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Former Superintendent Marie Feagins claims in a new lawsuit that Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members violated the Tennessee Open Meetings Act in their pursuit to fire her. The violation, she claims, should void the vote to oust her.
A series of changes in the leadership of Memphis-Shelby County Schools may be giving way to a more gradual but no less profound series of changes within the district.
If ICE officials come to school campuses, Memphis-Shelby County Schools officials have directed principals to ask for identification, the purpose for visiting and whether the official has a warrant or other documents.
A new agreement will allow Shelby County Health Department to provide screenings, treatment, preventative care and education to public middle and high school students, whose HIV infection rates are rising at an alarming rate.
City University School of Independence is among a handful of Memphis-Shelby County Schools charters farthest from initial enrollment goals.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was in Nashville on Monday trying to talk lawmakers out of a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. He says there are some alternatives being discussed.
Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond, a career education administrator in Memphis, said he has interest in the permanent role.
“We’ve got several pathways,” Tennessee Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, told The Daily Memphian.
A contentious Memphis-Shelby County Schools board meeting ended with the termination of Superintendent Marie Feagins. Read our start-to-finish coverage.
As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members gathered to vote on Marie Feagins’ future as the district’s superintendent, members of the public turned out to support her.
MSCS board members voted on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to name Roderick Richmond as interim superintendent moments after terminating former district head Marie Feagins.
The special-called meeting is set to include a report from unnamed “outside counsel” and, “if necessary,” a vote to select an interim superintendent for Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
With an ouster vote looming, Marie Feagins’ tenure in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent position could be just as long as her pursuit of it. Related content:
The MSCS board chair says, “I believe that allowing Feagins to continue as superintendent will cause lasting damage to Memphis-Shelby County Schools.”
During the first part of the meeting, Superintendent Marie Feagins responded passionately to all three claims levied against her by the school board.
It’s unclear whether the board will stray from its 5-4 division.
Geoff Calkins: Whatever you think of the job Feagins has done, it can’t possibly be as bad as the job the board has done in trying to fire her. Instead of persuading the community that Feagins has to go, they have rallied the community to her side.
“Let’s also acknowledge that one leader can’t solve every problem. This is a community issue that requires a community response.”
In a fiery and detailed rebuttal to claims of wrongdoing, Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins called accusations from the school board “false.”
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board reconvenes at a non-voting meeting that will be streamed live. A proposal to retain Superintendent Marie Feagins is set for discussion later in the evening.
Deliberations among board members may reveal whether any of them have been persuaded by local or state-level pressures to resolve differences and keep Feagins in the seat.
Feagins, currently under the scrutiny of a proposed ouster, has been celebrated for what some call bold efforts. But the reality of her changes appear to have had a more complex impact on schools and students.
Shelby County Commissioners are being drawn into a political brush fire over the attempt by some MSCS board members to fire Superintendent Marie Feagins. The commission is moving from a “no-confidence” resolution to a governance plan designed to put out the fire.
Friday’s snow day made for a long weekend for students in Memphis and Shelby County.
A resolution from MSCS board member Amber Huett-Garcia would keep Marie Feagins in the seat and provide time for the superintendent to remedy the issues board members identified. Feagins tells Frayser Exchange she’s ‘grateful folks are paying attention’Related content: