City piece on Erik Richard, the Portland School Committee\u27s first openly gay m

City piece on Erik Richard, the Portland School Committee\u27s first openly gay member, who says Portland school superintendent Mary Jane McCalmon has been too silent on gay and lesbian issues. The noticeable absence of out gay and lesbian instructors also bothers Richard. In 1998, after three years of criticism about the lack of racial diversity among Portland\u27s teaching staff, all but about six of the city\u27s 606 educators are white. McCalmon admitted she did not know of a single out gay or lesbian instructor currently on staff. Sue Clark, school committee chair, said McCalmon can\u27t recruit gay teachers because it would mean asking candidates about their sexual orientation, which would be illegal