{"id":1817084,"date":"2023-01-20T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1817084"},"modified":"2023-01-20T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:20:16","slug":"seattle-public-school-diversity-employees-are-among-highest-paid-in-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-public-school-diversity-employees-are-among-highest-paid-in-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Public School &#8220;Diversity Employees&#8221; Are Among Highest Paid in System"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseattle-public-school-diversity-employees-are-among-highest-paid-in-system%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1817084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2023-01\/GettyImages-1385482793.jpg?h=199d8c1f&#038;itok=m-pjk0_5\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Seattle Public Schools focuses on the issues. &#8220;legacies of racism in our education system&#8221; and has placed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion employees amongst the highest-paid in the district.<\/p>\n<p>The highest paid district administrators are the top two African American Male Achievement and Department of Racial Equity Advancement officials.<\/p>\n<p>According to the salary information provided to Washington, James Bush&#8217;s salary was increased from $151,480 to $114,714 for 2020-21 to 2021-22. Bush received the 42% salary increase when he was promoted as chief of Equity, Partnerships and Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Mia Williams earned $231,229 in 2021-22 as chief of the Office of African American Male Achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Manal Al-Ansi, director of Racial Equity Advancement, earned $154,662 between 2021-22. Her department has eight employees.<\/p>\n<p>After being appointed chief of Equity, Partnerships and Engagement, Keisha Scarlett saw her salary rise from $158,451 in a year to $226,695 in just one year. Scarlett was made Chief Academic Officer in 2022. She earned $231 229 in 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Public Schools made it a priority to improve the academic performance of African-American boys. &#8220;flagship goals.&#8221; One of the goals is improving 7th-grade math proficiency using the Smarter Balanced Assessment. This will take it from 23% in May 2019 to 45% and 65% respectively in June 2024 and June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021-22, the highest-paid employee of the district (not including its superintendent) earned $242,087. In Seattle Public Schools, a teacher in their first year with a bachelor\u2019s degree earned $63,180.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Public Schools&#8217; media relations specialist Tim Robinson did not respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>Schools across the country are looking for diversity managers in high-paying positions. In June 2000, Columbus City Schools appointed Dionne Blue its first chief equity officer. Blue earned $163,034 per year in 2021-22, and was the seventh-highest-paid employee of the district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Public Schools focuses on the issues. &#8220;legacies of racism in our education system&#8221; and has placed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion employees amongst the highest-paid in the district. The highest paid district administrators are the top two African American Male Achievement and Department of Racial Equity Advancement officials. 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