Ciara Platt, a 25-year-old NIC student and organizer of the March for MacLennan, opens the floor for speaking on the soccer field at North Idaho College on Wednesday prior to the Board of Trustees meeting. Shawn Keenan, a Coeur d’Alene native and NIC alumnus, stands to the right holding a sign for one of the protesters. HANNAH NEFF/Press
October 27, 2021
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North Idaho College Acting President Lita Burns warned the Board of Trustees at the board meeting Wednesday night that unless swift action was taken, NIC’s accreditation may be affected. Burns said while NIC’s accreditation currently remains in good standing, without a pattern of evidence of change in the board’s behavior, that could change. “You may think I am speaking as an alarmist,” Burns said. “Let me assure you I am not.”