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Community members raise concerns about declining enrollment and staff impacts
Summary
During public comment, Peter Martinez highlighted Imperial Valley College programs to benefit the community and Troy Boquist warned that declining enrollment and ADA are contributing to layoffs and non-reelects, urging attention to staffing impacts.
At the March 11 meeting, two members of the public addressed the board. Peter Martinez, speaking as an Imperial Valley College board member, described programs he said "will benefit our community," and encouraged collaboration between IVC and the district.
Later in the public comment period, Troy Boquist addressed trustees about declining enrollment and average daily attendance (ADA). Boquist said it is "hard to see layoffs and non-reelects," linking enrollment declines to staffing and elected representation concerns. The minutes record the comments but do not include extended testimony or responses from trustees in the public record.
The timing of those public comments came ahead of the board's adoption of a resolution to reduce or discontinue certain certificated services, recorded in the same meeting minutes. The minutes do not show whether speakers were notified individually about the board's subsequent actions or whether the board responded directly during the meeting.
