Shelby County Schools enrollment drops 2%
Saturday’s report was better than the district’s initial numbers that showed Shelby County Schools enrolled 5,000 fewer students. (Anthony Lanzilote/Chalkbeat)
Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede covers Memphis schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and most recently covered county government, schools and religion at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia.
District leaders speculate some students left in favor of in-person learning at charter or private schools because SCS started the year all online.
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