CSM Prepares to Close Half Moon Bay Campus - Christa Bigue, Half Moon Bay Patch

Now, the San Mateo Community College District (SMCCD) is asking local agencies to share resources to help keep their program alive on the Coast. Lack of funding is forcing the College of San Mateo (CSM) Coastside out of their Shoreline Station space. The mini-campus was nearly closed when the lease came up last December. This year they won’t be so lucky: the plan is to shut it down when the lease expires on Dec. 31, 2011. “We just can’t afford $8,000 a month for renting the facility when — because of budget cuts — we can barely afford to run the program,” said James Keller, executive vice chancellor for the community college district.