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Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division will suspend service cutoffs for nonpayment until further notice and extend its pandemic payment plan option. The boil water advisory remains in effect.
Just before schools are set to open next week, more than 6,000 Shelby County Schools employees will receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1.
SCS teachers are preparing to be joined in their classrooms by students for the first time in nearly a year.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 136 new cases and no additional deaths on Sunday, Feb. 28.
Monday was the first day of in-person classes for Shelby County Schools.
Freedom Preparatory Academy charter schools will re-open their school buildings, starting with kindergarten and first- graders, Monday, March 8.
University of Memphis President M. David Rudd announced Wednesday, March 10, that this year would be his last year in the position.
Former Vice President Al Gore joined with Memphis residents fighting construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline, which he called a “reckless, racist, rip-off.”
When Shelby County Schools students entered their school buildings this month, many did so for the first time in about a year. But children attending smaller suburban municipal districts had been back for months.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 119 new coronavirus cases and six additional COVID-related deaths on Sunday.
The addition of virtual learning to in-person classroom instruction complicates Shelby County Schools teachers’ jobs.
Shelby County Health Department reported 103 new coronavirus cases and no additional virus-related deaths Sunday.
Memphis Teacher Residency announced its new Memphis Literacy Institute, aimed at training teachers with a focus on literacy.
Superintendent Joris Ray said teacher burnout was considered in the plan, and teachers had direct input into the schedule.
SCS held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the school, which opened this fall to students from the former Alcy, Magnolia and Charjean elementary schools in South Memphis.
The Shelby County Department of Health reported 155 new coronavirus cases and no additional virus-related deaths on Sunday, April 11.
Easter Sunday marked the first time many Memphians dusted off their Sunday best since the pandemic shut down churches last year.
Chimneyrock Elementary School Monday debuted its new reading garden with amphitheater-style seating, a walking trail and flowers planted by students and teachers.
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SCS equity officer Dr. Michael Lowe and Cordova Middle student Justin Crutcher joined a national conversation on equity in Black boys’ educational experiences.
Students at Robert R. Church Elementary School in Whitehaven can now exchange points for prizes after a $10,000 donation funded their new incentive store.
Joris Ray previewed his Reimagine 901 plan, which will include higher teacher salaries, smaller class sizes and new educational programming.
A total of 291,556 people have been vaccinated in Shelby County. Of those, 110,942 are partially vaccinated and 180,614 are fully vaccinated.
‘Not here, not now, not ever on our watch,' said Rev. Dr. William Barber II during a rally Sunday protesting the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would go through majority Black, poor neighborhoods in southwest Memphis.