New MSCS board leader opposed school closures
“I’m going to still advocate just the way I did,” said Joyce Dorse-Coleman, who was elected chair at the Sept. 24 meeting of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
As leaders of the board, the new chair and vice chair will help steer a district that’s in transition, and on the precipice of major decisions about its long-term goals and plans.
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Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter who writes about how public policy shapes Memphis. She is currently reporting from Frayser about education and housing. Please write her with your suggestions and story tips.
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