“ …I do not feel that the education part itself is going to suffer." What does the John A. Logan College Board of Trustees Chairman mean by this?
In the January Board of Trustees meeting, the Board, under the leadership of Jake Rendleman, had the opportunity to cut almost $100,000 in college expenses without firing any fulltime faculty or staff. Before a packed house, and after some articulate and passionate speeches, the Board decided to table the issue. By tabling the golf issue, Mr. Rendleman, and the Board, gave a pass to the golf team, but set up the firing of full time faculty, who contribute to the College’s core mission: Teaching!
Not to pick on the golf team, but the central question is: does the John A Logan Board of Trustees choose the sports programs, and the Community Health Education Complex over its core mission of providing an accessible quality education to residents of Southern Illinois?
On its January 28 newscast, WSIL-TV reported, “The chairman of John A. Logan College's board is revealing even he was surprised that the men's and women's golf coaches weren't informed until Saturday that their program was on the chopping block.” It’s hard to believe that Jake Rendleman was surprised. He starts almost every day of the week at John A Logan College at the Community Health Education Complex. After he works out, he then goes to the John A Logan Administration offices and wants to know what’s going on. Can anyone really believe that Jake Rendleman didn’t know about the golf team’s dismissal? Rendleman was first elected to a 6 year term in 1997. He has already served 18 years on the Board of Trustees; one would think that by now he knew everything there is to know about the college.
Jake Rendleman is running for reelection to the John A Logan Board of Trustees. In the meantime, tonight, the Board has a choice to make. Education? Or, sports and the Community Health Education Complex?
The quality of Logan's courses is something that won't be cut, the Chairman insists. We’ll soon see.
Very simple..Voters must get out and GET JAKE OFF THE BOARD..faculty, administration sick of him hanging around being his typical "hey, how are you" and shaking hands while being a Brewer lap dog. He is definitely not a leader and his tenure on the board has worn out his welcome. YES HE KNEW ABOUT THE CUTS-HECK HE IS BEST FRIENDS WITH JERRY HALSTEAD, athletic director who we know knew of the cuts to golf. Hope the morning paper has some results from last nights meeting. Main thing..VOTE SANDERS AND RAY HANCOCK IN AND GET RID OF RENDLEMEN!
ReplyDeletevery simple about Rendleman..talks out of both sides of mouth...What do you want to hear? He will say whatever you want to hear and then go back to the kitchen to get his knife! typical but a poor one-politician.
ReplyDeleteAthletics was a definite cutback before it even started. Kilquist, Brewer was after athletics a long time ago after the last election. They have to cut all areas and definitely athletics was the first to suffer. The non teaching aspects of some future cutbacks proposed to athletics will kill the athletic program if they follow up with them. it really cracked me up at the meeting though that Sanders and Kilquist voted against movement of one particular coach to Head Coach and Brewer sustained. It is going to be very interesting..the behind the scenes and meetings held to discuss the 420 recommendations of cuts to the university..I understand there are about 11-12 items up for consideration of cuts and they only got through 3 at the last board meeting...Hope people on the faculty do not learn in June that they are no longer on the staff due to cutbacks..which is lke they did the golf team!
ReplyDeleteAthletics will soon become a great D-3 program if the state keeps cutting back funds-if they are going to go D-2 in a year the program suffers and the caliber of athletics will go down BUT education hasn't been touched yet..We shall see.Those people sitting around and not doing anything at all, bored to death with their job and the top heavy administration is still drawing their big dollars!
Forum scheduled next Monday for Trustee election..all candidates will be there except one has other plans and can't make it...GUESS WHO...JAKE RENDLEMAN HAS stated he cannot make it..imagine that.. need to knock him off the board this year. Lap Dog Kilquist still on there and Brewer can remain in the background.
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