Cabrillo College trustees vote to trim 13 positions in budget-reduction effort - JESSICA M. PASKO -- Santa Cruz Sentinel

In an effort to trim $2.5 million from the current year to avoid a deficit double that size next academic year, Cabrillo College's Board of Trustees agreed on some layoffs Monday and face another round next month. Board members approved a resolution Monday calling for the elimination of 10 full-time equivalencies spread out over 13 positions, three of which are currently vacant. This includes the elimination of three management positions: public safety director, student health center director and the children's center director. Hours will be reduced for a laboratory assistant in computer technology at the Watsonville campus, as well. A second round of layoffs to be considered at the board's May 7 meeting would cut the equivalent of five full-time positions, including a photography laboratory technician. Fellow photo lab tech Janet Fine spoke against the p