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New Haven charter school students protest lack of teacher diversity

NEW HAVEN — Students at a New Haven public charter school are protesting what they say is a lack of diversity among the staff. About 100 students gathered near ...
Amistad protest

NEW HAVEN — Students at a New Haven public charter school are protesting what they say is a lack of diversity among the staff.

About 100 students gathered near the campus of Achievement First Amistad High School in New Haven on Tuesday morning. Dozens were tweeting about the protest using the hashtag #AmistadDiversity.

The New Haven Register reports the protests come as the city’s public schools have acknowledged they need to “accelerate and expand” hiring of diverse candidates.

Statistics provided by Achievement First show that 98 percent of its 1,910 students across five New Haven schools are black or Latino. Seventeen percent of the 314 staff members are black or Latino.

The charter school’s assistant superintendent says leadership plans to meet with protesters.

Achievement First is a charter school network with 30 schools across five cities in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

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