LCC Faculty Colleagues —

I’m writing to provide an update on potential retrenchments. On Tuesday evening, the Administration provided notice to LCCEA about potential retrenchments. (See email from Shane Turner pasted below.) We, in turn, shared this information with faculty in potentially affected areas. Scant information has been available, and since March 1, the Administration has repeatedly declined to respond to several LCCEA information requests about potential reductions even though they are required to do so by both our contract and state law. 

Over the past two days, LCCEA officers held informational meetings with all the contracted faculty (22 in total, plus numerous part-time faculty) in the broad areas identified for potential retrenchment by the LCC Administration. This evening the LCC Administration clarified that they plan to suspend the Criminal Justice and HIM programs. In addition, they have announced yet another version of the mitigation plan. Unfortunately, beyond Criminal Justice and HIM, they have yet to provide any information about the scope of planned reductions or the specific areas of planned reductions within the list provided in Shane Turner’s email pasted below.

We will provide more information as it becomes available. In the meantime, let us stand together with care and resolve.

My best,

Adrienne

From Shane Turner:

“I’m writing to provide you notice consistent with Article 10.2 of the faculty contract that the College is contemplating one or more contracted faculty retrenchments in the following departments:

Tutoring

HIM

Criminal Justice

Library

Additionally, we are contemplating one or more partial retrenchments in the following departments:

Health & PE

MCC

GEC

ABSE

Adrienne Mitchell, M.A., M.Ed.

Faculty Member, Academic Learning Skills Department

President, Lane Community College Education Association

Vice President, Oregon Education Association Community College Council