ACCJC responds to CCSF Union's complaint

Basically, the ACCJC is predictable, when it comes to criticism.  On EdSource.org, they basically said the following: 

In a response issued Thursday, the Executive Committee of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges said the union’s charge that the college was placed on show cause status based on a “mischaracterization” of the college’s accreditation history is “without merit.”

 Why are we not entirely surprised?  This is looking to be a very ugly situation.  The article further states:

Commission President Barbara Beno said the allegation indicates a lack of understanding of how the commission operates. “These folks didn’t understand the process,” Beno said, which includes the commission sending follow-up letters and asking for follow-up reports.
Although she couldn’t comment specifically on the City College case because it’s currently before the commission, Beno presented a hypothetical illustration. “Say you’re taking a course and you take the first exam and pass, and then take the second test and fail; should you pass the second exam because you passed the first?” 

In its written response, the commission said that even though it reaccredited City College seven years ago, it also issued eight recommendations, two of which were “serious enough to require that the institution take corrective action and provide the commission with a progress report.” Over the next few years, according to the commission, City College failed to adequately fix the problems, including concerns about its financial stability.

The executive committee also rejected union accusations that it violated its own conflict of interest policies by including Peter Crabtree, who is married to commission President Barbara Beno, on the team that evaluated City College in March 2012. That visit led to the college being placed on show cause in July 2012.

However you want to read this response, it appears that CCSF is going to get slammed, but it is a question of how severe.  As usual, the complaints more often focus on the fiscal versus the academic.