Sierra Trustees have hidden agenda
From Letters to the Editor. Roseville Tribune
February 14, 2005
I have been teaching part-time at Sierra College for seven years. Recently, along with about 500 faculty and staff, I attended Sierra's convocation where it became clear we are losing our popular president, primarily due to the irresponsible actions of two new board members who seem to have no interest in the well being of the college.
A very sad President Kevin Ramirez received numerous long, standing ovations from those who have worked for him for the past 11 years. Clearly this was a man who was very appreciated. Those of us who have been involved at Sierra College are appalled at the recent activities of these new board members.
By spending 10 times more than anyone has ever spent to become elected, Scott Leslie and Aaron Klein, for some reason, feel they have a mandate to force their own political agenda onto the school.For these aggressive, negative power brokers, Sierra College is nothing but a stepping-stone into the big time of Sacramento politics.
No one elected Klein and Leslie to target and hound specific individuals, to create an atmosphere of fear and hostility, and generally to bring ill will and unrest to what has been a thriving institution of learning. How long before we start burning books?
Mary Helen Fein, Sierra College AdjunctProfessor of Applied Art
posted by Aaron Klein MUST Resign @ 1:49 PM
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Five years ago, many of those same faculty members were also demanding that Ramirez resign. "We're not happy with the president, and we're not happy with the running of the college," said Ralph Eavenson, then-president of the Sierra College Faculty Association, in the May/June 2000 association newsletter. That vote of "no confidence" in the former president came after another series of back-room deals, where a former college dean was paid some $576,000 to drop her wrongful termination lawsuit against Ramirez, the board and the college.
It was NOT wrongful termination. If you check the details, the woman was demoted because she was not competent. She admitted herself that her performance reviews were bad.
The college's insurance company recommended that the college settle her suit. The college did not pay one cent to her.
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