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Final supporters
We are submitting this petition to register a formal complaint regarding the closing of the main campus on Friday evenings and Saturdays.
Many of us 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 we are nontraditional: 65% of us are older (35+), parents, grandparents, caregivers, caretakers, 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 2013 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 us are employed by shift; 7-3pm, 3-11pm or 11-7am. The spring 2013 schedule competes with or overlaps with our employment schedules. Getting permission to leave our jobs 2-3 times per week to attend class presents a hardship.
• Economic – the schedule change will immediately increase our time and cost for transportation and/or parking.
• Childcare – the schedule will demand that we find alternative/additional childcare arrangements.
• Safety – leaving the campus at 9:45pm presents a potential safety risk to students who travel by public transportation.
We are angered and dissatisfied with the lack of communication, input and consideration of students regarding this significant change. We are not alone; there are many other students within the college who have been negatively impacted by this decision.
We request that we be given a commitment to have previous schedules restored going forward; we need the option to attend classes that are conducive to our graduation, employment, economic, childcare and safety concerns.
We believe you are concerned about all Community College of Philadelphia students and look forward to an acknowledgement of our petition.
Sincerely,
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November 28, 2012
I have been meeting with administrators all week to demand they restore the weekend class options. Post this link on your Facebook page today to keep the pressure on them. Text the link to three classmates so they know they are not fighting their schedules alone.
November 28, 2012
The momentum behind this petition proves that our struggle to access evening and weekend classes is felt across the entire program. Post the link to your social media accounts and email your department head today to demand these schedule changes. We need to keep this pressure on the administration until they provide the course sections required for us to graduate.
Reached 100 supporters
November 28, 2012
6 Comments
Total mess. Cant skip work to attend class and they know it. Fix the schedule.
How are we supposed to work and finish our degrees?? I have kids and a full time job. This schedule change is impossible for us.
I will not graduate on time because of these cancelled sections. Unfair to those of us trying to better our lives while holding down jobs.
CCP needs to realize not everyone is 19 and living at home. Some of us have bills and shifts to cover.
Why cut the only times that work for working parents?? Fixing this is a must.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
We are submitting this petition to register a formal complaint regarding the closing of the main campus on Friday evenings and Saturdays.
Many of us 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 we are nontraditional: 65% of us are older (35+), parents, grandparents, caregivers, caretakers, 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 2013 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 us are employed by shift; 7-3pm, 3-11pm or 11-7am. The spring 2013 schedule competes with or overlaps with our employment schedules. Getting permission to leave our jobs 2-3 times per week to attend class presents a hardship.
• Economic – the schedule change will immediately increase our time and cost for transportation and/or parking.
• Childcare – the schedule will demand that we find alternative/additional childcare arrangements.
• Safety – leaving the campus at 9:45pm presents a potential safety risk to students who travel by public transportation.
We are angered and dissatisfied with the lack of communication, input and consideration of students regarding this significant change. We are not alone; there are many other students within the college who have been negatively impacted by this decision.
We request that we be given a commitment to have previous schedules restored going forward; we need the option to attend classes that are conducive to our graduation, employment, economic, childcare and safety concerns.
We believe you are concerned about all Community College of Philadelphia students and look forward to an acknowledgement of our petition.
Sincerely,
Updates
November 28, 2012
I have been meeting with administrators all week to demand they restore the weekend class options. Post this link on your Facebook page today to keep the pressure on them. Text the link to three classmates so they know they are not fighting their schedules alone.
November 28, 2012
The momentum behind this petition proves that our struggle to access evening and weekend classes is felt across the entire program. Post the link to your social media accounts and email your department head today to demand these schedule changes. We need to keep this pressure on the administration until they provide the course sections required for us to graduate.
Reached 100 supporters
November 28, 2012
6 Comments
Ridiculous. They dont care about the students who actually work for a living. Need weekend classes back ASAP.
Total mess. Cant skip work to attend class and they know it. Fix the schedule.
How are we supposed to work and finish our degrees?? I have kids and a full time job. This schedule change is impossible for us.
I will not graduate on time because of these cancelled sections. Unfair to those of us trying to better our lives while holding down jobs.
CCP needs to realize not everyone is 19 and living at home. Some of us have bills and shifts to cover.
Why cut the only times that work for working parents?? Fixing this is a must.
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Ridiculous. They dont care about the students who actually work for a living. Need weekend classes back ASAP.