Lansing to pursue minorities in district's first teacher fair Students from 8 universities invited to attend By James McCurtis Jr. Lansing State Journal The Lansing School District's need for more minority teachers is one of the driving forces behind its first ever recruitment fair Friday. Of the district's 1,450 teachers 293, or 20 percent, are minorities, and 85 of those teachers are eligible to retire in five years. Four percent of the teachers are Hispanic and about 16 percent are black. "We have to be concerned about parents and one of the things they are concerned about is that our...
