We the below signed are students currently enrolled in the Behavioral Health and Human Services (BHHS) program.  We are submitting this petition to register a formal complaint regarding the class schedule changes for spring 2013. 

Many students in the BHHS program are trying to navigate the challenge of balancing our personal lives while simultaneously remaining committed to our educational goals.  Unlike the majority of traditional CCP students many BHHS students are non-traditional; older (35+); parents, grandparents, caregivers, employees, etc. attempting to improve our lives through education.  We have been disproportionately disadvantaged by the changes in the class day/time schedule offerings for spring 2013.  The changes will have a disruptive impact on us as follows:

·        Graduation – many of us who are scheduled to graduate in May do not have the required offerings to do so. Many sections of various BHHS courses have been either cancelled or overlap in time with other courses we need to graduate.

·        Employment – Many of are employed by shift; 7-3p, 3-11p or 11-7p. The spring 2013 schedule competes with or overlaps our employment schedules.

·        Economic- the schedule change will immediate increase our time and costs such as transportation and parking.

·        Childcare – Many BHHS students are parents. This new schedule will demand that we find alternate/additional childcare arrangements.

We are angered and dissatisfied with the lack of communication, input and consideration of students regarding this significant change.  We also believe that there are many other students within the college who are also negatively impacted by this decision.

We request that we be given a commitment to have our previous schedules restored going forward. We believe that you are concerned about all the students of Community College of Philadelphia and look forward to an acknowledgement of this petition.

Sincerely,

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