BOARD OKS FURLOUGH PLAN 120 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS FACE TEMPORARY LAYOFFS.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer Facing $17 million in midyear mid·year n. 1. The middle of the calendar or academic year. 2. a. An examination given in the middle of a school year. b. midyears A series of such examinations. budget cuts and bracing bracing, n a resistance to the horizontal components of masticatory force. for more, the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. voted unanimously Wednesday to notify 120 administrators - including Chancellor Mark Drummond - they could be furloughed after June 30. The board has until March 15 to notify certificated administrators - including college presidents, vice presidents and deans - that they could be targeted for a temporary layoff Layoff 1. When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees' performance. 2. A risk reduction, made by investment bankers, that minimizes the potential downside associated with a commitment to purchase and sell a stock issue unsubscribed by stockholders holding known as a furlough fur·lough n. 1. a. A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces. b. A usually temporary layoff from work. c. . ``If we furlough everybody who's furloughable, we save about $2.5 million a week,'' Drummond said. ``Next year, in 2003-2004, with the very bad budget, we may need to do that.'' ``If we do furloughs, it will be everybody; there will not be winners and losers. Everybody from me on down will do the furlough.'' LACCD LACCD Los Angeles Community College District board President Warren Furutani said Wednesday's vote preserves flexibility in the face of state budget cuts that he described as ``a moving target.'' While Furutani hoped the furloughs would last a maximum of three weeks and would be scheduled during breaks, he also said as many as 25 administrators could be laid off permanently, depending on budget cuts. About 85 of the 120 administrators are represented by the LACCD Administrators Association, and any change in their contract requires negotiation. Others have rights that would require that they be ``bumped back'' to the faculty pool, Furutani said. At Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. , two of the 13 deans - one in academic affairs, one in student services - would most likely be returned to faculty positions, said Pierce President Darroch ``Rocky'' Young. Mission College President Adriana Barrera said two of Mission's eight deans could get the ax. Charles Bossler, president of the Administrators Association, said some members already have been told their jobs will be eliminated. ``They started calling people in on Monday; I was getting tearful phone calls from people with 30 years' experience and Ph.D.s in their field saying, Charlie, my president told me I'm done,'' said Bossler, who also serves as dean of student services at Harbor College. One of those is Kathy Oborn, 48, an associate dean of student affairs Student affairs staff are responsible for academic advising and support services delivery at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. The chief student affairs officer at a college or university often reports directly to the chief executive of the institution. at Pierce, who was told she would be reassigned to a probationary counselor position July 1 ``in the event there's a budget situation.'' ``Quite frankly, I'm at least happy to have a job,'' Oborn said, noting that the reassignment would mean a pay cut of as much as $23,000 a year. |
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