There are 20 article(s) tagged Mauricio Calvo:

• December 2023

  • Guest Column: ‘It is the will of my constituents to fight’ Satanic Temple

    “If we have district policies that made sense in the past but now show that we are failing in the best interest of students, we will find a way to correct them.”

    By Mauricio Calvo December 15, 2023

  • Satan Club will get to meet at Chimneyrock Elementary — for now

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools hosted a press conference Wednesday, Dec. 13, to address parent and community concerns about a new after-school club that will rent space at a Cordova elementary school.

    By Kambui Bomani December 13, 2023

• August 2023

  • Here’s what Calvo wants in the next MSCS superintendent

    Barely one week into his new role, Mauricio Calvo already has ideas regarding the superintendent search, charter schools and student literacy.

    By Alicia Davidson August 10, 2023

  • MSCS board meets about programs to enhance student performance

    The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education discussed plans to increase student achievement going into the new school year at a committee meeting Tuesday, Aug. 8.

    By Alicia Davidson August 09, 2023

  • MSCS kicks off first day of school

    Teachers, students and faculty geared up for the first day of school Monday, Aug. 7, as more than 110,000 MSCS students headed back to class for the 2023-24 school year.

    By Alicia Davidson August 07, 2023

• July 2023

  • Mauricio Calvo appointed to Memphis-Shelby County Schools board

    The Shelby County Commission appointed Latino Memphis CEO Mauricio Calvo to fill the District 5 Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seat.

    By Alicia Davidson July 17, 2023

• February 2021

  • Disparities glaring in vaccines given to 75 and older

    In early data of vaccination rates among people 75 and over, so few Latino people have been vaccinated their percentage of the whole is 0.4%.

    By Jane Roberts February 04, 2021

• August 2020

  • Harris beats incumbent McCormick in Shelby County School Board race

    Shelby County School Board gains one new member, with five board races on the ballot.

    By Linda A. Moore August 06, 2020

  • Folk cures, pervasive in Hispanic community, no match for COVID-19

    José Lara was hospitalized this summer with COVID-19 and was treated with remdesivir at Methodist Hospital-North. His heart breaks for friends and family using folk remedies, including lemon juice.

    By Jane Roberts August 06, 2020

• July 2020

  • Calvo withdraws from SCS race, backs Harris in challenge of McCormick

    Mauricio Calvo’s withdrawal accented the opening day of early voting in Memphis. Preliminary numbers show more than 5,000 people voted early Friday. In getting out of the District 5 school board race, Calvo cited his duties as executive director of Latino Memphis and the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino Memphians. 

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2020

  • Latino people getting tested, but layers of complications persist

    In Shelby County, more than 28% of the people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are Latino. The percentage of positive tests is rising.

    By Jane Roberts July 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Tipping Point: Latino Memphis backs Census 2020

    In the same way that your doctor wouldn’t make a diagnosis on your health without first collecting important vitals, the health of a city is determined by census data.

    By Anna Cox Thompson February 07, 2020

• September 2019

  • Politics Podcast: City Council candidate Mauricio Calvo

    Super District council contender Mauricio Calvo talks about his first run for political office, a more diverse Memphis and explaining super districts.

    By Natalie Van Gundy September 05, 2019

• August 2019

  • Calvo and Smiley council campaigns reflect unique setting for council races

    Mauricio Calvo, on the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, said last year's council deadlock on filling a council vacancy prompted him to run on the Oct. 3 ballot. J.B. Smiley Jr. is making his bid for a different council seat after a bid last year for the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries August 23, 2019

• July 2019

  • On the Ground Podcast: Gateways for Growth

    Yancy Villa-Calvo and Mauricio Calvo, local coordinators for the Gateways for Growth initiative, discuss the economic, cultural and civic contributions of local immigrants, and how Memphis can harness and grow those impacts.

    By Natalie Van Gundy July 19, 2019

  • Decisions, political red meat and summer heat meet at city filing deadline

    The ballot for the October Memphis elections is almost set with Thursday's filing deadline for candidates. Meanwhile, candidates barely paused for the deadline before resuming the summer campaign.

    By Bill Dries July 19, 2019

• June 2019

  • People’s Convention highlights different approaches to achieving goals

    The People’s Convention over the weekend offered indications that different points of view remain on how to blend protest with conventional political involvement. 

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2019

• December 2018

  • City Council gives quorum call another try Tuesday

    Within minutes of each other and just a few yards apart at City Hall last week, council members Joe Brown and Berlin Boyd each told reporters the vacant and hotly contested council District 1 seat is “the people’s seat.”

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • City Council turnover begins before 2019 elections

    With a proposal to extend City Council term limits rejected, the stage is set for the first significant change on the 13-member council since nine new members were elected in 2007.

    By Bill Dries November 16, 2018

  • Eight apply for open City Council seat so far

    The head of Latino Memphis and the former Shelby County Probate Court clerk top a list of eight citizens who have applied to fill a vacancy on the Memphis City Council.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2018