Trustee Apointment, Renovations Face Howard College
By STEVE REAGAN
Staff Writer
Replacement and renovation will be the main topics of discussion when
Howard College trustees hold their monthly meeting at 12:30 p.m.
Monday in the Student Union Building Tumbleweed Room.
The board is expected to begin the process of finding a replacement
for long-time District 4 trustee Don McKinney, who recently died
following a long illness, as well as hear an update on the progress of
a campus wide renovation project.
College President Dr. Cheryl Sparks said finding a replacement for
McKinney will likely take two or three months.
If trustees follow the same procedure as they did following the
October death of trustee Harold Davis, they will name a search
committee to find candidates for the position, then recommend a
successor to the full board for action.
Tentatively, officials should have a recommendation for the board in
February, with the new trustee being officially appointed in March,
Sparks said.
Whoever is appointed to succeed McKinney must be a resident of
District 4, which covers the northeast quandrant of Howard County.
That area includes parts of Big Spring and the communities of Coahoma
and Vincent.
Once appointed, the new trustee would serve until 2010, at which time
he or she could stand for election to fill the remainder of McKinney’s
unexpired term, which runs through 2012, Sparks said.
On the renovation front, trustees will hear a progress report on work
that is figuratively turning the Big Spring campus into a hard hat
zone.
Because of ongoing or planned projects, many offices and classes have
had to take up temporary residence elsewhere. For example, many
businesses offices have been transplanted from the administration
building annex, which is undergoing reconstruction, to the East Room
of Garrett Coliseum.
Some classes have been pushed off campus altogether — some
continuing education courses are now being offered at the Big Spring
Mall while certified nurse’s aide classes are being held at the Texas
State Veterans Home and other courses have been moved to SouthWest
Collegiate Institute for the Deaf, Sparks noted.
“And we’re preparing to displace some other programs, as well,”
she said.
The next major project on tap is the addition of a wing to the
science building. Work is expected to begin within the next few weeks,
Sparks said.
Other projects to follow include renovation work on the Horace
Garrett building, the main administration building wing and the
student union building, which will mean even more classroom
disruption.
Sparks said officials are working overtime to minimize the effect of
all this moving around.
“Our main goal is to do our best not to disrupt the learning
process of our students,” she said. “Because of that, we’re going
to do as much of the work as we can over the summer … We are not
going to close or delay any classes.”
In other business, trustees will consider:
• Change orders for the new Workforce Training Center at SWCID.
• Bids and handbook and catalog changes.
• The annual college president evaluation.
Contact Staff Writer Steve Reagan at 263-7331 ext. 234 or by e-mail
at [email protected]
Source: http://www.bigspringherald.com/content/view/155969/
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