By Susan Winlow

Solano Community College is ready for Oct. 15.

That’s the day the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges is expecting a follow-up report to be mailed from the college regarding the four areas of concern it asked the college to address. Areas of work included diversity data gathering, distance learning, student learning outcome effectiveness and a clearly written code of ethics for personnel.

via Accreditation report close to finished, deadline Oct. 15 Daily Republic.

Details about the voter-approved Measure Q bond measure are on the agenda when the Solano Community College District governing board meets tonight.

Trustees will consider the “recommended structure” for the measure, formally called the SCC District Student/Veterans Affordable Education Job Training, Classroom Repair Measure. It is a $348 million bond measure, approved by county voters in November. Trustees will consider whether to hire a consultant to oversee the spending of the bond money, keep the job in-house or use some combination of those arrangements.

via Solano College board to discuss bond measure management – The Reporter.

By Susan Winlow

FAIRFIELD — The Solano Community College Governing Board will hold a study session at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at 360 Campus Lane on the first floor in the “West Lobby.”

On the agenda is a second reading of an administrative leadership group proposal for a revised board policy regarding student learning and service area outcomes. This satisfies one of the recommendations put forth by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges during the findings of an evaluation team visit in November 2012. In order to increase institutional effectiveness it was recommended that the college “develop and implement appropriate policies and procedures that incorporate effectiveness in producing student learning outcomes into the evaluation process of faculty and others directly responsible for student progress,” according to staff reports.

via College governing board to hold study session Daily Republic.

With regard to the column by Solano Community College’s superintendent and president, Jowel C. Laguerre (July 14, “Solano College considers PLA pros, cons”), I personally have sat in on some of these meetings concerning project labor agreements.

Union and nonunion companies all agree that there is a need for further education for the trades at the private, high school and college levels. From the sound of the column, if a PLA is not passed, the union would not be very involved in this furthering of education for the future labor pool. This thought is rather foolish due to all of the training centers that the unions have in Fairfield alone and the labor pool involved for future membership.

via PLAs are discriminatory Daily Republic.

By Jowel C. Laguerre

After the passage of Measure G in 2002, the Solano Community College Governing Board approved, and successfully implemented, a project labor agreement (PLA) for some of the bond’s projects.

Recently the college passed Measure Q by a wider margin (almost 64 percent) than Measure G’s 55.7 percent. Nevertheless, during the Measure Q campaign, some critics claimed that since adopting a PLA for Measure G had allegedly not been in the college’s best interest, they opposed the measure.

via College weighs pros, cons of PLA – The Reporter.

By Susan Winlow

FAIRFIELD — The Solano Community College governing board will hear an update on the current academic affairs reorganization.

A  couple of years ago, the college consolidated its divisions from six down to four “schools” to save money. The college is now looking to expand again because of savings in learning-management-system costs.

Solano College to hear update on academic affairs reorganization Daily Republic.

by Susan Winlow

FAIRFIELD — The Solano Community College governing board will conduct its annual retreat from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

The retreat gives the board a chance to establish upcoming goals, discuss the previous year and it’s also the time the superintendent receives his annual review in closed session.

via Solano College board looks at past, future at retreat.

by Mike Corpos

ROCKVILLE — Hoping to develop a more cohesive team and spawn ideas for how to achieve goals, the Solano Community College Board of Trustees gathered Saturday for its annual retreat.

On the agenda was a closed session to deal with the performance evaluation of college president Jowel Laguerre.

No action was taken and the evaluation process is ongoing, said board president Sarah Chapman.

via SCC board discusses past and plans for future at annual retreat.

By Donna Beth Weilenman
Staff Reporterc

The governing board of Solano Community College will attend a retreat Saturday at the school’s Fairfield campus to review its past year.

Comments from the public will be heard early during the meeting.

via At retreat, SCC board to hear public comments.

FAIRFIELD — The Solano Community College District board meets tonight to hold a study session tonight on a partnership with an airline company near the Nut Tree Airport in Vacaville.

The board meeting starts 6:30 p.m. in the Administration Building at 4000 Suisun Valley Road in rural Fairfield.

via Study session on Solano College partnership with airline firm held ….