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Journalist at The Daily Memphian // stories mine, Rita’s 🐶 // 🔎 tips LTestino@dailymemphian.com
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Last week, Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members ousted Superintendent Marie Feagins in a 6-3 vote.

The board selected longtime district administrator Roderick Richmond as an interim.

Here's a thread of coverage:

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Marie Feagins ousted as MSCS superintendent
Marie Feagins’ tenure as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is over.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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NEW: MSCS spent $2M in an assessment of its school buildings. In Boston and Richmond, Va., results from the same company came out before the district made any closure recommendations. But that may not happen in Memphis. More:

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New plan could close schools with most severe maintenance needs
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins said she may ask for community input as decisions are made following a $2 million assessment of each of the district’s 200 buildings
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December 12, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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DOJ: Memphis police use ‘needless force’ with kids

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DOJ: MPD uses 'needless force' with kids
A report from the U.S. Department of Justice found “serious concerns” with the Memphis Police Department’s “treatment of children and the lasting impact of police encounters on their wellbeing and res...
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December 6, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Live updates: DOJ investigation launched in wake of Tyre Nichols' beating death finds Memphis Police Department discriminates against Black residents, violates civil rights

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Live Updates: Mayor Young wants to 'validate and understand' DOJ report
“I don’t want to comment too much on their assertion until I have an opportunity to really see it...really read and dig in,” Young said.
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December 5, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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'A rush to judgment’: Memphis won’t enter agreement with DOJ

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‘A rush to judgment’: Memphis won't enter agreement with DOJ
The City of Memphis does not plan on entering an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice following the department’s civil rights investigation into the Memphis Police Department.
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December 4, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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NEWS: Shelby County and Memphis-Shelby County Schools have reached a “tentative agreement” to add $34 million in proposed new funding for a $112 million high school in Frayser

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Shelby County-MSCS announce funding for new Frayser high school
The funds would have to be allocated at the Shelby County Commission’s meetings on Dec. 11 and Dec. 16, the last two before the end of the year.
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December 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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NEWS: Memphis-Shelby County Schools cut virtual teachers, but has to bring them back

Background on the Proximity Learning contract approved last evening by the school board: dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
MSCS cut virtual teachers, but might have to bring them back
Memphis-Shelby County Schools began the year with hundreds of teacher vacancies, leaving thousands of Memphis students lacking a certified teacher.
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December 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM