On December 14th, the elected faculty leaders sent the Board of Trustees a “Letter of Discontent”. Among the issues listed in the letter were the widespread mold, the low morale, the plan to take technologists out of academic departments, the weak marketing, and the misuse of pandemic funding. The letter also made a shocking revelation: that President Williams was a finalist for president at another college. The letter stated that if this was true, Williams should be removed.
On Thursday, the Board of Trustees responded:
Besides the nonsense that the Academic Senate was the cause of all of the Middle States woes (it wasn’t, the Board of Trustees was) and that they agreed with all his asinine decisions, there was a very interesting conclusion in the letter. It stated that the Board was negotiating a contract extension with Dr. Williams. So the college community was in for quite the surprise when this happened:
Talk about egg on your face! This is just another embarrassing moment for our Board Chairperson. Since this letter, it has been revealed by at least 2 other trustees that the Board was well aware of Dr. Williams finalist status and they had an agreement with him to stay on for 6 weeks to help with the transition. So why lie Jorge? What was the purpose?
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