Candidates for the three open seats include one incumbent, a charter school parent, and a former district student now earning a doctorate of education.
Black and Hispanic teachers in the Aurora school district have complained for years of mistreatment and discrimination even as the district was led by a Black superintendent and equity efforts to hire and retain more teachers of color ramped up.
Rico Munn, the former superintendent for Aurora Schools, said board members thought he was "not Black enough" and a district-hired investigator concurred.
Former Aurora superintendent Rico Munn alleges disagreements about where to focus teacher retention efforts crossed the line into racial harassment and cost him his job.
Rico Munn stepped down as Aurora’s superintendent at the end of December after board members did not want to renew his contract. He then filed a discrimination complaint against the school board.