While employed with the Rancho Santiago CCD, two senior administrators served at the same time as directors of a Hawaii based insurance company that received millions of dollars in premiums from the college district for bond construction insurance related to the $337 million Measure E. There were never votes recorded or minutes of any kind memorializing this company’s involvement with the RSCCD.
Tag: Rancho Santiago Community College District
Posted inCommunity Opinion
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.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Resnick: The Unprecedented Presidential Inauguration at Santiago Canyon College
Raising funds from faculty, administration, community members and local businesses, new Santiago Canyon College president, Jeannie Kim honored herself with the first ever presidential inauguration. Instead of an open community event where she could be introduced, anyone wishing to attend her inauguration festivities had to pay.
Posted inInvestigative
These Community College Retirees Say Bad District Leadership Put Their Healthcare in Peril
Rancho Santiago community college district leaders say the new health care plan switch will save taxpayers millions and help future retirees. Yet current retirees are raising questions about how the deals were cut and why costs are going up.
Posted inCountywide
Who Should Run Our Community Colleges? Here’s Where Candidates Stand on the Issues
We asked the candidates key questions about curriculum, pandemic measures, book bans, mental health support, and spending priorities.
Posted inEducation
OC Community College District Employees Demand Better Pay; Negotiations Deadlock
As contentious contract negotiations reach an impasse, Rancho Santiago Community College District leadership and faculty are bumping heads over what they would call a fair agreement.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Resnick: Will the RSCCD Trustees Keep the Community in the Dark Again?
Dr. Barry Resnick, a professor of counseling in his 39th year as a faculty member in the Rancho Santiago Community College District, writes that the trustees of the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) are about to make a decision that can begin to move the District forward after almost a decade of dysfunction, embarrassment and a lack of direction. Interviews will begin later this week between the four finalists for the RSCCD chancellor position.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Miller: RSCCD Leadership Compromises the Health of Santa Ana Students
Renee Miller, a Professor for Disabled Students Program and Services at Santa Ana College for eleven years, just retired in December but voices concerns about funding priorities at the Rancho Santiago Community College District.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Resnick: The Legacy of Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Raul Rodriguez
Dr. Barry Resnick, a professor of counseling in his 38th year as a faculty member in the Rancho Santiago Community College District, writes that abuses of power by Chancellor Raul Rodriguez created the conditions for unionization of faculty with the California Teachers Association and has now energized staff to challenge the status quo.
Posted inCountywide, Education, Top Stories
CalPERS: Rancho Santiago Chancellor’s Salary Violates Retirement Laws
Chancellor Raul Rodriguez’s salary “is not in compliance with retirement law,” according to CalPERS spokeswoman Amy Morgan.
