The district is on its way to becoming a landlord in an effort to staunch a migration of experienced employees to affordable communities in the next few years. Because of the high cost of housing in San Mateo County, there's been a dearth of qualified applicants.
Starting this January 2005, Skyline's full-time teachers will have more money taken out of their paychecks to pay for the planned increased health care costs. "From the faculty's perspective, we're kind of scared because our salaries are ultimately going down," said Rick Hough, co-chair for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) at Skyline College.
The Skyline College library is offering a new service for students to obtain articles from newspapers and magazines off the Internet. Students can now request articles from any source at any institution throughout the country at the library through a new feature called the Article Delivery Service.