Sharon School Committee Accused Of Racism After Ouster Of First Black Superintendent

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Victoria Greer was placed on leave as superintendent of Sharon Public Schools in September. Greer has filed a complaint alleging the school committee racially discriminated against her. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

On her first day as superintendent of Sharon Public Schools in fall of 2017, Victoria Greer remembers looking out at an auditorium of more than 600 district-wide employees. She was one of three Black staff members in the room, she recalled, the first Black superintendent in a town that prides itself on the quality of its schools and has a population that is steadily growing more diverse — but has few Black teachers.

Link: https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/10/07/sharon-superintendent-racial-discrimination