Proposed charter schools could still have life after MSCS rejection
Tim Green speaks at Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School, one of the schools whose applications were denied by the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. (Courtesy Tim Green/Memphis Restorative Justice Coalition/file)
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board rejected on Tuesday evening, July 26, applications for three charter schools, but the schools could still gain approval by going an alternate route.
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MSCS board Tennessee Public Charter Schools CommissionAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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