Monday, March 19, 2012

Department of Justice WILL NOT be present at meeting to discuss racial bias in hiring and firing of teachers Denver's far northeast - The Denver Post

Department of Justice will not be present at meeting to discuss racial bias in hiring and firing of teachers Denver's far northeast - The Denver Post:


Department of Justice will not be present at meeting to discuss racial bias in hiring and firing of teachers Denver's far northeast
DenverPost.com
 The U.S. Department of Justice this morning said it is neither hosting nor will it send a representative to a meeting planned for 6:30 p.m. tonight at Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center where the issue of the hiring and firing of minority teachers in far northeast Denver will be discussed.
Late last week, e-mail messages spread inviting current and former Denver Public Schools employees to discuss "racial bias concerns about DPS delivery of educational services" at the meeting.
One of the e-mail messages, from retired teacher and former chairwoman of the Black Caucus for the Denver Classroom Teachers Association Annette Sills-Brown, said the meeting was organized by retired DPS teacher Cozette Hammock-West.
In the message, Sills-Brown said Hammock-West was "asked by a DOJ attorney to schedule a meeting on Monday, March 19th so that attorney and one other colleague can hear from current and former DPS persons with racial bias concerns about DPS delivery of