As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members gathered to vote on Marie Feagins’ future as the district’s superintendent, members of the public turned out to support her.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board met to vote to fire the districts superintendent of nine months, Marie Feagins. Watch the meeting here.

A contentious Memphis-Shelby County Schools board meeting ended with the termination of Superintendent Marie Feagins. Read our start-to-finish coverage.

The funding aims to bolster interest in the humanities and provide an income for students who cannot afford to work unpaid internships. 

It’s unclear whether the board will stray from its 5-4 division.

With an ouster vote looming, Marie Feagins’ tenure in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent position could be just as long as her pursuit of it. 

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Penny Schwinn would bring the perspective of a state schools chief to her job.

The special-called meeting is set to include a report from unnamed “outside counsel” and, “if necessary,” a vote to select an interim superintendent for Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

Geoff Calkins: Whatever you think of the job Feagins has done, it can’t possibly be as bad as the job the board has done in trying to fire her. Instead of persuading the community that Feagins has to go, they have rallied the community to her side. 

Community members show up to support Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins.

During the first part of the meeting, Superintendent Marie Feagins responded passionately to all three claims levied against her by the school board.

A portion of the gift will go toward an endowment to fund certain internships in perpetuity. 

Under a proposed bill, an elected official could face a recall election if someone collects enough signatures from registered voters within their jurisdiction.

In a fiery and detailed rebuttal to claims of wrongdoing, Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins called accusations from the school board “false.”

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Public shows support for Feagins during school board meeting

Scores of middle school students attended a 15-minute walkout on Tuesday, Jan. 14, in support of Superintendent Marie Feagins, who is facing a proposed ouster from the school board.

Feagins, currently under the scrutiny of a proposed ouster, has been celebrated for what some call bold efforts. But the reality of her changes appear to have had a more complex impact on schools and students.

Deliberations among board members may reveal whether any of them have been persuaded by local or state-level pressures to resolve differences and keep Feagins in the seat.

Friday’s snow day made for a long weekend for students in Memphis and Shelby County. 

A resolution from MSCS board member Amber Huett-Garcia would keep Marie Feagins in the seat and provide time for the superintendent to remedy the issues board members identified. 

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MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins spoke Thursday to the Frayser Exchange Club, a long-standing weekly meeting attended by community leaders and politicos. 

Weather forecasts predict several inches of snow to accumulate in the Memphis area on Friday, Jan. 10.

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.

“You cannot accept anymore that the lowest performing school system in our state is in Shelby County,” State House Speaker Cameron Sexton said while in Memphis. “There’s too many people. There’s too many new jobs coming in. It’s too important for our success.”

Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins “will not resign” from her post, she wrote to school board Chair Joyce Dorse Coleman, firing back against efforts to remove her as the city’s top education leader.