Four Southwestern teachers return to class:
"CHULA VISTA:Four Southwestern College teachers who were suspended with pay after an Oct. 22 rally to protest class cuts have returned to work, college officials said yesterday.
The college would not provide their names.
The faculty’s union identified them as Phil Lopez, an English teacher;Janet Mazzarella, a math teacher;Dinorah Guadiana-Costa, a Spanish teacher; and Andrew Rempt, a creative writing teacher. Three of the teachers returned Thursday and the other Oct. 26, said Andrew MacNeill, the union’s vice president.
The college said it placed the teachers on leave while it investigated a personnel matter unrelated to the protest.MacNeill said he believes the suspensions were the result of tensions between the union and the college administration. Lopez is president of the Southwestern College Education Association and Mazzarella and Rempt are active members, he said."
"CHULA VISTA:Four Southwestern College teachers who were suspended with pay after an Oct. 22 rally to protest class cuts have returned to work, college officials said yesterday.
The college would not provide their names.
The faculty’s union identified them as Phil Lopez, an English teacher;Janet Mazzarella, a math teacher;Dinorah Guadiana-Costa, a Spanish teacher; and Andrew Rempt, a creative writing teacher. Three of the teachers returned Thursday and the other Oct. 26, said Andrew MacNeill, the union’s vice president.
The college said it placed the teachers on leave while it investigated a personnel matter unrelated to the protest.MacNeill said he believes the suspensions were the result of tensions between the union and the college administration. Lopez is president of the Southwestern College Education Association and Mazzarella and Rempt are active members, he said."
