Memphis interim superintendent adds two cabinet-level positions in first month on the job
Joris Ray, the interim superintendent for Shelby County Schools, expressed interest in the permanent position when the school board appointed him. (Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat)
Special to The Daily Memphian
Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat Tennessee
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.
Less than one month after Joris Ray was named interim leader of Shelby County Schools, he has added two cabinet-level positions and replaced the district’s chief of staff.
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