The Script

Twenty-one faculty positions to be eliminated, health insurance under threat

Faculty gather in protest of withheld cost-of-living adjustments at a Foothill-De Anza District meeting in June.

Carina Thanh-Ngoc DeLorenzo and Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky

November 12, 2018

A number of part-time faculty positions are slated to be eliminated at the end of this year. Insurance and other benefits hang in the balance.

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The Story of Work-to-Contract

Bruce Swenson, president of the Board of Trustees, addresses the room.

Daniel Jacobson, Staff Writer

June 20, 2018

“Fellow faculty, At the negotiations session this afternoon, FA and the District reached a tentative agreement for compensation for 2017-18 and 2018-19. While all the details are not yet finalized, we are happy to announce that the work to contract is over.” The previous email was sent o...

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Letter from the Editor: On the Undue Defamation of President Nguyen

Liza Turchinsky, Editor-in-Chief

February 22, 2018

A three page email defaming college leadership was distributed anonymously last week. Editor-in-Chief Liza Turchinsky addresses its validity.

Tags: administration, anonymous letter, budget crisis, Budget Cuts, faculty, Foothill Faculty, investigation, letter from the editor, libel, PaRC, President Nguyen, President Thuy, slander