About Town: Changes abound in the Shelby County Schools
Shelby County Schools is part of a national trend that shows public school enrollment declining.
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January 2022
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Boys & Girls Clubs to open in 10 new locations
Students in these clubs will learn life skills to help them reach their full potential, learning about healthy choices, character development, education and leadership, athletics and the arts.
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SCS to vote on school closures next week
Shelby County Schools will formally recommend the closures of Shady Grove Elementary and Alton Elementary Schools. The changes will go to a vote at the board’s business meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Memphis educators share lessons on MLK
Memphis educators share resources they use to teach the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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SCS to rebrand as Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Shelby County Schools is seeking to rebrand itself as Memphis-Shelby County Schools to be more representative of the students who make up its population.
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Memphis Academy of Health Sciences will close after 2021-22 school year
The Shelby County Board of Education voted to revoke the charter for the network that was at the center of an investigation for misappropriation of funds last month.
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Memphis charter networks face shutdown by SCS
The Shelby County Schools Board is having public meetings Wednesday evening to decide whether to revoke the charters of two charter networks.
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‘I want my books to show children ... their voices do matter’
Shelby County Schools library media specialist Alice Faye Duncan examines two critical points in both Tennessee and American history in her newest books “Evicted,” and “Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free.”
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December 2021
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School board member to run for Shelby County Commission
Althea Greene opened her bid for the District 7 commission seat by saying Tennessee’s new open carry gun law is meant to increase violence and killings. Candidates can begin pulling and filing qualifying petitions in the May primaries, including the commission races, starting Monday.
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Four Frayser schools return to SCS after 10-year takeover
Frayser Achievement Elementary School, Corning Achievement Elementary School, Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary School and Whitney Achievement School will rejoin SCS for the 2022-2023 school year.
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Bolton High students learn about pathways to careers in agriculture
The AgriSTEM program, part of the district’s college, career and technical education program, featured the school’s first Ag Day.
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SCS Board to keep sheriff’s officers in schools
Shelby County Schools board members voted unanimously to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, effectively solidifying the deputies’ presence in schools after a monthslong debate.
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November 2021
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All 1,000 appointments filled at SCS child vaccination event
Shelby County schools will vaccinate about 1,000 of its students between the ages of 5 and 11 at the Board of Education this Friday and Saturday, according to the district.
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SCS: 52 new COVID-19 cases among students, 7 among staff
Shelby County Schools reported 52 new COVID-19 cases among students and 7 among staff at its public and charter schools this week, just as the first children between 5 and 11 years old are receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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October 2021
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SCS: 68 new COVID-19 cases among students, 20 among staff
Shelby County Schools reported 68 new COVID-19 cases among students and 20 new cases among staff at its public and charter schools this week.
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What you need to know about SCS October board meeting
SCS’ October board business meeting discussed an uptick in violence, as well as the upcoming town hall for education funding.
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SCS honors students awarded TSU scholarships
In the latest of several ceremonies across the county, Tennessee State University and Shelby County Schools recognized hundreds of students Monday who are being awarded scholarships by the university.
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SCS reports new COVID cases for 55 students, 16 staffers
One staff case was reported at a charter school in the district.
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Memphis families to receive produce through Good Food For All
Partnership for a Healthier America will work with Shelby County Schools to provide fresh fruits and vegetables weekly to families participating in the program. Family members will receive at least two servings of produce per day.
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Early Head Start funding stirs embers of SCS-Porter-Leath friction
The SCS sub-contract with Porter-Leath for Head Start services was abruptly terminated this summer with each entity going its own way in providing the services. But county commissioners heard a lot of opposition from SCS about Early Head Start funding to the nonprofit Monday.
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SCS: 140 new COVID-19 cases among students, 24 among staff
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.
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SCS seeks to create ‘peace force’ to patrol schools
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.
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SCS offers retroactive COVID-19 sick leave
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.
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How former public school parents took education into their own hands
Here are a few options that parents have taken after opting out of traditional, in-person schooling.
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SCS reports 165 new COVID-19 cases among students, 30 among staff
Shelby County Schools reported 165 new COVID-19 cases among students and 30 among staff at the district-managed public and charter schools for the week of Sept. 24-30.
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