MSCS Board announces investigation, puts Superintendent Ray on leave
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris M. Ray (right) and board member Michelle Robinson McKissack (left) atttend the special meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Ray was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Former Memphis Police captain Claudette Boyd speaks during the Memphis-Shelby County Schools special meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members Sheleah Harris (left) and Joyce Dorse Coleman (right) react during the special meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Billy Orgel (middle) listens during the special meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Board chair Michelle McKissack announced that Ray will be on paid administrative leave while the investigation is being conducted. Deputy superintendents John Barker and Angela Whitelaw will serve in the interim.
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Memphis Shelby County Schools Joris M. Ray Superintendent Joris Ray Michelle McKissackBen Wheeler
Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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