Education leader wants ‘complete’ search for MSCS superintendent
Terence Patterson says on “Behind The Headlines” that a national search is essential to choosing the next MSCS superintendent.
Topic: Memphis Shelby County Schools
RSSThere are 49 article(s) tagged Memphis Shelby County Schools:
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November 2022
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October 2022
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MICAH pushes for national search for next MSCS superintendent
Four of nine school board members agreed to a national search, along with public input through public hearings.
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Frank Johnson is new MSCS board member
Johnson won the appointment to the District 7 seat over rival contender Jason Sharif. He serves the remaining two years and three months of the term of office in the seat.
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August 2022
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MSCS names interim superintendent
Tutonial Williams, the finance chief for MSCS, will lead the district while it searches for a permanent replacement for former superintendent Joris Ray.
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From Herenton to Cash to Ray: How MSCS has selected superintendents
The saga of Willie Herenton’s 1979 selection by the school system has influenced the pick of every superintendent since.
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Opinion: Holding kids back won’t teach them to read – but we can
Contrary to popular belief, punishing kids by holding them back does not necessarily make children work harder or get better.
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MSCS celebrating new school year with fun run, festival and immunizations
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools district will host three events this weekend to kick off the 2022-2023 school year that starts Aug. 8.
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July 2022
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Letter to the Editor: Joris Ray’s public and private lives should not be separated
“If the superintendent is found guilty, the response should set an example for all who might follow in his footsteps.”
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Opinion: Superintendent Ray deserves a fair process, not a rush to judgment
Teachers union leader: “It’s hard not to think that Ray’s administrative leave has roots in something other than district policy.”
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MSCS Board announces investigation, puts Superintendent Ray on leave
Board chair Michelle McKissack announced that Ray will be on paid administrative leave while the investigation is being conducted. Deputy superintendents John Barker and Angela Whitelaw will serve in the interim.
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Ford raises possibility of calling for county audit of MSCS
Ford raised the possibility at the end of a short special meeting Wednesday, July 13, of the Shelby County Commission on several unrelated matters. It came as the MSCS board was meeting on the same matter.
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MSCS board will address Joris Ray allegations in special meeting
Memphis-Shelby County School board members will be reviewing allegations of sexual impropriety by Superintendent Joris Ray with former or current members of school staff alleged in divorce proceedings.
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Memphis organization named ‘Southern Cultural Treasure’
A Memphis-based organization will receive up to $300,000 in general operating grants — distributed over three years — and a project grant of up to $7,500.
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‘Fast and furious:’ In rush to spend, fewer bidders likely cost MSCS millions
In trying to quickly spend $172 million, the school district made decisions that limited competition for contracts, favored certain vendors and helped push overall costs up as much as 40%.
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Changes in specs exclude key HVAC vendors from MSCS contracts
The district revised HVAC guidelines and its list of preferred vendors before bidding federally funded jobs.
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County Commission Scorecard: The elusive final decision; balancing schools with Regional One
The Commission Scorecard looks at a series of votes on a longer discussion about finding enough capital funding over several years for new schools construction as well as Regional One Health.
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June 2022
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools names new communications chief
The district has undergone a flurry of new hires and staff restructuring in recent months with one in four MSCS schools — totaling 40 — scheduled to get a new principal for the 2022-2023 school year.
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May 2022
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County property tax rate set, but budgeting goes on
But the Shelby County Commission still has some dollar figures to crunch and some conflicting calculations to resolve before it can close the books on another budget season.
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April 2022
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Huett-Garcia claims school board seat at filing deadline
Billy Orgel decided not to file the petition for re-election he pulledin February. That left Amber Huett-Garcia as the only candidate in the race and effectively elected to the District 6 MSCS board seat at the Thursday filing deadline. There were other surprises at the deadline in other races.
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March 2022
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Kingsbury High to be ‘fresh started’
Kingsbury teachers were told Wednesday, March 23, that all their jobs would be posted as open.
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Local schools use controversial technology to cleanse air
Bipolar ionization devices, manufacturers say, attack and deactivate certain bacteria, pathogens, airborne particles, and volatile organic compounds. But the CDC, EPA, an industry standards association, and even a medical journal beg to differ.
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Lack of indoor air standards putting schoolkids at risk
Studies show that poor indoor air quality hurts the health, academic performance, behavior and morale of students and teachers. And yet, there are no federal laws or regulations that govern indoor air quality in schools, not even in a pandemic.
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TN General Assembly honors Memphis 13
Bill sponsored by G.A. Hardaway recognizes Black first-graders who integrated four Memphis schools in 1961 as ‘young civil rights leaders.’
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February 2022
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County Commission questions Memphis school system rebrand
The commission delayed votes to receive and file two financial reports from Memphis Shelby County Schools until it gets dollar figures on the rebrand.
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