After 20 years, St. George’s will close its Memphis campus
The St. George’s board said the future of its Memphis campus building is up to the approval of the University of Memphis Board of Trustees, which oversees the new K-12 school district. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
St. George’s Independent School will close its Memphis elementary school at the end of this school year, some 20 years after the private school opened the Sherwood Forest campus in an effort to enroll more Black students.
While students can still attend the private school at its other elementary school campus in Germantown, it is also possible they won’t relocate. With approval from the University of Memphis Board of Trustees, the campus could become a public school by the fall.
The move reflects a changing education landscape in Memphis, St. George’s board members wrote to families in a Feb. 5 letter obtained by The Daily Memphian.
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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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