MSCS financial audit sheds light on former board member’s corruption allegations
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Interim Superintendent Toni Williams speaks at a press conference announcing a funding push for a new Frayser high school in April 20, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Among the findings of a recent audit of MSCS were that the district overpaid a vendor without approval from the school board, that a district employee allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of lawn-care equipment and that one senior employee improperly received vacation time.
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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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