Show Budget Cuts Hurt Students Student's t s Rights ts r t J J ii r k i by Green Two vo program cuts proposed for our campus have impressed me as extremely unfair English as a Second Language ESL and Photography have both been marked for elimination this year In both cases instructors and students have complained about little or no communication from Administration Afew A Afew Afew few things that have been mentioned are of concern and deserve attention in hi Points West Officials do not admit to having eliminated the ESL program however they have told the one and only instructor for ESL to start looking for a new source of income Could it be true that the Adminis Administration is hiding the fact that non- non English speaking students will wm be out of luck this year Kathy ESL director instructor director told me that teachers are already concerned Teachers have been coming to me in hi masses to find out what is stated further mentioned happening to the ESL program she students who do not understand understand under under- that instructors do not want to go back to teaching stand college level English The Skill Center will continue to teach Survival English further commented that her classes are the only ones in the area that bridge the gap between Survival English and the amount of English needed for College SurvivaL V V Fi I If H these students cannot learn college level English at they will not be beable beable to school and fail or just stay able to learn it anywhere Their choices come of the Equal Educational Opportunity for denial home I think this is a clear non-English non speaking students Students in Photography face a similar problem Photography is a two year have already invested much time and major maior Students starting this quarter faith to spend their money on in their futures In good they come money tuition books and supplies and hopefully expect to gain a degree In some ways they have made a contract for education with this college officials will violate that contract if they do not change their decisions College eliminate Photography Administrators have the option to phase this to the period of two years The choice to eliminate this program out over program when students have received their cert certificates or degrees may maybe be justified only which we must protect We need to make sure that As students we have rights them know we are watching Administrators o then SPEAK UP been treated unfairly As 5 students if you feel you have should be made public in our All worthy concerns TELL US AT POINTS WEST college newspaper |