OVERVIEW
The Board of Education is committed to workforce diversity in employment. The Board believes that there are significant educational benefits for student exposure to a diverse workforce, promoting an understanding of diversity and enriching the exchange of ideas. As an equal opportunity employer and in order to reflect our community, it is critical to monitor and make efforts to provide for diversity when there is evidence of significant underrepresentation of a particular group in the workforce (Board of Education Policy GBA, Workforce Diversity). This data point provides information about the diversity of the MCPS workforce. It reports the gender and racial make-up of administrators, teachers, and supporting services employees during fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010. The data point also provides longitudinal information including racial and gender data for the 2000 baseline year and similar data for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
During FY 2010, there were 22,229 employees, of whom 65.4 percent (14,535) were White, 18.5 percent (4,111) were African American, 8.9 percent (1,977) were Hispanic, and 6.9 percent (1,537) were Asian American. Female employees represented 74.0 percent (16,450) of all employees and 26.0 percent (5,779) were male.
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