Three Memphis schools may exit Tennessee Achievement District

But it’s never happened before and officials aren’t sure how it should work

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: October 08, 2019 12:00 PM CT | Published: October 08, 2019 11:27 AM CT
Special to The Daily Memphian

Caroline Bauman

Caroline Bauman serves as Chalkbeat Tennessee’s community editor and writes about Tennessee schools. Bauman has a masters degree from the University of Missouri as a Thurgood Marshall Fellow. When she’s not working, you can almost certainly find her enjoying BBQ nachos at Central or live music at the Levitt Shell.

The Memphis schools have shown enough improvement to be eligible to leave the Tennessee Achievement School district next school year. Since that's never happened before, no one knows how that should work.

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Achievement School District Cornerstone Lester Prep Cornerstone Prep Denver Elementary School Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary School Shelby County Schools

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