At six months with Richmond as interim, what’s next for MSCS leadership?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond is one third of the way through his interim contract, which expires in July 2026. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
On the eve of a new school year, Memphis-Shelby County Schools students are set to return to classrooms overseen by a temporary superintendent for the third time in the last four years.
MSCS’ current leader Roderick Richmond is a career Memphis education administrator who has long wanted the top job. As interim superintendent, he has helmed the school system for six months.
At this juncture, Richmond is one third of the way through his interim contract, which expires at the end of next school year, in July 2026.
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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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