URGENT: Dr. Serban Evaluation FRIDAY TODAY 3:00/
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 ěspecial 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:
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
CWalsh@bssmco.com
Joan LIvingston
jmlsba@yahoo.com