Dr. Monica Fleming is a Canton, Mississippi native who graduated from Alcorn State University where she obtained a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in English and Mathematics. She relocated to Memphis in 1998 to become a 3rd-grade teacher at LaRose Elementary in the Memphis City Schools System. 

She enrolled in Freed-Hardeman University where she earned a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, an endorsement in Administration, an Educational Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. She became a part of the Shelby County Schools family in 1998 where she taught third and fourth grade at LaRose Elementary School.  In addition, she taught fourth and fifth grade at Oak Elementary. She left Shelby County Schools for two years to assist in the opening of STAR Academy Charter School where she served as Curriculum Coordinator but returned as an Assistant Principal at Mt. Pisgah Middle School. She served at Mt. Pisgah for three years before being assigned as the inaugural principal of the new Highland Oaks Middle School.

Her greatest joy comes from spending time with her two children, Kelvin, Jr. and Karlee.

Ashley Jones, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, graduated from Central High School of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas in the year 2009. During her duration, she was dual-enrolled and earned a certificate in computer networking. Upon graduating, she decided to further her education at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. 

During her time at the University of Mississippi, she pursued her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in English. To further develop her proficiency in psychological studies, she engaged in an internship at the Mississippi Center of Contextual Psychology Lab where she and a team of esteemed psychology students and professors engaged in various forms of research to aid in the study of the brain and behavior. Jones earned her Bachelor's degree in 2013.

After completing her undergraduate degree, Jones made the choice to put her extensive knowledge of English to use by becoming an English teacher in her birth town of Clarksdale, Mississippi in 2014. Realizing that her pursuit was the best choice, she took the next step in her career by earning a Master of Arts in Teaching from Belhaven University in 2018. Also in 2018, Jones began her journey of pursing her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Management. During her time of pursuing her advanced degree, she also earned two post-master's certificates in Educational Leadership and Leadership and Accountability. In 2019, Dr. Jones and began her 6th year of teaching in Memphis, TN as an English teacher and Interventionist at Highland Oaks Middle School under the leadership of Dr. Monica Fleming. 

June 2021, Dr. Jones graduated from Capella University with a Doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Management while serving as the English-Language Arts lead teacher and Digital Learning Ambassador at Highland Oaks Middle School.

Her greatest joy does not come from her many accolades, but from her daughter, Arianna Jones.