Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian. He began at The Daily Memphian in 2022, covering education before moving to public safety the following year. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis.
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In recent weeks, the search for a new Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent has fallen apart, and the board will discuss next steps at a Thursday, June 1, retreat.
Board members were to vote to rebid the current cleaning contract and award it to four vendors instead of one, or bring cleaning services in house. They didn’t.
Protestors made familiar demands Saturday, chanting “no justice, no peace” and holding neon signs.
The current board attorney reports to the district’s interim superintendent who is a finalist for the permanent position. Because of that, some have questioned if the board needs independent representation while it searches for a new superintendent.
A call to the Memphis Police Department resulted in the arrests of four men after what the family said was a case of mistaken identity that led to a physical altercation with police.
The suit comes from a July 2022 incident at the Memphis Grizzlies star’s home in Eads, where a pickup basketball game turned sour and allegedly resulted in an altercation between Morant and his guest, Joshua Holloway.
Michelle McKissack sent an email about the district’s third grade reading scores Wednesday afternoon in which she referenced her mayoral candidacy, an “oversight” that could run afoul of district ethics rules.
The district has 8,500 third graders across both district-managed and charter schools. That means that around 6,494 of them did not score proficient on the test. Germantown has Tennessee’s highest third grade language arts proficiencyRelated story:
Those banned, plus other community activists, gathered in front of the MSCS school board Thursday to protest and call on the board to answer their questions and meet their demands.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools began releasing state-mandated test scores to students and families Monday, in a year when the district estimates that 41% of third graders would be at risk for retention.
The project trains selected students, known as ambassadors, in the areas of resilience, relationship building, conflict resolution, nonviolent responses, social-emotional learning and workplace readiness.
Memphis “has its unique challenges, but it also has a unique future because of the leaders that are being created today in this stadium,” the governor said in his commencement address.
The chair of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board will meet with community leaders May 22 to discuss the recent ban that was placed on several local activists after a special board meeting Tuesday, May 9.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools students gathered Tuesday morning in the Middle College High School gym to show off their drone piloting skills and race the hovercrafts for some friendly competition.
Board members were given six options on next steps that included keeping things as they are and starting over completely. Five of the nine board members voted to edit the rubric and allow additional candidates to apply.
A top FedEx Corp. executive has been appointed to the University of Memphis board of trustees by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.
Most students, however, said they don’t support security staff carrying pepper spray.
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday night to approve its nearly $2 billion fiscal year 2024 budget.
Under the current version of the policy, school resource officers are permitted to use “physical, mechanical and chemical measures” only when it is “necessary to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of district students, employees and visitors.”
Memphis-Shelby County Schools will continue its delay in the search for a district superintendent. “This gives us time to get our priorities straight,” said search committee co-leader Stephanie Love.Related story:
The Tuesday meeting appears to be a new development.
Some say Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ next superintendent should be a former educator and want the board to stick to its current qualifications policy. Others have suggested the policy allows for nontraditional candidates.
The board also is set to discuss its superintendent qualifications policy, which could decide the future of interim superintendent Toni Williams. Williams is currently a finalist to be the next permanent superintendent.
After a recent altercation between MPD officers and an 18-year-old driver, local activists are now calling for further police reforms.
The “high scoring” candidate for MSCS’ top job withdrew after the district’s initial three finalists were revealed.