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Todd Banducci

November 2020 · North Idaho College Trustee Zone 3 · Board Chair
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Physical assault allegation and threats to staff

2019 - 2025
  • The college president reported credible allegations that he physically assaulted a female employee at a 2019 college event.
  • Then-president MacLennan told the board he personally witnessed the assault.
  • He shouted at board attorney Jennifer Wood: "I ought to take you outside right now and kick your ass!"
  • He told her his wife was "going to bitch slap you."
  • A 2020 letter from fellow trustees cited "a number of past situations" perceived as "threatening, intimidating, and/or rude."
  • The accreditor found the board majority's actions drove out all three vice presidents and a dean.
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Fired NIC's president without cause: $500K taxpayer cost

2021 - 2022
  • He led the vote to fire the college president without cause.
  • He pushed to replace the president with the wrestling coach.
  • Experienced attorneys told the board not to proceed and were ignored.
  • He expected the president to take "marching orders" from him.
  • The state insurer paid $250,000 to settle the wrongful termination lawsuit.
  • With a year of salary and benefits, the total taxpayer cost reached about $500,000.
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Accreditation crisis: "The Board of Trustees is dysfunctional"

2021 - 2024
  • The accreditor's report found he believed his job was to purge "deep state" administrators.
  • Faculty and staff assemblies both passed no-confidence resolutions.
  • The accreditor publicly declared: "The Board of Trustees at North Idaho College is dysfunctional."
  • More than 200 people attended a board meeting to demand his resignation.
  • Community members submitted 1,000 index cards calling for his removal.
  • He attempted to shut down public comment before the college attorney intervened.
  • After four years of his tenure, the accreditor suspended NIC's reviews until the college improved.
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Athletics spending ballooned from $2.2M to $6.2M

September 2023 - December 2024
  • With trustees McKenzie and Waggoner, directed NIC to cover full costs plus flights for every out-of-state athlete.
  • The accreditor put the cost at $40,000 per athlete, inflating the budget by $4 million a year.
  • The accreditor called it a "substantial hidden tax" on academic and student services.
  • NIC cut golf, affecting 11 student-athletes, and imposed a $1.8 million austerity plan.
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Sued to block new trustees and lost

May 2022
  • He sued to block state-appointed trustees from joining the NIC board.
  • He lost.
  • An incoming trustee called the board environment "toxic" and warned NIC could lose its liability insurance.
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KCRCC politics and the aftermath

October 2024
  • As a precinct committeeman, he voted for GOP platform language opposing taxpayer funding "beyond high school," with no carve-out for community colleges.
  • NIC's president warned the language enables censure of legislators who support higher education.
  • He was KCRCC-endorsed as "rated and vetted" throughout the crisis.
  • He did not graduate from high school.
  • He did not run again in 2024; the KCRCC's next three NIC candidates all lost.
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