Memphis-Shelby County Schools welcomed more than 100,000 students back to classrooms for the first day of the 2024-25 school year.

Natalie McKinney and Tamarques Porter will take elected office for the first time when they are sworn in to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. Knocking on doors got them here. 

Bane and the district supplied thousands of backpacks, and the Grizzlies guard shared his thoughts on the team’s offseason. 

With years of experience behind both, the two MSCS school board candidates for District 2 hit Springdale Baptist Church to connect with voters. 

The professional comedian, performing under the FunnyMaine moniker, gained popularity for his comedic re-enactments of University of Alabama football fans.

“We’ve seen good work from the single-gender schools, even though there’s not that many of them,” said Emily Lilley of the Tennessee Charter School Center.

If funding pressures disrupt construction timelines for the new schools, Shelby County Commissioner Charlie Caswell knows what he wants to see: “Frayser’s coming first.” 

Its two-week experiment is running now in the world’s largest cavitation channel on Presidents Island. 

The MSCS charter office has recommended the board approve the charter for Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory STEAM School for Girls. If approved, it would be one of just three all-girls charter schools in the state. 

A new policy would require all overtime to receive advance approval from Superintendent Marie Feagins, and make no exceptions for emergencies. 

The original principal of Forest Hill Elementary is, in some ways, following in his father’s footsteps. 

Political action committees have reported more than $73,000 in donations to candidates for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board.

Interim CBU president Brother Chris Englert and board chairwoman Emily Greer talk about the university’s effort to rebuild its finances and grow enrollment.

The departure from the race leaves voters in parts of South Memphis and Oakhaven neighborhoods with four other candidates to consider.

Representatives for the club filed a lawsuit in March, claiming that the school district had “chosen to defy the First Amendment” by charging “excessive” and “unexpected” fees to rent space at Chimneyrock Elementary School for the club.

Two Frayser high schools increased financial-aid application completion rates this year, bucking state and district trends. But more students still need to fill out the form for college.

This makes at least the fourth ransomware attack on a Tennessee public college or university in less than three years.

“Something that he made very clear is that once you make up your mind that this is your goal, you stick with it, and you don’t let anything deter you from it,” said Linda Hall, associate dean of multicultural affairs.

Superintendent Marie Feagins’ group is significantly different from the cabinets of previous Memphis-Shelby County Schools administrations. 

Through an internship, teenagers get a taste of working in a private firm, corporate law division or government agency. They visit courtrooms, attend trials, hear motions and network with legal professionals. 

The organization helps preventchild abuse by helping parents deal with their frustration and counseling them through triggering events.

New Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins said her first 100 days went “exactly the way that I had hoped.” 

Four sitting Memphis school board members face challengers in the upcoming election, including District 2 representative and MSCS board chair Althea Greene. She is facing Natalie McKinney, a public critic of the district’s superintendent search process, and pastor Ernest Gillespie III.