‘Please don’t hurt my children,’ Joris Ray begs lawmakers
SCS superintendent asks legislators to reject bill threatening funding cut
“As you’re making decisions on behalf of students in Shelby County, please don’t hurt my children,” Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joris Ray (in a file photo) said in a video released Friday, Jan. 22. (Ziggy Mack/Special to Daily Memphian)
Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede covers Memphis schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and most recently covered county government, schools and religion at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.
Superintendent Joris Ray posted a video Friday, Jan. 22 urging state legislators to vote against a bill that could “defund public education” if Shelby County Schools remain closed.