College of the Desert to cut 100 classes from 2012-2013 school year

It’s possibly the last thing students at College of the Desert would want to hear. School officials say they are cutting 100 classes from it’s 2012-2013 school year due to budget cuts.

According to Farley Herzek, vice president of academic affairs at COD, getting rid of the classes would save the school $300,000, but the move could affect nearly 4,000 students trying to get into classes for the new school year.

Herzek tells CBS Local 2, the cuts couldn’t come at a worse time.

“We’re at an all time high in demand for seats and in almost 30 years of my career, an all-time low in the amount of budget reductions we’ve been hit with in the past three years,” Herzek said.

School officials have not decided specifically what classes will be cut, but Herzek says they do have a plan to return classes for the Spring semester, if voters approve a tax initiative proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown in November.

COD runs the risk of losing $1.8 million for the new school year, if the initiative doesn’t go through.

Herzek says at this point, it’s up to the voters.