In deposition, Marie Feagins was pressed on private meeting claims and a ‘formal complaint’
Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Marie Feagins appears in circuit court July 22, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
In a deposition taken in the lawsuit for her ouster, former Memphis schools Superintendent Marie Feagins answered questions about how she sourced claims that board members illegally met in private to plot her termination.
Robert Spence, the outside attorney representing the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board, pressed Feagins for names and details during the deposition, taken for nearly three hours on July 16, before the first major hearing in the case.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter who writes about how public policy shapes Memphis. She is currently reporting from Frayser about education and housing. Please write her with your suggestions and story tips.
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