Meet Ann Motte
Hi, my name is Ann Motte (photo). I am in my fourth term as elected trustee for Trustee, Area 4, on the Mt. San Jacinto Community College. I am a property owner, taxpayer and conservative republican. My husband and I together have a 25 year historical perspective of the college as elected board members. We have known all five presidents personally and been involved in three presidential searches.
The issue for the college is growth. How will the college provide more access to class sections for students within the district? How will the college maximize revenues and facility usage in order to best serve the student and taxpayer? The district is located in the fastest growing corridor of the state and has a large under served population. Aggressive enrollment policy is imperative to provide access to educational opportunity. Meeting projected enrollment targets will require strong presidential leadership and a minimum growth of 1,000 FTES per year for 25 years.
In March, the board voted 4-1 (myself dissenting) to ask voters to approve a $720 Million Dollar Bond Measure on the June 2006 ballot. The Measure G Bond failed with 55% of voters saying NO.
To assure the taxpayer maximum efficiency in qualifying for new state funded facilities, state revenues need to be maximized through aggressive enrollment policies, facility usage and scheduling practices. Asking voters to tax themselves for new facilities while not meeting current state funded enrollment targets (making “Cap”) is not in the interest of local taxpayers.
From 2000 through 2006, I opposed a status quo enrollment policy, which resulted in MSJC not earning all available state growth funding which had an accumulated effect of $10,000,000 in lost revenue for all future years and loss of access for thousands of potential students.
In February 2007, the three member board majority, without a full board present, voted to dismiss for “no cause” a highly qualified president who for the first time in six years met and exceeded our state growth targets. Implementing a compressed schedule with full weekend offerings and offering class sections at high school sites throughout the district would also assist in meeting the annual projected state growth targets up to “Cap”.
If the college meets state growth targets and maximizes facility use, thousands more students will have access to class sections for transfer and work force development. Doing so, positions the district to maximize earned points at the state level to qualify for new state funded facilities requiring no local tax and less or no local general fund contribution. This demands much from administration but serves you the taxpayer and positions the college to be more competitive for state bond revenue.
As the parent of four children, a UC Santa Barbara graduate, Pepperdine University graduate, Senior/scholarship athlete at Point Loma Nazarene University, and a Sophomore/scholarship debate member at Point Loma Nazarene University, I am informed about current educational issues for students and the need to have access to class sections to complete educational goals. A strong community college is vital to the economic development of our area and the quality of our society. Community Colleges are the workhorse of the California Educational Masterplan.
I attended Colorado State University (1969-1972) as a business administration major, worked in private business 10 years, owned my own business for 5 years and for the past 20 years have worked with my husband in investment real estate. I work hard to be informed and be your voice for students and taxpayers. I promise to never become a rubber stamp board member or a bureaucrat.
