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Delano campus under expansion
Earl Parsons
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: News
Representatives from the Kern Community College District, including Bakersfield College president William Andrews, met at the Science and Technology building at BC's Delano campus on May 3 to discuss plans to expand the campus.
According to Delano campus director John Jaramillo, the Delano campus has approximately 570 Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES), or the amount of students added up to make one full-time student, a statistic that the state of California uses to determine necessary funding for community colleges.
That number is up 50% since the commencement of the Science and Technology Center in November of 2005, according to Jaramillo. Next year, it's estimated that there will be more classes at the Delano center than at Porterville College.
If Delano's FTES continues growing at a rate of 25% per year, its FTES is estimated to be at 2,500, or 4,286 students taking an average of eight units per semester, by 2013, which is the time the initial buildings for the Delano center are estimated to be built, according to Chris Addington, executive director of facility planning for the KCCD.
For now, temporary relocatable buildings will be necessary to replace the Randolph Center, an antiquated building that will be demolished by 2008.
Many people feel that the Randolph Center is inadequate to maintain the expansion that the Delano campus requires to meet the growing needs of the community. Thus, the Randolph Center will be torn down and all the expansion of the Delano campus will take place on the 50 acres of property acquired by the KCCD on Timmons Avenue.
Some relocatable buildings necessary would include six classrooms at 40 students per class, eight faculty facilities, a maintenance and operation facility, a security facility, a conference room, student health center, a bookstore, and an eating and vending area, which could possibly be contracted by a private enterprise. The first set of temporary buildings will be available by 2008, while the second set of temporary buildings are planned for 2009.
According to Delano campus director John Jaramillo, the Delano campus has approximately 570 Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES), or the amount of students added up to make one full-time student, a statistic that the state of California uses to determine necessary funding for community colleges.
That number is up 50% since the commencement of the Science and Technology Center in November of 2005, according to Jaramillo. Next year, it's estimated that there will be more classes at the Delano center than at Porterville College.
If Delano's FTES continues growing at a rate of 25% per year, its FTES is estimated to be at 2,500, or 4,286 students taking an average of eight units per semester, by 2013, which is the time the initial buildings for the Delano center are estimated to be built, according to Chris Addington, executive director of facility planning for the KCCD.
For now, temporary relocatable buildings will be necessary to replace the Randolph Center, an antiquated building that will be demolished by 2008.
Many people feel that the Randolph Center is inadequate to maintain the expansion that the Delano campus requires to meet the growing needs of the community. Thus, the Randolph Center will be torn down and all the expansion of the Delano campus will take place on the 50 acres of property acquired by the KCCD on Timmons Avenue.
Some relocatable buildings necessary would include six classrooms at 40 students per class, eight faculty facilities, a maintenance and operation facility, a security facility, a conference room, student health center, a bookstore, and an eating and vending area, which could possibly be contracted by a private enterprise. The first set of temporary buildings will be available by 2008, while the second set of temporary buildings are planned for 2009.
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