It is time for Skyline College to have its own fitness center.
The other colleges in the district of San Mateo, Cañada College and San Mateo College, already have high quality fitness centers and it is about time for Skyline to get one.
The absence of a building like this can be felt by some students, who would rather have an accessible fitness center on campus. It does not help that the other two colleges in the district have new fitness facilities, while Skyline feels as if it’s lagging behind.
This would be a wonderful addition to campus with it offering more to the students. People looking to take classes here may have more interest in coming here with a new fitness center being on campus with them most likely keeping it in mind when they decide to take classes here.
A fitness center would serve to give students more options for recreational activities on campus, as well as promoting healthier activities for students. Having some sort of fitness facility would also aid in boosting student morale by helping to calm and clear minds.
For example, the fitness center would most likely have a lot of activity available during finals week and the week before. Offering students these activities would be very beneficial and would likely lead to increased grades, improve students’ work ethic and also promote the school’s standing by getting more students to attend classes at Skyline.
With other colleges in the district getting fitness centers, it is only logical for Skyline to get one as well. It would benefit students as well by providing a healthy and recreational environment to help them before, after or during their class schedules. It would also benefit the students by being very convenient for them to access without having to commute to another fitness center that is further away.
Enough time has passed since both Cañada and San Mateo got their fitness centers, and it is for the best if Skyline can follow the trend and add one to this campus. Skyline students want this to happen, and it would greatly improve student life on campus all around.
The ball is in your court, Skyline. What will you do?
V. Keech • Sep 24, 2024 at 7:22 pm
We already had bond money but it was diverted. $70 million of BOND money was diverted from Skyline to give to Canada to build their $120 million enormous athletic facility. This decision was made by SMCCD Board of Trustees and chancellor.
I listened to the February 2024 video. It said $70 million of bond money was diverted from Skyline College to help pay for a $120 million “opulent” enormous facility at Canada College (AKA “Woodside Athletic Club”). It was supposed to be $50 million but went to $120 million and $70 million was diverted from Skyline to fund the Canada Athletic facility. Canada College has less students than Skyline College. In this video, Richard Holober said that people would probably not want to vote for a bond for an athletic center at Skyline College, but it was ok to divert $70 million of BOND money away from Skyline College to build Canada College Athletic Center. They make spending decisions that will last lifetimes. So in my lifetime I will probably see no athletic center at Skyline built. We will continue to have very little in the north county and at Skyline College.
There is a Prop 2 on the ballot right now – authorizes bonds for public school and community college facilities. Why should anyone vote for it? So the SMCCD Board of Trustees and chancellor can divert money again down to the south county colleges? The south county is favored. The north county is ignored. The Environmental Sciences building at Skyline College with a few classrooms and a large area to hosts celebrations does little for the community or the students. Canada College got a multistory Science and Technology Building recently and a beautiful enormous athletic center. Skyline has a tiny weight room and it is NOT open to community to join. This is not equitable at all.
You can google the numerous facilities in the south county. These are large facilities the community can join. There are many more located in the south county.
SOUTH COUNTY:
There are THREE (3) YMCAs — (there are NO YMCAs in the north county).
YMCA San Mateo,
YMCA Redwood City. This is being rebuilt or upgraded with FEDERAL dollars per Kevin Mullin’s mail out “Delivering Millions for the Community.”
YMCA East Palo Alto
Burlingame Aquatic Center.
King pool San Mateo — being upgraded with FEDERAL dollars
Joinville pool in San Mateo.
24 hour fitness in San Mateo.
Mickelson at Mills (Sutter Health) in San Mateo
Peninsula Jewish Community Center in Foster City.
Peninsula Community in Redwood City.
The Bay Club in Redwood Shores.
Some high schools are open to the public.
College of San Mateo Athletic Center.
