There are 46 article(s) tagged SCS:

• August 2021

  • SCS releases COVID-19 case data

    The most recent data available is from Aug. 13-19, the second week of school.

    Related story:

    Westwood High COVID-related death identified

    By Daja E. Henry August 25, 2021

  • Westwood High COVID-related death identified

    A youth who died at Le Bonheur over the weekend has been identified as 16-year-old Westwood High student Azorean Tatum.

    By Daja E. Henry August 24, 2021

  • Key takeaways from SCS’ standardized testing results

    SCS’ standardized testing data revealed the district’s weaknesses and gaps, widened by COVID-induced learning disruptions.

    By Daja E. Henry August 13, 2021

  • SCS test scores show historic learning loss

    Newly released standardized test scores show a widening gap between Shelby County Schools and the rest of the state. 

    Related story: Local suburban districts regress in TCAP scores

    By Daja E. Henry August 11, 2021

  • SCS returns to school amid COVID surge

    For the first time since March 2020, all Shelby County Schools students were expected to return to in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 09, 2021

• July 2021

  • Masks part of SCS COVID-19 guidelines for 2021-22 school year

    Masks will be required when the coming SCS school year begins, but field trips, athletics and reopened playgrounds will come back again. 

    By Daja E. Henry July 21, 2021

  • SCS fills dozens of leadership positions

    Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray announced 38 leadership positions in the district are being filled, including 24 new principals.

    By Daja E. Henry July 02, 2021

• June 2021

  • SCS approves $750,000 contract with Educational Epiphany

    The district voted to approve a $750,000 contract for Educational Epiphany, a company whose proposed contract teachers protested earlier this year. 

    By Daja E. Henry June 29, 2021

  • SCS approves $2.2 billion budget

    Shelby County Schools approved a proposed budget of $2.2 billion to be presented to the County Commission on Wednesday, June 16.

    By Daja E. Henry June 15, 2021

  • Porter-Leath, SCS take different views on Head Start partnership termination

    Shelby County Schools is ending its seven-year relationship with Porter-Leath for early childhood education.

    By Daja E. Henry June 10, 2021

• April 2021

  • SCS’ ‘Reimagine 901’ plan includes new builds, school closures

    Superintendent Joris Ray’s proposed plan will include two school closures, five new buildings, improvements or expansions to 13 existing schools and a substantial investment in deferred building maintenance.

    By Daja E. Henry April 19, 2021

  • Bill affecting 3Gs heads to House floor, chased by Kelsey amendment

    The House is scheduled to hear legislation related to Germantown’s namesake schools Monday, but language affecting the 3Gs won’t be part of it.

    By Abigail Warren April 11, 2021

  • SCS approves 2021-22 calendar with a ‘tight summer’

    Superintendent Joris Ray said teacher burnout was considered in the plan, and teachers had direct input into the schedule.

    By Daja E. Henry April 07, 2021

• March 2021

  • SCS students return to classrooms for first time in a year

    Monday was the first day of in-person classes for Shelby County Schools.

    By Daja E. Henry March 01, 2021

• February 2021

  • Emotions mixed as SCS students head back to buildings

    SCS teachers are preparing to be joined in their classrooms by students for the first time in nearly a year. 

    By Daja E. Henry February 28, 2021

  • Tennessee Senate passes bill allowing governor to force schools open

    School superintendents and local public health officials may lose some of their power under a bill that passed by a party-line vote in the Tennessee Senate Monday, Feb. 22.

    By Ian Round February 22, 2021

  • More than 6,000 SCS employees set to receive vaccines this week

    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. 

    By Daja E. Henry February 22, 2021

• January 2021

  • In CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides experts

    Just down the road from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a community flush with resident health professionals, the Decatur, Georgia, school system had no shortage of expert input on whether to resume in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    By The Associated Press January 28, 2021

• December 2020

  • Johnathan Lawson leaves Wooddale, enrolls at Houston High

    Oregon signee won Class AA Mr. Basketball last season.

    By John Varlas December 17, 2020

  • Memphis school leaders ask $30 million for learning loss and literacy

    The request would increase to about $50 million annually in the third year as the Memphis district hires more teacher assistants for students in K-2.

    By Laura Faith Kebede December 15, 2020

• November 2020

  • Will there be SCS basketball season? Coaches say they have gotten no word

    SCS programs remain on hold while others in Shelby County and around the state have started practicing and playing. 

    By John Varlas November 18, 2020