‘All options are on the table’ for Memphis schools’ 200 buildings, superintendent says
Memphis-Shelby County Schools, currently headquartered at 160 S. Hollywood St., will consider consolidating its administrative offices as part of a system-wide facilities plan. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
School officials will use information from new district building assessments to determine potential closures and consolidations, including whether Memphis-Shelby County Schools moves its headquarters.
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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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