Category: Board Reports

By Lauren Handley. I want to address two issues today. The first relates to dual enrollment. MPCTA has reached out to the District because we very, very strongly believe that for dual enrollment to be successful, to be something that we are doing in the best possible way, we need a MOU– as it relates to the working…

I. Introduction Hello, my name is Lauren Blanchard and I am very pleased to be representing my colleagues as the president of MPCTA. I have been the chair of the Political Science department for six years. During my time here, I have served on the Academic Senate, the Equivalency Committee, the Committee on Committees, I…

I. Introduction Hello, my name is Lauren Blanchard and I am very pleased to be representing my colleagues as the president of MPCTA. I have been the chair of the Political Science department for six years. During my time here, I have served on the Academic Senate, the Equivalency Committee, the Committee on Committees, I…

Good afternoon, Board of Trustees! I don’t know if you all know, but I have not chosen to run for president of MPCTA. This has been a more than full time job. I literally have worked two jobs for two years. I don’t ask for sympathy because there are many of us doing the same…

Good afternoon, Board of Trustees! We at the Association, and maybe the District, too, are trying to get used to the slow pace of Interest Based Bargaining. We hope the long discussions are worth the wait. In fact, the Association has been waiting on pins and needles to find out what will happen to our…

Good afternoon, Board of Trustees! I know that I’m supposed to come out here and say that now that we are in the middle of our $200,000 institutional review, we are at a turning point, and all will be well. I wish that is the case, and I hope it will be the case. I…