Shasta College outlines Trinity campus plans, dual‑enrollment growth and November bond proposal
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Shasta College Superintendent/President Frank Nigro told Trinity County supervisors the district regained pre‑pandemic enrollment, is expanding dual‑enrollment (CCAP) in local high schools, and is planning to ask voters in November 2026 to extend the 2002 bond at the same tax rate to support campus remodels and dorm renovations.
Shasta College Superintendent/President Frank Nigro and trustees briefed the Trinity County Board of Supervisors on district and Trinity campus developments, including increased enrollment, dual‑enrollment expansions and a planned November 2026 bond‑extension measure.
Nigro said the district was reaccredited and had rebounded from pandemic enrollment declines, reporting that Trinity‑area full‑time‑student (FTS) counts are about 830 with a goal of roughly 1,000 by 2028. He highlighted CCAP dual‑enrollment opportunities at Trinity High School and Hayfork High School that allow students to take up to 15 units per year, and said the college offers almost 50 degrees fully online and many hybrid/hyFlex classes that reduce travel burdens for Trinity students.
Looking ahead, Nigro said the district will ask trustees to place a bond‑extension resolution on the May agenda and put an extension before voters in November 2026 that would continue the same tax rate from the 2002 bond measure rather than increase taxes. He outlined potential Trinity campus remodels, modernization of IT infrastructure to support online and HyFlex instruction, and possible dormitory renovations (the district operates roughly 128 main dorm beds) with a sample remodel project cited at about $13 million.
Trustee Debbie Bourne and trustee Jim Middleton joined Nigro in encouraging local engagement. Supervisors thanked the delegation and raised workforce and soft‑skills training as local priorities where the college could help.
Nigro also said Shasta College is exploring a second baccalaureate program in public safety management aimed for fall 2028 to provide a lower‑cost pathway for careers in emergency services, administration of justice and paramedic or nursing pathways.
Shasta College left business cards and offered to follow up with county staff about transfer pathways, scholarships and local outreach.