Before she was laid off in March, Sharlotte Stapleton’s 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift at the Magnolia Bluffs Hotel in Natchez was a near perfect match to her son Kvian’s school day. She wasn’t at the mercy of long wait lists for after-school programs and didn’t have to scramble to find affordable private options, a rarity in Mississippi where working parents are often forced to put after-school arrangements together piecemeal.
Author Archives: Bracey Harris
Bracey Harris is a staff writer. Before joining The Hechinger Report, she covered politics and education for the Clarion Ledger where she also focused on government accountability for the paper’s investigative and enterprise team. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The University of Mississippi. The Magnolia State native sometimes bumps into her old high school principal on reporting assignments. She learned the debate team was her strong suit, after failing to receive a callback for “Rizzo” in her high school’s production of “Grease.”
