Shoreline Community College will adjust to summer public operating hours starting Monday, June 15 and running through Friday, Sept. 4.

Starting on June 15, the official college hours of business will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Thursday. On Fridays, the hours will be 8 a.m. to noon. The campus will close at noon on Fridays for public and student services. On Sept. 7, following the Labor Day holiday, the campus will return to the regular schedule, which is 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday.

“This adjustment will allow the college to continue to serve our students and communities while also allowing our terrific employees an opportunity to balance their work and their lives outside of the college,” President Cheryl Roberts said.

The Fourth of July-week schedule will require an adjustment. Because the holiday falls on a Saturday, most college employees get the day off on Friday, July 3. During that week, June 29-July 2, most employees will work four, eight-hour shifts.

The schedule change won’t impact classes, which are generally not scheduled on Fridays during Summer Quarter. For 2015, Summer Quarter starts June 22 and ends Aug. 13.
To maintain a 40-hour work week, the schedule for most employees will be “four nines and a four,” said Stephen P. Smith, Vice President for Human Resources and Legal Affairs. “The summer schedule will allow most employees to work nine hours each day, Monday through Thursday, four hours on Friday and then be off for the weekend,” he said.

Smith noted that some departments such as the Parent-Child Center and Safety and Security will continue with their regular academic year schedules based on business needs. For all other areas of the college prior to June 15, employees and supervisors will work together to finalize summer schedules that ensure department needs are fully met with adequate staff coverage during the official business hours of the College and that alternative schedules don’t create additional costs.

“We want employees to take advantage of this ‘four nines and a four’ opportunity whenever possible,” Smith said. “We must also make sure the college continues to operate effectively and efficiently.”

For questions, contact the Office of Human Resources at scchr@shoreline.edu or 206-546-4769.