{"id":54896,"date":"2023-01-26T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/?p=54896"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:34:00","slug":"atlantic-cape-community-college-board-of-trustees-segregated-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/atlantic-cape-community-college-board-of-trustees-segregated-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees: Segregated Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image aligncenter uagb-block-7153714d wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GARY-HILL-FOR-WEB-2.png \" src=\"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GARY-HILL-FOR-WEB-2.png\" alt=\"gabba, gary gill accc\" class=\"uag-image-54907\" width=\"\" height=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"uagb-image-caption\">Gabba &amp; Hill. Racism at ACCC?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Racism still exists in the school system. Segregation by ethnicity has put ACCC on the defensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An anonymous email from someone who claims to be employed at the Atlantic City campus of Atlantic Cape Community College.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cindy DeFalco, the Director of Human Resources at the college sent email to all college employees last week. It invites them to attend separate \u201cfocus group meetings\u201d at Room B209 of the Mays Landing campus of the college later this week based on their race and\/or ethnic group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image aligncenter uagb-block-17a2767f wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-0123-climatesurvey-focus-group.webp \" src=\"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-0123-climatesurvey-focus-group.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-54905\" width=\"\" height=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees \u201cwho identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American or Pacific Islanders\u201d are invited to attend the meeting at 3pm on Thursday, January 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees \u201cwho do not identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, or Pacific Islanders\u201d are invited to attend a separate meeting at 4pm on Friday, January 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This anonymous source, claiming to be an ACCC employee, wrote that because the paid workday ends at 4:30 pm, the group that meets Thursday at 3pm will be paid for most of their attendance at the \u201cfocus group meeting\u201d.&nbsp; However, the group that meets at 4pm on Friday will be paid only for thirty minutes of their time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purported email states that the purpose of these \u201cfocus group meetings\u201d and other \u201cdivision meetings\u201d is to \u201cdiscuss leveling equity as it relates to both instruction and student services\u201d.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It states that Atlantic Cape Community College was recently designated a \u201cLeader College\u201d by the \u201cAchieving the Dream (ATD) organization\u201d of Silver Spring, Maryland.&nbsp; These \u201cfocus group meetings\u201d will also discuss \u201cthe results of the Climate Survey, which staff\/students completed on during December of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update:&nbsp; January 25, 2023 at 1:30 P.M.:&nbsp;<\/strong> We confirmed that the above email is authentic.&nbsp; We also confirmed that Atlantic Cape Community College did in fact schedule two separate racially segregated meetings for its employees this Thursday and Friday.&nbsp; However, we were just informed that because the college received so much public criticism after we posted and shared this information, it is in now in the process of cancelling those meetings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background\">Atlantic Cape Community College (ACCC) is run by a 13 member Board of Trustees.&nbsp; Three of those members are chosen by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy.&nbsp; Seven are chosen by the Republican County Executive of Atlantic County, with the consent of a majority of Atlantic County\u2019s nine&nbsp; Republican majority \u201ccommissioners\u201d (formerly known as \u201cfreeholders\u201d).&nbsp; The remaining trustees are appointed by the all Republican county commissioners of Cape May County. The current Board membership includes&nbsp;three Caucasian males, five Caucasian females, two Hispanic females, two African-American males, and one African-American female.&nbsp;The Trustees are active in education, healthcare, utilities, public service, law, banking, and community businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Board sets policy and has final authority over budgets and expenditures, and the President is responsible for internal administrative operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees June 28 appointed Monica Kyle as its newest trustee during its monthly meeting held on the Mays Landing campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle is currently employed as Longport\u2019s municipal clerk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racism still exists in the school system. Segregation by ethnicity has put ACCC on the defensive. An anonymous email from someone who claims to be employed at the Atlantic City campus of Atlantic Cape Community College.&nbsp; Cindy DeFalco, the Director of Human Resources at the college sent email to all college employees last week. 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