There are 23 article(s) tagged MSCS superintendent search:

• February 2024

  • Memphis school board poised to select new superintendent Feb. 9

    MSCS board members are set to select a new public schools leader from a slate of three out-of-town finalists.

    By Laura Testino February 03, 2024

• December 2023

  • Memphis-Shelby County Schools board narrows superintendent search to 3 finalists

    Yolonda Brown, Marie Feagins and Cheryl Proctor will face a round of in-depth interviews in January.

    By Laura Testino December 19, 2023

• July 2023

  • MSCS tackles charter schools, dual enrollment and, of course, the superintendent search

    The Memphis-Shelby County School board met for an academic committee meeting Tuesday to discuss education accessibility and progress for district students. 

    By Alicia Davidson July 17, 2023

• June 2023

  • MSCS board discusses superintendent qualifications with president of search firm

    The MSCS school board discussed superintendent qualifications and additional considerations with Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates president Max McGee.

    By Alicia Davidson June 30, 2023

  • Down one member, the MSCS super search continues. What’s next?

    The Shelby County Commission is now also tasked with appointing a member to the board for the second time since October.

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    School board member resigns

    By Aarron Fleming June 15, 2023

  • School board member resigns

    “This is the highest level of ignorance I have ever been a part of and for my own health I can’t be a part of it anymore,” MSCS vice chair Sheleah Harris said. 

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    Banned activists suing MSCS board in federal court

    By Aarron Fleming June 14, 2023

  • No new superintendent by start of school year, MSCS board says

    Because of delays, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members said at a retreat Thursday that the search for a new superintendent will not be complete by Aug.7, when the new school year begins. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 01, 2023

  • The search for a new MSCS superintendent: How we got here and what’s next

    In recent weeks, the search for a new Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent has fallen apart, and the board will discuss next steps at a Thursday, June 1, retreat. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 01, 2023

• May 2023

  • MSCS board to have new meeting to discuss superintendent search

    The Tuesday meeting appears to be a new development.

    By Aarron Fleming May 09, 2023

• April 2023

  • Memphis-Shelby County Schools pausing superintendent search

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools is pausing its search for a new superintendent while it devises a new plan.

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    McKissack calls for new input process for ‘super search’

    By Aarron Fleming April 25, 2023

  • MICAH seeks ‘community advisory plan’ for MSCS superintendent search

    In light of a superintendent search that has crumbled, local leaders and advocates are calling for the MSCS board to adjust its plan.

    By Aarron Fleming April 20, 2023

  • Second MSCS superintendent finalist withdraws name

    A second finalist for superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has withdrawn from consideration.

    By Aarron Fleming April 19, 2023

  • MSCS superintendent finalist drops out

    A finalist to be the next superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has withdrawn her name from consideration after a Saturday, April 15, unveiling event for the position’s three finalists turned sour.

    By Aarron Fleming April 18, 2023

  • Opinion: MSCS, new superintendent should stay course on early literacy

    “We strongly urge the MSCS board and the next superintendent to continue making early literacy a top priority for our community.”

    By Teresa Sloyan, Gary Shorb April 17, 2023

• February 2023

  • MSCS superintendent search attracting national interest

    Max McGee, president of Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, said the superintendent position at Memphis-Shelby County Schools has already attracted three candidates from three other states.

    By Aarron Fleming February 24, 2023

  • Opinion: The serious risks of an ‘insufficiently robust’ search for MSCS superintendent

    “There are those who would have us look no further than the leaders right in front of our face and there are those who think anyone who is already here is somehow inadequate. The truth is that both of those perspectives fail to see the full picture.”

    By Kristy Sullivan February 19, 2023

  • MSCS selects firm to search for new superintendent

    The district’s board of education voted unanimously at its business meeting Tuesday night to hire Hazard, Young, Attea, and Associates to conduct the search.

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    ‘It gives a lot of people pause:’ MSCS board responds to conflict of interest concern

    By Aarron Fleming February 08, 2023

• January 2023

  • MSCS names potential superintendent search firms

    MSCS also confirmed that it will select one of the firms at its next business meeting on Jan. 31

    By Aarron Fleming January 26, 2023

  • MSCS superintendent search advisory committee calls for more community input

    Committee members asked that additional input surveys be created once the district’s board of education picks a search firm that will help MSCS find superintendent candidates.

    By Aarron Fleming January 20, 2023

  • Four firms apply to lead MSCS superintendent search

    The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education wants to hire a firm that has conducted searches for school districts before and, specifically, done searches for superintendents.

    By Aarron Fleming January 11, 2023

• December 2022

  • A ‘systems change’ leader: School audience cites what they want in next MSCS superintendent

    The first of four public input sessions about the search for the next MSCS superintendent was held Thursday night at Snowden School.

    By Aarron Fleming December 09, 2022

• November 2022

  • MSCS will have superintendent by July 2023

    The MSCS board revealed the 11 members of its superintendent search committee at its Monday night board meeting. It plans to release an RFP for a search firm on Dec. 1. 

    By Aarron Fleming November 15, 2022

• October 2022

  • MICAH pushes for national search for next MSCS superintendent

    Four of nine school board members agreed to a national search, along with public input through public hearings.

    By Bill Dries October 24, 2022