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Willie Herenton To Run Juvenile Offender Charter School
(Memphis) Shelby County Juvenile Courts and former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton are joining forces to create a new charter school. The charter school will work specifically with students in custody,...
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Chemical Causes Emergency At Memphis High School
(Memphis) Emergency crews were sent to Kirby High School on a hazardous materials call. Twenty-two students reported having stinging eyes and getting sick. According to Memphis City Schools, someone...
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Policy Committee Laying Foundation of Unified Schools
(Memphis) Right now school board members are putting together the details of how your child will be educated. The unified board’s policy committee ultimately decides how the merged school system will...
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School Board Members Explain Cash’s Severance Deal
(Memphis) Shelby County School Board member Kevin woods is surprised by Dr. Kriner Cash’s resignation and the severance package he and the school attorney put together. “Him taking the lead on it with...
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White Station Seniors Named Presidential Scholar Candidates
(Memphis) Six White Station High School seniors have been announced as 2013 Presidential Scholar Candidates. Yue Deng, Aporva Dixit, Megan Lee, Louis Varriano, Tiange Zhan and Daniel Zuo were selected...
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Legal But Tricky Way To Raise Shelby Property Taxes
(Memphis) You’re taxes are likely to go up in Shelby County and commissioners say it’s because of the school merger. Some commissioners want to raise property taxes 10% but their attorney says they...
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School Merger Plan Would Require MCS Employees to Move or be Fired
(Memphis) Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland is introducing an ordinance that would make Memphis City School employees follow residency requirements once the county and city school systems merge....
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New Bills Filed In Nashville To Create New Municipal Schools
(Shelby County, TN) Lawmakers representing Shelby County suburbs filed bills Thursday in Nashville, attempting to lift the ban on municipal districts that ran into roadblocks last year. In 2012, a...
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Tomeka Hart To Seek Unified School System Delay
(Memphis) Shelby County Board of Education Commissioner Tomeka Hart sent an email to fellow board members sharing her plans to file a resolution delaying the start of the unified school system by one...
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Unified Board Bogged Down with Petty Issues
(Memphis) Here’s the homework the unified school district still must do before this summer’s merger: pick a superintendent, come up with a budget, decide the best way to teach children, and if the...
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Battle Brewing over Shelby County Residency Requirement
(Memphis) Memphis City Schools teachers may be catching a break from county commissioners who want to grandfather them in to Shelby County’s residency policy even if they live in another county. But...
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School Board Member Tells MCS to be Quiet
(Memphis) The power struggle between the old Memphis and Shelby County school boards rages on with the educations of many children caught in the middle of personal conflicts. MCS will cease to exist...
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Why Those Forming The Merged School District Need To Get Moving
In less than four months, Memphis City Schools will cease to exist. Those charged with forming the new merged school district should be planning for academic success but many say they’re off track...
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Judge Considers ‘Special Master’ to Oversee School Merger
(Memphis) A federal judge is tired of issuing orders, only to be ignored by the Shelby County School Board. Judge Samuel ‘Hardy’ Mays is considering appointing a Special Master to oversee the merger...
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Changing Shelby County Residency Requirement Could Require Vote
(Memphis) Changing the residency policy for Shelby County employees means changing the county charter. By state law, it takes approval from a county referendum to change the charter. “The county...
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School Board Considers New Merger Superintendent
(Memphis) A federal judge’s decision to possibly appoint a special master to oversee the school merger is putting a spotlight on the fact that unified schools have no permanent leader. With just...
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Loaded Gun Found On MCS Elementary Student
(Memphis) A loaded gun was found on a Memphis City Schools elementary student Wednesday morning. A Memphis police report states the 7-year-old boy had brought the loaded gun to school both Tuesday and...
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Contents of Stolen Backpack Help Police Track Down Robber
(Memphis) A Memphis City school student was robbed getting off the bus in Hickory Hill near Winchester and Mendenhall Rd. It didn’t take long for police to track down the suspect Cortney McKinney,...
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Gun At Elementary School For Two Days
(Memphis) News Channel 3 is working hard to get answers as to how a gun got passed around inside an elementary school for two days before an adult found out about it. The eight students involved were...
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Adult Fakes Transcript To Play High School Basketball
(Memphis) A school spokeswoman confirmed an adult man used a fake transcript to enroll at Ridgeway High School. Sources tell us the man had a GED and enrolled at the school to play basketball. It’s...
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