Guest Column: ‘It is the will of my constituents to fight’ Satanic Temple
School board member Mauricio Calvo addresses the controversy at Chimneyrock Elementary
“In the case of this situation at Chimneyrock, it is the will of my constituents to fight,” Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education member Mauricio Calvo says of the Satanic Temple. “And I will fight.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Mauricio Calvo
Mauricio Calvo is the Memphis Shelby County School Board Commissioner for District 5. He is also the CEO of Latino Memphis. He can be reached at CalvoM@scsk12.org.
“If we have district policies that made sense in the past but now show that we are failing in the best interest of students, we will find a way to correct them.”
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