Grant Aimed At Hiring Minority Teachers in Rogers School District
Posted: September 24, 2011 at 5:45 a.m.
Ryan Quintana, right, fifth-grade science teacher, instructs students Friday in an outdoor “total physical response” display of lessons they have learned in the classroom at Bonnie Grimes Elementary School in Rogers. The Rogers School District recruited Quintana last year at a job fair in New Mexico.
School administrators said a new grant will help them attract and retain minority teachers using recruiting trips and bonuses. The $189,950 grant came from the Walton Family Foundation.
BY THE NUMBERS
District Demographics
Rogers School District student demographics, 2010-11
• Two or more races: 289
• Asian: 293
• Black: 191
• Hispanic: 5,656
• Native American/Native Alaskan: 168
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 61
• White: 7,345
Source: Arkansas Department Of Education
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