It takes lots of skills to make a new energy drink; for this crew, interesting new flavor profiles sprouted from plastic cups and pipettes. 

Germantown’s budget has been a moving target due to changes in funding. 

Candidates for suburban races on the Nov. 5 ballot began seeking signatures on the petitions this week to run for office.

“I understand the critics. I receive it. I hear it. I listen to it,” MSCS Superintendent Marie Feagins said of the district’s communications around the planned elimination of about 1,100 positions.

The district’s HR chief sent a late-night email to the MSCS Board of Education that said the superintendent ignored advice from himself and MSCS’ former general counsel. 

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education voted 8-1 for Superintendent Marie Feagins to suspend layoffs as MSCS employees filled both the auditorium and overflow areas. 

The charges were dismissed after Keri Blair completed certain conditions she and her attorney negotiated with the state.

According to the email, about 41% of those 1,100 positions, or around 450, are already vacant.

The University of Memphis, with $1.5 million from National Science Foundation and industry leaders, will open the Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking in August.

After a stint in administration at Houston High School, Shannon Blackburn will become principal at Arlington Middle School officially beginning next month.

Elon Musk’s investment triggered a response that will include new professors in traditional AI fields and incentives for others to align their research in AI applications. 

The facility’s technology labs are built to prepare engineering students for what might be possible through the rest of the century.

It is the largest increase in eight years, a reflection of rising costs, decreases in state funding and a precipitous drop in the number of freshmen expected this fall.

An anonymous caller recently threatened Memphis-Shelby County Schools' new superintendent through phone calls to her brother, according to a police report.

For more than a week, Principal Vincent Hunter has heard complaints about Whitehaven’s graduation ceremony being moved inside at the last minute, but he said the decision came from the top of the district.

The Tennessee-based company will exclusively produce a variety of merchandise categories, such as tents, chairs, soft-sided coolers and more, under contracts ranging from five to 10 years.

Arlington wastes little time in naming a new principal for the district’s high school, replacing Shannon Abraham.

Feagins has officially been superintendent for only about two months, but has been gearing up for this role for a long time.

With a new contract approved, DeSoto County Schools is altogether expected to spend more than $4 million on resource officers for the upcoming school year.

The MSCS school board passed a resolution April 30 that prohibits employees from carrying firearms on campus. Some suburban districts have also said they won’t allow teachers to concealed carry on their campuses.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee’s new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games.

The budget includes nearly an 8% hike in annual starting teacher salaries to $52,000.In fact, all Arlington Community Schools employees will receive a significant increase in salary next year.

“The Fruit of Her Hands” explores how gender and religious identity shaped the labor options available to Jewish and Christian women in the medieval Mediterranean.

Both of the new principals currently work for the district as assistant principals at other schools.

“Bob Shirey is the only employee that was here the day that Briarcrest opened its doors and is still here,” said Caron Swatley, Briarcrest president.