Whoever thought it was a good idea to virtually eliminate the WCC maintenance budget isn’t doing the institution any favors. The old saying, “Penny wise…
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The administration at Washtenaw Community College has incurred $20M in deferred maintenance projects around the campus. Deferred maintenance is repair work on buildings and systems that should have been done and was instead put off.
Taxpayers provided WCC with the money it needed to perform all necessary maintenance. Instead of using the money to repair buildings and critical systems, the administration has spent the money on other priorities.
College of the Mainland is a community college in Texas City, TX, outside of Galveston. Last week, the Board of Trustees there approved a $250M…
In its 2022-23 budget, the California State University system sought a whopping $1B to cover neglected maintenance on its campuses. Many of the system’s buildings…
The State of Kansas has a problem with its community colleges. It is the same problem that the other forty-nine states have: enrollment. As is…
State law requires Michigan community colleges to disclose certain financial information, like their budgets. Failure to disclose the required information can result in the state…
In the December 13 Board of Trustees meeting, the WCC Administration will ask the Trustees to transfer nearly $150,000 from the Capital Fund to the…
Twice in the last six weeks, Washtenaw Community College discharged raw sewage into the stormwater retention ponds on campus. Two separate failures in the sanitary…
Bronx Community College moved to online classes on Wednesday due to lack of heat in many of its buildings. BCC will conduct lab classes only…
The sewage spills at Washtenaw Community College should concern everyone in the county. WCC can certainly correct the cause of the spills -aging sanitary facilities…
Washtenaw Community College officials announced today that they will work proactively to prevent a third sewage spill on campus. Which sounds a little reactive, but…