Hunt and ECISD face minority hiring and reform
The article profiles Mattie Blayne Hunt, a longtime educator, and ECISD officials including Robert Medrano as they discuss minority hiring, pay, and policy influence. It notes Hunt's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit in 1982, her 1984 appointment, and ongoing calls from trustees like Vickie Gomez for greater minority representation, with teachers across Odessa pushing for broader educational advancement and inclusion within the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas
Medrano
Hunt
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ECISD
Vickie Gomez
Gomez
Decline of Minority Classes Highlights Local Schools
A Permian High School history teacher and an Odessa High administrator say minority history courses have faded in popularity since 1966. Spanish enrollment remains steady while French grows. OC and UT Permian Basin offer various minority and language courses, but interest limits expansion.
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Odessa
Jo B. Shedwin
Ector County Independent
Shedwin
Odessa High
Marcus Ramage
Ramage
OHS
Sondra S. Hubble
Permian High
Hubble
Permian
Keith Dial
ECISD
Dial
Permian senior becomes first black homecoming queen
Sonji McIntire, 17, a Permian High School senior, is the district’s first black homecoming queen. An athlete, musician and teen model, she cites her sports success as a factor in her election and hopes to inspire racial equality, while recalling racial slurs she faced and her mother’s advice to rise above. Administrators note desegregation progress but say minority representation in district leadership is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonji McIntire
McIntire
Permian High School
Carver Ave
University of Kansas
Permian
Ector County Independent School District
Joe Rutledge
Ector High
Odessa
Rutledge
ECISD
OHS
Mary Alice Ramos
Ramos
Desegregation shifts seen in Odessa area colleges
Downing and Buice discuss minority staffing at Odessa College and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. They note slow progress since desegregation, with 9 of 140 faculty minorities at OC and 8 of 53 staff but no minority administrators. UTPB reports 18 minorities among 59 faculty and 3 among 25 administration.
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University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Lee
Odessa
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Buice
Odessa College
ECISD
U.S
Fred Shannon
Southside
Vickie Gomez
University of Texas of the
Duane M. Leach
UTPB
Gomez
Odessa University
Bobbye Harper
Harper
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Mattie Blayne Hunt
Robert Medrano
Ector County
Edward K. Downing
Ed Downing
Sharron Lee
Cameron Elementary
Texas State Teachers Association
Odessa High School
Jeffry Gilbreath
Gilbreath
Lee Buice
PHS
Downing
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