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Shelby County Schools reported 140 new COVID-19 cases among students and 24 among staff at its public and charter schools this week. This week’s case count is the lowest since school started, Aug. 9, 2021.
Shelby County Schools is revisiting the idea of a “peace force,” an internal police department reporting directly to the district, following last week’s shooting at Cummings K-8 Optional School.
Shelby County Schools has announced that employees can receive up to 10 consecutive days of paid sick leave while in isolation following a positive COVID-19 test.
Here are a few options that parents have taken after opting out of traditional, in-person schooling.
MUS receiver Mac Owen set a touchdown record in the Week 6 win over Ridgeway.
A University of Memphis high school has been approved to open next school year, despite the urges of two SCS board members who pushed for establishment of protocols and further discussion about the school.
Statewide, there have been 4,933 student cases and 755 staff cases reported as of Friday afternoon.
Shelby County Schools is offering meals for students who are in quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure. Parents can pick up the meals each morning in a drive-thru at the schools.
Shelby County Schools reported 516 new COVID-19 cases among students and 69 among staff at the district’s public and charter schools.
Shelby County Schools reported 490 student cases among the district’s public and charter schools and 89 cases among staff.
Parents staged a protest at the SCS Board of Education to follow up on their concerns about the safety of their children and what they said was distasteful mistreatment in a meeting led by Deputy Superintendent John Barker.
The figures mean there have been 1,650 cases among students since the start of the school year and 246 among staff.
The most recent data available is from Aug. 13-19, the second week of school.Related story:
A youth who died at Le Bonheur over the weekend has been identified as 16-year-old Westwood High student Azorean Tatum.
SCS’ standardized testing data revealed the district’s weaknesses and gaps, widened by COVID-induced learning disruptions.
Newly released standardized test scores show a widening gap between Shelby County Schools and the rest of the state. Related story: Local suburban districts regress in TCAP scores
For the first time since March 2020, all Shelby County Schools students were expected to return to in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Masks will be required when the coming SCS school year begins, but field trips, athletics and reopened playgrounds will come back again.
Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray announced 38 leadership positions in the district are being filled, including 24 new principals.
The district voted to approve a $750,000 contract for Educational Epiphany, a company whose proposed contract teachers protested earlier this year.
Shelby County Schools approved a proposed budget of $2.2 billion to be presented to the County Commission on Wednesday, June 16.
Shelby County Schools is ending its seven-year relationship with Porter-Leath for early childhood education.
Superintendent Joris Ray’s proposed plan will include two school closures, five new buildings, improvements or expansions to 13 existing schools and a substantial investment in deferred building maintenance.
The House is scheduled to hear legislation related to Germantown’s namesake schools Monday, but language affecting the 3Gs won’t be part of it.
Superintendent Joris Ray said teacher burnout was considered in the plan, and teachers had direct input into the schedule.
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