Writer supports new location for community college
Editor:
The Contra Costa Community College District, as with every educational agency, is mandated to provide educational equity, ensuring every student equal access to tools and programs necessary to succeed in career and in life.
The current land area by Marsh Creek Road chosen by the Board to locate a new community college facility does not have the public works framework in place for disability access or public transportation.
How will the physically challenged be served? Many students of Far East Contra Costa (known as the stepchild of the county) are minorities, English language learners or poor. How will the socio-economically disadvantaged, dependent on the bus or train for mobility, be served?
Speaking as a private citizen and not for the CCC Board of Education for which I am the elected Trustee for Area 5 (Antioch, Bay Point, Bethel Island, Brentwood, Clyde, Discovery Bay, Knightsen, Oakley and Pittsburg), I believe exploring the possibility of a land swap (for a more conveniently located and development ready area) is an exercise in good governance, responsive to the needs of the community.
Cynthia Ruehlig
Antioch
Ruehlig represents part of Antioch and other parts of East County on the Contra Costa Board of Education
