Democrats say Shelby County Schools covering for McCormick

By Sam Stockard, Daily Memphian Published: October 10, 2018 3:48 PM CT

The Tennessee House Democratic Caucus is challenging Shelby County Schools, accusing the system of stonewalling on an open records request to keep it from finding out how many meetings Republican board member Scott McCormick failed to attend.

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

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Democrats say Shelby County Schools covering for McCormick

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