The Rancho Santiago Community College District faces a deepening crisis as allegations, investigations, and financial concerns converge around Chancellor Marvin Martinez. Longstanding warnings about governance failures and ties to a joint powers authority have gone unheeded, leaving the board to confront institutional dysfunction that now demands decisive leadership and immediate accountability.
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Resnick: Santiago Canyon College Faculty Take a Stand Against a Culture of Mistrust
In an unprecedented move, the Academic Senate representing the faculty of Santiago Canyon College voted near unanimously on a Vote of No Confidence for President Jeannie
Kim. Citing violations of numerous state policies and documented grievances, the Academic Senate outlined ethical failures and mistrust that has resulted in low morale at the east Orange campus.
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Resnick: Is Santiago Canyon College in the Same Financial Peril as the City of Orange?
A dire warning from Santiago Canyon College President Jeannie Kim echoes the recent fiscal alarm sounded by the consultant hired by the city of Orange. Like the city it serves, the east Orange community college now finds itself grappling with a staggering $3 million structural budget deficit.
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Resnick: Rancho Santiago Community College District Must Make Changes
The inability to control their own largest financial commitment, questionable hires and embarrassment from leadership are reasons why taxpayers in the Rancho Santiago Community College District should not support a bond in 2024. Asking the taxpayers to support the college district when one poor decision after another is made is asking too much.
