MSCS eyes 36 acres north of Shelby Farms for new high school
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is considering the purchase of 35.79 acres in Cordova for a new high school.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools is considering the purchase of 35.79 acres in Cordova for a new high school.
Board members discussed some details for a new high school, which comes as a result of Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ agreement to relinquish ownership of the Germantown namesake schools.
The 3G transfer might be one of the final stages of a saga that saw the brief merger of all Shelby County children under a single school system and the six municipalities’ subsequent secession and creation of their own districts.
GMSD was the fourth and final vote by a government entity needed to approve the agreement regarding Germantown namesake schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools within the suburb’s boundaries.
The agreement will be reviewed next week by Shelby County Board of Commissioners, City of Germantown, Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education and the Germantown Municipal School District Board of Education.
Germantown was the first of four government bodies to approve an agreement transferring two of the 3Gs to the suburb’s school system.
“I’m a Memphian, and I’m being robbed in Germantown in broad daylight.”
Read the terms of a formal agreement that would transfer ownership of Germantown Elementary and Germantown Middle Schools to the suburb, and arrange for the sale of Germantown High School.
“High hopes” that the county commission and the Shelby County Mayor would build trust were hurt by how the deal was announced. “The chasm seems to have widened through actions like these.”
Shelby County leaders seem pleased with a compromise that will shift ownership of two Germantown namesake schools to the suburb. MSCS gets new high school in ‘3G’ transfer to Germantown Related story:
The City of Germantown and Memphis-Shelby County Schools have reached an agreement in the disputed ownership of the suburb’s namesake schools, otherwise known as the 3Gs.
The deadline for MSCS to find an agreement or lose ownership of the schools is Jan. 1.
The district asked commissioners to consider partnering with them as it faces the possibility of losing ownership of four of its schools, including Germantown High School.
GHS students and staff members voiced concerns about the potential closing of the school and the rest of the 3Gs as the suburb and Memphis-Shelby County Schools face a decision deadline.
The needed deferred maintenance at Germantown High exceeds the value of the land and buildings.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools may soon begin moving to reach an agreement with two suburban districts before it loses ownership of four campuses at the end of the year.
The question of the high school took a turn earlier this year after state legislation passed that would disallow Memphis-Shelby County Schools from operating the so-called 3G schools: Germantown elementary, middle and high schools.
Gov. Lee signed a bill Wednesday that could impact the ownership and operation of Germantown’s namesake schools.
The Senate made significant revisions to a bill affecting the ownership and operations of four Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
A bill adopted by the state Senate regarding four schools in Shelby County suburbs must return to the House for review after a flurry of amendments before Senate passage Tuesday.
A bill potentially impacting the ownership and operation of four Memphis-Shelby County Schools received new amendments on the state Senate floor.
Lucy Elementary lies in Millington. It’s one of four Memphis-Shelby County Schools campuses affected by pending legislation.
Tennessee’s House of Representatives will likely soon vote on a bill affecting the ownership and operation of Germantown High, Middle and Elementary schools.
Tennessee senators delayed action on a bill impacting Germantown’s namesake schools. The bill will go before a house committee later this week.
Tennessee senators will vote on legislation affecting Germantown’s namesake schools next week. If the legislation becomes law, there is still much work on the local level.
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