There are 34 article(s) tagged Shante Avant:

• March 2022

  • Seven apply for vacant school board seat

    The Shelby County will commission fill the vacancy at its March 21 meeting. Most of those who applied for the appointment plan to run for a full four-year term in the August elections.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2022

• February 2022

  • County Commission to fill school board, state Senate vacancies next month

    The commission set the schedules Wednesday, Feb. 23, for taking applications, interviewing candidates and making the picks. 

    By Bill Dries February 23, 2022

  • Political Roundup: Avant may file; ‘pink wave’ thoughts, and ‘ghettoizing’

    Meanwhile, Jason Martin slams Gov. Bill Lee’s state of the state address and calls for the legalization of pot in all forms. And a look at the May and August ballots ahead of Thursday’s deadline to get on the May county primary ballot.

    By Bill Dries February 14, 2022

  • MSCS board member Shante Avant resigns

    Shante Avant, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member representing district 6, announced her resignation Friday.

    By Daja E. Henry February 12, 2022

• February 2021

  • Some Memphis school board members push for a reopening date

    Superintendent Joris Ray presented updates for reopening during a board committee meeting Thursday, including creating a district contact-tracing team and using district buildings to administer vaccines to teachers. But he has delayed reopening classes indefinitely, citing high community spread of COVID-19. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede February 05, 2021

• October 2020

  • SCS students could be back in school by January

    During a school board committee meeting, SCS Superintendent Joris Ray told board members that the timeline is dependent upon the data.

    By Linda A. Moore October 27, 2020

• July 2020

  • BTW’s class of 2020 gifted with laptops, coding lessons from Women’s Foundation

    The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis is working to reduce poverty in the 38126 ZIP code, one of the poorest in the city. Booker T. Washington High School is at the center of the initiative.

    By Linda A. Moore July 01, 2020

• June 2020

  • Saturday school is out as SCS lays out options for 2020-21 calendar

    Instead, Shelby County Schools’ leaders will consider ideas such as adding an extra hour to the school day, shortening holidays and extending the school year. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede June 20, 2020

• May 2020

  • Shelby County Schools board approves $1.37 billion budget

    Board members also approved a $65 million capital improvement budget — more than double the $25 million that the county mayor has proposed for school building needs.

    By Jacinthia Jones May 13, 2020