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Continuing Ed Forums
updated: Aug 29, 2012, 8:15 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

I have heard that there will be several public forums about the future of SBCC Continuing Education. Does anyone have information about the time and location of these forums?

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COMMENT 314702	2012-08-31 10:20 AM
Prop 30 will not help Adult Ed. It will be used to hire more union-mandated teachers. That is all. Get the facts before you vote to tax yourselves passing Prop 30. This is not free money and you cannot use it anyway you want.
COMMENT 314638	2012-08-31 07:05 AM
Schott and Wake centers owned by the Santa Barbara Community College District. Both sites are not dedicated for any specific purpose, other than carrying out the mission of community colleges. They can also closed be closed, sold or rented, if these options best serve district needs. Staff/faculty housing was proposed at the Wake Center site at one time, under President John Romo. Some community college in California also use their college property to provide onsite student dorms for non-local and international students.
COMMENT 314494	2012-08-30 04:37 PM
Vote yes on Prop 30 to help restore some of the funds cut out of SBCC in recent years.
CHERPLAN	2012-08-30 04:14 PM
Wake Center and Schott Center are dedicated to the use of adult ed and will remain so.
COMMENT 314337	2012-08-30 10:59 AM
Perhaps we need to move the public schools and colleges to fee based financing. We can all start by voting no on measures a and b in November. Now let's hear the howling start from the soccer moms and college students...
ZEBRA STRIPES	2012-08-30 09:58 AM
Does anyone know who owns the primary Adult Ed facilities (Wake Center in Goleta & Schott Center near Cottage Hospital)?
COMMENT 314241P	2012-08-30 08:27 AM
I read about the upcoming meetings on the Independent and Noozhawk Web sites, and now on Edhat.
COMMENT 314207	2012-08-30 07:29 AM
I will be attending the forum tonight to make sure "integrated into the credit division" is not a code word for "no more Adult Ed." SBCC has already cut or converted most of their classes that the state calls non-priority. Is the college on the path to take away all of the rest, too? I hope not. The SB community has supported SBCC in so many ways: financially, as voters, as volunteers in the classrooms, and with their expertise - for example, most recently on the very Task Force.that advised Jack Friedlander. I hope the community hears about these forums in time and shows up to demonstrate they are interested in the future of SBCC and Adult Education.
COMMENT 314202P	2012-08-30 07:22 AM
As for why these meetings haven't been widely advertised, it is not a mystery. Just as the catalogs for adult ed classes haven't been distributed by the administration in charge of the Continuing Education program, which includes Adult Ed, announcements of these three public forums gets short shrift. If you find a catalog at a library or Tri County or other places around town, most of those distributions are due to volunteers taking bunches so the public has access to these. The current administration has fallen short in publicity for issues of great interest to SB residents. For those who might not know, registration now open for the Fall session of Adult Ed so if you haven't signed up for a class, be do so because most classes start on September 10. Many have fees because the state isn't paying for many these days. When looking at the fees, be sure to understand that a three hour class will cost more than a one hour class, and the number of weeks also must be considered. They are a good deal and keeps all adults creative, engaged and healthy, both physically and mentally. Do plan to attend one of the meetings posted in an earlier response above.
COMMENT 314194P	2012-08-30 07:12 AM
Please attend one or several of these meetings because Dr. Jack Friedlander, who will head the new CLL and Dr. Lori Gaskin, the new President of SBCC, need to hear from the public about our concerns with Adult Ed. There is some talk that the program needs fancy armchairs, top heavy administration and that is NOT what adult ed needs. We need good instructors, good offerings of courses and reasonable fees. Santa Barbara deserves and wants a strong, viable adult ed and the adult ed program has wide community support and wants the new CLL to be successful. But, the administration needs to hear from the community because they are hired by the community.
COMMENT 314173P	2012-08-29 11:23 PM
314150 - lowest taxes in decades means no money, and people will have to pay. Fits right in with the privatization of everything philosophy.
COMMENT 314170P	2012-08-29 10:09 PM
Thanks for the information. How come this wasn't publicized? From what I've heard and seen, Continuing Ed has been poorly managed the last few years. I used to see regular good news about Cont. Ed. in the newspress and elsewhere. It's as if it's fading away. I've taken a Spanish class there pretty regularly and dropped in on a few other classes here and there. All my teachers have been great, except for one time - she didn't seem like she wanted to be there teaching. I really like how there are so many different kinds of people in the classes. I don't feel intimidated in my Spanish class to answer questions. I hope it doesn't change too much.
COMMENT 314153P	2012-08-29 08:41 PM
It sounds as though they already have their minds made up but here are the forums: Santa Barbara City College will host three community forums with an update on the recommended plans for the reorganization of the SBCC Continuing Education Division The forums will be held: Thursday, August 30 from 5:30- 6:30 p.m., Selmer O. Wake Center, Thornton Auditorium, 300 North Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara Wednesday, September 5 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., (Bilingual translation in Spanish), Alice F. Schott Center, Tannahill Auditorium, 310 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara Thursday, September 6 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Schott Center, Room 31, 310 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara After an extensive analysis, including recommendations from a visioning task force made up of community members and college constituents, SBCC will recommend to its District Board of Trustees on September 27 that the Continuing Education Division be integrated into the college’s Educational Programs Division. Non-credit classes which are no longer funded by the state and converted to fee-based will be offered under the auspices of a newly created Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL), an entrepreneurial enterprise. These courses are those considered by the state as being primarily for personal enrichment and not part of a structured class sequence leading to completion of a certificate, degree or employment. The breadth and depth of class offerings under the CCL center umbrella will be more expansive because the center will function independently of state requirements associated with non-credit offerings. The center will be designed to keep the cost of these classes as low as possible. The CCL will formally launch in 2013.
COMMENT 314150	2012-08-29 08:31 PM
News flash: prepare to pay.

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