Calkins: The new board managing Memphis Schools opens for business — in Nashville.
In Nashville on Thursday, June 18, Gov. Bill Lee called to order the first meeting of a state-appointed oversight board leading the takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. (Laura Testino/The Daily Memphian)
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
NASHVILLE — He has a deep love for the city of Memphis.
Gov. Bill Lee said so Thursday morning, June 18th, so it must be true.
He talked passionately about what the new state-appointed board overseeing Memphis-Shelby County Schools will do for the children and the entire community.
And he did it at 8:45 a.m. from the convenience and/or safety of Nashville.
With love like that, who needs disdain?
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