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The founder of the charter school company operating Frayser's ASD School, MLK Prep, and County Commissioner Michael Whaley talked about the Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' proposal for a new high school in Frayser on "Behind The Headlines."
Amending the county's residency requirements for public safety workers is intended to help with hiring and retention.
A new policy approved by the Shelby County Commission will make it easier for suburban school systems to tap into capital improvement funds.
Two recent grant awards will enable Agricenter International to launch its new Innovation District, which will be a Mid-South hub for ag-tech and research companies.
Shelby County Commissioners may not approve the plan by County Mayor Lee Harris to charge a countywide sustainability fee to fund public transportation, but Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley said Harris has forced the community to talk about funding the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Shelby County Commissioner Michael Whaley will hold a town hall meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Cordova Family YMCA, 7959 Club Center Cove.
The First 8 Memphis board discussed the early stages of its pre-k program and moved forward on a search for a permanent executive director.
Currently, just over 50% of children are ready when they enter kindergarten and only about a quarter of third-graders in Shelby County Schools are reading on grade level. That means half of Shelby County students are already behind before they even get started.
Shelby County is considering funding an additional $2.5 million to help replace an $8 million federal grant that funds 1,000 pre-k seats, which is set to expire this fiscal year.
Shelby County commissioners will likely get an early preview of the Shelby County Schools budget Wednesday.
The Saturday Shelby County Democratic Party convention is the first of two gatherings to elect the party's leadership for the next two years including a new party chairman to be elected at a later meeting.
The Shelby County Commission is expected Monday to appoint a new member to the board of Shelby County Schools to serve until August 2020.
Ten people are seeking appointment to an interim seat on the Shelby County Schools board. The District 2 seat opened with the departure of Teresa Jones to take an appointment as municipal court judge.
With eight new commissioners and a new mayor, Shelby County government is changing the way it approaches education moving forward.
A Shelby County and city of Memphis joint ordinance is proposed to create the structure to allow the countywide prekindergarten program to expand by 1,000 seats next school year.
Some issues county government would like to address in education in 2019 are pre-K initiatives, workforce development and school facilities.