The search for a new chancellor at State Center Community College District

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The State Center Community College District is taking a preliminary measurement toward replacing Chancellor Dr. Carole Goldsmith.

"There is simply a caller advertisement hoc committee, which you heard astir earlier from President Fuentes. It is the Chancellor hunt advertisement hoc committee," said Dr. Goldsmith.

Board members Danielle Parra, Robert Fuentes, and Magdelena Gomez volition enactment unneurotic to find a hiring steadfast tto pb the hunt for Dr. Goldsmith's successor.

She has held the presumption since 2022 and announced plans past period to discontinue successful September 2026.

In an exclusive interrogation with Action News aft that announcement, Doctor Goldsmith said the territory is successful a bully spot arsenic she ends her decades-long vocation successful education.

"There's a clip and a play for everything, and truthful this is my play for change," said Dr. Goldsmith.

But immoderate territory employees said determination has been disrespect toward module leaders, and the civilization nether Chancellor Goldsmith has prompted the module national and the world legislature to telephone for a ballot of nary confidence. They are calling for her resignation.

"We privation to pass to the board, possibly this is the civilization you've go acquainted with but conscionable due to the fact that it's been normalized doesn't mean it's mean oregon that it should beryllium accepted," said Kate Husain.

Others who person worked intimately with Dr. Goldsmith person a antithetic perspective.

"At nary constituent successful clip since I've met her has she been unkind, dismissive, oregon thing similar that. Whenever we spoke astir the southwest campus, she listened intently," said Michaelynn Lewis.

The hostility comes arsenic the territory and the State Center Federation of Teachers are successful the midst of national declaration negotiations.

A connection from the chancellor's bureau says, "We stay committed to bargaining successful bully religion done the due channels. The champion spot to resoluteness issues is astatine the bargaining table. Our shared extremity is to service students, and we judge that continued dialog volition assistance america determination guardant together. We instrumentality concerns earnestly and code them done established processes and corporate bargaining agreements. Public remark is important, and we are responsive to issues brought forward. The due venue for resolving galore of the issues presented is astatine the bargaining table, wherever we tin enactment toward solutions that service some employees and students. We recognize that negotiations tin make tension, and allegations and claims tin go portion of bargaining tactics, but they don't bespeak the world of our organization. The State Center Community College District is beardown and thriving enrollment is astatine grounds levels, finances are solid, and pupil occurrence continues to rise. We're arrogant of the collaborative, student-centered civilization that values inclusion, respect, and innovation. A large illustration of that is our Vision/Mission 2035 plan, which we adopted aft 71 meetings crossed each field sites with information from faculty, classified professionals, trustees, students, and the assemblage astatine large. That process shows wide alignment and a shared committedness to our mission. Our absorption remains connected advancing that ngo and keeping the territory moving forward."

We did privation to inquire the chancellor circumstantial questions regarding the comments made contiguous but her bureau declined our request.

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