Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Delta awaits code of ethics

An accreditation team might recommend a code of ethics to guide the often-divisive San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees in the future, according to board members and discussions held in recent meetings.

The college is awaiting a final report from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, which visited campus earlier this spring.

Delta officials declined Tuesday to release the association's preliminary findings, although recommendations in that draft report have been discussed publicly.

According to Trustee Janet Rivera, the accreditation team said board members need put a stop to divisions and work together. Part of this, she said, means avoiding future violations of the state's open-meetings law, the Ralph M. Brown Act.

"My big concern is people making deals behind closed doors," Rivera said Tuesday. "I won't stand for that." ...

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