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Community college board backs away from bond measure

Original post made on Jul 12, 2018

Sensing a potential political battle brewing, Foothill-De Anza Community College District board members agreed this week to postpone plans to put a $898 million bond measure before voters this November.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, July 12, 2018, 12:05 PM

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Posted by Another billion for what?
a resident of Waverly Park
on Jul 12, 2018 at 2:25 pm

The district got 2 prior bond measures by voters. Now they want another billion dollars in borrowing with declining enrollment. For what? Some real community members should run for seats on the community college board and find out what's really gping on.


Posted by William Hitchens
a resident of Waverly Park
on Jul 12, 2018 at 2:40 pm

William Hitchens is a registered user.

Why is FHDA Community college pushing a nearly $900 million bond issue when they recently have been losing students recently at a rate of at least 5% per year? And just what are they doing with some of the previous bond money? They've wiped out an entire STUDENT parking lot (Lot 7) at FH to build a huge, shiny Taj Mahal for ADMINISTRATORS. The only things growing at FHDA are the number and salaries of administrators --- all protecting each other's jobs. Bureaucracies have a nasty habit of becoming self-perpetuating. To quote: "Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status." Laurence J. Peter


Posted by Except...
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jul 12, 2018 at 7:12 pm

Since they’re s Sanctuary campus we have to pay to educate the undocumented students. That takes money!


Posted by Voice of Reason
a resident of another community
on Jul 13, 2018 at 10:13 am

Enrollment is declining because the number of young people in the area is declining. Families cannot afford to live here.


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