San Leandro campus moving past first stages
Natasha Walls
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
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During this fall semester at the Chabot College-San Leandro Center, 150 students are enrolled in the 14 classes offered at the new campus.
According to Rosemary Delia, Director of the Chabot College-San Leandro Center, one of the main purposes of the new campus is to ensure that the "education we provide reaches everyone in the community."
How did the San Leandro campus come about?
There is a partnership between the San Leandro School District and Chabot College. Chabot College received a grant from the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation and used $500,000 of the grant to fund the construction of the San Leandro campus.
Chabot College has two classrooms at the San Leandro Adult School that are being outfitted with the latest technology for instructional purposes.
The adult school provided the perfect location for the extension of Chabot's campus, because it easily provides their students with a pathway to college, according to Delia.
To take Chabot courses, all their students have to do is literally walk across the hall. Also, the ESL (English as a Second Language) program offered at the Adult School transitions easily to the Chabot College courses offered at the San Leandro campus.
Basic courses in business, math, English and Spanish are some the classes currently in session. These classes particularly the sign language and speech classes are attracting both current high school students and new students alike.
Delia would like to remind students that the San Leandro campus is in its "initial growth phase" and that next semester the campus will be "expanding the offerings" to 21 classes that include more specific career-oriented classes.
So, what do the students think of the new campus?
According to Veronica Jauregui the San Leandro campus, "is clean and in good condition." She also likes the fact that she doesn't, "have to pay for parking. That is great."
Jauregui also pointed out that because the San Leandro campus was so close to her house she could easily take classes there.
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