MSCS oversight board readies to hire director
Shanea McKinney (left) and Shannon Hoffert (right) watch during a hearing in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover lawsuit Nov. 10. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
A committee of takeover appointees settled on a job description for an executive director, who may be paid through the Memphis-Shelby County Schools budget and may not have to live in the city.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools MSCS takeover Memphis-Shelby County Schools Educational Oversight BoardLaura 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 Memphis journalism career began in 2019 at The Commercial Appeal, where she chronicled learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration.
Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today. Reach Laura with questions, story ideas or tips: Ltestino@dailymemphian.com or Ldtestino.54 on Signal.
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