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Effort to change Memphis-Shelby County Schools board election schedule passes first test
Efforts to sync the school board elections to county-wide seats came in the aftermath of the controversial firing of ...
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Memphis-Shelby County leaders must stand together against public school ...
Memphis-Shelby County leaders must stand together against public school takeover | Opinion A state takeover will not provide them real solutions, but our leadership can. This is the moment to ...
MSCS hopes for teacher vacancies to be under 300 by the start of the school year
The interim superintendent said he hopes for the district to be at 240 teacher vacancies when students return to the classroom on Aug. 4.
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Memphis board leaves in-school literacy tutoring program in limbo days before classes start
Over 1,500 MSCS students relied on in-school reading tutors from local nonprofit Literacy Mid-South last year. But school board members haven’t publicly responded to the CEO’s proposals to continue ...
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Shelby County Schools' options for improving air quality in buildings
Shelby County Schools already has a backlog of about $500 million in maintenance costs, including many HVAC systems. To save money, the district is looking at another option, but there’s little ...
No outstanding HVAC work orders at MSCS schools, superintendent says ahead of first day
Memphis-Shelby County Schools interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond said, to his knowledge, there are currently no outstanding work orders for HVAC systems in schools ahead of the first day.
Shelby County Schools’ Cindy Warner named National School Communicator of the Year
Cindy Warner, APR, has served as the Public Relations and Community Education Supervisor for the Shelby County School ...