There are 7 article(s) tagged Dr. Joris Ray:

• November 2020

  • Will there be SCS basketball season? Coaches say they have gotten no word

    SCS programs remain on hold while others in Shelby County and around the state have started practicing and playing. 

    By John Varlas November 18, 2020

• September 2020

  • SCS fall athletes denied face-to-face talk with superintendent

    But third attempt to speak with Joris Ray ends in only despair and more frustration.

    By John Varlas September 24, 2020

  • Calkins: Shelby County athletes have every right to be ticked

    Shelby County athletes are right to ask why everyone else can play sports when they cannot. The honest answer to that question reflects badly on us all. 

    By Geoff Calkins September 16, 2020

  • What they’re saying about the SCS decision to ax fall sports season

    A call has gone out for a protest at the Shelby County Schools Board of Education on Wednesday morning.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 16, 2020

  • Players, parents frustrated over decision to shut down SCS fall sports season

    Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray announced Tuesday that he is postponing all fall sports in the district “until further notice.”

    By John Varlas September 16, 2020

• August 2020

  • Opinion: Shelby County Schools using what we learned in summer school

    Thanks to the more than 3,100 students and their teachers who completed our first virtual summer school, we have a rich source of pilot-test information about how to do virtual learning in Shelby County.

    By Joris Ray August 28, 2020

  • TSSAA responds to SCS superintendent’s charges regarding fall sports

    The state governing board for high school athletics asserted that its plan to return to fall sports was safe.

    By John Varlas August 26, 2020