Oceanside, CA - Since November 2017, members of the public, students and faculty have publicly raised concerns about MiraCosta's leadership and policies, but sadly the Board's minutes, which its President Sunny Cooke controls, continue to sanitize the public's comment to the point where the summaries in the minutes fail to reflect the actual nature of what is being said. Minutes are supposed to reflect what happens at a Board meeting to help the Board be transparent and accou

After months of public comments challenging MiraCosta's use of its state Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) to pay for its grant supervisor for the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunty Act (WIOA) grant, MiraCosta has publicly acknowledged that funding of the WIOA position was "not an allowable expense." Board action is expected on March 15, 2018 to eliminate the position after an internal review by a representative from the California Community College Chancellor's of