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SACRAMENTO – After years of scaling back or even eliminating summer sessions, many community colleges across California report that they will expand offerings for students this summer thanks in large part to the passage of Proposition 30 in November.
In an informal survey of the state’s 112 colleges, 67 percent of those responding indicated that they would offer more courses this summer than they did last year.
Twenty-three percent of colleges said they would offer about the same number of classes, and only 10 percent said they planned to decrease summer course offerings.
“The voters of California made a wise investment in public higher education at the polls last year, and we are working diligently to satisfy pent up demand from students who are eager to learn. This is good news for students and good news for our economy because California needs more college-educated workers,’’ said California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris.
Harris, however, cautioned that while the increase in summer courses is a positive trend, it will take years for the community colleges system to make up for the $1.5 billion in cuts that forced colleges to turn away 600,000 students over the past five years.
“We are not out of the woods by a long shot,” Harris said.
Passage of Proposition 30 means that the community college system will be able to serve about 20,000 additional students this year. Defeat of Proposition 30 would have translated into 29,000 fewer classes offered and 180,000 fewer students served.
Several of the 70 colleges responding to the survey indicated that they will expand offerings across a broad range of academic disciplines.
Some colleges reported that financial conditions did not allow them to increase the number of classes this summer, but they are changing the mix of offerings so that high-demand courses get priority.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation. It is composed of 72 districts and 112 colleges serving 2.4 million students per year.
Community colleges supply workforce training, basic skills courses in English and math, and prepare students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities.
The Chancellor’s Office provides leadership, advocacy and support under the direction of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) on Thursday voted against H.R. 1911, the House Majority’s Making College More Expensive Act, which would make college more expensive for students and families by forcing them into loans with interest rates that fluctuate year by year.
This would further compound the student debt crisis, according to Thompson’s office.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill would charge millions of students and families $3.7 billion over the next decade in additional interest payments relative to current law.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, the House Majority’s bill is even worse for students and families than allowing interest rates to double on July 1 as currently scheduled.
Under H.R. 1911, students who borrow the maximum amount of subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans over five years would pay nearly $2,000 more in interest costs than if interest rates doubled.
“Our students and families deserve better than a bill that makes many students pay higher interest payments than they would if Congress did nothing and interest rates doubled,” said Thompson. “Total student debt currently stands at $1.1 trillion, greater than credit card debt. This bill would increase that debt. Instead we should pass the bill that I co-authored which would prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1st and would save hard working families millions of dollars.”
Under the House Majority’s bill, interest rates on loans would be reset every year. So, the interest rate on a loan taken out next year by a freshman may start off low, but she doesn’t get to keep that interest rate for the life of the loan. It will change every year, potentially skyrocketing.
The House Marjory’s Leadership refused to allow the House to consider the Democratic bill co-sponsored by Thompson to block student loan rates from doubling on July 1st.
This bill, H.R. 1433, the Student Loan Relief Act, continues to allow college students to benefit from historically low interest rates by freezing the current low 3.4 percent rate on subsidized Stafford loans for the next two years.
“The one essential element to our nation’s long-term economic success is education. We need to work together to keep college costs down,” said Thompson.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – This semester the Yuba College Advanced Office Procedures class effectively executed a fundraising raffle for the Lake County Youth Services’ Clearlake Youth Center.
Thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets, the class was able to raise $714.
Many thanks also go to the generous donations from these local businesses: Edgewater Resort, Twin Pine Casino, Konocti Vista Casino, Running Creek Casino, Paradise Pizza, Nails by Jessica at Heavenly Hair, Espresso Depot, Ray’s Food Place, and Four Corners Builders Supply.
The funds were presented to Four Corners Builders Supply on behalf of the Advanced Office Procedures class for the purchase of supplies and renovation items needed for the Clearlake Youth Center.
In addition to helping the youth center and supporting a local business, the students of the Advanced Office Procedures class had the opportunity to showcase many skills learned over the course of their education.
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The Carlé High School Black and White Prom was on Friday, May 10, and it was a successful, fun turnout!
Students started coming in at 7 p.m. all dressed up and ready to participate in the fun-filled night.
As was said before Gary, our janitor, ran a gaming table with the students. Each time a student won they were rewarded with tickets, which were later turned in for prizes held in Ms. Shrive’s room.
Music and dance also took place thanks to our own Carlé DJ Ray Green who provided an eclectic variety of music for everyone to enjoy the entire night.
There also was a wide selection of food at the prom. Little party favors were also given out to students by Ms. Shrive, filled with candy, sun glasses, and glow sticks.
The Carlé Prom King was Timothy McGuire. Prom Queen went to Shelby England. Prince(s) were Charles Trujillo and Johnny Roofener, and Princess went to Rosie Wright-Trejo. Congratulations to all who won!
Welcome to the new students that have recently come to Carlé, they may be late additions but any addition are always welcomed warmly and happily.
Cody Hoss, Anthony Perazzo and Craig Stephens welcome to our Carlé family.
Open House was on Thursday, May 9. As always Open House is an excellent opportunity to have parents and teachers come together to participate in a general walk-through of a Carlé student’s daily schedule.
Great food was brought especially Kasandra Colwell’s “amazing” homemade pizza that she made and brought with her to the event. Also sustainability awards were handed out to those present at the event.
On May 15 the Gold Level students of Carlé, as well as chaperones Alan and Angie Siegel and Gwen Bouscal, went to Fort Bragg.
Students and chaperones went on a tour of the tide pools on the beach with our tour guide, a docent for California State Parks, Fred Andrews. During the tour the students discovered many sea creatures like starfish, clams, crabs, hermit crabs, mollusks, sea anemone and sea urchins.
After the tour of the tide pools the students went to see the sea lions and then went to the beach to relax, play around, eat lunch, bury each other, enjoy the water and many other things.
After the beach, the group stopped by the town of Mendocino to walk around and browse the shops. On the way back through Willits, Alan and Angie Siegel treated everyone on the trip to free food from Jack in the Box.
The trip was a huge success and a whole lot of fun and students can’t wait to do it again next year. Thank you to the adults that came along as well as the students, all of which who were very well behaved as well as supportive of each other.
CHILY prize winner this week was Sarah Terry, who took the flashing bouncy ball with her as her prize.
Carlé’s student council led my Ms. Shrive held a fundraiser at the school where students would turn in as much loose change as they could into their advisories, and we turned it into a competition to see who could raise the most by the deadline. The total money raised was about $100. The advisory that won was Steve’s advisory class. All funds were donated to go towards children’s cancer research.
Jesse Harrell’s portfolio was on May 9. Jesse showed off his great sense of humor and design skills. He used a movie theme to tie all the disparate elements of his portfolio together.
Other portfolios that took place were for Camari Onwuasoeze on May 15, Cody Beers and Austin Weldon’s on May 16.
These three boys have been at Carlé for quite a while and are responsible for helping out the school tremendously as well as being the reason for so many great things that have happened at this school.
Each one has become a responsible adult in their own right, and after this year’s graduation they will move on to start their lives as official adults.
We hope that each and every one makes the best choices to ensure the best, most complete, and happy life.
Jesse Harrell attends Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.