KIPP closes two Memphis charter schools
KIPP Memphis Collegiate High teachers (left to right) Caitlyn Kennedy, James Aycock and Will Redmond disinfect several hundred laptops on April 3, 2020. KIPP officials say they will continue remote learning plans through the end of the school year, but the closings of two schools will mean hundreds of students will have to find new schools this fall. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
KIPP officials say they will continue remote learning plans through the end of the school year, but the closings will mean hundreds of students will have to find new schools this fall.
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