SGVTribune.com: Faculty, students, staff quit Rio Hondo president search
WHITTIER – Between the increased numbers of California community college presidents who are retiring, the small pool of candidates qualified to replace them and the local politics of appointing a new leader, it seems Rio Hondo College already had two strikes against it when it started looking for a new president.
And with just a couple of days left before the college holds an open forum Wednesday with its top finalists for president, three of the campus’s most important constituents – students, faculty and staff – have thrown in the towel and are refusing to participate in the process anymore.