Grossmont and Southwestern Colleges

The first day of school at Grossmont and Southwestern Colleges, usually means a time filled with excitement and anticipation, as students embark on a new school year and a new adventure, however, for students starting school on Monday, this semester may be filled with dread, the state's budget cuts forced both schools to slash their budgets by millions.

Community colleges across the state have had to face the same budget woes. We are actually doing very well," said Southwestern Community College spokesperson Chris Bender.

According to Bender, Southwestern's board prepared themselves for the changes to the school's budget.

The school expected the number of student to only increase by three percent, but now they predict an increase of five percent.
Essentially, Cooke says the school will probably never be paid for these students.

At Southwestern they are in the same boat, Bender says in 2009 the school educated 700 more students then they were compensated for by the state.

Bender says the state community college system is important in helping to educate the state's workforce.
The community college system serves 2.9 million students on an annual basis
Grossmont College, Barney is Colin measurable college scouts dream. “I was watching, and I realized I realized,” Uh-oh, this is not good, ‘”said Barney’s mother, Carolyn.

As a freshman, Barney hit the ground hard during a game and suffered its first blow on the head. Head trauma is not uncommon in senior football pitches. The blow in the game against Las Lomas was so bad that Barney lost most of it. City of Sacramento. In the third quarter, Barney hurried out of the bag on a broken play. After a CT scan revealed no serious brain damage, Barney was able to make it through the basketball season, playing forward. The investigation became a senior project full of Colin and his parents. Carolyn Barney Northgate athletic trainer Glen Barker credits for their help in working with Colin to alleviate their symptoms and learn about what was happening. “I think parents should be given by the coach said he definitely head injuries should be treated more seriously than any other injury,” he said. Now graduated from Northgate and went to Grossmont College in El Cajon, Colin still hopes to return to the football field.