JESUP, Ga. (WTOC) - For 15 years, Lacey Phillips has been shaping young minds in Wayne County, helping students build confidence in math while making sure they know someone believes in them. Phillips, a fourth-grade math teacher at James Bacon Elementary School in Jesup, said teaching in the community where she grew up makes her work especially meaningful. “I grew up right here in Jesup, Georgia,” Phillips said.