“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.
The Daily Memphian reviewed claims about overtime pay, a check donation and a grant application, and compiled what is known about them.
A connected resolution would also hold up funding for the new Frayser school project for three months and urges school leaders to work through a mediator.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members have not produced additional evidence to support claims levied against Superintendent Marie Feagins during a Dec. 17 termination meeting, Feagins’ attorney Alan Crone said.
Germantown plans to appoint a new school board member by the end of January. Seven finalists were chosen after 14 applications were submitted.
Sharonda Rose received recognition as the top school leader in the western district of Tennessee.
In a new statement released to the press on Thursday, Dec. 26, board Chair Joyce Dorse Coleman seemed to provide an accelerated timeline for terminating Superintendent Marie Feagins.
Christian Brothers University is debt free and expects its first budget surplus in many years, according to Brother Chris Englert, interim president.
The university’s new unit, headed by a global expert in sunflowers, focuses on how to boost agriculture specifically in the Mississippi Delta.
The applicants are a mix of current GMSD parents, lifelong educators and community volunteers.
“Where I come from, you call somebody a liar, you better have plenty to back that up,” said Feagins’ attorney, Memphis lawyer Alan Crone.
David Stephens’ contract was extended recently, continuing his service at Bartlett City Schools for four more years. Stephens is the district’s only superintendent since its inception in 2014.
The MSCS board has a history of lots of citizens showing up at its meetings in a bad mood. The political roundup also tracks how the city’s D.C. representatives voted on the plan to keep the federal government open. Meanwhile, the city council will meet at 4 p.m. in the new year instead of 3:30 p.m.
Nevertheless, state law requires Tennessee districts with D and F schools appear before the Tennessee State Board of Education for hearings. Such reviews could result in corrective-action plans or audits for districts or charter operators.
In a “Behind the Headlines” interview that will air Dec. 27 on WKNO, State Senator London Lamar talked about her Facebook post about Tuesday’s emotional school board meeting.
No school board member can be recalled unless the county charter or state law is changed, and many believe that such changes would be very difficult.
During a Thursday press conference, Tennessee state Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, stopped short of committing to push legislation that would allow voters to recall Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members.
The Arlington Community Schools board put together its legislative agenda for the coming session with an emphasis on funding for special education and covering meals for students.
Supporters of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins are focusing on changing one vote and saving her job.
The grant for Southwest Tennessee Community College expands access to mental-health counseling, transportation and basic needs, including food and housing support.
Grant Wells, a teacher, joined hundreds of others in support of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins Tuesday night. His explanation for the entire fiasco? “This is Memphis stuff,” he said.
Even though the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board voted to postpone a final decision on Superintendent Marie Feagins until January, it’s unclear if the rowdy crowd’s anger had any effect on the board’s thinking.
However, the termination proceedings will continue into the new year and be decided in the board’s business meeting at the end of January. Related content:
More turmoil at Memphis-Shelby County Schools could bring back proposals for state intervention in Tennessee’s largest school district, a state lawmaker told The Daily Memphian.