Friends of Pacific Oaks

Friends of Pacific Oaks is a group of alumnae/i, students, former faculty, staff, early childhood educators, and former Board members, who have joined together to save Pacific Oaks College from a threatened "contingency plan" to implement a "teach out" and close the college.  This action could occur as early as the Board of Trustees Fall board meeting to be held the last weekend of September or the first weekend of October.

A core group of the friends of Pacific Oaks is asking for the Board to affirm its commitment to the continuance of Pacific Oaks by asking for the immediate resignation of President Carolyn Denham, or, failing that, a confidential, community-wide evaluation of President Denham.  We also ask the Board to reaffirm the mission of Pacific Oaks as articulated in its Mission Statement, to implement a Capital Campaign to reduce the College's dependence upon tuition, and to initiate a representative committee to do the following:

1. decide on transitional leadership, 
2. hire a Provost for Academic Affairs,
3. plan for a Presidential Search Process,
4. develop a community-wide long range plan,
5. seek additional Board members close to the mission of the institution.

This is an independent website created by the Friends of Pacific Oaks.  The contents of this website do not represent the views or official position of Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School or have any official affiliation with its administration or employees.  

The materials posted on this website represent the ideas of an independent group of individuals who have come together out of concern for Pacific Oaks College.  We would be happy to correct any errors of fact contained on this website.  If you believe that there are factual errors, please email Friends of Pacific Oaks  -- and provide us with your name, relationship to Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School and documentary evidence showing the error you seek to have us correct.  It is our desire to provide accurate information and to foster the well-being of Pacific Oaks.