Feagins made her case to be MSCS’ leader again. Here’s what she said.
Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins appears in circuit court July 22. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A Shelby County judge will soon decide whether Marie Feagins returns to her former superintendent post at Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Judge Robert Childers, who is temporarily filling in due to the vacancy in the Shelby County Circuit Court Division 3, heard arguments Tuesday, July 22, in a case Feagins brought against the school board. Because the MSCS board members violated Tennessee’s open meetings law to fire her, she alleged, the vote should be void. With a voided vote, Feagins has made the case that she should be reinstated as superintendent.
“I didn’t come (to Memphis) to sue the school district,” Feagins testified Tuesday. “I came to lead and serve.”
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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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