Good morning, Memphis, and welcome to a short work week — and a big news day. It’s Tuesday, Jan. 21, and the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board will vote on whether or not to terminate Superintendent Marie Feagins today. 

The Memphis City Council also meets today, and Memphis Mayor Paul Young is proposing a new city division devoted to neighborhood improvements. For more on what’s coming in the days ahead, check out This Week in Memphis. 

Back to Feagins: She’s been on the job for less than a year. Today, that job is on the line, as the MSCS board votes on her potential termination. Feagins was selected as the district’s top leader by the board in February 2024, and things seemed to be going well until an email went out to employees in June with news that she planned to cut more than 1,000 positions. Here’s a look at what led to this moment. And here’s a quick timeline of her tenure at MSCS. As for today’s vote, it’s unclear whether the board will stray from its 5-4 division in favor of firing Feagins, but our own Laura Testino looks at what we know about where certain board members stand.

There once was a DA named Mulroy,
And he could write limericks, oh boy!
In his breaks from the law,
And all the ouster hoopla,
He’d write silly poems to bring joy

Shelby County District Attorney General is also a poet; did you know it? Steve Mulroy has been writing limericks since the fifth grade. He’s delivered his humorous AABBA-style rhymes for his former law students at the University of Memphis, for colleagues on the Shelby County Commission and in plenty of other very public places. Sure, the DA’s limericks have gotten plenty of groans over the years, but they can’t be as bad as my attempt above. The Daily Memphian’s Jody Callahan talked to Mulroy about his passion for five-line poems, and he shared some of his best work.

Plus, Memphis Mayor Paul Young proposes a new city division, a Germantown woman is prepping for another round on “Jeopardy” and somebody called 13 in last night’s Grizz win.