After axing hundreds of jobs and adding new ones, where does MSCS stand?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins boosted staff numbers in several roles the district already had, including attendance liaisons, graduation coaches and instructional coaches. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Shake-ups at Memphis-Shelby County Schools this summer left hundreds in new district roles or without jobs.
In the end, the school system still plans to employ more staff than it did in school years before the pandemic.
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The Daily Memphian analyzed public records to determine what Memphis school district jobs were cut and which ones were created for this 2024-25 school year. Details of job cuts and additions were muddled during a contentious budget season that mixed the departure of one-time federal funding with staff reorganization by new Superintendent Marie Feagins.
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Laura 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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