Board of Trustees
2010 Goals


  1. Identify ways to institutionalize student success strategies as gleaned from Gavilan's CLASS project involvement.
  2. Schedule a Board Retreat during the spring semester, focusing on a to-be-determined issue or task, i.e., discuss how to institutionalize and set a goal for a student success class project.
  3. Explore additional options for actualizing the golf course property as a financial resource to the District.
  4. Search for a funding stream source that can help finance transitional facilities in San Benito County.
  5. Examine the impacts of the state's funding reductions on categorical programs. Identify ways that some of the services/strategies and student support might be sustained for the broadest possible range of students, including necessary resources and their sources.
  6. Review the results of the non-credit program, and potential funding implications from the state that may impact the program's continuity. Identify opportunities for expansion of program offering throughout the District.
  7. Review the results of the basic skills program, and potential funding implications from the state that may impact the program's continuity. Identify opportunities for expansion of program offering throughout the District.
  8. Discuss strategies to sustain vocational programs and to implement alternatives for new vocational training.
  9. Review the current Board Self-Evaluation Form and edit/revise the questionnaire as appropriate to sharpen clarity and eliminate any redundancy.
  10. Continue the review of a multi-year fiscal solvency plan to maintain a balanced budget and adjust to the diminished state financial support. Include strategies for resource realignment and continue the work of the Expenditure Reduction Task Force as necessary.
  11. Review the achievement and any issues related to the G.E.C.A. program. Seek a survey / student evaluation of the current students within the program. Project long term program probability and impacts.
  12. Develop a format for the board goals so they are stated as goals, with achievable measures of accomplishment when completed.
  13. Continue to explore options to enhance support of student leadership, organizations and activities, including a plan to implement a student life coordinator position.

Last modified: January 22, 2010
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