Premium

Harrison achieves dream as new Altruria principal

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: August 12, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: August 12, 2025 4:00 AM CT

Long before Brennan Harrison even began her career in education, she wanted to be a principal.

And now she has achieved that goal.

After a flurry of activity to start the school year last week, Harrison has settled into her dream job as the new Altruria Elementary School principal. Classes started last Thursday for the Bartlett City Schools district, and Harrison took the opportunity on the first day to meet with every student.

This is an excerpt of this story. To read more, please click here and subscribe.

Topics

Altruria Elementary School Bartlett City Schools Brennan Harrison Subscriber Only

Thank you for supporting local journalism.

Subscribers to The Daily Memphian help fund our not-for-profit newsroom of nearly 40 local journalists plus more than 20 freelancers, all of whom work around the clock to cover the issues impacting our community. Subscriptions - and donations - also help fund our community access programs which provide free access to K-12 schools, community organizations, and more. Thank you for making our work possible.

Michael Waddell

Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.


Comments

Want to comment on our stories or respond to others? Join the conversation by subscribing now. Only paid subscribers can add their thoughts or upvote/downvote comments. Our commenting policy can be viewed here