New MSCS superintendent’s contract includes ethics clause
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members are finalizing a contract with incoming Superintendent Marie Feagins (above) that includes an ethics clause and a pay bump. (Courtesy Memphis-Shelby County Schools)
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The former superintendent departed under an investigation into allegations that he abused power and violated district policies.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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