Shelby County Schools considers how to spend next round of coronavirus relief money
Superintendent Joris Ray said Shelby County Schools may use federal relief dollars to buy literacy kits, pay for summer school or improve ventilation in school buildings. (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.
District officials said they expect money they will get from the latest federal relief package could be about four times higher than last time, or about $190 million.
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