A jury report of the Alameda County Grand Jury, the Trustee Board of the District of the Community of Peralta to maintain poor governance practices, interfere with contracting decisions, hold secret meetings, fighting in the infauta, showing Racial insensibility and promoting a general culture of incivility with each other. , administrators and staff.
The report, published on Monday, said that students were wrong with a "broken Board culture" that led an extensive administrative rotation and exacerbated long-standing financial problems. The district of the Bay Area, which is part of the California Community System, consists of the Alameda College, Berkeley City College, Merritt College and Laney College.
The Grand Jury received eight formal complaints about the Trustees chosen before 2020, according to the report.
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"Cohesion, civility, trust and mutual respect are critical elements of an effective government meeting," wrote the authors of the report. "Tension, bad communication, lack of unified objectives and individual divisive behavior in Peralta have led to the inability of the Board to fulfill its mandate effectively. Interference in traditional chancellor roles, secret meetings And the trafficking of the rear destroy the morale of the staff and the relationship of the Board with the administrative team. Without reform or change in the behavior of the Board, the students of Peralta, so the needs of this essential institution will continue to suffer " .
Cynthia Napoli-ABELLA REISS, President of the Board of Trustees, since the members of the Board were already aware of the problems detailed in the report and had begun to address them.
"The Grand Juro highlighted the problems that had previously been self-identified by the Board as areas that the Board has already started the work," she said in a written statement. "I remain committed to direct the Board of Trustee of the Peralta community and to work closely with the Chancellor on topics identified in the report."
The Grand Jury interviewed 19 people as part of the investigation, including the current and previous exidies, administrators, faculty members and experts in governance.
The report concluded that Board members approached the limits of their roles encouraging staff overlooking the chancellor to bring them directly to them, and when interfering with hiring supervised processes By chancellor on Multiple occasions between 2018 and 2020. Googleg.cmd.push (function () googleg.display ("DFP-AD-Article_in_Article");); Do you want to announce? Click here
Regina Stanback Stroud, the old Chancellor, left the position of it in July 2020, less than a year after she was hired. The letter of resignation of it accused the trustees of undermines the role of it; interfering with complaints against Board members; intervene in labor negotiations; "Exhibiting hostility and contempt" towards administrators, especially black executive staff; and participate in "Collusion with unions against district interest".
"These issues emit a poor light on the Board as a whole and the district, and place the District and its four universities in Fiscal Jeopardía Continue production the ability of the community district of Peralta to satisfy successfully The needs of the students and the community, "Stroud wrote in the letter.
Jennifer Shanki, president of the Peralta's Federation of Teachers, a local affiliate of the Union Faculty, denied that the Board will perform any inappropriate role in labor negotiations.
"The idea that there is some secret collusion is absolutely absurd," she said. "We think one of
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