MSCS disputes Strickland claims on truancy, enrollment
Memphis mayor Jim Strickland said the district has lost about 8,600 students since at least the 2019-2020 school year. (Patrick Lantrip/the Daily Memphian)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is taking issues with comments from Mayor Jim Strickland about enrollment and truancy.
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Memphis Mayor Jim Stricklan MSCS Memphis-Shelby County Schools truancyAarron Fleming
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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