State decision on virtual learning means big change for SCS students
Sherwood Middle School 8th graders work on algebra problems in class in 2014. Scenes like this have been rare in Shelby County since the pandemic began, but may become more common. (Daily Memphian file)
About 60,000 Shelby County families will have to return their children to classrooms or transfer to a virtual school next year due to a mandate by the Tennessee Department of Education.
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Daja E. Henry
Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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