Tribal College

I think it's a great idea. See Ted's new blog at this address: www.aitcsjc.blogspot.com

Trustees on Raven Radio

Two of the SJC Trustees talk on Raven Radio’s program Give and Take. Hear the program here.

The school has now been closed for 6 months and the two Trustees said on this program that it will be mid 2008 before laid off employees are paid. They also mentioned that expenses continue. The question that each laid off employee has to ask themselves is will there be any money left to pay employees when all is said and done. It was interesting that one Trustee didn’t even know how much money was owed to laid off employees and if you do the math the other Trustee might have guessed low.

Attention: LAID OFF SJ EMPLOYEES

First off Happy Holidays to all of you! I hope that 2008 is a great year for you all!

We are compiling a database of laid off employees. Please send the following to this e-mail address: sjcwatch@gmail.com

Name:
Address:
Phone or Phone numbers:
E-mail Address:

If you don’t wish to e-mail the info please feel free to snail mail it to:

Marcel LaPerriere
705 Lake Street
Sitka AK 99835

Please pass on this information as soon as you can.

Thanks!

Happy New Year!!

P.S. The sjcwatch@gmail.com is the e-mail address laid off employees should use in the future if you have questions that you don’t want to air in the public forum of the SJ Watch Blog.

Next Steps: Severance & Annual Leave

It appears that little has happened in the month following former employees' formal request to the Department of Labor. It may be necessary to develop a different strategy, as several folks have suggested. To that end, we should meet.

I'd like to propose two things: First, that we meet at least once prior to the holidays, say the week of December 18-22. Second, that we make it possible for folks out of town to call in via teleconference.

Use the comment section or email me at peoplecallmebryner@yahoo.com.

Busy day at the State Recorder's Office

Over the last couple of weeks, the Alaska State Recorder's Office has received several new documents related to the ongoing SJ(C?) collapse.

1. IRS filed an additional lien of $150,000.00.
2. SJ Foundation quick deeded all assets back to SJ(C?).
3. Former employee files lien for $6,000.
4. Lis Pendens filed against SJ(C?). (Latin for "suit pending" - tied to Alaska Growth Capital's suit)
5. New Deed of trust (Mortgage) for $50,000 to private couple with Presbyterian ties.

Not sure what it all means...

SJ(C?) goes offline

The SJ website is down. The message says "down for maintenance", though I'm betting it means "down for the count."

Hames spared: now the work begins

The City Assembly approved a one year lease of the Hames PE Center (now being called the Hames Wellness Center?). On a vote of 5-2, the lease, which included about $80,000 of administrative costs which go directly to SJ, will cover operating costs, utilities, etc. with Community Schools acting as facilities manager.

SJ Trustee Rob Allen stated during public testimony that without the lease, Hames would close its doors December 1st.

Within the next year, the Hames Task Force needs to find funding in order to keep the facility operating. It's not clear what support the city will offer then.

KCAW Raven Radio aired a story this morning. I'll post the link here when it goes online.