Meet SCS Superintendent Joris Ray’s leadership team
Learn their salaries, duties and backstories
The governing body for Shelby County Schools have approved a four-year contract for Superintendent Joris Ray. He became interim superintendent in mid-January and was named the district permanent leader in April, replacing former superintendent Dorsey Hopson. (Jim 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.
Of the 10 cabinet members who remain from the previous administration, six received raises since the beginning of the calendar year — increases ranging from about 4% to 31%, according to district data. The other four did not receive raises.
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