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Editor s Note: This is the third in a series of three opinion columns about Caddo Middle Magnet s sibling policy.
About a year ago, I began what was to be a three-part series on how the unfairness of Caddo Middle Magnet’s (CMM) sibling policy results in white kids with lower scores getting admitted to magnet schools over Black and white kids with higher scores.
Part 1 addressed how CMM was created for the express purpose of integrating and enhancing the quality of education for local students while redressing Caddo Parish’s racist Jim Crow era school policies. Part 2 demonstrated how that mission has been abandoned as evidenced by CMM now largely educating white students, even though the school district is roughly 70% Black.
UPDATE:
SHREVEPORT, La. The Caddo Parish School Board is now accepting applications to fill the interim District 7 seat on the Board.
Beginning Wednesday and continuing through 4 p.m. April 15, the Caddo Board will accept letters of interest from residents of District 7.
Letters must be addressed to the board president and delivered by hand to the superintendentâs office located at 1961 Midway Avenue. The board will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. April 20 to interview applicants.
The format of the interviews will allow each candidate up to 10 minutes to present information including why they desire to serve as an interim board member, their special skills or experience to offer to the position and their perspective on the role of a board member. Candidates will be allowed to make final summary statements and the board will vote.
Teachers Union Boss: Why Caddo COVID Pay is Unfair
Jackie Lansdale, President of Red River United Teachers Union, details the organization s lawsuit against the Caddo School System s COVID Heroes Pay distribution.
The Union leaders sent a notification late Sunday night saying that the legal fight which centers on the district s plan to give most employees a 1,000 dollar stipend as heroes pay for working during the pandemic. We always said that if we couldn t work this out, that s where we would go next, says Lansdale, referring to an earlier threat to sue, The administration would no move on this and did not recognize the level of what we perceived to be discrimination.
Union to File Suit Against Caddo School Board
The Red River United Teacher Union is filing suit against the Caddo School Board today for discrimination. The Union leaders sent a notification to
KEEL late Sunday night to inform us about this legal fight which centers on the district s plan to give most employees a 1,000 dollar stipend as heroes pay for working during the pandemic. But the lawsuit claims some employees including pregnant women and teachers and staff on disability leave are being excluded from the extra money and they claim that is illegal. The checks are expected to go out in June to employees who have been on the job for 90% of the required time during the pandemic.