New superintendent Graves: teachers make the difference

BOARD OF EDUCATION
  • Dr. Jessica Graves (seated, center) surrounded by family and friends attending the Dec. 1 swearing-in ceremony. CONTRIBUTED
    Dr. Jessica Graves (seated, center) surrounded by family and friends attending the Dec. 1 swearing-in ceremony. CONTRIBUTED
  • Graves receives her oath of office as Jones County School Superintendent Dec. 1 from Probate Judge Lewis Patterson. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
    Graves receives her oath of office as Jones County School Superintendent Dec. 1 from Probate Judge Lewis Patterson. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
  • Graves speaks with Gray Police Chief Adam Lowe (right) and his wife Chandra at the Dec. 2 Greyhound basketball game, which took place her first day on the job. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    Graves speaks with Gray Police Chief Adam Lowe (right) and his wife Chandra at the Dec. 2 Greyhound basketball game, which took place her first day on the job. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    If the recent display of displeasure at the appointment of the new superintendent of Jones County Schools bothered Dr. Jessica Graves, it was not evident when she took her oath of office last week.Probate Judge Lewis Patterson did the official swearing in of Graves at a Dec. 1 called meeting of the Board of Education. The ceremony was the only business item on the agenda.The meeti...

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