A year after the professors at the college voted No Confidence on PCC President Erika Endrijonas, and in recent months after applying to be president at Mount San Antonio and LA Community College, Endrijonas has been offered the position of president at Santa Barbara City College, starting August 1, 2023.
These last few months have seen discontent amongst the managers at the college, followed by some classified staff, demanding that the PCC Board extend Endrijona’s contract, rather than let it expire June 30, 2024.
In the end, it doesn’t matter: After 4 years at the college, she is set to leave.
Recent press
SBCC Announces Selection of New Superintendent President, Santa Barbara City College Press Release, May 8, 2023
Reaction to PCC President/Superintendent’s Impending Departure Varies, Depending on Whether Friend or Foe, Pasadena Now, May 9, 2023
“Endrijonas, like an annoyingly lingering house guest costing the district about $27,000 a month has definitely overstayed her welcome – it is well past time that she left Pasadena City College. Now this current Board of Trustees, led admirably by Board President Sandra Chen Lau, after showing intense backbone by not retreating or being cowed by her petty attacks, has the incredible opportunity to seek out and find a much better fit for Superintendent-President of Pasadena City College,” Bernardo wrote to Pasadena Now.
Pasadena City College President Endrijonas to take helm at Santa Barbara, Pasadena Star News, May 8, 2023
PCC’s Dr. Erika Endrijonas Names New Superintendent/President of Santa Barbara City College, Pasadena Now, May 8, 2023
“On behalf of the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, I extend our congratulations to Dr. Endrijonas on her appointment as the next President of Santa Barbara City College. Dr. Endrijonas began her career in community colleges at SBCC and indicated it is where she’d love to return,” Chen Lau said. “We appreciate Dr. Endrijonas’ service to PCC in her four and half years as its President. We look forward to working with her during this transitional period.”
Coalition of Students and Faculty for Student Achievement 