Saying they are facing a dilemma over the lack of teachers at the Lab School, parents trooped to Friday\u2019s meeting of the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents to get assurance that teachers will be hired soon for the fall program.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand protocol. We know that there\u2019s a process but how about the sense of time and practicality? Where is the assurance that the teachers will be available when class starts in August? What is the timeline?\u201d asked CLS parent Veni Folta during the board meeting.<\/p>\n
Another parent, Isabela Guerrero, said, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to pressure the board but parents want to hear that you\u2019re hiring teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope you understand that we need to decide now where to send our children for the next school year. It\u2019s about our children\u2019s education. I need some assurance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
NMC faculty and CLS parent Vince Riley said parents \u201cneed to hear positive feedback\u201d from the board. <\/p>\n
He said that what parents have been hearing are negative things such as teachers leaving the school for lack of funds and a seeming lack of concern by college officials.<\/p>\n
In fact, parents are being called to fundraise to be able to hire teachers and keep the school open, he said. The parents were reportedly told to fundraise during a recent meeting attended by acting NMC president Tony Deleon Guerrero and the NMC comptroller. <\/p>\n
Board chair Kimberlyn King-Hinds initially said the board could not give any timeframe for the hiring of teachers due to the lack of such a recommendation from the NMC administration. She also noted that NMC has a freeze hiring policy right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t give you a specific timeline,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Besides, she said the NMC administration has not made any recommendation for hiring teachers. \u201cWe\u2019re waiting for the administration,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
After some more pleading from parents, the chair then instructed the leadership, represented yesterday by acting president Kurt Barnes, to submit a report or recommendation by Friday next week.<\/p>\n
The board may be able to decide on the hiring issue during its next board meeting, probably by July 9. <\/p>\n
CLS, which offers K to 8th grade, has only two teachers left. It needs three more teachers to handle the upper grade levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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