The answer at Sierra College still isn’t known, but it looks like students in the construction, automotive and agriculture programs will probably lose their courses. At the board meeting that drew 500 people last week, trustees voted to send preliminary layoff notices to all instructors in those programs. They asked college administrators to come back with alternative cuts to close the school’s $11.2 million deficit so they might be able to save the vocational classes. But no matter what they cut in the end, board members acknowledged the school won’t be able to serve everyone it always has.

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: February 9th, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.