Mary Eleanor Johnson Harris | |
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Member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 4 (Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, , Red River, Sabine, Vernon, Webster, and Winn parishes) | |
In office January 2015 – January 2016 |
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Preceded by | Walter C. Lee |
Succeeded by | Tony Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1963 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Keith David Harris |
Children |
Robert David "Robbie" Harris Two stepdaughters |
Parents | Julius and Eleanor Frazier Johnson |
Alma mater |
Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
Occupation | School principal |
Robert David "Robbie" Harris
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Louisiana State University
Mary Eleanor Johnson Harris (born September 1963) is a Republican former short-term member of the 11-person Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE); District 4, which she represented, encompasses eleven parishes in northwestern Louisiana: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, , Red River, Sabine, Vernon, Webster, and Winn. BESE sets policies for some 700,000 public school pupils statewide.
Harris is one of five children, four surviving, born in Shreveport to the late Julius Johnson and Eleanor Frazier Johnson (1933-2014), who was an active Roman Catholic and a secretary for St. Johns Berchelmans Grade School and the B'Nai Zion Jewish congregation in Shreveport.
Mary Johnson Harris received her bachelor's degree in liberal arts, with teacher certification, from Louisiana State University in Shreveport, date unavailable. In 2005, she obtained a master's degree in counseling from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. In 2007, she obtained an educational specialist degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Thereafter, she pursued another forty-five graduate hours from Louisiana Tech. Her training includes elementary education leadership and childhood literacy.