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Students occupy CCSF administration building for several hours
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Students-occupy-CCSF-administration-building-for-6247688.phpAbout 200 students occupied the administration building at City College of San Francisco for several hours on Wednesday, demanding that program cuts be reversed and that the special trustee running the school be removed.
The students held a rally at noon and at 2 p.m. took over the lobby of Conlan Hall — the school’s main administration quarters. The students brought food and sleeping bags, intending to occupy the building until demands were met.
But campus police issued a dispersal order about 6 p.m. and said the students would be arrested for trespassing, according to Eric Blanc, a computing student who was one of the organizers. Blanc said students ultimately decided to leave rather than risk arrest, not because they were unwilling to go to jail, but because they were afraid they would not be out in time to attend a rally and hearing on the state of the college scheduled for Thursday at City Hall.
City College has been fighting to retain its accreditation since July 2012, when the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges found numerous problems with fiscal controls and governance. The commission said it would yank accreditation from the college of 79,000 students in 2014, which would force it to shut down.
The students held a rally at noon and at 2 p.m. took over the lobby of Conlan Hall — the school’s main administration quarters. The students brought food and sleeping bags, intending to occupy the building until demands were met.
But campus police issued a dispersal order about 6 p.m. and said the students would be arrested for trespassing, according to Eric Blanc, a computing student who was one of the organizers. Blanc said students ultimately decided to leave rather than risk arrest, not because they were unwilling to go to jail, but because they were afraid they would not be out in time to attend a rally and hearing on the state of the college scheduled for Thursday at City Hall.
City College has been fighting to retain its accreditation since July 2012, when the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges found numerous problems with fiscal controls and governance. The commission said it would yank accreditation from the college of 79,000 students in 2014, which would force it to shut down.
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