The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 2007 Page: 8 of 19
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Senate discusses the poor planning from the district
on college closure for the first few days of school.
By Natalia Montemayor__________________________________
Business Chair Vernell Walker presents an idea for meeting with the human
resources department to discuss a 6 percent raise for teachers.
Faculty Senate is meeting with human resources
Director Celso Guzman at 2:15 p.m. Feb. 21
in Room 120 of the visual arts center.
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"If we are going to do
away with everything
that isn’t strictly work-
related, let’s do away
with cozy administration
luncheons and
retirement parties. ”
Carol Reposa
English professor
district’s core value.
According to the e-mail, district
. resources include Internet access, office
telephones and mailroom services.
None of these resources should be
used for anything that isn’t work relat-
ed.
“The e-mail itself was very vague, but
it seemed to imply some sort of threat,”
English Professor Carol Reposa said.
The e-mail states, “Employees may
make minimal incidental use of Alamo
Community College District equipment,
under limited conditions. ”
The example of an employee receiv-
ing a call from his or her doctor is used
to describe an incidental and is allowed
as long as it doesn’t interfere with the
employee’s duties.
Lengthy personal calls do not qualify
as incidental and, therefore, are restrict-
ed.
Failure to comply with the policies can result in disciplinary
action, ranging from termination to civil and criminal penal-
ties.
“I have a cousin who sends me e-mails constantly, and I’ve told
her several times not to, but they keep coming,” Walker said.
The e-mail also emphasized not using district resources for
private profit, and not installing software or digital media not
authorized by the district.
“Just this morning, I was looking at the CNN Web site, and
— although it may not seem work related — it had to do with
something in one of my classes,” Walker added.
Members of the senate referred to the policy as demoralizing
and believe it is setting a precedent of distrust toward faculty
and staff.
“If we are going to do away with everything that isn’t strictly
work-related, let’s do away with cozy administration luncheons
and retirement parties,” Reposa said.
Music Chair and senate Vice Chair Jessica Howard announced
that the district director of human resources, Celso Guzman, will
be attending a senate meeting Feb. 21.
“Hopefully, he can provide more background about the e-
mail and these specific policies,” Howard said.
. The senate also discussed events that occurred the first days
of this semester.
“It has come to my attention that there is concern over the
timeliness of the announcements during the ice days,” Walch
said.
A salary proposal seeking a 6 percent raise for faculty and
staff remains a priority for Faculty Senate.
“The 6 percent raise would be just enough to make our pay
competitive with other schools,” business Chair Vernell Walker
said in Wednesday’s regular meeting.
Walker explained that factors such as annual tax revenues,
increasing tuition costs of graduate courses for faculty and a
consistently lower salary than other Texas community colleges
justifies the proposal.
A similar proposal for fiscal year 2006-07 resulted in a 4
percent raise.
The senate unanimously approved Dr. Terry Walch’s proposal
for the compensation package to be presented to Chancellor
Bruce H. Leslie and the board’s Budget and Compensation
Committee.
Leslie, whose employment with the district began Nov. 1,
receives an annual base salary of $290,000 and will receive a
bonus of $30,000 if he completes his contract through Aug. 31,
2009.
Biological sciences Professor Jerry Purcell reminded senators
that Leslie was hired by the district’s board.
"He may not want to approve it because we aren’t the ones
who pay his salary,” Purcell said.
Another cause for concern involves an e-mail that was sent
as a chancellor’s directive, a series of reminders sent to district
employees to explain the implementation of administrative pro-
cedures.
The e-mail sent on Jan. 23 focused on the appropriate use
of district resources by employees and listed integrity as the
Faculty Senate proposes raise, questions ban
on nonwork-related use of district resources
Altug Sami Icilensu
On the evening of Jan. 15, employees were told to report
to work at noon the following day, and that all evening classes
would meet.
The following morning, it was announced that all classes
were canceled.
On Jan. 16, employees were told that Wednesday’s classes
would begin at noon, only to learn that morning that all classes
were again canceled.
“Every other school quickly and effi-
ciently let their employees know whether
to show up or not,” Reposa said.
“The announcement that Wednesday’s
classes were canceled was as equally and
embarrassingly slow as it was the day
before,” she added.
Some senators also mentioned the prob-
■ lem of having to arrange and rearrange for
childcare, as all elementary schools were
closed.
“My driveway was covered in several
inches of ice, and there were oak trees
doing U-turns to the ground,” finan-
cial management Coordinator Vai Calvert
said.
Calvert said she doesn’t reside in San
Antonio proper and was in an area on the
outskirts of town where the weather was
harsher.
“I’m a professional, and I think I should have been allowed
to make the decision on whether or not I would leave home that
day,” Calvert said.
Walch mentioned that she spoke to President Robert Zeigler
while trying to determine whether to show up to work, and that
he told her he was waiting to receive a decision from Chancellor
Bruce H. Leslie.
“Zeigler said that all the presidents were trying to get the
chancellor to make a decision,” Walch said.
Meanwhile, students were traveling up to an hour and a half
by bus, expecting to attend their first day of class.
“I saw students getting off buses, and some were even with
their parents,” English Professor Liz Ann Aguilar said.
“Some students were newcomers to the college, so they were
really excited to be coming to class,” she added.
Aguilar said she spent time talking to some of the students
and parents who had traveled by bus. “I was lucky to have a
car. I couldn’t imagine how I would’ve felt if I had to take the
bus that day.”
For more information, call Faculty Senate Chair Terry Walch
at 733-2553.
By Julian Aguilar IV
Waterline connection approved
for Northeast Lakeview College
Groundbreaking: By open invitation from President Ana M. “Cha” Guzman,
wildlife management sophomore April Crouch and interdisciplinary studies sophomore
Brenda Gonzalez participate in the Tuesday groundbreaking at Palo Alto College.
After acceptance of the lowest bid to establish waterline connec-
tions at Northeast Lakeview College during the regular board meeting
Jan. 23, Alamo Community College District trustees unanimously wel-
comed the school as the newest of five colleges in the district family.
As the first project at Northeast Lakeview, the $77,000 water-
line project will establish pipework as the key source of water from
Universal City to the campus.
“Wow, we’re welcoming them into our community tonight, and we
start building tomorrow,” Chairman Roberto Zarate said.
John Strybos, director of facilities operation and construction man-
agement, said the process leading up to the actual installation of the
line is still a long one.
Besides obtaining the necessary bonding and insurance, Strybos
said the contractor will need to become registered with Universal City
because the project is in Universal City.
After all necessary information is compiled, Principle Contracting
Services, LLC, and Alamo Utilities Inc., the group which won the bid,
must sit down with board members for a preconstruction meeting to
finalize plans.
In a phone interview Jan. 30, Dr. Eric Reno, president of Northeast
Lakeview College, expressed his excitement at beginning the project.
Reno added that with the hiring of Cynthia Griffith as the new dean
of continuing education and workforce development, he was ready to
look at what types of programs the college hopes to excel in.
Monday and TUesday, Reno visited Johnson County Community
College in Overland, Kan., to interview as a finalist for president.
He is one of five candidates slated for two-day visits with open
forums as part of the search process.
Reno was out Thursday with a family emergency and was unable
to return phone calls for further comment.
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