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By the 1990s, the state ranked as 45th in funding of public schools. The legislature passed the Education Improvement Act in 1992 to improve funding of schools as well as election of board members and school management. Until 1996, Shelby County school board members had been appointed by the Shelby County Commission.
During the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board meeting Tuesday evening, multiple schools had infrastructure projects approved, all aimed at roofing fixes. In total, the board allocated $13.2 ...
In February, the Memphis-Shelby County Board of Education selected Marie Feagins to be the district’s next superintendent. In June, it gave her the green light to slash hundreds of positions and ...
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board has elected a new board chair and vice chair for the 2024-25 school year. ... Sept. 17, 2024 at MSCS Board of Education in Memphis, Tenn.
Memphis City Schools (MCS) was the school district operating public schools in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was headquartered in the Frances E. Coe Administration Building. On March 8, 2011, residents voted to disband the city school district, effectively merging it with the Shelby County School District. [1]
Following the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools in 2013, a referendum was put forth to the residents of Bartlett to form their own school district. In July 2013, the residents of Bartlett approved the referendum and Bartlett City Schools was created. [3]
MSCS employees listen to their colleagues speak during a special-called board meeting about the "rapid and chaotic changes taking place in Memphis-Shelby County Schools" on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...
In 1971, Smith was the first African-American elected to the Memphis Board of Education, a position she held until her retirement in 1995. [1] [2] Smith advocated for the promotion of school principal W. W. Herenton to the role of school superintendent in 1978, the first African-American to hold that position in Memphis. Smith later supported ...