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President Pollard and Chancellor Joel Kinnamon Update College

President Pollard and District Chancellor Joel Kinnamon addressed the College Counsel of LPC to clarify why Pollard was leaving and what will happen next. Pollard stated that she wanted to be perfectly clear that she was not searching for the position and only offered the position and accepted it on May 13.

Key administrators exit Las Positas

by Kelly Sheeran in News

Goodbye said the president. Goodbye said the vice president of Academic Services. President DeRionne Pollard shocked the LPC community by announcing her departure. In an e-mail to faculty and staff on the morning of May 18, Pollard revealed she would be the new president and CEO of Montgomery College in Maryland, about 20 miles north of Washington D.… 3 Comments

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The Man behind the man returns to LPC

by Brittney Barsotti in Features

At first glance he appears to be very reserved and withdrawn. One hearing aid is in each of his 84 year-old ears. Fran Peek sits for a few moments in his own thoughts. Once he is approached by students after the Psi Beta awards ceremony, though his voice is quiet and soft spoken, his love and overwhelming pride, of his son Kim comes out as he tells story after story of the light and laughter his son brought into this world.

Las Positas � you are simply the best

by James Rose in Opinion

Las Positas College is no doubt one of the best community colleges in the Bay Area; in Northern California for that matter. It is such a relief to come to this sanctuary after the hell hole some of us call high school. But the real questions are why did they make it so rough for students in high school? Why did the academics seem harder back then? Why were we so limited in selection and choices? Even the petty stuff like the teacher, haha, they were called 'teachers', not 'instructors', telling the class to "stop texting! Don't sit next to your friends! Did you do your reading last night?" Controlling.

Leaving Las Positas College

by Kelly Sheeran & Julian Lim in Features

The road is coming to an end.� You're coming to the end of the street and the time is right to make a turn onto a new street, the path of life. As another year draws to a close, the lives and careers of many Las Positas College graduates begin as they walk down and jovially receive their diplomas.