Amazon adopts 20 schools in largest MSCS Adopt-A-School partnership
MSCS Interim Superintendent Toni Williams, second from left, accepts a check from Amazon during the Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Amazon School partnership ceremony on Wednesday. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian
“As a district, we are committed to supporting students, but we can’t do it alone,” MSCS Interim Superintendent Toni Williams said at the Amazon School partnership ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 28. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian
Dwayne Scott, manager of family and community engagement at MSCS, speaks during the Amazon School partnership ceremony on Wednesday. The shipping giant will be “adopting” 20 high-priority schools. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian
“We don’t just strive to be the best employer. We’re striving to be the best neighbor too,” Ian Conyers, Amazon’s regional head of community engagement, said at the school-adoption event. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian
The official Memoranda of Understanding are signed during the Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Amazon School partnership ceremony on Wednesday. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian
MCSC and Amazon employees sign certificates during the Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Amazon School partnership ceremony on Wednesday. Sept. 28, 2022. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian
Amazon has partnered with Memphis-Shelby County Schools, adopting 20 schools to provide assistance in the largest such partnership ever for MSCS.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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