Interim head is breaking MSCS into regions. Here’s what they are.
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Interim Memphis schools superintendent Roderick Richmond has started to implement his plan for restructuring the school system into four geographic regions, he told school board members Tuesday, July 29. He’s also reviving a program for the district’s lowest-performing schools to make up a fifth region.
Sorting schools in this way offers a “decentralized approach” that prioritizes “localized decision-making,” he said Tuesday during a deep-dive presentation into the structure one week before students return to their classrooms for the 2025-26 school year.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter who writes about how public policy shapes Memphis. She is currently reporting from Frayser about education and housing. Please write her with your suggestions and story tips.
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