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minorities applicants period. <br />Harris Don't they have to be qualified. <br />High We are looking for them. We are trying to find minorities applicants <br />in any and everywhere we can. <br />Armstrong That is the way you are doing it. <br />High We ran into the same problem within the school district, and one of <br />the school district goals was a qualified staff representative of the <br />community, and when we looked back over the hiring history and <br />record of the school district for the last few year, you look back last <br />year we hired five minority teachers. The year before that we hired <br />seven. This year we are still hiring, but those recruitment efforts <br />represent visits to 100 colleges and universities. We have our own <br />web site applicants are able to apply over the phone. We use troops <br />that teach. We offer study guides. Once we find those people to <br />make them qualified for the position for which they are applying. <br />And once they come to the district and it meets the campus level <br />and the committee level, sometimes the committee is simply told we <br />need minorities applicants, and if that person is certified and <br />qualified for that position, then we are going to hire the minority <br />applicant. And, a lot of times when you get to the committee level, <br />and I will be frank and honest and say it like it is, you get into that <br />good old boy system, and they find something wrong with that <br />applicant after he has gone though the entire system and he is <br />qualified and he is certified. I am just saying that sometimes the <br />committee has to be encouraged in that direction. So, a few <br />minutes ago we said that we go to job fairs, colleges and <br />universities. What job fairs do we go to. What colleges and <br />universities do we go attend. There are those in this area that we <br />can take advantage of. For example, we go to Jarvis, Wylie, we go <br />to Texas College on those job fairs that are held, like Wednesday, <br />Thursday, and Friday. When the district goes the Plano Fire <br />Department is there, Tyler Fire Department is there. There are <br />various and sundry fire departments there from this area. There are <br />also EMS representatives from this area. I know that Marshall is <br />there year and Longview and Tyler, okay. That is not a great <br />