. The team evaluated how well the College is achieving its stated purposes, providing recommendations for quality assurance and institutional improvement, and submitting recommendations to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).

The team found a number of innovative and effective practices and programs and issued a number of commendations to the College. The team also issued one recommendation to meet the standards and seven recommendations to help the College increase effectiveness.

I provided a brief summary of how well we, as a district, are doing in addressing the eight recommendations.  An attachment noting the recommendations, expected outcomes, status, and results is attached to this article (see Tracking of 2018 Recommendations.pdf)

Academic Senate. Academic Senate Co-President Kerry Mayer briefed the Board about the role the Academic Senate played in improving the faculty hiring process. I want to thank Kerry Mayer, Peter Blakemore and the Academic Senate for working collaboratively with Wendy Bates to enhance the faculty recruitment and hiring process. 

CRFO. CRFO President Mike Haley reflected on the contract negotiation process and expressed hope that we will continue fostering openness, transparency and trust.

CSEA. Tami Engman recognized Mark Bernards, Kirt Frischknecht, Jose Ramirez and Erik Sorensen for their support of the UC Meet and Greet.  She also thanked Lupita Martinez, Amber Atkins, and Morgan Reeves (former colleague) for their work on Redwood Days; Tatiana Robinson and Jennifer Bailey for processing over 800 graduation petitions between summer 2017 and spring 2018; and Tom Cossey, James Hays and Jose Ramirez for completing the Datatel migration.

Management Council.  Brady Reed reported that she will assume the presidency of the Management Council next year. She also commented that Care/CalWorks is going to host a regional conference this summer.

President/Superintendent Report.  My informational report included a brief summary of the Homelessness Summit we cosponsored with HSU and noted the passing of retired CR employee Mr. Donald Bryant, Emely Carreno-Arenas, and Michelle Segundo. Emely and Michelle were two former CR students who were killed recently in car accident.

I called the Board's attention in my written comments on the wonderful work Joan Becker has been dong with the Community Education department to strengthen the College's presence in southern Humboldt. Joan has been able to draw upon her deep ties in the area to develop several viable and sustainable community education courses including Mindfulness, Women's Health Through the Ages, Reflexes as Foundations for Brain-Body Health, and Finding Your Future: Workplace Readiness Skills. Special thanks to Joan for her commitment to College and of the Redwoods and her willingness to help the support the CR's Mission in southern Humboldt. Several flyers related to the aforementioned classes are included in this informational report.

My final written comment focused on the opening of escrow on the sale of our Garberville Instructional Site to the Southern Humboldt Community Hospital District and the public records request for documents, correspondence, emails, bids, notice of auction and all other relevant records pertaining to the sale and/or auction of the CR instructional site in Garberville. 

I did not fully comply with the public records request because negotiations for the sale of the property have not been fully completed. The California Supreme Court held back in 2006 that “public disclosure of the competing proposals for [a bidding] project properly could await conclusion of [the] negotiation process. [The] proposals submitted to the city were, during the negotiation process, exempt under Government Code section 6255 from the disclosure requirements of the [Public Records] Act . . . .” Because the negotiations for the sale have not been concluded, I could not disclose the contents of the bidding documents submitted for this property. I did, however, disclose Board of Trustees agendas and minutes, bid notices, letters to potential bidders and letters to editors.

I did send appropriate information to the requester on April 23, 2018. I will be able to disclose the remaining records related to sale once escrow closes.

Vice President of Instruction Report.  Angelina's written comments centered on the agreement between the California Community Colleges (CCC) and University of California Systems agreement to initiate a comprehensive effort to guarantee admission for all qualifying CCC transfer students to one of the UC undergraduate campuses. Under the MOU, students who complete one of the UC pathways and achieve the necessary grade point average will be guaranteed a place within the UC system.

Angelina also wrote that the State Academic Senate passed resolutions to address AB 705. AB 705 maximizes the percentage of students placing into and completing transfer-level English and Math. She noted that with AB 705 in place, students cannot be required to take remedial coursework unless CR can demonstrate that a student would be highly unlikely to succeed in the transfer course and CR can demonstrate that placing the student into a course below transfer will increase their chances of being successful in transfer.

Angelina publically thanked the faculty and staff who worked on the $1.2 million Innovation Award for Pelican Bay.

Vice President of Student Development Report.  Joe’s written comments centered on the agreement with Humboldt State in which HSU will provide a ‘Transfer Specialist’ who will work full-time in the CR Counseling and Advising Center, College of the Redwoods’ College Access Program, and the first-ever Multicultural Graduation ceremony to honor College of the Redwoods diverse graduates on May 11th, the 5^th Annual Dash of Color Run/Walk. He also commented on the Spring Caregiver’s Conference—a collaborative effort between our Foster Kinship Care Education Program and the Department of Health & Human Services.

Joe recognized the success of our track team. He also informed the Board that the HSU transfer specialist will be housed in the Eureka Counseling department starting the end of May.

Tenure Report and Recommendation. The Board unanimously approved tenure for Wendy Riggs.  Trustees also approved:

• Continuing the second year of a two year contract for 2018-19 with Jennifer Burlison (Counseling), Christopher Callahan (Biology), Mathew McCann (Counseling), William Meriwether (History and Political Science), Natalia Margulis (Art), Darius Kalvaitis (Early Childhood Education), Derek Glavich (Construction Technology), and Nicole Bryant-Lescher (English);
• Entering into a contract for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years with Katie Schoenfield (Nursing), Dave Duberow (Chemistry), Shemya Vaughn (Counseling), Cheryl Norton (Counseling), Bernadette Johnson (Counseling), Mickey Jarvi (Forestry), Anibal Florez (Automotive Technology), and Amber Buntin (Mathematics); and
• Entering into a contract for the following 2018-19academic year with Jonathan Pace (Mathematics), Anthony Luehrs (Mathematics), Bert Hafar (Construction Technology), Levi Gill (Mathematics), and Monica Ozkan (Nursing).