Memphis-Shelby schools closed on Election Day
A Tennessee law, passed in 2021, requires any school that is used as a polling site to close on Election Day. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The move is in response to a 2021 Tennessee law requiring local districts to close if their schools are used as polling locations.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Election DayAarron 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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