<p>A Maine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education">school</a> superintendent wrote in an email reviewed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> that unqualified white people feel &#8220;empowered&#8221; to apply for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/economy">jobs</a> they&#8217;re not qualified to do.</p>
<p>Heather Perry, superintendent of Maine&#8217;s Gorham School District, wrote in the April email that white applicants who are &#8220;not fully certified&#8221; seek positions in the school district out of a sense of empowerment. Gorham School District is located about two hours north of Boston and <a href="https://www.gorhamschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=455068&amp;type=d&amp;pREC_ID=989841">serves</a> around 2,700 students. The email surfaced when Eric Lane, whose daughter attends school in the district, obtained it through Maine&#8217;s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA).</p>
<p>&#8220;We often do have candidates who are not fully certified apply, but I&#8217;ll be honest, that is often because they are white candidates who feel &#8217;empowered&#8217; to do so,&#8221; Perry wrote in the April 27 email.</p>
<p>The email was sent to <a href="https://www.portlandschools.org/calendars/news/~board/district-school-news/post/schools-central-office-get-new-leaders">local</a> social justice advocate Farausi Cherry, who described himself as &#8220;BIPOC&#8221; in the email exchange and <a href="https://www.gorhamschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=456522&amp;type=d&amp;pREC_ID=1226843">serves</a> on the Anti-Racist Advisory Subcommittee of the Gorham School Committee.</p>
<p>Perry went on to write that when employers put &#8220;experience preferred&#8221; in a job posting, &#8220;some folks, especially those from marginalized populations are likely NOT to apply because they may feel unwelcomed.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Bottom line&#8230;these are ALL THINGS I would LOVE feedback on from the Anti-Racism &amp; Equity Committee,&#8221; Perry wrote.</p>
<p>After obtaining the email, Lane submitted a formal complaint about the superintendent to the school committee.</p>
<p>&#8220;Presuming to know the motives, background or character of an individual based on the color of his or her skin is racist,&#8221; Lane wrote in his Oct. 12 complaint to Gorham School Committee Chairwoman Anne Schools.</p>
<p>The father then met with the superintendent over a Zoom call to discuss her comment, during which Perry appeared to become testy.</p>
<p>Perry told the dad he was taking her comment out of context, according to a recording of the call viewed by The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see that we&#8217;re going to reach a resolution, and it&#8217;s time to end this meeting,&#8221; Perry said toward the end of the 10-minute meeting.</p>
<p>In an emailed comment to The Daily Wire, Perry emphasized that the district&#8217;s hiring practices are not discriminatory in any way.</p>
<p>&#8220;During my meeting with Mr. Lane, I explained that the Gorham School Department does not make employment decisions based on race and that our policies squarely prohibit such conduct,&#8221; Perry said.</p>
<p>Perry added that the email in question was about job postings and &#8220;how important it is for employers to cast a wide net for applicants to ensure a diverse workforce.&#8221;</p>
<p>This is not Lane&#8217;s first run-in with the superintendent.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, Perry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maine-superintendent-told-staff-to-slow-the-process-down-after-parent-requested-gender-material-be-removed-from-classroom">told</a> staff to make sure Lane had to jump through hoops to get posters about gender identity removed from his daughter’s sixth-grade classroom at Gorham Middle School. The superintendent emailed staff in April to “slow the process down” on Lane’s request.</p>
<p>In May, the dad <a href="http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerController.aspx?&amp;PGD=gorhamme&amp;eID=512">spoke</a> at a school board meeting and accused the school of a laundry list of offenses relating to forcing progressive gender ideology on students, saying the school is “encouraging children to be woke activists and fight for change.”</p>
<p>The father is calling for an independent investigation to &#8220;evaluate the level of corrupt behavior in this school district to restore faith in the staff.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lane is not the only parent to complain about the superintendent.</p>
<p>Other parents have also expressed their concerns about gender ideology being pushed on students as well as the superintendent&#8217;s comments about slow-walking parent requests.</p>

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