School boards
Students will be required to keep personal devices, including smartwatches, turned off and put away during school hours. Violating that policy could come with consequences, up to suspension.
MSCS’ school board will vote next week on a revised policy requiring students to keep devices off and away during school hours. But some are concerned about how to address student violations.
Feagins is suing the full school board for violating open meetings laws by holding private discussions before her ouster in January. Now, she’s calling out Towanna Murphy and asking for her job back to avoid further harm.
Two Republican lawmakers are reviving plans to have the state run the Memphis-Shelby County district. But local education experts say their recent interview, in which one lawmaker called city school leaders ‘dumbasses,’ was insulting and misleading.
Republican Rep. Mark White and Sen. Brent Taylor said the pending $6 million independent financial audit of MSCS will inform their next moves. Both introduced bills to create state-controlled boards in charge of the district that failed this spring.
Two former Memphis school properties are being sold to the charter schools currently leasing them
The Memphis-Shelby County school board approved a $1.9 billion budget for the upcoming school year that will also resurrect school break learning academies. But the district scaled back some critical fire and safety upgrade proposals, including fire alarm upgrades in a number of schools.
The legislation outlines how elected board members could be removed and replaced, and calls for prior review of large contracts and expenditures.
Following the firing of Superintendent Marie Feagins, Republican state Rep. Mark White is proposing stripping power from the district
Two groups want to open the first charter schools for at-risk students under a new state law.
A state panel, whose members are appointed by Gov. Bill Lee, would have more authority over charter growth.
Takeover talk has swirled over the firing of Memphis school Superintendent Marie Feagins
The school board defies community input and votes 6-3 to end her tenure after barely 9 months. State lawmakers may seek to intervene.
‘I will not resign,’ Feagins says in response to board resolution accusing her of financial misdeeds.
Shelby County commissioners to weigh ‘no confidence’ vote on school board
Will the GOP supermajority be able to agree on a universal plan this time?
Tennessee charter commission members express little confidence in options within Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Also removed: ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’
One librarian anonymously reported pulling 300 titles since the school year’s start.
Superintendent says extreme heat and building issues have impacted student health