Deena Hayes-Greene

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Deena is the founder and managing director of the Racial Equity Institute (REI). She works at REI, where she has led its racial equity training and consulting programs since its founding. She previously worked as a community and institutional organizer.

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Deena Hayes-Greene is currently a member of the Guilford County Schools school board representing District 8. She was first elected in 2002 and is serving her sixth term. She is chair of the Achievement Gap, School Safety, and Historically Underutilized Business Advisory Committees.

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Challenges the school district to investigate structural causes of disparities affecting African-American students and other students of color, and highlights disparities in school construction and resources.

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Supports investigating the structural causes of disparate outcomes for African-American students and other students of color.

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- The Board of Education runs the public school system. They create policies that establish standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the school system.
- The Board of Education member hires a superintendent and can remove them when necessary. The superintendent assists the Board of Education in implementing the board’s policies. 
- The Board of Education is charged with deciding the school budget. This means they decide how to allocate money between different services, such as teacher pay, repairing school facilities, or access to technology.
- Board of Education members are elected every four years. 