Greece Central School District: Zero African American Teachers, Why?
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The Greece Central School District located in Greece, New York is the 8th largest school district in the state, with 20% African American students and zero African American regular full time teachers. John Niles, an African American, worked as a per diem substitute teacher for the Greece Central School District from 2006-2009. Throughout that time he applied for full time teaching positions. He never got a job interview let alone a full time regular teaching position. Those teaching positions were filled by whites. Mr. Niles is a New York State permanently certified English Language Arts teacher, holder of a master of science in education diploma from Nazareth College of Rochester and is currently completing a doctorate in educational administration. In addition, he has years of teaching experience.
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