This move comes as board member Michele Henley faces sustained pressure for supporting convicted former youth pastor Lindsey Whiteside.

“I heard my son scream,” a Memphis mother said in an interview with The Daily Memphian. School staff told her that they handcuffed her child for their own safety: “I was like, ‘Over a 7-year-old?’”

The change to the 2026-27 applications will offer insight about the new vouchers that the state awards. 

A group in Tennessee, including two parents in Shelby County, allege that the state’s education voucher expansion “diverts state funding to private schools statewide that are by definition not part of the system of free public schools.” 

The MSCS board is expected to vote on the suggested closures in February.

The search warrant and accompanying paperwork are the latest information regarding the alleged sexual assault that occurred in the private school’s athletic facility in Collierville on Oct. 8. 

Richmond is just over halfway through his 18-month interim superintendent contract, which ends July 31. Absent from the school board’s discussions about his evaluation, however, were comments about future permanent leadership of the district. 

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board is formally mulling a lawsuit about the “threat to the lawful function and democratic integrity” caused by new state and county actions that cut short terms for five members.

Memphis-area school board elections will be partisan next year.

Shelby County Commissioners’ enactment of the new state law is an “imminent threat to the lawful function and democratic integrity” of the board and district, according to a resolution sponsored by board Vice Chair Joyce Dorse Coleman.

The new, one-year pilot program is effective this school year and open to certain 3- and 4-year-old patients at the Memphis children’s hospital.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools will offer free food boxes next week to families in need during the holiday season.

A second victim reports a sexual assault at the private school campus, Collierville police said. Both incidents appear to be related to the same suspect.

An MSCS parent who is deaf and volunteers at Sea Isle said students are also missing out on learning about deaf culture.

MSCS campuses need more than $1 billion in the next decade. A committee suggested funding and other ideas on how to approach closing, repurposing or consolidating buildings.

At Berclair Elementary School in Memphis, a class of 16 fifth graders were asked how many had seen a real gun. Nearly all raised their hands.

Orthopaedic Exploration Day gives students hands-on experience with the nuts and bolts of orthopedic surgery. 

The Tennessee Department of Education wants a $30 million increase in summer learning funding next year.

Winchester Elementary opened its food pantry in March. The government shutdown means more Memphis families are going to the school for food.

After writing a letter of support for Lindsey Whiteside, a former assistant coach indicted after pleaded guilty for sexual battery of a minor, community members have demanded the resignation of Michele Henley. 

A one-day protest by students in the DeSoto County Schools over the district’s handling of the case against Lindsey Whiteside, drew a significant number of absences on Oct. 22.

Students at a Memphis elementary school made catchy cheers, speeches and campaigns showing how they can make a difference in the environment. In doing so, they helped secure the largest grant award for a Memphis-area school.

As child-gunshot wounds make a meaningful decline in Memphis, students are learning about gun safety at school.