Voters overhaul Memphis school board

By  and , Daily Memphian Updated: August 03, 2024 12:58 PM CT | Published: August 01, 2024 10:45 PM CT

Voters ousted two of the three incumbents who sought reelection, including the board’s chair. 

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2024 elections August 2024 elections Memphis-Shelby County Schools board
Laura Testino

Laura Testino

Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.

King Jemison

King Jemison

King Jemison is completing a journalism master’s program at Northwestern University. After graduating from Stanford University in 2021, he taught elementary school in Memphis for two years.


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