The Arlington Community Schools board will consider its annual fiscal year budget Tuesday evening, and included in the numbers is a significant increase to board members’ salaries.

“Many of us know that training for these high-wage, high-demand careers are needed right now, and the demand will simply just continue to grow in the future,” said Michael Heindl, president of NWCC since 2018.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools began releasing state-mandated test scores to students and families Monday, in a year when the district estimates that 41% of third graders would be at risk for retention.

The project trains selected students, known as ambassadors, in the areas of resilience, relationship building, conflict resolution, nonviolent responses, social-emotional learning and workplace readiness.

Memphis “has its unique challenges, but it also has a unique future because of the leaders that are being created today in this stadium,” the governor said in his commencement address.

Arlington’s Board of Education chairman responded to remarks made by one of Germantown’s school board members in light of bumping custodial pay. Arlington and Germantown use the same custodial provider.

“I’m a little irritated that Arlington is just apparently throwing money around and we’re having to react,” GMSD board member Brian Curry said. “I’m not real happy about that.”

Those banned, plus other community activists, gathered in front of the MSCS school board Thursday to protest and call on the board to answer their questions and meet their demands.

Part of the Rotary Club funds raised by the Collierville Balloon Festival are being used to help Hernando High students experience the obstacles of autism.

Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis announces an addition. 

The University of Memphis Collierville Center is owned by the suburb. The town is looking to sell the building to the suburban district for its central offices.

The chair of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board will meet with community leaders May 22 to discuss the recent ban that was placed on several local activists after a special board meeting Tuesday, May 9.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools students gathered Tuesday morning in the Middle College High School gym to show off their drone piloting skills and race the hovercrafts for some friendly competition. 

Board members were given six options on next steps that included keeping things as they are and starting over completely. Five of the nine board members voted to edit the rubric and allow additional candidates to apply.

A top FedEx Corp. executive has been appointed to the University of Memphis board of trustees by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. 

Erin Gruwell — a teacher, author and activist — spoke to Collierville’s Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. She metaphorically invited them into Room 203, her old classroom.

Most students, however, said they don’t support security staff carrying pepper spray.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday night to approve its nearly $2 billion fiscal year 2024 budget. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools will continue its delay in the search for a district superintendent. “This gives us time to get our priorities straight,” said search committee co-leader Stephanie Love.

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The Tuesday meeting appears to be a new development.

“I want to bring about change and I think my fellow 2023 Hamilton graduates and I really have a good chance of making a difference.” 

Some say Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ next superintendent should be a former educator and want the board to stick to its current qualifications policy. Others have suggested the policy allows for nontraditional candidates.

Using information they learned through their studies, students at DeSoto Christian Academy built mini versions of various themed structures.

A lane of McIngvale Road in Hernando will be closed to traffic soon as construction begins on the new Hernando High.

The board also is set to discuss its superintendent qualifications policy, which could decide the future of interim superintendent Toni Williams. Williams is currently a finalist to be the next permanent superintendent.