Memphis’ new school board members are political novices — how they won
School Board candidate Natalie McKinney reacts to the early election results during her election night watch party at Cxffeeblack in North Memphis July 31, 2024. McKinney ousted incumbent Althea Greene, the board’s two-year chair. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Natalie McKinney and Tamarques Porter will take elected office for the first time when they are sworn in to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. Knocking on doors got them here.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools board Education 2024 electionsLaura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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