Key administrators exit Las Positas
Kelly Sheeran
Issue date: 5/21/10 Section: News
Goodbye said the president. Goodbye said the vice president of Academic Services.
President DeRionne Pollard shocked the LPC community by announcing her departure. In an e-mail to faculty and staff on the morning of May 18, Pollard revealed she would be the new president and CEO of Montgomery College in Maryland, about 20 miles north of Washington D.C.
One day later, while LPC was still digesting Pollard's surprising announcement, Laurel Jones, vice president of Academic Services, announced her departure. She revealed on May 19 that she is resigning from her position to become the new president of Mission College in Santa Clara.
"Everyone's pretty much just absorbing it," said Sarah Thompson, president of the LPC Academic Senate. "It's inconvenient to have two of the top administrators leave at the same time. There was the expectation that the vice president, Laurel Jones, would move on. There was the expectation that DeRionne Pollard would eventually move on, I think just the timing of it with DeRionne was shocking."
Pollard's last day at LPC is June 30. She starts at Montgomery on Aug. 2. She signed a five-year deal at $250,000 a year with Montgomery, a significant raise over the $193,000 she made at LPC.
"It's not a 'want' to leave situation," said Bob Kratochvil, vice president of Administrative Services. "It was just one that she couldn't say no to."
Pollard said in her statement that the school "provides a unique opportunity for me to align my skills, experiences, and long-term professional aspirations with an organization sharing similar values." She also mentioned that it would give her family an opportunity to be closer to friends and relatives on the East Coast.
This leaves the responsibility to Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Chancellor Joel Kinnamon and members of the Board of Trustees to find an interim president until the office is permanently filled.
"I'm shocked," said returning LPC student Amanda Farris. "I hope she's as happy as she always appeared to be though. I appreciate that she went through a lot to get here and I have to appreciate that someone else went through a lot to get her."
President DeRionne Pollard shocked the LPC community by announcing her departure. In an e-mail to faculty and staff on the morning of May 18, Pollard revealed she would be the new president and CEO of Montgomery College in Maryland, about 20 miles north of Washington D.C.
One day later, while LPC was still digesting Pollard's surprising announcement, Laurel Jones, vice president of Academic Services, announced her departure. She revealed on May 19 that she is resigning from her position to become the new president of Mission College in Santa Clara.
"Everyone's pretty much just absorbing it," said Sarah Thompson, president of the LPC Academic Senate. "It's inconvenient to have two of the top administrators leave at the same time. There was the expectation that the vice president, Laurel Jones, would move on. There was the expectation that DeRionne Pollard would eventually move on, I think just the timing of it with DeRionne was shocking."
Pollard's last day at LPC is June 30. She starts at Montgomery on Aug. 2. She signed a five-year deal at $250,000 a year with Montgomery, a significant raise over the $193,000 she made at LPC.
"It's not a 'want' to leave situation," said Bob Kratochvil, vice president of Administrative Services. "It was just one that she couldn't say no to."
Pollard said in her statement that the school "provides a unique opportunity for me to align my skills, experiences, and long-term professional aspirations with an organization sharing similar values." She also mentioned that it would give her family an opportunity to be closer to friends and relatives on the East Coast.
This leaves the responsibility to Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Chancellor Joel Kinnamon and members of the Board of Trustees to find an interim president until the office is permanently filled.
"I'm shocked," said returning LPC student Amanda Farris. "I hope she's as happy as she always appeared to be though. I appreciate that she went through a lot to get here and I have to appreciate that someone else went through a lot to get her."
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Stephen K
posted 5/20/10 @ 11:50 AM PST
Terrible first two sentences! It's news; cut the flowers.
anonymous
posted 5/21/10 @ 10:49 AM PST
i like her first two sentences.
staten island movers
posted 5/21/10 @ 3:24 PM PST
Lol, the first 2 sentences are pretty dramatic.
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