Issue Date: 5/19/08
School leader challenges money issues
The budget is the biggest challenge facing Palomar College, said Nancy Chadwick, Palomar College District Governing Board's current secretary.
"We are in a lifeboat full of holes. That is how desperate the budget is," Chadwick said.
Chadwick is a six-year member of the board that controls fund allocation, teacher employment, curriculum, campus location and program selection. She is running for re-election in the fall to the board to continue representing the people who have elected her.
If she is re-elected, she said the biggest challenge is a lack of money expected from the state next year.
The college will probably not be able to overcome the budget deficit, Chadwick said. But she feels there are things that can be done to keep it running.
"We may have to reduce sections and travel. We are not going to gut ourselves. We cannot and will not lay off people," she added.
"We are doing it, too. We will be doing it together," Chadwick said of the board's expenses.
No pay increases are a possibility as well. "That hurts, but it is better than not having a job," Chadwick said.
"Leadership has to have vision. Leadership that develops good policy," said Chadwick.
Chadwick's goals for next term if elected are to continue doing what the board has been doing, "effective, constructive governing," along with trying to get a government mandated money for community colleges.
Those who work with Chadwick called her the most politically minded of the board members.
"She has an innate sense of good legislation," Neill Kovrig, president of the Council of Classified Employees, said.
Kovrig said her weakness is that she gets emotionally worked up with the political side. She gets frustrated, because she is so invested.
"Nancy is very enthusiastic and stays involved," said Jesse Lynn, student government president and student trustee on the governing board, of Chadwick. "She is always right there," she added.
"We are in a lifeboat full of holes. That is how desperate the budget is," Chadwick said.
Chadwick is a six-year member of the board that controls fund allocation, teacher employment, curriculum, campus location and program selection. She is running for re-election in the fall to the board to continue representing the people who have elected her.
If she is re-elected, she said the biggest challenge is a lack of money expected from the state next year.
The college will probably not be able to overcome the budget deficit, Chadwick said. But she feels there are things that can be done to keep it running.
"We may have to reduce sections and travel. We are not going to gut ourselves. We cannot and will not lay off people," she added.
"We are doing it, too. We will be doing it together," Chadwick said of the board's expenses.
No pay increases are a possibility as well. "That hurts, but it is better than not having a job," Chadwick said.
"Leadership has to have vision. Leadership that develops good policy," said Chadwick.
Chadwick's goals for next term if elected are to continue doing what the board has been doing, "effective, constructive governing," along with trying to get a government mandated money for community colleges.
Those who work with Chadwick called her the most politically minded of the board members.
"She has an innate sense of good legislation," Neill Kovrig, president of the Council of Classified Employees, said.
Kovrig said her weakness is that she gets emotionally worked up with the political side. She gets frustrated, because she is so invested.
"Nancy is very enthusiastic and stays involved," said Jesse Lynn, student government president and student trustee on the governing board, of Chadwick. "She is always right there," she added.
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