Sanford: Firing Feagins was unwise, but she shares the blame
Former MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins (right) talked with school board member Amber Huett-Garcia during a recess of a Jan. 21, 2025, meeting. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
The plan put together a year ago by the communications team at Memphis-Shelby County Schools to publicly introduce Marie Feagins as the district’s new superintendent was a good one.
Perhaps too good.
And it quite likely explains why the community is so upset that Feagins is no longer leading the school system.
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