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Amarillo ISD has set its sights on increasing its recruitment and retention of minority teachers, and the school district hopes that a grow-your-own philosophy will make that happen. The student population has diversified over the last decade, but the demographics of its faculty has not kept up. Eighty-three percent of AISD teachers are white, according to Texas Education Agency Data from last school year, the most recent available. The percentage is close to the national average but far more homogenous than a student body that is 35 percent white. read more