Does the MSCS school board need its own attorney?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Sheleah Harris (left) has questioned if the board needs independent representation while it searches for a new superintendent. Joyce Dorse-Coleman (right), who along with Stephanie Love, are leading the search have been in talks with board chair Althea Greene about the idea. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The current board attorney reports to the district’s interim superintendent who is a finalist for the permanent position. Because of that, some have questioned if the board needs independent representation while it searches for a new superintendent.
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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.
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