A Feagins return to MSCS leader would be ‘short-lived,’ attorneys argue
Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins talks to her supporters while walking into court July 22. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
If a Shelby County judge rules to place ousted Memphis schools leader Marie Feagins back in the superintendent seat, her return tenure would likely be “extremely short-lived,” attorneys for the school board argued to the court.
“It would be contrary to and would not serve the public’s interest, in anyway, to legally mandate” that Memphis-Shelby County Schools restore Feagins as superintendent, attorney Robert Spence wrote in court documents.
“In fact, in all likelihood, any such re-employment would be extremely short-lived until the next special called meeting, where (the school board) would have the opportunity to reaffirm its previous termination vote and immediately remove (Feagins) from its employ a second time,” Spence argued.
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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.
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