Columbia Gorge Community College President Frank Toda will be leaving that position at the end of September.  The CGCC Board of Education unanimously approved a mutually acceptable separation agreement with Toda at a special meeting Tuesday.  Board chair Stu Watson thanked Toda for numerous contributions to the growth of the college in his sixteen years in the position, noting expansion of the school’s physical footprint including establishment of a Hood River campus, adding a health sciences building in The Dalles, and securing classroom space in the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, along with the school achieving independent accreditation status.  Watson says with a college board featuring four members that took their seats in July, it is an opportunity to go in a new direction to improve programs and enrollment.  Toda was under contract until 2020, but says he will enter into retirement and the decision to part ways was mutual.  Toda will leave the position on September 29.  Under terms of the agreement the college will pay Toda the equivalent of six months salary, $89,425, while Toda agrees not to pursue any legal action.  The college board will begin an immediate search for an interim president while it conducts a national search for a permanent replacement.