Lawmakers’ criticism of MSCS finances ‘premature,’ Richmond says
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Interim Superintendent Roderick RichmondRichmond has welcomed the audit, a $6 million state-funded effort that proponents have said would reveal ways the district can improve academic outcomes. (Sophia Surrett/The Daily Memphian file)
Republican lawmakers who were briefed on preliminary information from a state-funded forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools are drawing “premature” conclusions, interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond said.
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Roderick Richmond Memphis-Shelby County Schools Tennessee General Assembly Tennessee ComptrollerLaura 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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