‘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 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.
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.
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