Amid county mayoral bid, Feagins sues MSCS again
The lawsuit is the second Marie Feagins has filed against MSCS since she was fired in January 2025.
Topic: Memphis-Shelby County Schools
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March 2026
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MSCS board makes Richmond ‘interim’ again, punts on takeover alternative plan
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted 7-2 during a special-called meeting on Wednesday, March 18, to keep Roderick Richmond on his interim superintendent contract.
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$200M would buy nearly 1,000 Memphis school upgrades. Will the money be there?
Over the next couple months, the Shelby County Commission will have to wrestle with how many Memphis-Shelby County Schools projects the county can actually fund. Doing them all would cost $200 million, a sum the county is unlikely to provide.
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Ask the Memphian: Why are five MSCS schools closing, and what happens now?
The closures prompted questions. What would happen to students, staff and the buildings themselves? Can more closures could happen in the future, and could charter schools could be among schools on the chopping block. Let’s get into it.
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As forensic audit results loom, MSCS to update certain processes
Announced changes to business and records-keeping processes at Memphis-Shelby County Schools offer clues about what recommendations forensic auditors may soon publicize.
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Primary ejections and the county clerk candidate who survived
How are candidates booted from primary ballots? Also in the political roundup, heads butt on the Memphis Safe Task Force, where Lee Harris and Edmund Ford Jr. agreed and recent D.C. votes on Iran air strikes.
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MSCS pitches ‘accountability plan’ alternative to state takeover
Billed as “a proactive alternative to state-imposed governance,” the new intervention would create a Memphis-Shelby County Schools board committee of local elected officials and community members.
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February 2026
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MSCS could challenge state takeover in court
Republican sponsors of the bill have said they’ll push the Tennessee General Assembly to pass legislation that would kneecap the elected board by giving a new board of state appointees powers over MSCS.
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These five Memphis schools will close this summer
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted to close five campuses at the end of the school year. The decision impacts 2,650 students and staff, and could be the first round of a total 15 school closures within three years.
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Busy year of hiring, firing, reassigning led to payroll problems at MSCS, audit finds
The regular audit is separate from the state-ordered forensic audit of the Memphis school system. The forensic audit is underway.
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Chronic absenteeism is down in Memphis schools, but high schoolers still struggle to show up
That means around 12,000 high schoolers would miss more than 10% or 18 school days in a year. That’s significantly higher than the statewide average.
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MSCS could close five schools to students with Tuesday board vote
District officials estimate 2,650 students would go to a new school or get new classmates, a smaller figure than it could be. That’s because many of the students who are zoned to attend the schools don’t, according to district data obtained and reviewed by The Daily Memphian.
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This fall, MSCS regains two campuses and Tennessee’s state-run turnaround district ends
Memphis-Shelby County Schools will resume control of the final charter schools in the state-run Achievement School District, a largely unsuccessful effort to boost academic achievement in the state’s chronically low-performing schools.
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More than 300 students are in limbo as a charter school fights for its future
A court order is keeping Memphis-Shelby County Schools from shutting down a South Memphis charter elementary school for now. But a history of low performance is raising a question: Should it close?
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New plan means results of high-stakes MSCS probe will be ready in March
State lawmakers voted to fund the audit last spring. No initial findings of wrongdoing prompted it; rather, lawmakers bolstered a smaller effort from the Shelby County Board of Commissioners who were frustrated by the school board’s ouster of former Superintendent Marie Feagins.
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Feagins case against MSCS returns to square one
Her lawsuit requests she be restored to the superintendent seat or paid severance as outlined in her contract.
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MSCS has a new superintendent. Will its vote toward ‘stability’ be short-lived?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members scrapped a search in favor of appointing Roderick Richmond as superintendent. Threats of state takeover loom over its split decision to stabilize the district after years of leadership tumult.
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Memphis students won’t have to make up snow days
The district received a waiver from the Tennessee Department of Education after taking two full weeks off of class. That exceeded MSCS’ built-in snow days by two, prompting the need for state assistance.
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Lawmakers’ criticism of MSCS finances ‘premature,’ Richmond says
Republican lawmakers who were briefed on preliminary information from a state-funded forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools are drawing “premature” conclusions, interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond said.
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Believe Memphis weighs closure allowing Grizzlies Prep a larger South Memphis campus
The potential relocation would give Grizzlies Prep students, currently about 300 boys, a campus with a gym and outdoor spaces. It also would provide a facility for the charter operator to open its new all-girls school.
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Tennessee GOP says ongoing Memphis schools audit is ‘concerning’
The district says state auditors haven’t presented any evidence of fraud or abuse to constitute further investment. Republican lawmakers didn’t name specifics either.
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MSCS used all its snow days. What happens now?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools used up its eighth and final snow day on Wednesday, Feb. 4 — then closed for Thursday.
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January 2026
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Winter storm delays MSCS’ superintendent decision
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members said they would soon determine permanent leadership for the district. But will it be by search or an appointment?
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Icy streets keep schools closed for a third day
MSCS isn’t anticipating implementing remote or hybrid learning options available under state law.
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Is Richmond in or out? MSCS board decides next week.
Roderick Richmond’s evaluation results — including teachers' opinions on the interim leader — are in. He took over the district after former superintendent Marie Feagins was removed by the board in Jan. 2025.
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