Prop. 76 cuts opposed

Published in Long Beach City College's Viking newspaper in 2005.

Full-time teachers president and political science professor Charlotte Joseph urged LBCC Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Oct. 11 to vote no on Proposition 76, which would cut education budgets.
Joseph said that if successful Prop.76 would suspend Prop. 98, which guarantees a minimum funding level for Community Colleges and will eventually force schools to lose roughly $600 a student in government funding.
Thomas Clark, president of the board, requested the item appear on the agenda for the Oct. 25 board meeting.
Also, LBCC President Jan Kehoe updated the board on the midterm accreditation report, which is significant to keep LBCC open and operating.
The evaluation requires a report and visit to the college. This year's evaluation by the accreditation team only required a report with no visit. Jacquie Lang-Wilvers, Lou Anne Bynum and David Morse wrote the report.
Earlier in the meeting, Student Trustee June Tanskul updated the board on Homecoming events then extensively praised the music department and discussed its importance to student life.
A sabbatical report read by English teacher Frank Gaspar informed the board of his accomplishments.
"If I can't entertain you, I can at least make you suffer," Gaspar said before reading two poems. Gaspar recently published a new book titled 'Night of a Thousand Blossoms.'