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Proposal: Lower minority target for building projects
By Scott Elliott
Dayton Daily News
The school board next week will consider lowering its target for the percentage of smalll and minority companies working on its construction projects.
The board met Tuesday night without Superintendent Percy Mack, who was traveling to Mobile, Ala., to interview for the superintendent’s job there.
Terri Allen, the district’s diversity and outreach coordinator, proposed the changes, which would drop the district’s goal for in the inclusion of small and minority companies to 20 percent of the district’s construction spending, down from 35 percent, and expand the definition of a local company beyond Montgomery County.
Allen said the board’s original goal proved too ambitious as there were too few companies that qualified to work on school projects and a 20 percent goal would match Columbus, Cincinnati and other nearby cities with similar programs. The board expects to vote next Tuesday.
Allen said for the money spent so far on five schools in the first construction phase and nine schools in the second phase, 6 percent was spent with small and minority firms and 40 percent with local companies. The board’s goal for local companies is 25 percent.
Allen said an analysis of payroll on the construction program showed the percentage of school district residents working on school projects ranged from as low as 2 percent at Dunbar High School to as high as 17 percent at Thurgood Marshall High School.
Allen also recommended the board hire a consulting firm to help with recruiting of small, minority and local companies.
Board members asked for more time to consider the proposal, which was on the agenda for a vote Tuesday.
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By Dan Kennedy
August 31, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this
How could the BOE have money for a consultant to fix their failed social engineering plan?By Laura
August 30, 2007 9:44 PM | Link to this
Wait a minute! The recommendation from the outreach coordinator is to HIRE a CONSULTANT Firm to help with recruiting small, minority and local companies!? Please say this is a joke. In the majority of cases, a person (company) looks for work themselves. Granted, there are headhunters but I don’t think they are hired by companies who for all intents and purposes are bankrupt. This is a ridiculous waste of money. If the board agrees to this, they need to all be recalled.