Faculty and students say the college has misspent its budget by going on a construction spending spree.

The Seattle Times reports.

Green River College staff, students walk out over leadership, budget

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff staged a walkout at Green River College in Auburn on Friday, leaving their classrooms to march through campus and shouting for the college’s president to resign.

The protest was the latest action in a long-running dispute between faculty and administrators over how the community college is run.

The faculty has twicevoted that they have no confidence in President Eileen Ely, most recently asking her to step down in May 2015. They also have voted that they have no confidence in the school’s board of trustees. The board, which is appointed by the governor, has said it supports Ely’s presidency.

Faculty and students say the college has misspent its budget by going on a construction spending spree, and it has cut programs in such a way as to silence union leaders.