Kayenta Community Outreach
35 persons in attendance
1. Peabody closure, Head Start closure impacts on community
2. Criminal justice, early childhood, computer, more nursing needs, allied health
3. Introductions almost 45 minutes, meeting ran from 9-11:45 am
Surveys remain temporarily with center manager for review; great participation on surveys with several attendees adding additional hand-written pages of comments.
1. Kayenta needs a campus; good examples of classroom issues and security presented
2. Instructor understanding when Kayenta students locked out; school district drills and lock-downs
3. Need the presence of faculty in classroom because of native learning styles
4. Want a community library ... books fast
5. Consortium library with NAU, NPC, Dine and township, interlibrary loan and computer access
6. Work study program - nursing students do it with PHS
7. Work study with paralegal as well
8. Internships with health and legal
9. Red Mesa building a new clinic and one in Pinyon and Kayenta; highly qualified staff' partnership issue in Kayenta between colleges; think broader, aesthetic facility; College of Eastern Utah ... Native JTED issue .... clinical experiences, coders IT professionals
BSN piece online. NAU needs to explain how the extra unit in nursing works
10. CNA lab and clinical opportunities in Kayenta instead of traveling to Winslow
11. Agreements with facilities closer, CEU skill lab issues, travel to Blanding for lab
12. CIS programs related to network, technical, CTP, welding
13. Electrician
14. Retirement issues in the trades, building trades, new technology in trades
14. 6,000 people in mines replacement, revitalize
15. Coming industry construction, subdivision development, LGA certification, negotiate leases for chapters, local governments can expedite their own developments
16. Back to the bond election
17. Believe Kayenta ready to get us back on the table/ Dine, NPC and NAU
Daniel spoke at length at this point. Went back through the history of the bonding, dispute with Dine and eventual loss of NPC facility, for which he verbally blamed Dine College, who was present at the time. He also stated that NPC had placed facilities at Dilkon and Kayenta is being neglected and has more clear need. He made several statements that the new NPC president, Mr. Orr was going to be "hung out to dry" by Dine once more. Danile explained, from his point of view, the Navajo Nation legislative piece he drafted, giving Dine the right to approve educational programs on the reservation; he also suggested it had never been approved by the council and had been "naively used" by the department of education without understanding the intent. He referred to Tommy Lewis several times as the Dine College instigator of all the problems. He finished the 15 minute oration by stating that was all he had to say and left the room dramatically. At this point, James Nez, representing Dine, stated that Dine was not to blame and was putting resources into the Dilkon construction and, in fact, had withdrawn $20,000 from Kayenta budget to put toward Dilkon. Once Mr. Peaches exited the room, there were weveral conversations about drafting a request to the Tribal Council to negate the granting of rights of approval given Dine College or at least understood to have been given. The Dine College representative left the room immediately after these discussions. Mr. Peaches also stated that the NPC DGB discussion of the previous day had denied facilities to Kayenta, based on enrollment, with a statement that Kayenta might get "half a modular based on the enrollment".
18. Career development/placement assistance/ resume and interview preparation
19. Dual enrollment at high school; all junior and seniors have opportunities to earn degree or college credit at high school; online classes, flex times
20. Vocational - Cisco lab - no teacher
21. Alternative energies/sustainable development
22. Engineering, electrical, landscaping
23.Diesel mechanics for airport and machinery ex: heavy equipment for township
24. Law enforcement and public safety -- EMS, patrol, terrorism, industrial security, tribal rangers, and criminal investigation. Currently sent to Albuquerque or Phoenix to get certified. Paramedics trained in San Francisco.
25. NN Law: Dine College has authority screen all institutions coming in.
26. Dine has startiedwelding, other vocational at main campus
27. Kayenta is a tourism area. Students are going off the reservation-mainly, Phoenix area. At the schools regularly, NPC needs to promote more locally. HS has been referring for GED program. HS now doing nursing co-enrollment with CEU.
28. FTSE low because students are working and have family obligations.
29. Need instructors- people in the community with Masters degrees. Need commitment from educated people to teach students.
30. BIA schools will be vacating their facilities and building new facilities. Start from scratch with classroom facilities. KUSD houses NPC, Dine, and NAU. KUSD does not have the funding to build more buildings to address the schools needs and those of the community.
31. Traditional education partnering with outside institutions.
32. MVHS send letters to Admissions for career days. Admissions comes out instead of the local staff who are more familiar with the students in the area.
33. Do students in the entire western agency aware that NPC is in the region? A lot of high schools students do not know that NPC is here. Work with other HS counselors. Kayenta center would be a good regional resource. More marketing. No signs- very poor.
32. Need more workshop classes like before, see less of them now. Instructors willing to come out.