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District officials estimate 2,650 students would go to a new school or get new classmates, a smaller figure than it could be. That’s because many of the students who are zoned to attend the schools don’t, according to district data obtained and reviewed by The Daily Memphian.
The regular audit is separate from the state-ordered forensic audit of the Memphis school system. The forensic audit is underway.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted to close five campuses at the end of the school year. The decision impacts 2,650 students and staff, and could be the first round of a total 15 school closures within three years.
Republican sponsors of the bill have said they’ll push the Tennessee General Assembly to pass legislation that would kneecap the elected board by giving a new board of state appointees powers over MSCS.
Matthew De’Marcus Williams, 22, was shot and killed while attending a violence intervention program meeting in 2025. His family has filed a wrongful death suit against Youth Villages.