Posted on 05/14/2023 2:08:37 PM PDT by lowbridge
A New Jersey educator was passed over for nearly four dozen promotions because he is white, he claims in an explosive new lawsuit.
Thomas F. Franco alleges the Paterson, NJ school district won’t promote him to an administrative position solely because of his skin color, according to the discrimination lawsuit filed last month.
The 58-year-old Ringwood resident contends he’s applied for “more than 45 positions” since he was hired in 2016, and has only been interviewed once.
“Nearly all administrative level positions within the PPS [Paterson Public Schools], greater than 95%, are held by Black and Hispanic individuals,” according to the suit filed in Passaic Superior Court.
“Many of the people” hired instead of him were “less experienced” and didn’t have his academic credentials, Franco argued in papers.
Franco has the necessary state certificates to fill the principal and vice principal posts he sought, his lawyer told The Post.
And he served as an interim administrator in 2016.
“While I applaud the fact that the district employs many minorities to serve its mostly minority student population, at the same time the district should not prevent highly qualified individuals who may be a non-minority, from being promoted,” said attorney Evan Goldman.
“Mr. Franco’s potential promotion will only serve to enhance all of the students experiences in the district.”
Franco has two master’s degrees from St. Peter’s University and Rutgers University, and a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from Rutgers, according to his LinkedIn page.
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That’s not new in education.
Me pappy, now retired, said he was in line to take the head basketball coach position at his HS. About a year before the then current coach was to retire they started busing in black inner city kids. The new head coach chosen and it was a black guy and dad went to the principal and asked why the change was made and he wasnt even made aware of the change. The principal told the AD who was there to leave and in private said it was because they wanted a black coach to support the new racial changes in the school (forced busing BTW).
This would have been on the early 70s.
In Alabama they average your last five years of salary to determine your retirement. If New Jersey is similar then he wants a raise in his last year’s before retirement. We know when teachers are about to retire, they move into the administrative jobs that pay more.
you may want to reread. His attorny said what you seem to believe (from the wording of your comment) the educator said.
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