SCS board grants 2-year contract extension to superintendent
The SCS board extended Superintendent Joris Ray’s contract for two years to 2025. The contract amendment increases Ray’s annual salary to $293,550, up 3% from $285,000. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
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.
The contract amendment increases Joris Ray’s annual salary to $293,550, up 3% from $285,000.
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