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By daphne McCullough Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Rappahannock County’s school system was singled out as an example of “deplorable” minority hiring practices last Friday at a meeting of the Seventh District Black Caucus in Culpeper.
Prior to presentations from Attorney General candidates Marshall Coleman and Edward Lane, Caucus representatives reported on minority employment situations in school systems throughout the Seventh District.
Blacks in the Seventh District are “unemployed and underemployed,” said Caucus chairman H. M. Brooks. He said that his organization is working to alleviate these conditions, starting with the school systems.
After a week of meetings between Caucus representatives and school administrators, Brooks maintained it was evident that educational hiring systems need to be reevaluated.
Statistics on minority hiring practices in Rap* pahannock fall far behind those of other jurisdictions, based on data presented at
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