As Memphis district considers future of virtual learning, superintendent says, ‘No one will force me to open schools’
Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray tours Winridge Elementary with Principal Todd Shaffer on August 31, 2020. Ray has kept buildings closed to students since March. (Ziggy Mack/Special To The 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 tension between the Memphis leader and state officials illustrates the differences in how Tennesseans are responding to school safety concerns related to the virus.
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