Pandemic reveals concurrent realities of urban, suburban students
SCS Superintendent Joris Ray fist-bumps a Riverwood Elementary teacher during a March 1, 2021 visit. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
When Shelby County Schools students entered their school buildings this month, many did so for the first time in about a year. But children attending smaller suburban municipal districts had been back for months.
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Shelby County Schools Dr. Joris Ray Jolie Madihalli Tosha Downey Memphis Education Fund Roblin Webb Freedom Prep Gov. Bill LeeDaja E. Henry
Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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