Twenty candidates are vying for five seats on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board this August, each one seeking to steer Tennessee’s largest school system through a new era. 

With new Superintendent Marie Feagins now at the helm, future board members will be tasked with evaluating her leadership of MSCS, which began in April and has already included sweeping changes to central office as well as a large number of layoffs. The school board is also poised to make decisions about closing, consolidating and rebuilding schools.

From left, Ernest Gillespie III, (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian) Natalie McKinney, (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian) and Althea Greene (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) are District 2 candidates for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board.

Four sitting Memphis school board members face challengers in the upcoming election, including District 2 representative and MSCS board chair Althea Greene. She is facing Natalie McKinney, a public critic of the district’s superintendent search process, and pastor Ernest Gillespie III. Read the full story Trending Now Elections The race for General Sessions Court clerk and why it's important State Government Lisa Arnold, Tami Sawyer on their plans if elected General Sessions Court clerk Elections All eyes are on November, but don't overlook August Elections Who on the August ballot has already won? .....