Community colleges gut summer school
Graduation farther off for thousands of students
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When you’ve been waiting as long as Bill Trisler has to finish school, all it takes is one summer without access to classes to magnify distance. At 50, he has spent the past three years at Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee Valley campus, where he plans to earn enough credits to transfer to Cal Poly Pomona and earn a business degree. Before enrolling in the southwestern Riverside County Community College, Trisler’s formal education ended after fifth grade.
“I’m getting my second chance at education,” said Trisler, who is an honor student at the