Canada College Athletic Center in Redwood City
Coyote Point being upgraded with FEDERAL dollars
NORTH COUNTY
1. Oceania High School, in Pacifica.
2. 24 hour fitness Pacifica,
3. San Bruno RAC, This has been closed for 3 years and just reopened. Before this, it was only open in SUMMERTIME my ENTIRE lifetime. This was only built because of PG&E gas explosion money.
4. SSF Orange Park pool
5. Millbrae Meadows is private and waitlisted.
6. Westmoor High school pool in Daly City. Daly City has a population of about 98,158 and is second largest city in the county with just ONE high school pool.
(San Mateo is a city located in San Mateo County California. San Mateo has a 2024 population of 99,884). There are SIX (or more) pools in San Mateo (and maybe more if you count high schools that allow the public to use) –
YMCA in San Mateo, King, Joinville, 24-hour fitness, Mickelson, College of San Mateo (as well as Canada College in Redwood City).
Amber Steele • Sep 23, 2024 at 2:35 pm
Skyline’s Kinesiology, Athletics and Dance division would love to have a fitness center, and we do keep asking the district for one.
To build, it needs to go on the ballot as a bond measure and it could take 5 to 8 years. The cost is about $50 million. It takes student voices and community support to make it happen, so we encourage you to keep raising your voices in support of this idea!
V. Keech • Sep 24, 2024 at 7:05 pm
I listened to the February 2024 SMCCD video – three plus hours. . It said $70 million of bond money was diverted from Skyline College to help pay for a $120 million “opulent” enormous facility at Canada College (AKA “Woodside Athletic Club”). Canada College has less students than Skyline College. Richard Holober said that people would probably not want to vote for a bond for an athletic center at Skyline College, but it was ok to divert $70 million of BOND money away from Skyline College to build Canada College Athletic Center. SMCCD Board of Trustees and chancellor make spending decisions that will last lifetimes. We will continue to have very little in the north county and at Skyline College.
There is a Prop 2 on the ballot – authorizes bonds for public school and community college facilities. Why should anyone vote for it? So you can divert money again down to the south county colleges? The south county is favored. The north county is ignored. Skyline has a tiny weight room and it is NOT open to community to join. This is not equitable at all. 19 years ago it was in the master plan to have an athletic center at Skyline. Instead the BOND money was diverted away from Skyline to to Canada College. There were many facilities already in the south county.
You can google the numerous facilities in the south county. These are large facilities the community can join. There are many more located in the south county.
SOUTH COUNTY:
There are THREE (3) YMCAs — (there are NO YMCAs in the north county).
YMCA San Mateo,
YMCA Redwood City. This is being rebuilt or upgraded with FEDERAL dollars per Kevin Mullin’s mail out “Delivering Millions for the Community.”
YMCA East Palo Alto
Burlingame Aquatic Center.
King pool San Mateo — being upgraded with FEDERAL dollars
Joinville pool in San Mateo.
24 hour fitness in San Mateo.
Mickelson at Mills (Sutter Health) in San Mateo
Peninsula Jewish Community Center in Foster City.
Peninsula Community in Redwood City.
The Bay Club in Redwood Shores.
Some high schools are open to the public.
College of San Mateo Athletic Center.
Canada College Athletic Center in Redwood City
Coyote Point being upgraded with FEDERAL dollars
NORTH COUNTY
1. Oceania High School, in Pacifica.
2. 24 hour fitness Pacifica,
3. San Bruno RAC, This has been closed for 3 years and just reopened. Before this, it was only open in SUMMERTIME my ENTIRE lifetime. This was only built because of PG&E gas explosion money.
4. SSF Orange Park pool
5. Millbrae Meadows is private and waitlisted.
6. Westmoor High school pool in Daly City. Daly City has a population of about 98,158 and is second largest city in the county with just ONE high school pool.
(San Mateo is a city located in San Mateo County California. San Mateo has a 2024 population of 99,884). There are SIX (or more) pools in San Mateo (and maybe more if you count high schools that allow the public to use) – YMCA in San Mateo, King, Joinville, 24-hour fitness, Mickelson, College of San Mateo (as well as Canada College in Redwood City).