SCS staff to receive 1% salary increase
Shelby County Schools superintendent Dr. Joris M. Ray (in a file photo) announced that SCS staff will receive a 1% raise, retroactive to Aug. 24. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
Shelby County Schools identified $7.6 million in savings from switching to all virtual instruction since August to make the increases happen. They apply to all full-time and part-time employees, regardless of performance.
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